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Which among the following is not a responsibility of a teacher?

Select one:
a. Evaluates students' progress and provide various experiences for their continuous development
b. Conducts volunteer works in various communitiesxx
c. Maintains membership in professional organization000000
d. Prepares effective lesson plans

Each profession is concerned with any area of need or function.

Select one:
True
False 000

There is an average level of public trust and confidence in the profession and in individual practitioners.
Select one:
True
False00000000

Which does not belong on the roles of teacher as a judge of achievement?

Select one:
a. Defines ability levels of students
b. Defines what is worth achieving
c. Determines who will be promoted or retained
d. Knows much about civil laws

Members of the profession are involved in decision making in the service of the client. These decisions are made in
accordance with the most valid knowledge available, against a background of principles and theories, and within the
context of possible impact on other related conditions or decisions.
Select one:
True
False

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The profession is based on one or more undergirding disciplines from which it builds its own applied knowledge and
skills.
Select one:
True
False

Professions are occupationally related social institutions established and maintained as a means of providing
essential services only to individual.
Select one:
True
False000000000

Individual practitioners are characterized by a strong service motivation and lifetime commitment to competence.
Select one:
True
False
Which is not depicting the responsibility of a teacher?
Select one:
a. Ms. Gie shows her professional attitude with honesty and care
b. Ms. Leonida treats her students equally and fairly
c. Mr. Gabriel overlooks the significance of community as a partner in teaching
d. Mr. Ron abides by the policies and regulations of the school

What particular role of a teacher does the planning and organizing learning activities, leading the students through
the learning episode, controlling the whole learning situations and appraising the effectiveness of the learning
situations?
Select one:
a. As a Pioneer in the World of Ideas
b. As a Model of the Youth
c. As a Director of Learning
d. As an information processor

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A profession is a calling and implies acquisition of a fond of knowledge, range skills and their application in
service of humanity.
Select one:
True
False

The services rendered by a professional may be direct as will the case of teachers and doctors or indirect as is in
the case of teacher educators i.e. teacher of a teacher.
Select one:
True
False

The term 'Profession' stands for an occupation which requires generalized study and training,and the purpose of
which is generally to provide skilled services and guidance in lieu of a definite fee or remuneration.
Select one:
True
False

Who among the following best depicts the role of a teacher as a mediator of culture?
Select one:
a. Mr. Lorenzo is aware of cultural values and growth.xxxxxxxx
b. Mr. Mays exemplifies the scholarship and ideals valued by society
c. Ms. Fernandez greatly appreciates arts and literature
d. Mr. Velasco knows a lot of information about his culture000000

Sir Rannie is a well-known high school teacher because he’s considerate of his students’ concerns. He even listens
to their problems and assists on finding solutions. What role of a teacher does Sir Rannie portray?
Select one:
a. As a Person of Culture
b. As a Counselor
c. As a Mediator of Culture
d. As a Community Link

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The profession is organized into one professional association only, which is granted autonomy in control of the
actual work of the profession and the conditions that surround it.
Select one:
True
False00000000

Profession has absolute freedom from direct on-the-job supervision and from direct public evaluation of the
individual practitioner.
Select one:
True
False0000000

The profession collectively, and the professional individually, possesses a body of knowledge and a repertoire of
behaviors and skills (professional culture).
Select one:
True
False

Why do teachers wear different kinds of hats?

Select one:
a. To become creative in teaching
b. To become a more effective and competent teacher
c. To be multifaceted in their profession
d. To become famous

Which is not a task of a teacher as a decision maker?

Select one:
a. Decides on the most effective methods, techniques, approaches and materials
b. Decides on what objectives should be established
c. Decides on what body of information should be conveyed
d. Decides on what to teach for the entire school year

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Ms. Divine, a Management instructor, actively participates in their monthly community outreach program. She also
organizes school activities which include community involvement. She asks the students’ parents to take part in
these school activities. What role of a teacher does Ms. Divine portray?
Select one:
a. As a Community Link
b. As a Mediator of Culture
c. As a Counselor
d. As a Person of Culture

The profession has agreed-upon performance standards for admission to the profession and for continuance within
it.
Select one:
True
False

Which does not belong on the roles of teacher as a person of culture?

