PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION I.

The strengthening of the teaching of

Pre-board  EXAM English in Philippines school.
II. The introduction of mandated subjects
such as Rizal in the curriculum
MULTIPLE CHOICE III. The practice of mainstreaming
1.  You are very much interested in a quality IV. The turnover of day care centers for
professional development program for DSWD to DepEd for supervision.
teachers. What characteristic should you look a. I and III c. II and III
for? b. I and II d. II and IV
a. Prescribe by top educational teachers 7. For more efficient and effective
b. Dependent on the availability of funds management of school as agents of
c. Required for renewal of professional change, one proposal is for the DepEd to
license cluster remote stand-alone schools under
d. Responsive to identified teacher’s needs. one lead school head. Which factor has
2. To ensure high standards of teachers’ the strongest influence on this proposal?
personal and professional development, a. Psychological c. Geographical
which of the following measures must be b. Historical d. Social
implemented?
I. A school head plans the professional
development of his/her teachers.
II. Every teacher formulates his/her own
professional development plan 8.What does the acronym EFA imply for
III. The implementation of what is leaned in a schools?
training must be monitored. a. The acceptance of exclusive schools for
a. I only II and III boys and for girls.
b. I and III d. II only b. The stress on the superiority of formal
3. As a community leader, which of the education over that of alternative
following should a teacher NOT do? learning system.
a. Support effort of the community to c. Practice of inclusive education
improve their status in life. d. The concentration on formal education
b. Make herself aloof to ensure that her system
decisions will not be influenced bu the 9. The wide acceptance of “bottom up”
community politics. management style has influenced schools
c. Solicit donation from philanthropists in to practice which management practice?
the community. a. Exclusion of politicians from the pool of
d. Play an active part in the activities of the guest speakers during graduation
community. exercises.
4. In a highly pluralistic society, what type of b. Prescription of what ought to be done
learning environment is the responsibility from the Center Office.
of the teacher? c. Involvement of students, parents,
I. Safe teachers, and community in school
II. Gender-biased planning
III. Secure d. Allowing schools to do what they think is
a. I and II c. II only best 
b. I, II and III d. I and III 10. Large class size in congested cities is a
5. A teacher is said to be “trustee of the common problem in our public schools.
cultural and educational heritage of the Which measure/s have schools taken to
nation and is under obligation to transmit offset the effects of large class?
to learners such heritage”. Which practice I. The deployment of more teachers
makes the teacher fulfill such obligation? II. The implementation of 1:1 pupil textbook
a. Use interactive teaching strategies. ratio
b. Use the latest educational technology. III. The conduct of morning and afternoon
c. Observe continuing professional sessions
education a. I, II and III c. III only
d. As a class, study the life of Filipino heroes. b. I and II d. II only
6. Which actions show that political factors
affect schools as agents of change?
 11. The failure of independent study with d. Yes, the Phil. Constitution
most Filipino students may be attributed 16. As provided for the Educational Act of
to students’ 1982, how are the institutions of learning
a. unpreparedness fro schooling encourage to set higher standards of
b. ambivalence equality over the minimum standards
c. high degree of independence required for state recognition?
d. high degree of independence on authority a. Granting of Special Permit
12. The schooling incidents in school b. Academic freedom
campuses abroad have made school to c. Continuing Professional Education
rethink the curriculum. Which is believed d. Voluntary accreditation 
to counteract such incidents and so is 17. Despite of opposition from some school
being introduced in schools? official, DepEd has continuously enforced
I. Inclusion of socio-emotional teaching the “no collection of fees” policy during
II. The emphasis on the concept of enrolment period in public schools. In this
competition against self and not against policy in accordance with EFA goals?
others a. No, it violates the mandate of equality
III. Focus on academic achievement and education
productivity b. Yes, it somewhat eliminates gender
a. I and III c. I and II disparities
b. II and III d. I, II and III c. Yes, it supports equitable access to basic
13. Widespread abuse of Mother Earth education
prompted schools to teach sustainable d. No. it does not support parent  of adult
development. which one does this prove education 
about schools? 18. “Specialization is knowing more and more
a. The curricula of schools are centered on about less and less”. Hence, it is better to
Mother Earth. be a generalist, claims Teacher F. Which
b. Schools can easily integrate sustained Philosophy does Teacher F. subscribe to?
development in their curriculum. a. Existentialism c. Essentialism
c. Sustained development cannot be b. Perennialism d.
effectively taught in the classroom. Progressivism
d. Environment factors influence the school 19. Mencius believed that all people are born
as an agent of change. good. This thought on the innate
14. A father tells his daughter “You are a goodness of people makes it easier to
woman. You are meant for the home and our pupils.
