Part I I – Multiple Choice.

Write the letter(s) that corresponds 10) The feeling of unpleasantness or disorientation when
to your best choice in your answer sheet. If ever none one goes to an unfamiliar setting is:
of the choices is right, write the correct answer. a. culture strip d. cultural imagination
b. skeptical receptivity e. none of these
1) Society denotes c. culture shock
a. the totality of social organization and its complex
of social relationships 11) When one group blends and takes on the
b. a group of people who share a common culture characteristics of another culture, there is ____.
c. a geographical aggregate who live a common life a. Acculturation d. assimilation
and interact with one another b. Accommodation e. none of these
d. all of the above c. adaption
e. none of the above
12) The sharing for the dignity of others and being with
2) The pattern of relationship between units of a specified them is:
whole is: a. Pakikisalamuha d. pakikitungo
a. social structure d. all of these b. Pakikiisa e. none of these
b. social organization e. none of these c. pakikipagkapwa
c. society
13) The obligation to repay a person for whom one has
3) Sociologists define culture as: received a favor with undefined quantification is ___.
a. a state of refinement a. Pakikisama d. utang na loob
b. the plastic and graphics arts b. kusang loob e. none of these
c. activities such as TV sitcoms, soap operas or c. magandang loob
rock music
d. the totality of meanings, values, customs, norms, 14) The occurrence of graft and corruption, nepotism and
ideas and symbols relative to a society favoritism in the Philippines if often attributed to the
e. none of the above value of:
a. Personalism d. hospitality
4) Which statement about culture does sociologist hold? b. Impersonalism e. none of these
a. people living in urban areas are highly cultured c. utang na loob
b. the Negritoes in Central Luzon are uncultured
c. all societies have culture 15) The raw materials from which personality is fashioned
d. all of the above refers to:
e. none of the above a. genetic personalities
b. biological inheritance
5) The idea held by the Negritoes about nature spirits c. geographical environment
helping them is an example of: d. socio-cultural environment
a. norms d. sanction e. all of these
b. belief e. all of these
c. perception 16) The basic idea off personality held by the symbolic
interactionism is that personality is the result of the
6) The strongly held norms considered essential to the interaction.
welfare of the people and their cherished values are a. heredity and environment
called: b. individuals mediated by symbols or language
a. folkways d. laws c. the individuals and his culture
b. belief e. all of these d. all of these
c. mores e. none of these

7) When norms are formalized a governing body, they 17) The process by which a child learns to conform to the
become - norms of the group acquires a status, plays the
a. folkways d. laws corresponding role and emerges with a social self is –
b. belief e. none of these a. education d. socialization
c. mores b. enculturation e. none of these
c. presentation of self
8) The socially imposed rewards and punishments to
ensure the conformity of the members of society to its 18) Which statement best characterizes the socialization
norms are called - process?
a. laws d. sanctions a. the first five years of child’s life is crucial in
b. folkways e. all of these personality formation
c. mores b. socialization is a continuous life-long process
c. culture makes its deep influence during early
9) Which of the following is apart of our folkways? childhood
a. the pamanhikan d. all of these d. the church play a crucial role in the socialization
b. superstitious e. none of these process
c. the ten commandments e. none of these
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c. bilocal
19) According to Cooley, the ability of children to visualize
themselves through the eyes of others and imagine how 29) Among the Muslims, the most common type of family is
they appear to others is called – –
a. personality d. superego a. nuclear d. avunculocal family
b. looking glass self e. none of these b. joint e. none of these
c. presentation of self c. neolocal

20) Responding to a number of individuals in the group and 30) The function of religion in all culture is –
integrating the various rules or set of norms of the group a. to provide guidance to behavior
takes place in what is called the period of the – b. perform welfare function
a. looking glass self c. discover a road to spiritual serenity
b. reference groups d. perform recreation function
c. generalized others e. all of these
d. development of the social self
e. all of these 31) The hierarchical arrangement and establishment of
social categories that may evolve into social groups
21) Which of the following serves as the role model and together with statuses and their corresponding roles
source of values and attitudes for the young? refer to:
a. school group d. mass media a. social ranking d. segmentation
b. church group e. none of these b. social stratification e. none of these
c. peer group c. bureaucracy

22) Statuses which are fixed at birth by biological 32) The social standing of a person or group within a social
characteristics over which the individuals has little class or the whole stratification system is called –
control are – a. status d. social rank
a. ascribed d. attained
b. assigned e. none of these b. role e. none of these
c. achieved c. social exchange

23) Becoming a doctor is an example of – 33) When we say Cebuanos are thrifty and industrious, and
a. ascribed d. attained Bicolanos are friendly people, we are making use –
b. assigned e. none of these a. stereotypes d. prejudice
c. achieved b. ethnocentrism e. none of these
c. Epithets
24) The basic element of social structure in Philippine
society is the – 34) The improvement in the quality of life, ensuring
a. friendship group d. rural community adequate level of nutrition and suitable characteristics of
b. family e. all of these economically and politically stable societies of the West
c. school is –
a. modernization d. progress
25) The totality of social organization and the complex
network of interconnected, interdependent and b. development e. none of these
overlapping social relationships refers to – c. globalization
a. social groups c. bureaucracy
b. society d. state 35) The movement of a person or group of persons to
e. none of these another place more or less for permanent residence is –
a. migration d. ecological movement
26) In the Philippines, the adoption or borrowing of the b. population growth e. none of these
culture patterns and values of the Chinese by the c. population change
Filipinos and vice-versa is –
a. accommodation c. bureaucracy 36) The complex whole which includes knowledge, belief,
b. society d. reciprocity art, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities
e. none of these and habits acquired by men as a member of society is –
a. religion d. culture
27) The family where one is born, reared and socialized is – b. ethnocentrism e. none of these
a. family orientation d. egalitarian family c. idiosyncrasy

b. family of procreation e. none of these 37) The anthropologist who discovered the tabon cave in
c. nuclear family Palawan was –
a. Jaime Bulatao d. Frank Lynch
28) The type of residence which permits the newly married b. Linda Jocano e. Francisco Rodrigo
couple to reside independently of the parents of the c. Robert Fox
bride and the groom is –
a. patrilocal d. neolocal residence 38) The kinship group consisting of parents and children is
b. matrilocal e. none of these the –
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a. nuclear d. households 48) A rule about putting your napkins in your lap before you
b. stem e. none of these start eating is an example of –
c. extended a. mores d. laws
b. ethnocentrism e. none of these
39) ____ is the material wealth given to the bride and her c. folkway
family before marriage.
a. bride wealth d. fetish 49) By taking the role of the other, George Herbert Mead
b. fosterage e. all of these meant –
c. dowry a. practicing the new role before actually taking
on that role
40) Polygamy is practiced by the – b. seeing an image of oneself reflected in other
a. Muslims of southern Philippines people’s eyes
b. Kalingas d. Negritos c. learning to play a game such as baseball by
c. Bontocs e. Cebuanos the rules
d. learning to see things from another person’s
41) ___ describes the blurring and breakdown of point of view.
established rules, standards, categories, distinctions e. all of these
and boundaries.
a. naturalization d. westernization 50) One of the primary differences between peers and
b. postmodern e. none of these parents as agents of socialization is that –
c. urbanization a. peers engage in open conflict
b. peer’s relations are egalitarian
42) ___ are considered as society’s standards of morality, c. peers and parents have different confliction
propriety, ethics and legality. values
a. folkways d. habits d. peer are more fun
b. values e. all of these e. all of these
c. norm
51) Freud’s term for the part of the personality that operates
43) ___ is the family in which a person is raised and born. on the pleasure level, seeking immediate gratification, is
a. family of procreation d. joint family the –
b. family of orientation e. family size a. Id d. libido
c. extended family b. Superego e. drive
c. ego
44) ___ was Frank Lynch’s contribution to the study of
Filipino values. It connotes the facility of getting along 52) Which of the following theories saw socialization as a
with others so as to avoid outward signs of conflicts, confrontation between the individual and society?
even under difficult circumstances. a. Sigmund Freud d. Charles Horton Cooley
a. smooth interpersonal relationship b. Erik Erikson e. John Locke
b. reciprocity d. utang na loob c. George Herbert Mead
c. amor propio e. all of these
53) Young children “play” at being mothers and fathers,
45) ___ is a Filipino value and defined as benign taken by cops and robbers, Hollywood stars and sports heroes.
one’s fellowmen for what one is or believes he is and All of these are examples of role playing illustrate –
treated in accordance with his status, not rejected or a. the generalized other
improperly criticized. b. learning to play the game
a. social acceptance d. bayanihan c. anticipatory socialization
b. pakikipagkapwa e. none of these d. id impulses
c. amor propio e. none of these