Select one:
a. Demonstrates adequate skills in the use of language
b. Creates acceptable moral atmosphere
c. Is well-informed of current developments in various fields of science
d. Appreciates arts and literature

Preparation for and induction into the profession is provided through a protracted preparation program.
Select one:
True
False

Authority to practice in any individual case derives from the client or the employing organization; accountability for
the competence of professional practice within the particular case is to the profession itself.
Select one:
True
False

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Scouting and Citizen's Army Training (CAT) give training in character-building, citizenship training, etc. which leads
to the creation of a new social orders and a new society eventually. What philosophy supports this?
Select one:
a. Social reconstructionism
b. Progressivism
c. Existentialism
d. Perennialism

This educational philosophy focuses on student experience and taking social action on real problems, such as
violence, hunger, international terrorism, inflation and inequality.
Reconstructionism
Answer:

If military training was the focus of Spartan education, what was the goal of Athenian education?
Select one:
a. Religious training
b. Training of mind and body
c. Vocational training
d. Intellectual training

This educational philosophy aims to improve the way of life of our citizens through experiencing freedom and
democracy in schools.
Progressivism
Answer:

This educational philosophy has a teacher's responsibility to develop an educational environment that promotes
awareness of the past and present, and of the future possibilities.
Existentialism
Answer:

The idea of reading the world masterpieces in World Literature may best reflect this philosophy.
Select one:
a. Existentialism
b. Idealism
c. Social Reconstructionism
d. Perennialism

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Teacher Kafka makes use of dialectic approach in discussing the issue of extra-judicial killings. Which educational
philosophy best reflects his choice of instruction?
Select one:
a. Essentialism
b. Idealism
c. Existentialism
d. Perennialism

Which program is in line with Confucius’ assertion of the Five Cardinal Virtues?
Select one:
a. Education for All (EFA)
b. Values education
c. Back-to-basics
d. Moral recovery program

This educational philosophy deals with abstract notions through dialectic method and connecting analysis with
action.
Idealism
Answer:

This educational philosophy helps students to become cultural citizens and to understand the principles of human
knowledge.
Perennialism
Answer:

This educational philosophy uses "pass or fail" approach - the only way a student could progress was to prove
knowledge of the required subjects through grades and testing.
Essentialism
Answer:

The discussion of a sensitive topic in the class of 6-Mangga focused on the role of individual choices. What
educational philosophy may be reflected in this scenario?
Select one:
a. Essentialism
b. Perennialism
c. Existentialism
d. Idealism

This educational philosophy values deep knowledge on core subjects.

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Essentialism
Answer:

This educational philosophy emphasizes individuality.

Existentialism
Answer:

This educational philosophy aims to raise enlightened citizens and stems their curriculum from the "Great Books."
Perennialism
Answer:

What pillar of education which emphasizes learning to be human through acquisition of knowledge, skills and
values conducive to personality development?
Select one:
a. Learning to do
b. Learning to be
c. Learning to live together
d. Learning to know

Which of the following skills corresponds to the Fourth Pillar of Learning, “Learning to live together”?
Select one:
a. Reasoning and problem solving skills
b. Adaptability to change in the world of work
c. Personal commitment and sense of responsibility
d. Empathy and cooperative social behavior

Lim is one of the two students in the class under the “least-retrictive environment” provision. He has a very limited
attention span and says he usually cannot follow what is going on in class. One of the IEP objectives for Lim is
“Given a 15-20 minute lecture/oral lesson, Lim will take appropriate notes as judged by the teacher.” Which of the
following strategies has the best potential to help Lim meet this goal by the end of the year?
Select one:
a. The teacher allows Lim to record the lecture/ oral lesson, rather than taking notes, and then listens to the tape at
home to learn the material.

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b. The teacher provides Lim with a graphic organizer or a skeleton outline of the lecture so Lim can fill in the
missing information as it is provided.
c. The teacher grades Lim’s notes on lecture oral lesson material and incorporates the grade in to Lim’s overall
class grade.
d. The teacher seats Lim with a student he says he likes and allows Lim to ask that student questions as the
lecture/ oral lesson proceeds.

Which pillar of education of J.Delors (UNESCO) focuses on voc-tech relevant to people-centered human
development?
Select one:
a. Learning to Be
b. Learning to Know
c. Learning to Do
d. Learning to Live Together

If the teacher is emphasizing the development of the learner’s competency to transform knowledge into innovations
and job-creation, what pillar of education does s/he is actually promoting?
Select one:
a. Learning to be
b. Learning to know
c. Learning to do
d. Learning to live together