so for you, going to school is not a.  teach c. like
necessary.” Is the father CORRECT? b. Respect d. motivate
a. It depends on the place when the 20. The specialization requires of every
daughter and the father live. professional teacher for him/her to be
b. Yes, women are meant to be a mother competent is in line with which pillar of
only. learning?
c. No. today women can take on the jobs of a. Learning to know
men. b. Learning to be
d. No, there is gender equality in education. c. Learning to live together
d. Learning to do
21. Which pillar of learning is aimed at the
wholistic development of man and his
complete fulfillment?
a. Learning to be
b. Learning to know
c. Learning to live together
15. Is there a legal basis for increasing the d. Learning to do
teacher’s starting salary to P18,000 an 22. Material development at the expense of
months? human development points to the need
a. No, it is a gift to teachers from Congress to do more in school.
b. Yes, R.A 7836 a. “Learning to do”
c. No, it is simply an act of benevolence b. “Learning to know”
from President GMA c. “Learning to live together”
 d. “Learning to be” a. The end does not justify the means
23. A student complains to you about his b. The end justifies the means
failing grade. When you recomputed you c. Always do what is right
found out that you committed an error in d. Between two evils, do the lesser evil
this grade computation. Your decision is 28. To earn units for promotion, a teacher
not accept the erroneous computation pays her fee but does not attend class at
before the student and so leave the all. Does this constitute professional
failing grade as is for fear that you may growth?
lose credibility. Is this morally right? a. Not immediately but yes after promotion
a. No, the reason for not accepting the error b. It depends on the school she is enrolled in
before the students in flimsy. c. No, it is simply earning MA units for
b. No, the end does not justify the means promotion
c. Yes, the end justifies the means d. Yes, just enrolling in an MA program is
d. Yes, as a teacher you must maintain your already professional growth
credibility 29. If a teacher asks more higher-order
questions, he has to ask more questions.
a. fact c. convergent
24. Which violate(s) the principle of respect? b. close d. concept
I. Teacher A tells her students that what 30. Misdemeanor has a “ripple effect”. This
Teacher B taught is wrong. implies that as a classroom manager, a
II. To retaliate, Teacher B advises students teacher
not to enroll in Teacher A’s class. a. reinforces positive behavior
III. Teacher C secretly gives way to a special b. responds to misbehavior promptly
favor (e.g. add 2 points to grade) c. is consistent in her classroom
requested by student A who is vying for management practice
honors. d. count 1 to 10 before she deals with a
a. II and III c. I and II misbehaving student
b. I, II and III d. I and III 31. Based on Edgar Dale’s “Cone of
25. Which is/are in accordance with the Experience”, which activity is farthest
principle of pedagogical competence? from the real thing?
I. Communication of objectives of the a. Watching demo c. Video disc
course to students b. Attending exhibit d. Viewing images
II. Awareness of alternative instruction 32. The students of Teacher Y scan an
strategies electronic encyclopedia, view a film on
III. Selection of appropriate methods of subject, or look at related topics at the
instruction touch of a button right there in the
a. I and III c. III only classroom. Which device/s des teacher Y’s
b. I, II and III d. II and III class have?
26. With a death threat over his head, a. Teaching machines
Teacher D is directed to pass an b. CD
undeserving student. Which will a c. Video disc
utilitarianist do?  d. Videotaped lesson
a. Pass the student, why suffer the threat? 33. Which is an INAPPROPIATE way to
b. Don’t pass him; live by your principle of manage off-task behavior?
justice. You will get reward, if not in this a. Redirect a child’s attention to task and
life, in the next. check his progress to make sure he is
c. Pass the student. That will be of use to continuing work
the student, his parents and you. b. Make eye contact to communicate what
d. Don’t pass him. You surely will not like you wish to communicate
someone to give you a death threat in c. Move closer to the child to make him feel
other to pass. your presence
27. Teacher A knows of the illegal activities of d. Stop your class activity to correct a child
a neighbor but keeps quiet in order not to who is no longer on task
be involved in any investigation. Which 34. To be an effective classroom manager, a
foundational principle of morality does teacher must be friendly but must at the
Teacher A fail to apply? same time be .
a. confident c. analytical
b. businesslike d. buddy- 42. What must a teacher do to ensure orderly
buddy transitions between activities?