46) Countless popular songs tell us that for every person 54) Which of the following is an example of an achieved
there is one true love. This is an example of – status?
a. real culture d. patterned evasion a. Wife d. being born male
b. ideal culture e. all of these b. brother e. none of these
c. subculture c. having blue eyes

47) Which of the following is a value? 55) A sick person’s obligation to stay in bed and follow
a. students should not throw spitballs during doctor’s orders is an example of his or her –
classes a. status d. institution
b. students who cheat on examinations should be b. role e. none of these
suspended c. presentation of self
c. all young people have a right to an education
d. college professors should not data their 56) The so-called superwoman syndrome, which holds that
students a woman ought to be able to keep and raise a family
e. all of the above while pursuing a full-time career is an example of –
a. role strain d. identity confusion
b. role conflict e. all of these
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c. institutionalized faith, hope and peace in the World. Give your view in
terms of the following:
57) In order to achieve control, all societies depend upon a. impractical
___ which are rewards for conforming behavior and b. suit to contemporary world
punishment for deviant behavior – c. likely to generate more peace and harmony
a. informal norms d. offenses d. do more harm than good
b. values e. none of these e. all of these
c. sanctions
67) Beauty, health, and wealth necessary go together in
58) The division of society into layers in termed as – principle. On this premise, if a person possesses only
a. stratification d. life chance matrix one or two of them, he/she loses a great deal of what is
b. status inconsistency e. none of these essential in life –
c. status defects a. the premise is true but the conclusion is false
b. the premise and the conclusion are both true
59) The most preferred form of marriage in human societies c. the premise is false but the conclusion is true
is – d. the premise and the conclusion are both false
a. monogamy d. polyandry e. none of these
b. polygamy e. all of these
c. bigamy 68) In general, values maybe effectively taught by means of
inculcation and instilment. The others are –
60) The function of family that has become increasingly a. repetition, instinction, practice and imitation
important in contemporary society is b. compassion, expression and problem-solving
a. the distribution of goods and services c. function, habituation, cultivation
b. socialization of children d. enrichment, intensification, improvement and
c. regulation of sexual activity modification
d. emotional gratification e. none of these
e. all of these
69) Values are refined in instructional materials such as
61) Who called religion as the opium of the people? stories, plays and game or in ___
a. Max Weber d. Robert Bellah a. technology like film or radio
b. Karl Max e. none of these b. neighboring chats
c. Emile Durkheim c. festivities
d. rallies
62) All religion shares which of the following characteristics? e. all of these
a. a quest for visions and mystical experiences
b. rituals that symbolizes beliefs 70) The general term used to indicate multiple marriage of
c. a belief in spirits any type is –
d. a belief in God a. polygamy d. group marriage
e. a belief in the Holy Spirit b. hybridization e. all of these
c. serial monogamy
63) The process by which population is concentrated in
cities is called – 71) The system of relation among the members in a society
a. Secularization d. all of these is –
b. rural migration e. one of these a. kinship d. lineage
c. urbanization
b. descent e. none of these
64) An urban area containing a city and its surrounding c. festive kinship
suburb and forming an economic and geographic unit is
called – 72) ___ refers to sexual relation with close relatives.
a. metropolis d. community a. taboo d. endogamy
b. neopolis e. none of these b. incest e. none of these
c. iopolis c. agriates

65) Karl Max, one of the fathers of Communism says that 73) ___ refers to that form of a family whereby married
religion is – brothers with their respective families decided to live
a. a game of life together less than one house.
b. the opium of the people a. deal career family d. joint family
c. the bread of life b. trifurcated family e. none of these
d. a form of harassment c. stem family
e. none of these
74) The existence of university belt, cars, raw, restaurants,
66) The Christian values of compassion, mercy, humility, row or auto spare parts streets is an example of –
sacrifices, gratitude and obedience as opposing rigor, a. Centralization d. dominance
practice, pride, indulgence, reciprocity, and b. Concentration e. none of these
independence, respectively have found the ways of c. gradient
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75) A change in technology and science of a society is – a. acculturation d. assimilation

a. Innovation d. social change b. accommodation e. all of these
b. culture changes e. all of these c. adoption
c. geographical changes
85) When norms are formalized by governing body, they
76) The study of population – its size, distribution and become –
change is – a. folkways c. laws
a. Sociology d. demography b. mores d. sanctions
b. human ecology e. history
c. geography 86) In the Philippines the adoption or borrowing of the
cultural patterns and values of the Chinese by the
77) The movement of a person or group of persons to Filipino and vice-versa is –
another place more or less for permanent residence is a. accommodation d. reprocity
– b. adoption e. assimilation
a. migration d. population change c. acculturate
b. immigration e. ecological movement 87) In terms of authority, the Filipino family and more –
c. population growth a. patriarchal d. bilateral
b. matriarchal e. none of these
78) The improvement in the quality of life, ensuring c. equilateral
adequate level of nutrition and suitable physical
surroundings in the social, political, and ecological 88) To the middle class, the main indicator of social status
systems and helping the people realize their potentials is –
is – a. land holding d. education
a. modernization d. progress b. lifestyle e. all of these
b. development e. all of these c. authority
c. globalization
89) A change in the technology and science of a society is-
79) The form of behavior that violate the norms and culture a. Innovation d. social change
– b. cultural change e. technological change
a. flainters d. non-social c. geographical change

b. deviant e. none of these 90) Even among identical twins, brothers and sisters,
c. defiant teachers should not compare abilities because –
a. every individual is unique
80) Which serves as the role model and source of values b. comparisons can arouse the feeling of hostility
and attitudes for the young – and anger
a. school group d. mass media c. comparisons can lead to unnecessary
b. church group e. gang pressures
c. peer group d. all of these

81) The basic idea of personality held by symbolic 91) There are different factors that affect intelligence, which
interactions is that personality is the result of the of these refers to the pathological conditions?
interaction between – a. heredity c. brain
a. heredity and environment b. race d. emotion
b. individuals mediated by symbols or language
c. the individuals and his culture 92) The lowest IQ indicated in the intelligence scale is-
d. all of these a. moron c. idiot
e. none of these b. imbecile d. feeble-minded