Teacher Pilar believes that education needs to contribute to the all-round development of each individual. In her
class, she adheres with the precepts of the pillar of learning, "Learning to Be". Which of the following objectives will
help Teacher Pilar in this respect? I. To broaden her students care for each aspect of their personality. II. To
develop her students' freedom of thought feeling, and imagination. III.To let her students act more independently,
with more insight, more critically, and more responsibly. IV. To help her students recognize their growing
interdependence, experience shared purposes, and implement common projects.
Select one:
a. I, II, and III
b. I, II, III, and IV
c. I and II
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Which of the following is NOT true about the Four Pillars of Learning?
Select one:
a. The pillars of learning stress the importance of closer linkage between education and the world of work
b. The pillars of learning adhere to the instrumental and purely academic view of education that focuses on the
achievement of specific aims of education such as economic productivity.
c. The pillars of learning stress the goal of contributing to social cohesion, inter- cultural and inter-national
understanding, peaceful interchange, and harmony.
d. The Pillars of Learning may imply a shift from ‘schooling’ to learning throughout life by “learning how to learn”

At the end of the first grading period, Teacher Gabriel confirms his impression that five of the student for whom
English is a second language are receiving failing or near- failing grades in both English and Mathematics. Teacher
Gabriel could most effectively begin to address their needs as learners by doing which of the following?
Select one:
a. Placing these students in a special learning group within the class so they can help each other, and allowing the
other students to move at the regular pace.
b. Requesting an assessment of the students’ oral language abilities, both in their first language and in English.
c. Making sure that the families of these students have a copy of the course outline and copies of textbooks and
other materials.
d. Providing a different grading policy for these students that would reward them for whatever efforts they make.

Which of the following skills corresponds to the Fourth Pillar of Learning of the four pillars of education implies a
shift from skill to competence, or a mix of higher-order skills specific to each individual?
Select one:
a. Learning to Live Together
b. Learning to Know
c. Learning to Do
d. Learning to Be

To help students meet his second goal, “Students will develop skills for working to meet the district goal Student will
learn in classrooms that celebrate all forms of diversity.” Which of the following approaches to cooperative learning
has the best potential for helping students achieve both Teacher Gab’s goal and the district’s goal?
Select one:
a. Assign students to cooperative learning groups in a variety of ways that provide for subtends of mixed abilities
and backgrounds to work together.

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b. Encourage students to work in self selected groups for cooperative learning so they can work with others with
whom they feel comfortable.
c. Use a random-selection process for assigning students to cooperative groups, such as having students draw
numbers, so that there is no indication of bias or favoritism on Teacher Gab’s part.
d. Assign students for whom English is a second language to the same groups so they can help each other, and
assign the other student randomly

A set of guidelines for teachers’ conduct that calls for the highest standard of integrity and morality are embedded in
the Code of Ethics of Teaching Profession. Which is the violation of the Code of Ethics?
Select one:
a. A teacher obliges himself to assist in the celebration of town fiesta
b. A teacher maintains harmonious, cooperative, prudent and tactful relationship with parents
c. A teacher looks down at the staff as subordinates and not as co-workers
d. A teacher fills in her daily time record religiously on arrival and departure from school

This is also known as the Higher Education Act of 1994.

Select one:
a. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7796
b. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7794
c. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7731
d. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7722

Mrs. Virgina was ordered by her principal to school come on four consecutive Saturdays for the training of the
students’ editorial staff of their school paper. Is this allowed under R.A. 4670?
Select one:
a. No, because it is not clearly indicated in the law
b. Yes, provided the teacher is compensated
c. No, because it is not within the regular functions of the classroom teacher
d. Yes, because it is part of the teacher's other duties

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This Act's objective was to provide relevant and quality technical education that is accessible to all and to create the
agency that will manage technical education and skills development in the Philippines.
Select one:
a. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7641
b. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7794
c. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7731
d. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7796

Ms. Santos, a BSED graduate, has not passed the LET yet. On what capacity can she be hired?
Select one:
a. emergency status for one year
b. provisional for not less six months
c. permanent status
d. provision for not less than one year

What Republic Act is known as Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994?

Select one:
a. RA 7810
b. RA 7836
c. RA 6713
d. RA 7610

Article XIV, Section 2 of the Philippine Constitution provides for free and compulsory education in the _______.
Select one:
a. elementary level
b. tertiary level
c. secondary level
d. elementary and secondary levels

This Order required the use of English as medium of instruction for science and mathematics subjects and the use
of Filipino as medium of instruction for all other subjects in the elementary and high school levels.

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Select one:
a. Bilingual Education Program of 1974
b. Linguistics Education Program of 1977
c. Bilingual Education Program of 1976
d. Lateral Education Program of 1973

Who is considered a professional teacher?