35. Which software is needed when one a. Allow time for the students to socialize in
wants to perform automatic calculations between activities
on numerical data? b. Have the materials ready at the start of
a. Database the activity
b. Spreadsheet Program c. Assign fewer exercise to fill the allotted
c. Microsoft Word time
d. Microsoft Powerpoint d. Wait for students who lag behind 
36. Which of the following questions must be 43. The task of setting up routine activities for
considered in evaluating teacher-made effective classroom management is a task
materials? that a teacher should undertake
a. In the material new? a. as soon as the students have adjusted to
b. Does the material simulate individualism? their schedules
c. Is the material expensive? b. on the very first day of school
37. Kounin claims that “with-it-ness” is one of c. every day at the start of the session
the characteristics of an effective d. every homeroom day
classroom manager. What is one sign of 44. Teacher S uses the low-profile classroom
“with-it-ness”? control technique most of the time. what
a. Giving attention to students who are does this imply?
having difficulty with school work a. She is reactive in her disciplinary
b. Seeing only a portion of the class but orientation
intensively b. She manages pupils personalities
c. Knowing where instructional materials c. She reacts severely to a misbehaving
are kept student
d. Aware of what’s happening in all parts of d. She stops misbehaving without disrupting
the classroom lesson flow 
38.  Which of these is one of the ways by 45. When teacher tries to elicit clarification
which the internet enables people to on a student response or solicits
browse documents connected by additional information, which of these
hypertext links? should be use?
a. URL a. Directing c. Structuring
b. Browser b. Probing d. Cross examining
c. Welcome page 46. Which priority criterion should guide a
d. World Wide Web teacher in the choice of instructional
39. Which characteristics must be primary devices?
considered as a choice of instructional a. Novelty c. Attractiveness
aids? b. Cost d.
a. Stimulate and maintain students interests Appropriateness
b. Suited to the lesson objectives 47. Which learning activity is MOST
c. Updated and relevant to Filipino setting appropriate if a teacher’s focus is
d. New and skillfully made attitudinal change?
40. You can exhibit referent power on the a. Fieldtrip c. Role play
first day of school by b. Exhibit d. Game
a. telling them the importance of good 48. Teacher H strives to draw participation of
grades every student into her classroom
b. giving your students a sense of discussion. Which of these student needs
belongingness and acceptance is she trying to address? The need to
c. making them feel you know what you are .
taking about a. shoe one’s oral abilities to the rest of the
d. reminding your students your authority class
over them again and again  b. feel significant and be part of a group
41. I would like to use a model to emphasize c. get everything and be part of a group
particular part. Which of these would be d. be creative
MOST appropriate? 49. Instead of teacher giving this comment a
a. Regalia c. Stimulation student response. “You’re on the wrong
b. Audio recording d. Mock up track!”, what should be teacher do?
 a. Change the question to an easier one I. You accept every student as full and
b. Redirect the question by calling another valued member of the class and school
student to recite community
c. Probe to redirect the response into a II. Your special attention is on learners with
more productive area specific learning or social needs
d. Pause, ask the question, lecture, then ask III. Your address the needs of the class as a
the question again  whole within the context of the learners
50. If curriculum is designed following the with specific learning or social needs
traditional approach, which feature(s) a. II only c. I only
apply(ies)? b. I and II d. I and III
I. The aims of the curriculum are set by 55. School curriculum reflects the world’s
professionals and experts economic and political integration and
II. Interested groups (teachers, students, industrialization. What does this point in
communities) are assumed to agree with curriculum development?
the aims of the curriculum a. The trend towards the classical approach
III. Consensus building in not necessary to curriculum development
a. III only c. I, II b. The trend toward the globalization and
b. I, II, III d. I, III localization
51. I want my student to develop the ability c. The trend toward participatory curriculum
to look at a problem from various development
perspectives. Which approach will be d. The shift in the paradigm of curriculum
MOST fit? development from a process-oriented to
a. Behaviorist approach a product-oriented one
b. Computer-based Education 56. You choose cooperative learning as a
c. Modular approach teaching approach. What thought is
d. Cognitive approach impressed on your students? 
a. Interaction is a must, but not necessarily
face to-face interaction
b. Student’s success depends on the success
of the group
c. Student’s individuality evaluate how
effectively their group worked.
d. The accountability for learning is on the
group not on the individual 
52. One’s approach to teaching is influenced 57. What principle is violated by overusing
by Howard Gardner’s MI Theory. What is the chalkboard, as though it is the only
he/she challenged to do? education technology available?
I. To come up with 9 different ways of a. Isolated use c. Variety
approaching  lesson to cater to the 9 b. Flexibility d. Uniformity
multiple intelligence 58. Which statement applies a CORRECTLY to
II. To develop all student’s skill in all nine Edgar Dale’s ”Cone of Experience”
intelligences a. The farther you are from the base, the
III. To provide worthwhile activities that more direct the learning experience
acknowledge individual difference in becomes.
children b. The farther you are from the bottom, the
a. I, II and III c. II only more direct the learning experience
b. II, III d. III only becomes.