82) The supreme and over-reaching values that 93) The individual’s basic outlooks, values and ideals are to
characterizes education is – a great shape except during –
a. human dignity a. neonate c. adolescence
b. health and harmony with nature b. childhood d. adulthood
c. human existence
d. peace and practice 94) The cycle of human development includes the following
e. none of these stages mentioned below. Which of these stages should
come first?
83) The occurrence of graft and corruption, nepotism and a. adulthood c. childhood
favoritism in the Philippines is often attributed to the b. Infanthood d. adolescence
values of –
a. personalism d. hospitality 95) One inherits certain traits from one’s parents but he is
b. impersonalism e. all of these not the real replica of his parents. This explains the
c. utang na loob principle of heredity which is the principle of –
a. variation c. reproduction
84) When one group blends and takes in the character of b. uniformity d. filial regression
another culture there is –
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96) The teacher can help develop self-concept among her 108) A child who can execute difficult dance steps,
pupils by – throw and catch a ball skillful play several games is said
a. letting the child know how bad, stupid and a to have –
failure he was a. mechanical intelligence
b. keeping quiet about the child’s limitation b. abstract intelligence
c. expressing confidence on the child’s capability c. motor intelligence
d. punishing d. social intelligence

97) Which of the following will not directly satisfy biological 109) A child who is cordial, friendly and helpful with
drives? whom people like, has a high capacity for –
a. water c. economic security a. mechanical intelligence
b. oxygen d. sleep b. abstract intelligence
c. motor intelligence
98) What term is used to refer to internal stimulus condition d. social intelligence
of the organism, which impels it to activity?
a. motives c. motivation 110) Which of the four emotional behavior patterns will
b. school phobia d. incentive be the reaction in pleasant situation?
a. destruction c. retreat
99) A child who is overprotected or rejected may suffer – b. approach d. stopping of response
a. obsession c. neutralism
b. school phobia d. hypochondriac 111) When a younger reverts to weeping, pouting or
childish play as a means of overcoming frustrations, this
100) There are many factors to consider in determining mechanism is called –
the child’s readiness for learning. Which of these is the a. repression c. nomadism
most basic? b. regression d. fantasy
a. maturation
b. experience 112) Cognitive domain refers to –
c. methods and materials instruction a. skills c. values
d. emotional; attitudes and personal adjustment b. attitudes d. knowledge with
understanding
101) The internationalization of ethical values refers to-
a. personality c. dynamics 113) There are different ways of identifying talented and
b. character d. organization gifted children. Which of these will contribute least to
such identification?
102) Learning is due to maturation and training. Which a. standardized intelligence tests
of the laws is highly related to it? b. standardized achievement tests
a. Law of use c. Law of effect c. teachers’ observations
b. Law of annoyance d. Law of readiness d. parents’ opinions

103) What tests are designed to measure capabilities? 114) The behavior of the child is to large extent
a. achievement tests c. objective tests dependent upon his –
b. aptitude tests d. standardized tests a. biological inheritance c. peers
b. environment d. parents

104) During the sensorimotor period, the child develops 115) The teacher should help the isolate by –
a functional understanding of many things. Which of a. total immersion
these does not belong to these? b. shifting him in different groups
a. imitation to play c. space and time c. using gradual induction
b. causality objects d. concentration d. giving him different work

105) When teaching Math, the teacher provides 116) Which of these provide the best reinforcement?
situations where the pupils discovered the meaning of a. use of marks
square. We may then the pupils form – b. scholarships
a. process concept c. quality concept c. awarding a model
b. structural concept d. cluster concept d. natural interest in the world
117) There are several causes of maladjustment. Which
106) Which of these listed needs does not belong to the one is not a sure cause?
socio-genic type? a. Poverty c. broken home
a. thirst c. security b. Rejection d. intelligence
b. status d. independence
118) The period of concrete operations covers ages –
107) The most scientific school of psychology is – a. 1 – 2 years c. 7 – 11 years
a. Behaviorism c. Structuralism b. 2 – 7 years d. 11 – 14 years
b. Gestaltism d. Functionalism
119) According to Erickson, “identity crisis” or identify vs.
role” confusion occurs during the ages of
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a. 3 to 6 years c. 12 to 18 years 130) The best way to help adolescents become socially
b. 6 to 12 years d. 18 to 21 years mature is to –
a. urge them to confide in their parents
120) Learning is a matter of habit formation of “getting b. help them feel free to do as the crowd does
used to it” according to the theory of Pavlov known as – c. give wholesome and adequate social
a. Gestaltism experiences
b. Functionalism d. overcome inferiority feelings and pattern
c. Stimulus response-connectionism
d. Conditioning 131) Emotions are significant because they –
a. always stimulate thinking
121) The best single criterion on the degree of maturity b. preserves our lives
of a child is his – c. are the products of the body
a. size c. bone classification d. are the major fasteners in personality
b. age d. skeletal growth
132) The school causes emotional maladjustments most
122) Growth is most rapid proportionally – often by –
a. in the pre-natal months a. hard problems and lessons
b. from birth to six b. failure in the work
c. from six to twelve c. opposition from friends
d. in adolescence d. lack of guidance

123) Growth takes place – 133) The endocrine glands –

a. gradually for the whole organism
b. with differential rates for different parts of the
body
c. suddenly by spurts of the whole
d. in serial order of development
a. are glands of internal secretions
b. are known as the glands with ducts
c. are glands that produces sweat and
perspirations
d. directly control our behavior

124) The different stages of the child growth should be 134) The native stimulus for fear is –
understood because – a. the dark
a. of the relation of between his physical and b. the snakes
mental status c. a sudden or starting stimulus
b. of the wide range of ability d. being restrained or held
c. his emotional; and social factors affect growth
d. education should ft the growth 135) Emotions can best be trained by –
a. assuming an indifference to disturbing things
125) Adolescence includes the years from – b. inhibiting or repressing all emotions
a. six to nine c. avoiding all emotional stimuli
b. nine to twelve d. attaching satisfaction to desirable emotional
c. thirteen to twenty-one pattern
d. twenty-one to twenty-six
136) Maladjustment can often be prevented by –
126) By social intelligence, we mean – a. giving the child more attention
a. ability to get along with people b. speaking of the bad impression his conduct
b. absence of shyness makes
c. membership in several organizations c. seeing the child is successful in what he
d. absence of inferiority complex undertakes
d. letting the child strictly alone
127) Children form gang mainly because of –
a. parental laxity 137) Overprotected children will probably develop into
b. rebellion against authority adults who –
c. desire for adventure a. are independent and self-reliant
d. the urge to be independent b. are emotionally mature
c. will protect other children
128) Delinquency reaches its peak – d. continue to learn on their parent
a. before the teenage 138) The most serious maladjusted child is one who –
b. in the early and middle teens a. talk back to his teachers
c. in the twenties b. is loud and disorderly
d. in the thirties c. is unsocial and withdrawn from others
d. destroys school materials
129) The gang generally disintegrates because of –
a. hostility between members 139) Making the child ashamed of some habitual
b. members becomes different in size behaviors is most likely to have effect of –
c. the school prohibits it a. eliminating desirable habit without harmful
d. other interests, particularly in the other sex consequences
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b. adding a deep sense of guilt to the a. physically small and sickly

misbehavior b. nervous and emotionally unstable
c. causing open rebellion c. shy, timid and unsocial
d. a temporary improvement in conduct and d. favorable endowed in more respect
attitude
151) People’ knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, customs
140) The correction of maladjustment in an individual and other capabilities and habits are known as –
child is – a. education c. culture
a. a very complicated and difficult matter b. socialization d. anthropology
b. an impossible task
c. a rather easy thing 152) Pre-marital sex is commonly practiced in Western
d. a task only for psychiatrists Countries, but considered bad in the Philippines; what is
good for them is bad for us. This means that culture is
141) Memorization is made more effective by – –
a. Repetition a. adaptive c. shared
b. Visualization b. dynamic d. relative
c. Meaningfulness and understanding
d. Intensity 153) An American felt sick after being forced to eat “balut”
by Filipinos; such experience is known as –
142) Studies of the effect of summer vacation upon a. culture trait c. culture diversity
retention indicate that –
a. much is forgotten b. culture shock d. culture amalgamation
b. small amount is forgotten
c. nothing is forgotten 154) The expression “Filipinos operate or live on two
d. retention is increased levels of culture,” means that Filipinos –
a. are influenced by both parental sides- father-
143) The intention to remember is – mother
a. assume mastery b. versatile people who can live whether in the
b. adds meaning to the material Philippines or U.S.A.
c. does not retard forgetting c. influenced by both Western and Asian culture
d. increased interest and mind-set d. either good or bad