Select one:
a. an education graduate who received honors
b. a teacher who has attended national seminars on teaching
c. a teacher who has taught for at least six years
d. a teacher who qualifies for a position under R.A. 4670

What should a teacher do when he/she falls in love with his/her student?
Select one:
a. Wait until the student is no longer under his/her tutelage
b. Propose and marry the student
c. Court the student at home
d. Act normally as if nothing happens and the student does not exist

Which among the following aims of the school is not embodied in 1986 constitution?
Select one:
a. respect for human rights
b. enrich academic performance@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
c. inculcate patriotism and nationalism
d. foster love of humanity

Is holding a rally to protest the delay of benefits due a person ethically acceptable?
Select one:
a. Yes, when held outside the official time
b. Yes, when held together with parents and students
c. Yes, when held while on official time

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d. Yes, when held with approval of the principal

A married female teacher who enjoys two month vacation in April and May is entitled to all of the following privileges
except?
Select one:
a. teacher's sick leave
b. maternity leave
c. teacher's study leave
d. birthday leave

What is NOT required of a licensed professional teacher?

Select one:
a. travel abroad
b. abide by the code of ethics for teachers
c. pass the licensure
d. continuously grow in the profession

The Order which required all senior high school students to take the National Secondary Assessment Test (NSAT)
Select one:
a. DECS ORDER NO. 36 OF 1992
b. DECS ORDER NO. 37 OF 1993
c. DECS ORDER NO. 38 OF 1994
d. DECS ORDER NO. 34 OF 1998

The Decree that was a legal and formal recognition of teachers as professionals and teaching as a profession.
Select one:
a. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1006 OF 1967
b. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1006 OF 1977
c. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1006 OF 1974
d. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1006 OF 1976

The Philippine Constitution guarantees the right of all citizens to quality education at ______.
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a. the graduate level

b. all levels
c. tertiary level
d. the basic education level

A Science teacher has been accused of sexual harassment by one of his students. What should the principal do?
Select one:
a. Advise the teacher to transfer to other school
b. Create a committee to investigate the accusation
c. Ask the teacher to surrender to the police
d. Tell the teacher to stop reporting to school

Ms. Baldueza, the English coordinator, was assisted by Ms. Shin throughout the
celebration of English Week. What should Ms. Baldueza do to acknowledge Ms. Shin’s
assistance?
Select one:
a. Buy her a gift
b. Mention formally to the principal the assistance received
c. Make an announcement giving due recognition of the assistance received
d. Keep quiet about the assistance received

A teacher who served for 7 straight years is entitled to take a study leave with pay for one year. How much pay is
the teacher entitled to receive?
Select one:
a. 60% monthly salary
b. 50 % monthly salary
c. 70% monthly salary
d. 100% monthly salary

Ms. Geewel taught in an urban high school. She worked hard to help student motivation because she knew that as
much as 75% of student success is due to:
Select one:

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a. Teachers who are buoyant, cooperative, and dependent

b. Acceptance from the college of a student’s choice
c. Teachers who are effective and use excellent judgment
d. The outside forces, family and culture

Of the following traits, this is most typical of students when teachers adopt the authoritative strategy of classroom
management?
Select one:
a. High self-esteem
b. Passive learners
c. Easily distracted
d. Insecure

Ms. Jazzie is well-liked professor. She has a very good sense of humor and good listening skills which makes her
closer to her students than any other professors. She highly values student’s feelings and has difficulty saying no to
a student or even enforcing rules. What classroom management profile does she fit in?
Select one:
a. Authoritarian
b. Authoritative
c. Laissez-faire
d. Indifferent

Rules and procedures should be?

Select one:
a. Clear, short
b. Reasonable, exclusive
c. Firm, punitive
d. Flexible, subjective

Teachers should begin to develop units of instruction and lesson plans ___ reviewing the curricula for the school
district.
Select one:
a. After

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b. Prior to
c. None of the choices
d. While

Classroom management principles sometimes are applied differently in elementary and secondary schools
because”
Select one:
a. None of the choices is correct
b. Teachers are trained differently
c. Of different administrative organization
d. Of the differing school structures

Mr. Jay taught World Literature. The day that he began his Egyptian unit, he came wrapped in strips of cloth – as a
mummy. What element of an effective teacher was he displaying?
Select one:
a. Flexibility
b. Patience
c. Humor
d. Goal-orientation

Who among the following is the least effective teacher?

Select one:
a. Sir Parker sets standards and applies them consistently.
b. Ma’am Grey keeps her students thinking.
c. Mr. Kent always asks questions and immediately calls students to answer.
d. Sir Stan explains complex ideas in simple ways.