53. If my approach to my lesson is c. The closer you are from the base, the
behaviorist, what features will dominate more indirect the learning experience
my lesson? becomes
I. Copying notes III. Lecturing d. The closer you are from the base, the
II. Reasoning IV. more direct the learning experience
Demonstration becomes
a. III, IV c. I, II, III, IV
b. I, III, IV d. II, III, IV
54. You practice inclusive education. Which of
these applies to you?
 a. The teacher wants to make her teaching
easier by having les talk
59. “When more senses are stimulated, b. The teacher emphasizing reading and
teaching and learning become more writing skills
effective.” What is an application of this c. The teacher is teaching in a variety of
principle? ways because not all students learn in the
a. Appeal to student’s sense of imagination same manner
b. Use multisensory aids d. The teacher is applying Bloom’s hierarchy
c. Make your students touch the of cognitive learning
instructional material 65. Teacher A an experienced teacher, does
d. Use audiovisual aids because the eyes and daily review of past lessons in order to
the eras are the most important senses in       
learning. a. introduce a new lesson
60. Which is a classroom application of the b. reflect on how he presented the previous
theory of “operant conditioning”? lessons
a. Help student see the connectedness of c. provide his pupils with a sense of
facts, concepts, and principles continuity
b. Create a classroom atmosphere that d. determine who among his pupils are
elicits relaxation studying
c. Reinforce a good behavior to increase the 66. I combined several subject areas in order
likelihood that the learner will repeat the to focus on a single concept for
response interdisciplinary teaching. Which strategy
d. Make students learn by operating did I use?
manipulatives  a. Reading-writing activity
Read the following teacher-student situation b. Thematic introduction
61. TEACHER: Why is the process called c. Unit method
photosynthesis? d. Problem-centered learning
STUDENT: I don’t know
Which questioning technique should be
the teacher use? 67. To teach the democratic process to the
a. Clarification c. Prompting pupils, Biag Elementary School decided
b. Multiple response d. Concept that the election of class officers shall be
review patterned after local elections. There are
62. Here is the test item. qualifications set for candidates, limited
“From the data presented in the table, period for campaign and rules for posting
from generalizations that are supported campaign materials, etc. Which of the
by the data”. following did the school use?
Under what type of question a. Symposium c. Pole playing
does this item fall? b. Simulation d. Philips 66
a. Convergent c. Application 68. Which are effective methods in teaching
b. Evaluative d. Divergent student critical reading skills?
63. I want to teach concepts, patterns and I. Interpret editorial
abstractions. Which method will be MOST II. Read and interpret three different movie
appropriate? reviews
a. Discovery c. Direct III. Read a position paper and deduce
instruction underlying assumptions of the position
b. Indirect instruction d. Problem papers
solving a. II and III c. I and II
64. Teacher A teaches English as a Second b. I and III d. I, II and III
Language. She uses vocabulary cards, fill- 69. Here is a test item
in-the-blanks sentences, dialogues, “The improvement of basic education
dictation and writing exercises in teaching should be the top priority of the
a lesson about grocery shopping. Based Philippine government. Defend or refute
on this information, which of the this position”.
following is a valid conclusion? Under what type of question
does this test item fall?
 a. Low-level c. Analysis 76. Teacher R wants to develop his student’s
b. Evaluative d. Convergent creativity. Which type of questions will be
70. When I teach, I often engage in MOST appropriate?
brainstorming. Which do I avoid? a. Synthesis questions
a. Break down barriers b. Fact questions
b. Increase creativity c. “What if….” questions
c. Generate many ideas d. Analysis questions
d. Selectively involves pupils 77. In my attempt to develop creative
71. Teacher S teaches a lesson in which thinking skills, I want to test fluency of
students must recognize that ¼ is the ideas. Which activity for my students will
same 0.25. They use this relationship to be MOST appropriate?
determine that 0.15 and 0.20 are slightly a. Solve this math problem
less than ¼. Which of the following b. List animals  covered with hair in 1 minute
concept/s is/are being taught? c. Solve this puzzle
a. Numeration skills d. Compare pictures 1 and 2. Where are the
b. Place value of decimals differences?
c. Numeration skills of decimals and 78. You want your students to answer the
relationships between fractions and questions at the end of a reading lesson.
decimals “What did I learn did?”,”What still puzzle
d. Relationship between fraction and me?”, “What did I enjoy, hate accomplish
decimals in the class today”?,”How did I learn from
72. What is the best way to develop math the lesson?”.Which of the following are
concept? you asking them to do?
a. Solving problems using multiple a. Work on an assignment
approaches b. Make journal entry
b. Solving problems by looking for correct c. Work on a drill
answer d. Apply what they learned
c. Learning math as applied to situations, 79. After reading an essay. Teacher B wants
such as being a tool of science to help sharpen her students’ ability to
d. solving problems by applying learned interpret. Which of these activities will be
formulas  most appropriate?