144) Over-learning the material – 155) Whether we like or not, it is impossible to find a true
a. increases retention or pure Filipino music, dance or belief, because, culture
b. decrease interests is –
c. makes memory work monotonous a. diverge c. relative
d. increases forgetting b. dynamic-cumulative d. learned

145) A good memory has much value because it – 156) In what sense does culture distinguished man from
a. gives one a chance to show individuality animals?
b. shows that one is above average in a. man develops culture, arts, laws, etc. while
intelligence animals behave according to their instincts
c. increased one’s social efficiency b. man is superior intellectually than animals
d. indicates clear thinking c. man although superior intellectually, is
physically inferior to animals
146) The most widely accepted concept of intelligence is d. animals can be cultured like human beings
–
a. capacity to learn 157) When Filipino is married to a German, there is a
b. ability to control emotion mixture or blending of two different cultures – as shown
c. ability to sustain oneself economically in their children’s behavior, this is known as cultural –
d. ability to make social contacts a. fusion c. unification
b. amalgamation d. breeding
147) A feeble-minded person has an IQ of –
a. 80 c. below 70 158) White people usually feel superior, blacks inferior;
b. 90 d. 75 this feeling of superiority is known as –
a. ethnocentrism c. agnosticism
148) A gifted person has an IQ of – b. altruism d. relativism
a. 100 c. 120
b. 110 d. above 130 159) Filipino Catholics celebrate fiestas, novenas in
honor of their saints, or as a form of thanksgiving; this
149) The percentage of individuals classified as having practice is part of –
an average of normal intelligence is – a. folkways c. folklore
a. 50 c. 70 b. folktales d. none of these
b. 60 d. 80 160) Sexual relations between relatives is strictly
forbidden in our society; this prohibition is part of the –
150) Children who are very bright tend to be – a. folkways c. traditions
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b. mores d. all of these for his roles, duties are a consideration of his ____
dimension.
161) Filipinos, Koreans, Japanese have their own a. moral c. spiritual
languages, habits, dresses, etc., the culture common to b. social d. political
all people is known as –
a. sub-culture c. universe culture 172) Why did the Philippines send military troops to
b. socio-culture d. international culture Cambodia? It is because –
a. the Philippines is part or a member of nation of
162) As part of modernization, people would prefer to U.N.O. and we promote global solidarity
use a telephone rather than travel, they prefer to take b. the Philippines was ordered by the United
jeepneys rather than walk; these new habits are known States
as – c. the Philippines is against communism
a. technicways c. folkways d. none of these
b. mores d. culture complex
173) Upon birth, his parents automatically rear an
163) Pordoy and Kagidlay are newly-wed with no money individual; he starts learning the culture of his family;
to either rent or buy a house; so they decided to live later with his neighbors, then the school and society’s
their in-laws; theirs and in-laws families are now known rules, regulations and laws. This is known as –
as – a. education c. training
a. nuclear c. bilateral b. socialization d. experience
b. extended d. unified families
174) What is the sociological difference between on
164) People’s ideas, beliefs of what is good or bad, “individual” and “person”?
desirable or undesirable, important or non important are a. there is no difference between an individual
better known as – and person
a. folkways c. values b. an individual is unsocialized, uncultured;
b. mores d. attitudes person cultured, socialized
c. an individual is bad; a person is good
165) Earnings, watches, lipsticks, beautiful dresses have d. both socialized
their –
a. moral c. educational 175) As a person reaches adolescence, becoming more
b. ethical d. social values independent, the ___ have the greatest influences in
behavior.
166) Some students often says, “It’s better to cheat than a. home or parents c. peers
to repeat,” others also say, “Bahala na ug ma-zero; dili b. school or teachers d. priests
gyud ko mangodigo.” These expression show their –
a. religious c. spiritual 176) Most governors, mayors, congressmen are corrupt,
b. moral-ethical d. social values rapists, murderers or less educated, yet they continue to
be re-elected during election s. This bad situation in our
167) Filipinos are always conscious of what people say society shows the Filipinos in general are –
or think about their appearances or actions; this “ulaw” a. still politically immature, if not stupid who can
mentality is part of their desire to attain – be bought, threatened by guns, gold or money
a. social acceptance c. supernaturalism b. in live with criminal politicians
b. euphemism d. particularlism c. helpless and do not care about the future of
the country/community
168) Diplomas, titles, as Dr., Engr., Atty., are always d. A and C answers
used by Filipinos as part of their –
a. particularism c. supernaturalism 177) Which of the following describes the “Pleistocene”
or “Ice Age”?
b. personalism d. euphemism a. waters around what is now the Philippines fell
about 156 ft. below its level
169) The expression, “It is not what you know but whom b. areas of land came to the surface and became
you know that counts,” reflects Filipinos’ values on – “land bridges”
a. particularism c. euphemism c. the packs of glaciers which covered the earth
b. personalism d. familism melted as sunlight entered the atmosphere
d. all of these
170) Pedro studied hard and passed the Teacher’s
Board Examination. Yet when asked on his “secret” for 178) As cited by researchers which gave such names as
passing the said exam, he simply/humbly answered “Peking Man,” “Java Man,” “Australopithecus.” There is
“Swerte lang, kaloy-an sa Ginoo.” This reflects the great possible that the first man must have come from –
value of – a. Europe c. Asia
a. personalism c. supernaturalism b. Africa d. America
b. particularism d. utang na loob
179) The fossils believed to be those of the first Filipinos
171) Man is part of the government, church, were found by Robert Fox in –
organizations or association; educating or training him a. Hinagdanan Cave, Bohol
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b. Tabon Cave, Palawan