In the current view of classroom management, the teacher is best viewed as which of the following?
Select one:
a. A facilitator
b. A director

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c. A guide
d. A dictator

Ms. Divine, a principal, prides herself on hiring teachers who is equipped with pedagogical content knowledge. To
what does this refer?
Select one:
a. Teachers who know their subject area completely
b. An awareness of misconceptions students are likely to have or develop about a subject
c. The ability to select and implement instructional alternatives that best address students’ misconceptions
d. Subject knowledge combined with knowledge of teaching and knowledge of students

______ and _______ are planned together.

Select one:
a. All choices are correct
b. Instruction, assessment
c. Strategies, assessment
d. Scope, sequence

Mr. Einnar becomes aware that a student in his class is being bullied by another student. To reduce bullying, Mr.
Einnar is most likely to:
Select one:
a. Never contact the parents or involve other school personnel.
b. Confront the bully confidently and in private.
c. Choose a quiet and shy student to monitor his classmates and intervene if bullying takes place.
d. Decide to wait for the victim to come and report it to him.

Mr. Larry is sick and tired of his students’ usual “I-don’t-know” response. One time, he shouted to the class, “I’m
really exhausted of you all not knowing this stuff! You guys are really hitting a new low! Let’s just move on!” Mr.
Larry could be described as:
Select one:
a. A serious teacher
b. A non-businesslike teacher
c. An unenthusiastic teacher

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d. A non-credible teacher

Ms. Baldueza is having difficulty keeping students on task. Which of the following strategies will most likely increase
academic learning time in the classroom?
Select one:
a. She should hold students accountable for their work done during class.
b. She should remember that a good sense of humor is important.
c. She can interrupt class presentations when distracted by student misbehavior.
d. She should allow ample time for transition from one activity to the next.

______ should be inserted into the lesson plan to ensure all students are able to learn what is being taught.
Select one:
a. Grouping
b. Preplanned quizzes
c. Interventions
d. Technology time

For communicating with parents of students, all of the following strategies are recommended except which one?
Select one:
a. Use “I” messages.
b. Be an active listener.
c. Make eye contact.
d. Use manipulative mode of communication.

Which of the following traits is a characteristic of “best” teachers?

Select one:
a. Assigning excessive amounts of homework
b. Showing favoritism toward some students
c. Expecting too much from students
d. Having knowledge of the subject

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Ms. Mary wants to have her students share and assume responsibility in the classroom. Which of the following
strategies should she implement?
Select one:
a. Involve the students in the planning and implementation of classroom initiatives.
b. All of the choices are correct.
c. Do not accept excuses.
d. Encourage students to judge their own behavior.

The very best teachers have few discipline problems because they
Select one:
a. Implement clear rules and interrupt instruction to correct misbehavior and re-state rules and procedures
b. Frequently refer students to the office with recommendations for detention or suspension to prevent future
misbehavior.
c. Are expert disciplinarians who enforce an authoritarian classroom management style
d. Are great teachers with effective and engaging teaching methods

Mr. Marc is a warm and thoughtful teacher. Students seemed to gravitate towards him because he seemed so
caring and understanding and able to relate to them. His colleagues enjoyed his positive attitude about teaching. He
and others were shocked when his principal put him on a growth plan in his second year of teaching after the state
test scores came back. When he approached his principal about this, he told her “I know I am a good teacher. My
kids really love me.” What would the principal reply?
Select one:
a. None of the choices.
b. “The socio-economic level of our district, as you know, is very low, so we are concerned that our children will not
do well. I am concerned that you are not as strict with students as you should be.”
c. “I am very happy with your classroom environment, but the definition of an effective teacher is the ability to help
children learn. We need to help you work on this aspect.”
d. “I agree that you have a good classroom environment, but I’m required to put so many teachers on a growth plan
by my district. I looked at those teachers with lower state test scores.”

Teacher Avril teaches in a remote high school where newspapers are delivered irregularly. Knowing the importance
of keeping the students of current affairs, what is probably the best way to keep the student updated?
Select one:
a. Gather back issues of newspapers and let pupils compile them.
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c. The teacher should try all available means to get the newspaper delivered to the school.
d. Encourage the pupils to listen to daily broadcast from a transistor radio.

To ensure that the lesson will go on smoothly. Teacher Z listed down the steps she will undertake together with
those of her students. This practice relates to:
Select one:
a. Teaching strategy
b. Teaching method
c. Teaching technique
d. Teaching style

Teacher Gab wants the class to find out the effect of heat on matter. Which method will help him accomplish his
objective?
Select one:
a. Problem method
b. Laboratory method
c. Expository method
d. Project method

Pictures, models and the like arouse students’ interest on the day’s topic. In what part of the lesson should the given
materials be presented?
Select one:
a. Culminating activities
b. Initiating activities
c. Developmental activities
d. Evaluation activities

Teacher N gives the class specific topics as assignment which they have to research and pass the following day.
However; the students could not find any information about it. What method should Teacher N use to teach the
assignment?
Select one:
a. Discovery method
b. Project method
c. Lecture method
d. Demonstration method

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Which of the following characterizes best an effective classroom manager?