73. After the reading of a selection in the a. Drawing conclusions
class, which of these activities can b. Making inferences
enhance students creativity. c. Getting the main idea
I. Reader’s theater d. Listing facts separately from opinion
II. Reading aloud
III. Silent reading Read the following then answer the question
a. I and II c. I only 80. A man and his son are driving in a car. The
b. II only d. III only car crashes into a tree, killing the father
74. Teacher C, a Reading teacher, advised he and seriously injury his son. At the
class to “read between the lines”. What hospital, the boy needs to have surgery.
does she want her pupils to do? Looking at the boy, the doctor says
a. Make an educated guess (telling the truth),”I cannot operate on
b. Determine what is meant by what is him. He is my son. How can this be? 
stated ASWER: The doctor is the boy’s mother.
c. Apply the information read The above brain twister helps
d. Describe the characters in the story develop critical reading skills. Which activity
75. To nurture students’ creativity, which was used?
activity should a teacher AVOID? a. Comparing
a. Ask “hat if…” questions b. Classifying
b. Ask divergent thinking questions c. Inferring meaning
c. Emphasize  the need to give right answers d. Looking for cause and effect
d. Be open to “out-of-this-world” ideas 81. Research says that mastery experiences
increase confidence and willingness to try
similar or more challenging tasks as
reading. What does this imply for
children’s reading performance?
 a. Children who have not mastered the basic 87. In a Social studies class. Teacher I
skills are more likely to be motivated to presents a morally ambiguous situation
read in order to gain mastery over basic and asks student what they would do. On
skills. whose theory is Teacher I’s technique
b. Children who have mastered basic skills based?
are more likely to be less motivated to a. Bandura c. Kohberg
read because they get fed up with too b. Piaget d. Bruner
much reading. 88. Teacher F is convinced that whatever a
c. Children who have a high sense of self- student performs a desired behavior,
confidence are not necessarily those who provide reinforcement and soon the
can read student learns to perform the behavior on
d. Children who have gained mastery over his own. On which principle is Teacher F’s
basic skills are more motivated to read conviction based?
82. The value that students put on reading is a. Environmentalism c. Cognitivism
critical to their success. In what way/s can b. Behaviorism d.
teachers inculcate his value for reading? Constructivism
I. Sharing the excitement of read-aloud 89. Bandura’s social learning theory, states
II. Showing their passion for reading that children often imitate those who 
III. Being rewarded to demonstrate the value I. have substantial influence over their lives
of reading II. belong their peer group
a. II and III c. I, II and III III. belong to other races
b. I and II d. II only IV. are successful and seem admired
83. Bruner’s theory on intellectual a. IV only c. I and II
development moves from enactive to b. I and IV d. II and IV
iconic and symbolic stages. Applying 90. According to Erikson, what years are
Bruner’s theory. How would you teach? critical for the development of self-
a. Be interactive in approach confidence?
b. Begin with the abstract a. High school years
c. Begin with the concrete b. College years
d. do direct instruction c. Preschool years
84. A person who has painful experiences at d. Elementary school years
the dentist’s office may become fearful at 91. Which of the following does NOT describe
the mere sight of the dentist’s office the development of children aged 11 to
building. Which theory can explain this? 13?
a. Generalization a. They exhibit increased objectivity in
b. Operant Conditioning thinking
c. Attribution theory b. They shift from impulsivity to adaptive
d. Classical conditioning ability
85. Which is/are the basic assumption/s of c. Sex difference in IQ become more evident
behaviorists? d. They show abstract thinking and
I. The mind of newborn child is a blank judgment 
state.
II. all behaviors are determined by
environmental events
III. The child has a certain degree of freedom
not to allow himself to be shaped by his
environment.
a. III only c. II only
b. I and II d. I and II
86. If a student is encourage to develop 92. Teacher H begins a lesson on tumbling,
himself to the fullest and must satisfy his demonstrating front and back
hierarchy of needs, the highest needs to somersaults in slow motion and physically
satisfy according to Maslow is     . guiding his students through the correct
a. psychological need c. movements. As his students become
belongingness more skillful, he stands back from the
b. self-actualization d. safety needs man and gives verbal feedback about how
 to improve. With Vygotsky’s theory in b. assimilation d. conservation
mind, what did Teacher H do? 100.Researchers found that when a child is
a. Apprenticeship engaged in a learning experience a
b. Guided participation number of areas of the brain are
c. Peer interaction simultaneously activated. Which of the
d. Scaffolding following is/are implication/s of this
93. What does Gagne’s hierarchy theory research finding?
propose for effective instruction? I. Make use of field trips, guest speakers
a. Be concerned with the socio-emotional II. Do multicultural units of study
climate in the classroom III. Stick to the “left brain and right brain”
b. Teach beginning with the concrete approach
c. Sequence instruction a. I and III c. I and II
d. Reward good behavior b. I only d. II only
94. William Glasser’s control theory states
that behavior in inspired by what satisfies
a person’s want at any given time. What
then must a teacher do to motivate 101.Which appropriate teaching practice
students to learn? flows from this research finding on the
a. Make teaching-leaning interactive brain: “The brain’s emotional center is
b. Avoid giving assignments tied into its ability to learn”.