c. Tabon-tabon Cave, Mindoro 188) Applied to the general classroom situation, the
d. Masao Cave, Agusan del Norte Field Theory implies the need for emphasis on looking
at the total situation at the beginning. Which of the
180) Which group of traders introduced Islam in the examples below best explains the theory?
Philippines? a. the teacher introduces the study of Chemistry
a. Chinese c. Malaysian by examples in a detailed analysis of a given
b. Arabs d. Indonesian element
b. in primary reading, the teacher tells briefly the
181) Which of the following is not a result of learning? story is all about, describing the characters and
a. getting drunk c. driving car relates the story to the pupils’ experience
b. saying bad words d. showing how to swim c. the psychology teacher discusses first the
importance of psychology in daily living
182) Which of the following is least effective in moral d. B & C
instruction?
a. having children memorize the laws/rules 189) Bruner’s Theory of Learning points out that if a
b. calling attention of children on the positive learner is to use information effectively, it must be
consequences of their behavior translated into his terms. This means that:
c. praising children for displaying positive a. the teacher must strive to see a problem as the
behavior learner sees it
d. discussing real-life moral situation and b. the teacher must translate the meaning of
evaluating their consequences. terms into the vernacular
c. the teacher must provide more information
183) The relation between heredity and environment is d. the teacher must allow the child to look at the
an interaction. What does this mean? meaning of words in the dictionary
a. there are special abilities are dependent on the
environment 190) The way a child talks, walks, or uses gestures may
b. parents determine the behavior of their have been learned from a model he had been exposed
children to. This is according to the theory of:
c. the importance of environment is dependent a. connectionism
upon heredity b. operant conditioning
d. maturation is the process of bringing the c. classical conditioning
various parts of an organism to full d. social learning
development
191) Thorndike’ Law of Readiness claims that the:
184) After the sounding of the bell is paired off a number a. teacher must either wait for readiness or
of times with the presentation of meal powder, the bell accept the present level of readiness and be
alone is observed to elicit salivation response known as satisfied with a lower learning rate in
the: introducing any new learning experience
a. unconditional response b. teacher must wait for the readiness of her
b. conditioned stimulus students
c. conditional response c. teacher must accept the present level of
d. unconditioned stimulus readiness and be satisfied with the lower
learning rate in introducing any new learning
185) To Thorndike, learning is: experience
a. always involve trial-and-error d. teacher must understand he students’ level of
b. sometimes involves trial-and-error readiness
c. never involves trial-and-error
d. none of these 192) Which of the following statement below is false
about punishment?
186) All of the following are examples of psychological a. it may produce undesirable emotional side
barriers in learning except: effects
a. teacher personality b. it may actually increase the strength of an
b. absence of skill motive in a learning situation undesirable behavior
c. emotional blocking c. in order to effective, it must often be in severe
d. poor teaching techniques form
d. punished behavior may continue to occur
187) Which of the following poorly explains stimulus- especially when the punisher is not present
response bond?
a. a situation which influences or affects the 193) The best way to shape the behavior of students is
learner by:
b. a response in which the learner makes the a. exposing pupils to desirable models
situation b. telling them the “do’s” of behavior
c. a connection between the problem and c. reinforcing every desirable behavior
solution d. telling them to imitate the teacher
d. a learner achieving a solution

194) All of the following statements are principles that
facilitate classroom learning except:
a. the learner must clearly perceive his goal
b. the learner must practice role learning
c. learner must be psychologically and
physiologically ready
d. the learner must be motivated to learn
195) In the classroom, teachers are said to reinforce the
kind of behavior they want to see through praise,
smiles, marks, reward and the like. This situations
exemplifies:
a. operant conditioning
b. classical conditioning
c. Lewin’s topological theory
d. Cognitive field theory
196) Which of the statements below best illustrates the
role of teacher as facilitator o student learning?
a. directing the action of the student
b. calling for the proper application of a teaching
method to make learning experiences
meaningful
c. intervening with student’s choices and actions
d. understanding how students learn
197) A teacher who is unable to overcome role
confusion or to postpone choices leading to identity
formation but attempts to resolve conflict manifests.
a. negative identity
b. psychological androgyny
c. psychological moratorium
d. identity crises
198) Teachers in Health, Biology, Psychology and Home
Economics may best help students accept or improve
their appearance by:
a. explaining that acne, for example is usually
due to physiological changes accompanying
puberty and such changes are temporary
b. citing examples of people with pleasant
appearance
c. giving them books on how to accept self and
appearance
d. accepting them as they are and explaining that
psychological changes are temporary.
199) All of the following statements apply to Piaget’s pre-
operational; stage of cognitive development except:
a. children are capable of using symbols to stand
for objects
b. children use a language that is egocentric
c. children are capable of decantation
d. children are capable of solving conservation
problems
200) By repeatedly pairing an unconditioned stimulus an
unconditioned response, a conditioned stimulus
eventually elicits a conditioned response. This is
according to the:
a. Classical Conditioning Theory
b. Operant Conditioning Theory
c. Reinforcement Theory
d. Learning Theory
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201) Which of the following is false about the Cognitive
Field Theory?
a. sees learning as a stimulus-response
interaction
b. focuses on the cognitive structure of man as
basis for learning
c. centers on the life space as source of learning
d. does not emphasize reinforcement
202) Bruner’s Theory on learning states that intrinsic
motivation is better than extrinsic motivation. Which of
the following statement below is the best example of
intrinsic motivation?
a. a student has a desire to learn a subject
because it is worth knowing
b. a student learns because of the use of reward
and punishment
c. a student wants to learn because his goal is to
graduate with honors
d. a student learns because he wants to prove
that he is intelligent
203) All of the following are principles that facilitate
classroom learning except:
a. the learner must clearly perceive the goal
b. the learner must practice role playing
c. the learner must be psychologically and
physiologically ready
d. the learner must be motivated to learn
204) Jane has been punished and this has adopted her
aggressive behavior towards her younger brother.
However, lately, she has been seen her mother
shouting at and showing aggressive behavior toward
her father. Because of this, she has started to manifest
aggressive behavior toward her younger brother. This
situation is an example of:
a. inhibitory effect c. disinhibitory effect
b. negative effect d. modelling effect
205) Learners who have past histories of failures and
frustrations are generally observed to manifest:
a. low achievement motivation
b. high achievement performance
c. a fear to study
d. fear of school
206) A group of accelerated Grade V pupils is expected
to learn more learning task in Science than does a
group of regular Grade V pupils. A teacher who works
on a sound principle of motivation is likely to present:
a. the overview of all learning tasks to arouse
interest for the entire lesson.
b. the lesson from the simplest to them are
complex
c. the lessons from most difficult to simplest to
challenge the group
d. the lesson at random to generate creativity
207) Teacher should avoid labeling pupils negatively as
they may live up to these images. This tendency to
manifest negative labels into actual behaviors is a
concept of attitude formation called:
a. reflected self-appraisal c. self-concept
b. self-fulfilling prophecy d. self-realization
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208) A conscientious teacher can best help her students 218) As defined by the American College Dictionary, it is
demonstrate learned helplessness by: defined as the things of social life, such as ideals,
a. Making them aware of their strength and customs, institutions, etc. toward which the people of
weaknesses for learning the group have affective regard and which are
b. providing them activities that will enable them considered desirable is known as …
to experience success a. culture c. geography
c. encouraging them to join rewarding activities b. values d. arts
d. creating activities for them that will make them
feel important 219) The stimulus-response theory believes every
stimulus creates a response where activities can be
209) A social unit of persons united by kinship, marriage, measured objectively. This is known as …
or adoption, with a common habitat and interacting a. Structuralism c. behaviorism
according to well-defined roles to maintain and protect b. gestalt psychology d. functionalism
its members and perpetuates the society.
a. family c. barangay 220) It is a stirred up state or disorganized behavior
b. government d. society caused by a situation which the individual cannot cope
with is known as …
210) The commission of criminal or anti-social acts by a. emotion c. delusions
the youth. b. motivation d. hysteria
a. prostitution c. juvenile delinquency
b. gambling d. drug addiction 221) This refers to the arousal and maintenance of
interest.
211) It is the study of man as a product of evolution, his a. emotion c. delusions
physical structure is known as … b. motivation d. hysteria
a. Sociology c. cultural anthropology
b. physical anthropology d. archeology 222) It is system or schools of psychology that claims
that experience or mental states are made of
212) The sum total of knowledge, skills, beliefs, sensations, images or ideas and feelings.
products, etc. shared by people and passed from one a. Structuralism c. behaviorism
generation to another. b. gestalt psychology d. functionalism
a. Sociology c. culture
b. Anthropology d. archeology 223) It is another system or schools of psychology that
mental processes are functions or operations of the
213) This refers to the ability to communicate with organism in its adaptation to and modification of is
others. Thoughts and feelings are symbolized so as to environment.
convey meaning in different forms of communication is a. Structuralism c. behaviorism
known as … b. gestalt psychology d. functionalism
a. speech c. message
b. communication d. language 224) The conception of experience at any given
moment is determined by the totality of its related
214) It is a form of language in which articulate sounds phases, which constitute an integrated pattern or
or words used to convey meanings is known as configuration. This school of psychology is known as ..
a. speech c. message a. Structuralism c. behaviorism
b. communication d. language b. gestalt psychology d. functionalism