Select one:
a. Demanding
b. Business-like
c. Buddy-buddy
d. Rigid

The class of Grade 6 – Cosmos is scheduled to perform an experiment on that day. However, the chemicals are
insufficient. What method may then be used?
Select one:
a. Demonstration
b. Laboratory
c. Lecture
d. Project

The class of IV – France is tasked to analyze the present population of the different cities and municipalities of the
National Captial Region for the last five years. How can they best present their analysis?
Select one:
a. By guessing and checking
b. By looking for a pattern
c. By means of a table
d. By means of a graph

What is the implication of using a method that focuses on the why rather than the how?
Select one:
a. Teaching methods should favor inquiry and problem solving.
b. A typical one will be good for any subject.
c. These methods should be standardized for different subjects.
d. There is best method.

When using problem solving method, the teacher can,

Select one:
a. Test the conclusion

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b. Propose ways of obtaining the needed data

c. Help the learners define what it is to be solved.
d. Setup the problem

When is praise effective?

Select one:
a. When it focuses students’ attention on their own task relevant behavior
b. All of the choices
c. When it shows spontaneity, variety and other signs of credibility
d. When it provides information to students about their competence and the value of the accomplishments

Which of the following belongs to a lower-order thinking skills?

Select one:
a. Asking convergent questions
b. Encouraging creativity
c. Teaching for meaning
d. Making the students aware of their mental processes

Which of the following characterizes best a well-managed class? When learners...

Select one:
a. Are engaged in an activity that leads them to realize the set goal
b. Blindly obey teachers’ instructions
c. Are controlled by the teacher
d. Pursue their task without inhibition

Which of the following is a divergent question?

Select one:
a. What is the formula in getting the weight of an object?
b. What are the parts of a sentence?
c. What is the most populated country in Asia?
d. How is water purified?

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Teacher Einnar asks student A to identify and analyze events, ideas or objects in order to state their similarities and
differences. In which part of the lesson does said activity take place?
Select one:
a. Application
b. Generalization
c. Comparison and abstraction
d. Preparation

Which part of the lesson is involved in the giving of situation or activities based on the concepts learned?
Select one:
a. Generalization
b. Preparation
c. Application
d. Comparison and abstraction

There are several reasons why problem-solving is taught in Math. Which is the LEAST important?
Select one:
a. It provides an opportunity to develop critical and analytical thinking.
b. It provides the content in which concepts and skills are learned and applied.
c. It is the main goal for the study of Math.
d. It provides pupils an opportunity to relate Math with the real world.

Which of the classroom activities below is effective?

Select one:
a. The variety of instructional materials used is evident.
b. The techniques and approaches used are varied.
c. The laughter and enjoyment of students are contagious.
d. The concept learned is applicable to daily life.

In Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives, the domains are stated from lowest to highest level. Which of the
following objectives belongs to the lowest level?
Select one:
a. To identify the characters in the story
b. To explain the procedure in changing improper fraction to mixed number

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c. To differentiate active from passive voice

d. To give the available resources that could be recycled to useful things
Which of the following practices is an effective way to start a lesson?
Select one:
a. Checking the attendance
b. Scolding someone who was late
c. Evaluating the work done the previous day
d. Reminding the pupils of standards of listening

To help students meet his second goal, “Students will develop skills for working to meet the district goal Student will
learn in classrooms that celebrate all forms of diversity.” Which of the following approaches to cooperative learning
has the best potential for helping students achieve both Teacher Gab’s goal and the district’s goal?
Select one:
a. Use a random-selection process for assigning students to cooperative groups, such as having students draw
numbers, so that there is no indication of bias or favoritism on Teacher Gab’s part.
b. Encourage students to work in self selected groups for cooperative learning so they can work with others with
whom they feel comfortable.
c. Assign students for whom English is a second language to the same groups so they can help each other, and
assign the other student randomly
d. Assign students to cooperative learning groups in a variety of ways that provide for subtends of mixed abilities and
backgrounds to work together.

Which practice does NOT fit in a classroom that recognizes individual differences?
Select one:
a. Uniform requirements
b. Accommodating student's learning styles
c. Sharing from multiple perspectives
d. Various modes of assessing learning

A person who is friendly and has a capacity to make people laugh possesses:
Select one:
a. Intrapersonal intelligence
b. Interpersonal intelligence
c. Naturalistic intelligence

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d. Spatial intelligence

Interpersonal intelligence is best shown by a student who ______.