c. Organize a curriculum in a spiral manner a. Establish the discipline of being
d. Make schoolwork relevant to students’ judgmental in attitude
basic human needs. b. Come up with highly competitive games
95. Soc exhibit fear response to freely where winners will feel happy
roaming dogs but does not show fear c. Tell the students to participate in class
when a dog is on a leash or confined to a activities or else won’t receive plus points
pen. Which conditioning process is in class recitation
illustrated? d. Create a learning environment that
a. extinction c. acquisition encourages students to explore their
b. generalization d. feeling and ideas freely
discrimination 102.Research on Piagetian tasks indicates that
96. Based on Freud’s theory, which operate/s thinking becomes more logical and
when a student strikes a classmates at the abstract as children reach the formal
height of anger? operations stage. What is an educational
a. Ego c. Id and Ego interact implication of this finding?
b. Id d. Superego a. Engage children in analogical reasoning as
97. Bernadette enjoyed the roller coaster early as preschool to train them for higher
when he and her family went to order thinking skills (HOTS)
Enchanted Kingdom. The mere sight of a b. Learners who are not capable of logical
roller coaster gets her excited. Which reasoning from ages 8 to 11 lag behind in
theory explains Bernadette’s behavior? their cognitive development
a. Operant conditioning c. Let children be children
b. Social learning theory d. Expect hypothetical reasoning for learners
c. Attribution theory between 12 to 15 years of age
d. Pavlovian conditioning 103.Research says: “People tend to attribute
98. According to Frued, with which should their successes to internal causes and
one be concerned if he/she has to their failures to external causes.”Based on
develop in the students a correct sense of this finding, what should be taught to
right and wrong? students for them to be genuinely
I. Super-ego    II. Ego         III. Id motivated to succeed?
a. I and II c. I a. Tell them the research finding when
b. II d. III applied will make them genuinely
99. When small children call animals “dog”, motivated
what process is illustrated on Piaget’s b. Convince them that genuine motivation is
cognitive development theory? the only factor that matters for a person
a. reversion c. to succeed
accommodation
 c. Make them realize that failure is a part of Why is this test item poor?
life I. The test item does not pose a problem to
d. Make them realize that both success and the examinee
failure are more a function of internal II. There are variety of possible correct
causes. answer to this item
104.Which characterize/s a learning III. the language used in the question is not
environment that promotes fairness precise
among learners of various cultures, family IV. The blank is near the beginning of a
background and gender? sentence
I. Inclusive A. I and III
II. Exclusive B. II and IV
III. Gender-sensitive C. I and IV
a. I only c. I and III D. I and II
b. III only d. II and III
105.Which of the following steps should be 111.
completed first in planning an
achievement test?
a. Define the instructional objective
b. Set up a table of specialization
c. Select the types of test items to use
d. Decide on the length of the test
106.The computed r fro scores in Math and
Science in 0.92. What does this mean?
a. Math score is positive related to Science
score
b. The higher the Math score, the lower the
Science score What makes the multiple choice type of
c. Math score is not in any way related to test poor?
Science score a. The options are not grammatically
d. Science score is slightly related to math connected to the stem
score b. The stem fails to present a problem
107.Which types of test is most appropriate if c. There are grammatical clues
Teacher Y wants to measure student’s d. The options are not parallel
ability to organize thoughts and ideas? 112.If a teacher wants to measure her
a. Short answer type of test students’ ability to discriminate, which of
b. Extended response essay these is an appropriate type of test item
c. Modified alternative response as implied by the direction?
d. Limited response essay a. “Outline the Chapter on The Cell”.
b. “Summarize the lesson yesterday”.
c. “Group the following items according to
shape”.