215) The sacred book of the Judaism. 225) “Emotion is the primitive matrix from which all later
a. Bible mental powers are developed.” This theory is known as
b. Quran …
c. Torah She Bi-Khetab &Tora She-Be al Peh a. Canon-Dana Theory
d. None of the above b. James-Lange Theory
c. Evolutionary Theory
216) It is the totality of human activities involving d. Emergency or conflict theory
creativity, ingenuity, judgment, and skills aimed at the
accomplishment of a given aesthetic end or a thing of 226) The following are methods of eradicating
beauty is known as…. undesirable emotional behavior except one:
a. culture c. language a. disuse
b. arts d. humanities b. frequent application of the stimulus
c. ridicule of scorn
217) As defined by the American College Dictionary, It is d. sublimation
the study of a real differentiation of the earth surface, as
shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations 227) It is the sum total of the traits and characteristics
over the world elements is known as... and patterns of adjustment of an individual that sets him
a. map c. culture apart or makes him different from other individuals.
b. arts d. geography a. Personality c. values
b. Culture d. all of the above
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228) It is the process of overcoming difficulties that 238) It is the process by which an organism inherits the
hinder the attainment of a goal by using knowledge and characteristic traits of the parents.
skills gained from associative leaning, reflective, a. heredity c. development
analytical and constructive thinking are very much b. maturation d. fertilization
needed. This type of learning is known as …
a. aesthetic leaning 239) It is the stage of development, which is considered
b. problem-solving learning as the transition period form childhood to adulthood.
c. affective learning a. adolescence c. late childhood
d. psychomotor learning b. adulthood d. infancy

229) When an organism is ready to act, action is 240) It is a process when the sperm cell penetrates the
satisfying, inaction is annoying. This law of learning is membranes of the egg cell and is considered as the
known as …. beginning of life.
a. law of effect c. law of readiness a. development c. maturation
b. law of exercise d. none of these b. fertilization d. accommodation

230) This is law of learning states that “practice 241) A fetus, which comes from a single fertilized egg
reinforces learning.” cell, is called ___.
a. law of effect c. law of readiness a. fraternal twin c. Siamese twin
b. law of exercise d. none of these b. bi-ovular twin d. uniovular twin

231) This refers to the inborn automatic responses to 242) The stage of development from the time of
simple localized stimulation involving particular muscles conception to the time of birth is known as
and a part of the body is known as …. _____.
a. drives c. reflexes a. pre-natal period c. early childhood
b. urges d. aptitudes b. post-natal period d. babyhood

232) Charles’ mother noticed that her son is sometimes 243) it refers to the nurture that the child receives from
competing with his father for her attention. Charles can his parents and from interaction with the people
be classified under what psychoanalytic stage of around him.
development? a. environment c. nutrition
a. latency b. genital b. heredity d. parental cares
c. phallic d. oral
244) The stage of development is known as the
233) This pattern of development states that questioning age or exploratory age because the child is
development follows an orderly pattern that is constantly asking so many questions.
predictable. a. babyhood c. infancy
a. cepahlocaudal c. conventional b. early childhood d. late childhood
b. phylogenetic d. proximodistal
245) It refers to the natural impulse possessed by men
234) Classical conditioning theory is always attributed to and animals, an activity engaged in for the enjoyment
him for his experiment concerning the dog’s salivation and satisfaction, but can also be utilized as a tool for
as a reaction to the sound of the buzzer. learning.
a. Bandura c. Pavlov a. desire c. play
b. emotion d. rivalry
b. Lewin d. B. F. Skinner
246) It is one of the characteristics of Filipino learners
235) The child’s concept of right and wrong is based on shown by the attitude of partial inhibition of social
external criteria laid down by adults during the stage of responses especially in the presence of strangers.
pre-conventional morality. This is based on the idea of a. shyness c. humility
____. b. perseverance d. competition
a. Erikson c. Kohlberg
b. Freud d. Piaget 247) Learning is any change in the behavior of an
organism, is the main educational idea of the ____.
236) During the pre-operational stage language skill a. behaviorist’s c. Gestaltists
emerges and the child now uses words to represent b. connectionists d. mind theories
ideas. This is the theory attributed to ____.
a. Wallace c. Freud 248) it is the natural impulse of the child, which involves
b. Piaget d. Dewey a skillful or dexterous management, or control of
actions.
237) An individual with an I. Q. of 110 is considered a. rivalry c. manipulation
____. b. play d. curiosity
a. above-average c. genius
b. average d. moron 249) Learning is an active and dynamic process in which
the learner must definitely be involved in the teaching-
learning activities, is the basic tenet of ____.
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a. progressivism c. connectionism 260) The ratio obtained by dividing mental age by

b. Gestalt d. behaviorism chronological age times 100 is called _____.
250) This is the law of learning states that when an a. derived quotient
organism is prepared to respond to a stimulus, allowing b. emotional intelligence quotient
him to do so would be satisfying while preventing him c. intelligence quotient or IQ
would be annoying. d. intelligence ratio
a. Law of Effect c. Law of Recency
b. Law of Exercise d. Law of Readiness 261) This natural born tendency of the child, which refers
to the capacity to adjust his thinking to new
251) A type of motivation, which is based on reward and requirements.
punishments. a. competition c. emotion
a. extrinsic c. materialistic b. curiosity d. intelligence
b. intrinsic d. psychological
262) it is the process of arousing the individual’s
252) It is the process of equaling or excelling over the attention and interest to wards a definite goal.
work of another. a. learning c. resourcefulness
a. competition c. emulation b. motivation d. rivalry
b. curiosity d. rivalry
263) This domain of learning is geared towards the
253) Danica got the highest grade in Mathematics development of the child’s intellectual capacity.
because she studied very well in the said subject. For a. affective c. manipulative
this, Danica will be all the more motivated to study not b. cognitive d. psychomotor
only Mathematics but also her other subjects. This is in
accordance with the ____. 264) it is believed that education is a matter of training
a. Law of Belongingness c. Law of Exercise and discipline. Hence, if one wants to sharpen his
b. Law of Effect d. Law of Readiness memory, he must memorize names, dates, events and
others. This is the main idea of ____.
254) During the Spanish period, the teachers who were a. generalization c. identical element
mostly friars assumed all the authority in the schools b. gestalt d. mind theory
and classrooms and the students had no right but to
obey their teachers. This best illustrates ____ approach 265) This law of learning states that constant repetition
to teaching. of any learning task strengthens learning.
a. authoritarian c. laissez-faire a. Law of Belongingness c. Law of Exercise
b. democratic d. Socratic b. Law of Effect d. Law of Readiness

255) It is the domain, which is focused on the 266) The ability of the individual to foresee things based
development of the attitude, interest and emotion as on knowledge and experiences and to react in advance
well as the intangible qualities of the child. is known as ____.
a. affective c. manipulative a. E.S.P. c. Insight
b. cognitive d. psychomotor b. Conditioning d. Trial and Error