Select one:
a. Works on his/her own
b. Spends time meditating
c. Keeps interest to himself/herself
d. Seeks out a classmate for help when problem occurs

Those who exhibit this type of intelligence learn by classifying, categorizing, and thinking abstractly about patterns,
relationships, and numbers.
Select one:
a. Picture smart
b. Self smart
c. People smart
d. Logic smart

Which teaching practice is contrary to the child's multiple intelligences theory of Gardner?
Select one:
a. Using portfolio as an alternative way of assessing learning
b. Utilizing varied ways of assessing learning
c. Limiting the assessment of learning to paper-and-pencils tests
d. Encouraging the class to use creative ways to show what was learned

This theory validates educators' everyday experience: students think and learn in many different ways and provides
educators with a conceptual framework for organizing and reflecting on curriculum assessment and pedagogical
practices.
Select one:
a. Motivation theory
b. Multiple intelligence theory
c. Intelligence Quotient theory
d. Scaffolding Theory

Individuals who learn best through touch and movement. These people are best at processing information through
the body. Sometimes kinesthetic learners work best standing up and moving rather than sitting still.

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Select one:
a. Music smart
b. Word smart
c. Nature smart
d. Body smart

Which learning principle is the essence of Gardner's theory on multiple intelligences?

Select one:
a. Learners have static IQ.
b. Learners have different IQ level.
c. Almost all learners are linguistically intelligent.
d. Intelligence is not measured in one form.

Which does NOT concur with the statement: ‘Educators should be culturally competent.’
Select one:
a. Cultural competence leads to more effective teaching.
b. Students are more diverse than ever.
c. Students are akin to many aspects such as demographics and learning styles
d. Cultural competence helps address student achievement gaps.

Teacher G believes that a new respect for the child is fundamental in curriculum. Thus, all activities in the classroom
are geared towards the development of the child – the center of the educative process. To which approach in
curriculum does Teacher G adhere?
Select one:
a. Learner-centered
b. Pragmatic
c. Subject-centered
d. Problem-centered

The following curricular changes took place in what particular period? Restore Grade VII, double-single session was
abolished and more textbooks were written by Filipino authors?
Select one:
a. New Society
b. American period

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c. Philippine Republic
d. Japanese Occupation

This concept includes the sub-processes of curriculum planning, organization; implementation and evaluation. Which
concept is this?
Select one:
a. Curriculum and instruction
b. Curriculum management
c. Curriculum assessment
d. Curriculum development

The K-12 curriculum is otherwise called as

Select one:
a. Revitalized Basic Education Curriculum
b. Extended Basic Education Curriculum
c. 2002 Basic Education Curriculum
d. Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum

Which curriculum design element is taking place when Eduardo, a 4th year student can connect the lessons he
learned in a subject area to a related content in another subject area?
Select one:
a. Continuity
b. Balance
c. Articulation
d. Integration

If curriculum is the “means”, what is the “end”?

Select one:
a. Approaches
b. Instruction
c. Technique
d. Strategies

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The curriculum used during this period in Philippine history terminated the use of English as medium of instruction.
What period was it?
Select one:
a. Commonwealth
b. Japanese
c. Spanish
d. American

Who controls the subject centered curriculum?

Select one:
a. Teacher
b. Learner
c. Parent
d. Teacher and parent

Teacher Divine would like to take part in developing a subject-centered curriculum because she believes that all
subjects in this type of curriculum are geared towards the holistic development of the learner. Is her belief about the
subject-centered curriculum true?
Select one:
a. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum involves cooperative control.
b. No, because it is the experience-centered curriculum that emphasizes the teaching of facts and knowledge for
future use.
c. No, because it is the experience-centered and not the subject-centered curriculum that emphasizes integration of
habits and skills in learning the knowledge component of subject areas.
d. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum focuses on the learners needs, interests, and abilities.

Mr. Einnar, a History teacher considers the element of time in arranging the content of his lessons in World History.
What way of establishing sequence is given emphasis by Mr. Einnar?
Select one:
a. Simple to complex
b. Concrete to abstract
c. Part to whole
d. Chronological

What refers to the appropriateness of the content in the light of the particular students who are to experience the
curriculum?
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a. Interest
b. Learnability
c. Significance
d. Validity

Ms. Gie, the Principal of Bagong Barrio Elementary School invited the Brgy. Captain in the school to solicit inputs for
a new curriculum in Social Science which highlights indigenous knowledge in the community. What is shown in this
situation?
Select one:
a. Community members as supporters of curriculum.
b. Community members as managers of curriculum.
c. Community members as beneficiaries of curriculum.
d. Community members as curriculum resources.

To provide for individual differences in the classroom, how is curriculum designed?