108.With assessment of affective learning in d. “State a set of principle that can explain
mind, which does NOT belong to the the following events”.
group? 113.A test item has a difficult index of 0.89
a. Cloze test c. Reflective and a discrimination index of 0.44. What
writing should the teacher do?
b. Moral dilemma d. Diary entry a. Reject the item
109.I want to test student’s synthesizing skills. b. Retain the item
Which has the highest diagnostic value? c. Make it a bonus item
a. multiple choice test c. Essay test d. Make it a bonus item and reject it
b. Performance test d. Completion test 114.Which form of assessment is consistent
with the saying “The proof of the pudding
110. is in the eating”.
a. Contrived c. Traditional
b. Authentic d. Indirect
 115. a. The median is a score of 80 and the range
is 60.
b. The median is a score of 70 and the range
is 60.
c. The median is a score of 80 and the range
is 20.
d. The median is a score of 70 and the range
is 20.
What is WRONG with this item? 121.Which can be said of Arielle who obtained
a. Item is overly specific a score of 75 out of 100 items in a
b. Content is trivial Grammar objective test?
c. Test item is option-based a. She performed better than 25% of her
d. There is a cue to the right answer classmates
116.Student’s score were as follows: 82, 83, b. She answered 75 items in the test
84, 86, 88, 84, 83, 85. The score 86 is the. correctly
a. mode c. median c. Her rating is 75
b. average d. mean d. She answered 75% of the test items
117.Which text form would you choose if you correctly
want to have a valid and reliable test 122.The criterion of success in Teacher D’s
based on the table below? objective is that “the pupils must be able
Test Form Validity Index Reliability Index to spell 90% of the words correctly”. Ana
A .47 .68 and 24 others in the class spelled only 40
B .87 .57 out of 50 words correctly while the rest
C .20 .86 scored 45 and above. This means that
D .40 .41 Teacher D
E .63 .07 a. attained her lesson objective
b. did not attain her lesson objective
because of the pupils’ lack of attention
a. A only c. A and D c. failed to attain her lesson objective as far
b. B only d. B and E as the 25 pupils are concerned
118.A mathematicians test was given to all d. attained her lesson objective because of
Grade V pupils to determine the her effective spelling drill
contestants for the Math Quiz Bee. Which
statistical measure should be used to
identify the top 15?
a. Mean percentage score 123.If the scores of your test follow a
b. Quartile Deviation negatively skewed score distribution,
c. Percentile Rank what should you do?
d. Percentage Score Find out ?
119.Nellie’s score is within x±1 SD. To which of a. why your items were easy
the following groups does she belong? b. why most of the scores are high
a. Below average c. why most of the scores are low
b. Average d. why some pupils scored high 
c. Needs Improvement 124.Principal A is talking about “grading on
d. Above average the curve” in a faculty meeting. What
120.Use the inbox below to answer the does this expression refer to?
question that follows: a. A student mark compares his
Percentage Grades for Final Examination achievement to his effort.
b. A student’s grade or mark depends on
how his achievement compares with the
achievement of other students in a class.
      40     70     80     90 c. A student’s grade determines whether or
  100 not a student attains a defined standard
Which of the following statement is TRUE of achievement
about the plot of grades above? d. A student mark tells how closely he is
achieving to his potential. 
 125.Which tests determine whether students
accept responsibility for their own
behavior or pass on responsibility for 130.Which response/s come/s from a
their own behavior to other people? behaviorist?
a. Thematic tests a. #2 and #4 c. #3 and #4
b. Sentence-completion tests b. #1 and #2 d. #1 and #3
c. Stylistic test 131.On which educational philosophy is
d. Locus-of-control tests response #1 anchored?
126.Which of the one weakness of self- a. Existentialism c. Progressivism
supporting personality checklists? b. Essentialism d. Bahaviorism
a. Many personality measures have built-in 132.If you learned toward a progressivist
lie scales philosophy, with which response would
b. They lack stability you agree?
c. They may not get true information a. #2       b. #3       c. #4       d. #1
because individuals can hide or disguise
feelings
d. They have poor internal consistency
127.Which of these can measure awareness of
values?
a. Sociogram
b. Moral dilemmas
c. Projective techniques
d. Rating scales 133.Teacher C wants his students to master
128.Marking on a normative basis means that the concept of social justice. Which series
of activities will be most effective?
a. the normal distribution curve should be a. Pretest-teaching-posttest
followed b. Pretest-teaching-posttest-re-teaching for
b. some should fall unlearned concepts-posttest
c. some get high marks c. Review-pretest-teaching-posttest
d. the grading is based on a present criteria  d. Teaching-posttest 
129.Which process enhances the 134.Teacher A likes to show how the
comparability of grades? launching of spaceships takes place.
a. Using a table specifications Which of the following materials available
b. Determining the level of difficulty of the is most fit?
tests a. Model c. Replica
c. Giving more HOTS (higher order thinking b. Mock-up d. Realia
skills) 135.Teacher B likes to concretize the abstract
d. Constructing departmentalized concepts of an atom. She came up with a
examinations for each subject area. concrete presentation of the atom by
SITUATIONAL using wire and plastic balls. How would
you classify Teacher B’s visual aids?