256) Regarding the maturation of boys and girls, 267) This law of learning states that the response which
teachers should bear in mind that: has been exercised and rewarded most recently is the
a. girls mature at a later stage than boys’ one which is most likely to occur when the organism is
b. girls mature at an earlier stage than boys in a given situation.
c. boys and girls mature at the same time a. Law of Effect c. Law of Readiness
d. there are no marked difference in their time of b. Law of Exercise d. Law of Recency
maturity
268) “Values are caught and not taught.” This due to the
257) Transfer of learning easily takes place if the fact that children learn from what they observe from
activities involved ____. adults. This shows the natural tendency of children
a. are different known as:
b. having identical elements a. competition c. imitation
c. occur in the same time b. curiosity d. rivalry
d. vary in difficulty
269) The domain of learning, which caters to the
258) When the learner is well motivated, he performs his development of skills of the child.
task ___. a. affective c. objectives
a. with indifference c. with arrogance
b. with interests’ d. with enthusiasm b. cognitive d. psychomotor

259) A six-year-old child who has a mental age of 96 has 270) This is a term, which means pattern shape or
an IQ of ____. configuration. This school of thought adheres to the
a. 120 c. 132 idea that the experiences at any given moment are
b. 130 d. 133 determined by the totality of its related phases, which
constitutes an integral pattern of configuration.
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a. behaviorism c. gestalt b. dialog d. proverb

b. connectionism d. progressivism
281) This philosophical school of thought believes that
271) Learning is further strengthened when there are the ultimate goal of human existence is the acquisition
similarities in the topics or subject matters to be learned. of pleasure. Everything that brings pleasure and
a. Law of Belongingness c. Law of Exercises delights is moral. Whereas, anything that brings
suffering and pain is immoral.
b. Law of Effect d. Law of Readiness a. utilitarianism c. moral sensism
b. moral rationalism d. hedonism
272) This law of learning states that a given situation
usually generates various reactions from the learners. 282) If the Christian has the Bible and the Islam has the
a. Law of Effect c. Law of Multiple Response Qur’an as Holy Scriptures, what do you call the Sacred
of Text of Hinduism?
b. Law of Frequency d. Law of Recency a. Veda c. Karma
b. Nirvana d. Analects
273) Zsa-zsa’s father promised to by her a laptop
computer if she graduated as valedictorian. She 283) He postulated that both human heartedness and
studied so hard in order to graduate as valedictorian propriety should operate in a scheme of five human
and get her prize. This is a good example of _____. relationships like between father and son; between
a. punishment c. intrinsic motivation brothers; between husband and wife; between friends
b. motivation d. extrinsic motivation and between rules and subjects.
a. Buddha c. Lao Tzu
274) it is defined as the quest for truth based on logical b. Confucius d. Tagore
reasoning aside form factual observation of the nature’s
multifarious phenomena. 284) Life is full of conditions. As much, man is always
a. culture c. philosophy confronted with alternative wherein he must decide
b. morality d. sociology based on his prudence. But he must take full
responsibility for the consequences that his decision
275) it is an ordinance of reason formulated for the might bring. This is the maxim of ____.
common good by the one who has charge of the a. essentialism c. pragmatism
society. b. existentialism d. utilitarianism
a. philosophy c. law
b. morality d. culture 285) The name of this Oriental religion means
submission to God.
276) A teacher can best help a withdrawn child to assert a. Christianity c. Islam
himself and win the respect of his classmates by ____. b. Hinduism d. Judaism
a. giving him opportunity to show his talents
b. providing him leadership roles 286) “Know thyself” was the dictum of this Greek thinker
c. always calling him to answer questions who was condemned to die by drinking hemlock.
a. Aristotle c. Socrates
d. encouraging him to study harder to outwit his b. Plato d. Thales
classmates
287) It is something, which is chosen from alternatives,
277) The best for a teacher to impart values to his pupils acted upon and enhances the creative integration and
is ___. development of human personality.
a. constant repetition of actions to make them a. values c. ethics
routinely b. morality d. character
b. inflicting corporal punishment
c. acting as a role model 288) Hitler massacred millions of people during the
d. always scolding his pupils holocaust due to the belief advocated by Friedrich
Nietzsche that the society must produce strong people
278) “All mortal existence is characterized by suffering” and kill the weak. What is the name of this
is the basic premise of this Oriental philosophy. philosophical belief?
a. Brahmanism c. Confucianism a. moral rationalism c. Nazism
b. Buddhism d. Islam b. moral evolutionism d. utilitarianism

279) It is the art and science that deals with the morality 289) Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I
of human acts. cannot change; courage to change the things I can and
a. aesthetics c. ethics wisdom to know the difference was the well known
b. axiology d. logic prayer of ____.
a. Saint Augustin c. Saint Francis
280) it is a short story, a weighty similitude that is used b. Saint Duke d. Saint Matthew
to convey instruction to ignorant and inattentive
listeners. A method of teaching that was used by Jesus 290) it is an Oriental religion whose main philosophy is
Christ. An example is the story of the Prodigal son. man’s harmony with “Mother Nature.”
a. dialectic c. parable a. Taoism c. Judaism
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b. Shintoism d. Buddhism d. Educational concerns are focused on the

supernatural world of eternity.
291) It is the belief that man’s soul is imprisoned in his
earthly body and can escape only from such bondage 301) What statement is FALSE with respect to
through an endless series of birth. essentialism as a philosophy of education?
a. Veda c. Karma a. The chief business of education is to cultivate
b. Transmigration d. Nirvana the intellectual virtues of man.
b. Education should be devoted to the thorough
292) “Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic study of a few subjects selected for their
revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but universal and basic importance.
their claims they have a world to win. Workingmen of all c. Essentialism stresses reading, speaking,
countries unite!” were the concluding statements of the writing and arithmetic as tool subjects;
____. grammar, rhetoric, logic and languages as
a. Russian Constitution intellectual subjects.
b. Magna Carta d. Essentialism is in accord with the basic
c. Communist Manifesto philosophy of child-centered education as
d. Das Kapital favored by progressives.

293) “To repeat is to acquire understanding, is to 302) What statement is NOT TRUE in so far as the
demonstrate concentration, is to show the power of the contributions of Friedrich W. Froebel to education
human intellect’” was the basic doctrine of this educator are concerned?
for establishing a special kind of school for children. a. Education is development from within.
a. John Amos Camenius c. Friedrich Herbart b. In the educational process the pupil or learner
b. John Dewey d. Maria Montessori is a passive agent.
c. He is propounded the principle of self-activity.
294) These are bodily appetites or tendencies like love, d. He formulated the principle of social
joy, anger, grief, passion, etc. that modify human acts. participation.
a. Concupiscence c. ignorance
b. freedom d. violence 303) What statement is NOT TRUE when it comes to the
contribution of John Friedrich Herbart to education?
295) Eating “sili” and other spicy food is the trademark of a. Education is development from within.
the Bicolonos. This practice is acceptable for them but b. Education is the sole business of the teacher.
may not be as welcome to the other ethnic groups. This c. He formulated the doctrine of interest.
only shows that value is _____. d. He formulated the doctrine of apperception.
a. bipolar c. objective
b. hierarchical d. subjective 304) What statement is NOT TRUE with reference to
Realism in education?
296) The passage “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not a. The basic reality is to be found in the forces
want,” is taken from _____. and laws of nature.
a. Veda c. Proverbs b. Sense perception is the fundamental means to
b. Talmud d. Psalms learning.
c. What is hard or difficult has special disciplinary
297) The formation of the alphabet for the Western value.
World was the achievement of the ____. d. All knowledge is acquired through experience.
a. Egyptians c. Phoenicians
b. Babylonians d. Romans 305) What statement is unacceptable to proponents and
followers of humanism in education?
298) The great educational achievement of the medieval a. Classical Latin literature is the basis of liberal
period, which created an academic world, is _____. education.
a. scholasticism c. Chantry schools b. Liberal education stresses moral discipline.
b. venture school d. the University c. The essential of liberal education are history,
moral philosophy and eloquence.
299) Support of the State government for the d. Languages are used as tool subjects and a
maintenance of schools was one o the notable effects of pansophic curriculum is the means to new
the ____. social order.
a. Reformation c. Naturalism in education
b. Renaissance d. Realism in education 306) The ways in which primitive children learn were by
observation of activities in which they would later
300) What statement is INCONSISTENT with what are be participants and by simple telling and
advocated by progressive educators? demonstration on how things were done. When
a. The cosmos that confronts the learner is primitive education is contrasted with civilized
continually undergoing change education, this difference will be noted;
b. Educational aims are not fixed and final. a. Primitive education is relatively simple.
c. Education is the constant reconstruction of b. Primitive education evolves in a purely natural
experience. ways.
c. Primitive education evolves in a military ways.
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d. Primitive education is relatively complex. a. parents, teachers, classmates, teachers,