Select one:
a. Realistic and meaningful experiences are provided
b. Minimum learning competencies are included
c. Social skills are emphasized
d. Some degree of flexibility is provided

Teacher Ran puts emphasis on the immediate felt interests and needs of his students and not on the anticipated
needs and interests. What type of curriculum does Teacher Ran adhere?
Select one:
a. Learner-centered
b. Culture-based
c. Experience-centered
d. Subject-centered

Schools divide the school hours to different subjects such as reading, grammar, literature, math, science, history, and
geography. What curriculum design is referred here?
Select one:
a. Problem-centered
b. Culture-based
c. Subject-centered

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d. Learner-centered

Which of the following statements is NOT acceptable?

Select one:
a. Instruction requires teachers to use a variety of action to accomplish a variety of functions.
b. Curriculum determines what assessment should be done, and how to do it.
c. Instruction is the actual engagement of learners in the planned learning activities.
d. Assessment establishes what is to be accomplished in teaching and learning.

To build a sense of pride among Filipino youth, which should be done in the curriculum?
Select one:
a. Re-study our history and stress on our achievements as a people.
b. Replace the study of folklore and myths with technical subjects.
c. Re-study our history from the perspective of our colonizer.
d. Set aside the study of local history.

Which is NOT a provision for the development of each learner in a good curriculum?
Select one:
a. Self-directed, independent study is encouraged wherever possible and advisable.
b. The program provides a wide range of opportunities for individuals with same abilities, needs, and interests.
c. Extensive arrangements are made for the educational diagnosis of individual learners.
d. Self-motivation and self-evaluation are stimulated are emphasized throughout the learning opportunities of the
school.

Which best describes the philosophy of the present Basic Education Curriculum?
Select one:
a. Promotion of nationalists and dedicated Filipino citizens.
b. The promotion of transformative education for national development.
c. The development of an empowered learner who possesses life skills for lifelong learning.
d. The development of highly competitive and competent Filipinos for a globalized world.

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Reading, writing, arithmetic, language, GMRC, civic, hygiene and sanitation. Gardening, domestic science are some
of the contents taught during Commonwealth period.
Select one:
a. False
b. True

Which was the focus of education during the Spanish period in the Philippines?
Select one:
a. Establishment of nationhood
b. Training for self-government
c. Attainment of the development goals
d. Indoctrination on the Catholic faith

The aim of education during the Spanish Period is to teach democracy as a way of life.
Select one:
a. True
b. False

The vernacular was used as the medium of instruction in the parochial schools during the Spanish period.
Select one:
a. False
b. True

Which concept was not included in previous constitutions but was mandated by the 1987 Constitution to all educational
institutions?
Select one:
a. Respect of human rights
b. Accelerate social progress
c. Promote human development
d. Foster patriotism and nationalism

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Socialized recitation and student participation are the most used method in teaching during the American Period.
Select one:
a. True
b. False

During the American occupation, who served as teachers to the Filipinos before the Thomasites arrived in the
Philippines?
Select one:
a. Graduates of the Teacher’s Certificate Program of a normal school
b. American soldiers
c. Selected elementary grade school graduates
d. Government officials

Philippine education during the New Society aims to provide the school age population and young adults with skills.
Knowledge, and values to become caring, self-reliant, productive and patriotic citizens.
Select one:
a. True
b. False

Which reform in the Philippine Educational System advocates the use of English and Filipino as media of instruction
in specific learning areas?
Select one:
a. Alternative Learning
b. Bilingual Education
c. K-12 Program
d. Multilingual Education

What is the proof that the Philippine educational system has become trifocalized, supposedly to ensure greater
efficiency?
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a. The existence of the Bureau of Elementary Education, Bureau of Secondary Education and Bureau of Alternative
Learning Systems.
b. The linking of the Technical Panel for Teacher Education, Teacher Education Council, and PRC for teacher
education concerns.
c. The presence of DepEd for basic education, CHED for higher education and TESDA for vocational education.
d. The linking of DepEd, CHED and PRC with the aim of professionalization of teaching.

Survival, Conformity and Enculturation are the aims of Philippine education during the 21st century.
Select one:
a. True
b. False

What was the character of the Philippine education during the Spanish period?
Select one:
a. Separation of Church and state
b. Emphasis on religious instruction
c. Establishment of a normal school
d. Spanish as a medium of instruction in parochial schools

The 1987 prescribed which medium / media of instruction in schools?

Select one:
a. Filipino and Spanish
b. Filipino and English
c. The vernacular
d. Filipino

K-12 program started on S.Y. 2010-2011.

Select one:
a. True
b. False

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One of the aims of education during the Commonwealth Period is to continue the promotion of democratic ideals and
way of life.
Select one:
a. False
b. True

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