a. Chart c. Model
b. Replica d. Realia

136.The class was asked to share their insights

about the poem. The ability to come up
with a n insight stems from the ability to 
a. analyze the parts of a whole
b. evaluate the worthiness of a thing
c. relate and organize things and ideas
d. comprehend the subject that is being
studied
137.To ask the class any insight derived from
the poem is based on the theory of
a. realism c. conditioning
 b. behaviorism d. c. the items quite easy
constructivism d. an obvious pattern is followed in the
138.On which assumption about the learner is answering
Mr. Marquez’s act of asking the class to 144.Which should be done to improve the
share their insight based? matching type of test?
a. Learners are like empty receptacles a. Capitalize the items in Column A
waiting to be filled up b. Items in Column A and B should be
b. Learners are meant to interact with one exchanged
another c. Drop #6 item in Column A
c. Learners have multiple intelligence and d. The item in Column A should be increased
varied learning styles
d. Learners are producers of knowledge not
only passive recipients of information

139.On which assumption/s is the principal’s

action anchored?
I. Students learn by personally constructing
meaning of what is taught.
II. Students are construct and reconstruct
meaning based on experiences
III. Students derive meaning from the
meaning that the teacher gives
a. II only c. I, II, and III
b. I and II d. I only
140.Which materials will her teachers LEAST
prefers?
a. Controversial issues 145.Which of these is/are essential in
b. Open-ended topics constructing a scoring rubric?
c. Unquestionable laws I. Description of criteria to serve as
d. Problem or cases standard
141.Which concept/s of the learner will II. Clear descriptions of performance at each
Principal E NOT accept? level
I. “Empty vesse!” III. Levels of achievement (mastery)
II. “Tabula rasa” IV. Rating scheme
III. Candle to be lighted a. I, II, III c. I, II, III, IV
a. III only c. II only b. I, II d. I only
b. I only d. I and II 146.Which statement is TRUE of the rubric?
a. It is developmental
142.How can you make the items b. It is analytical
homogeneous? c. It is both holistic and developmental
a. Increase the number of items in Column B d. It is holistic
b. All items should be on polygons 147.Which is TRUE of the scoring rubric?
c. Remove the word triangle in items #1 and I. It describes criteria of levels of
#2 in column A achievement
d. The word “gon” must be included in II. It has a rating scheme
column B III. It limit itself to 4 levels of achievement
143.What is the main defect of this matching a. I and II
test? b. I and III
a. the matching type is an imperfect type c. II and III
b. the items are NOT homogeneous d. I, II and III
 2 B 52 B 102 D
3 C 53 B 103 C
4 D 54 D 104 C
5 D 55 D 105 A
6 D 56 C 106 A
7 C 57 C 107 B
8 C 58 D 108 A
9 C 59 B 109 B
10 A 60 C 110 D
11 D 61 A 111 B
12 D 62 B 112 C
13 B 63 A 113 B
148.The table shows that the test item 14 D 64 D 114 B
analyzed
15 D 65 C 115 D
.
a. has a positive discrimination index 16 C 66 B 116 D
b. has a negative discrimination index 17 C 67 B 117 A
c. is extremely easy 18 C 68 D 118 C
d. is extremely difficult
19 A 69 C 119 D
149.Based on the table, which is the most
effective distracter? 20 A 70 D 120 A
a. Option D 21 A 71 D 121 B
b. Option A 22 A 72 C 122 C
c. Option C 23 B 73 C 123 B
d. Option B
150.Based on the table, which group got more 24 B 74 B 124 B
correct answer? 25 B 75 C 125 D
a. Upper group 26 C 76 C 126 C
b. It cannot be determined 27 C 77 B 127 B
c. Lower group
28 C 78 C 128 D
d. Data are not sufficient to give an answer
29 D 79 B 129 D
30 B 80 D 130 B
31 D 81 D 131 D
32 A 82 C 132 B
When you get right down to the root of the 33 D 83 A 133 B
meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it
34 B 84 D 134 D
simply means to follow through.
35 B 85 C 135 B
36 C 86 B 136 A
37 D 87 C 137 D
38 A 88 D 138 B
39 B 89 C 139 B
40 C 90 D 140 C
41 D 91 C 141 A
42 B 92 B 142 B
43 C 93 C 143 B
44 A 94 D 144 C
45 B 95 D 145 C
46 D 96 B 146 C
1 C 51 D 101 D 47 C 97 A 147 A
48 B 98 C 148 D
49 B 99 D 149 D
50 B 100 C 150 C