friends, parents
307) Roman education emphasized the practical way of b. learners, learning process, learning
doing things aim of roman education was utilitarian situation
- not theory but application, not learning but c. learning process, teachers, learners
practice. What kind of people were the Romans? d. none of these
a. Naturalist c. Pragmatists
b. Progressivists d. Realists 314) The adolescent wants independence; yet he has a
strong desire for security. He wants to feel secure in
308) Most authorities agree that modern times began the affection and regard of his peers and of adults, That
with the movement known as the Renaissance; and is, he wants to be secured ____.
since education is always a reflection of the times, a. physically and socially spiritually and
modern education and modern theories of physically
education can be said to have began with this b. mentally and emotionally
movement. The distinct outgrowth of the c. emotionally and socially
Renaissance was: d. none of these
a. Realist education c. Pragmatic education
b. Naturalist education d. Humanistic education 315) What development is described in this view of
Piaget?
309) Individual teachers need to begin their professional
life by soul searching and knowing more about “Development involves two processes:
them. The most important aspect of the assimilation in which an individual acquires
professional life of a teacher therefore is a critical information or knowledge accommodation where
examination of ideas related to his life and work, an individual creates a new scheme after his
the critical examination of ideas should continue interaction with the environment.”
through:
a. teacher’s professional career a. cognitive development affective
b. teacher’s changing philosophical orientation development
c. teacher’s value orientation b. psychomotor development
d. teacher’s philosophy in life c. spiritual development
d. none of these
310) The teacher’s total philosophy of life can’t be
separated from his philosophy of education or his 316) The problem of meeting adequately all the needs of
learning theory, and his methods of teaching, for a learner in education becomes the task of the
views of reality, knowledge and value lie in the teacher. For this task to be effectively
realm of: accomplished, the teacher has to be aware of the
a. movistic, dualistic and organic view nature and extent of the school learner’s
b. metaphysical, epistemological and differences, how they affect teaching and learning.
axiological view In the developmental theory, this refers to:
c. philosophical, sociological anthropological a. family differences
view b. community differences
d. realistic, naturalist and humanistic view c. individual differences

311) Education seeks the self-realization of the d. sex differences

individual through participation in the social of his
family and society. From his early infancy, the
individual’s participation grows increasingly. This
means:
a. Education transmits the vital elements of
culture to the succeeding generation.
b. Education secures to the individual the
external conditions of good life.
c. Education is a continuous process.
d. Education preserves and spreads spiritual
values.
312) The curriculum of kindergarten schools emphasizes
physical and mental growth, development of personal
habits and attitudes through informal activities most of
all it should emphasize:
a. religious instruction c. appreciation of ideas
b. social relationship d. military discipline
317) As the individual emerges form the sheltered life
within the home toward an expanded social and
physical environment, new problems arises and
additional needs and wants appear. During this
time boys and girls need very urgently.
a. physical adjustment
b. social adjustment
c. emotional adjustment
d. spiritual adjustment
318) According to this theory, human activities are based
on association between stimuli and responses.
This theory has bee called S – R bond. These
terms refers to:
a. connectionism theory

313) There are three components of the educative b. law of readiness

processes, which have been the concern of both c. law of effect
psychologists and teachers. These are the:
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d. conditioning theory c. scientific foundations of education

d. psychological foundations of education
319) Which of these attitudes helps the individual to
endure suffering, poverty, sickness and bad luck? 328) The contemporary educational view fundamentally
This attitude enables one to accept resignation and manifests ____.
tolerance to pain and frustrations. This attitude that a. an eclectic tendency c. sociological bias
still persists is called ____. b. psychological trend d. philosophical
a. fatalism c. animism inclination
b. non-rationalism d. euphemism
320) This attitude denotes a sense of gratitude. This 329) Who was the educational theorist who propounded
value system comprises a work of behavior with the idea that “all children are born good but society
different degrees connotation. It is a complicated makes them bad”?
system of mutual obligation. Everybody owes a a. Jean Jacques Rousseau
debt of gratitude to someone, everyone in some b. John Locke
way has done something for someone who c. Thomas Habbes
therefore owes him in return. This value is referred d. none of the above
to as:
a. ningas cogon c. fiesta syndrome 330) What does a sense-realist or a pragmatist mean
b. manana habit d. utang na loob when he says that a person “talks sense”?
a. The person talks about something important or
321) It is something that grows and changes with the significant.
passage of time. It is complex whole, which b. The person understands what he is talking
includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, about.
customs, and/or capabilities and habits acquired by c. The person talks about those that are
man as a member of society. This is referred to as: perceived by the senses not only by the person
a. culture c. learning who experience them but also by others who
b. experience d. education can verify them.
d. All the above.
322) When planning the program for learning what is
important for the teacher to know? 331) According to Herbartian psychology the chief
a. the child’s or learner’s background characteristic of the mind is its power of___.
b. the learner’s problems and needs a. assimilation c. intellectualization
c. the learner’s abilities and interest b. abstraction d. conceptualization
d. all of the above
332) We owe our idea of universal, elementary
323) Which of the following statements is consistent with education to the ___.
the basic principles guiding pupil learning? a. Reformation c. Humanism
a. the child is the beginning, the center, and the b. Renaissance d. Scholasticism
end goal of the learning process.
b. The child is a unique individual, meaning no 333) The educational theory upholding the idea that
two children are alike because every child has sensory experience is the only source of knowledge
characteristics distinctly his own. is associated with ___.
c. The child should be accepted for what he is: a. empiricism c. scholasticism
his personality should be respected. b. idealism d. none of these
d. All of the above
334) What propagation devices are used by a person
324) Which of the following groups of individual look who presents only one side of an issue especially
upon education as changed behavior? the side favorable to what he supports of
a. anthropologist’s c. physiologists represents?
b. sociologists d. all of these a. card stacking c. bandwagon
b. glittering generally d. name calling
325) Human social life is the product of ____.
a. biological heredity c. the group and culture 335) The tendency to regard learning as a set of
b. natural environment d. none of these processes by which an organism is modified by the
responses it makes to stimuli is indicative of ___.
326) Kilpatrickian (referring to William Kilpatrick) is a. sociological influence
essentially associated with ___. b. philosophical influence
a. the project method c. intrinsic motivation c. scientific influence
b. purposeful activity d. all of these d. psychological bias

327) The idea that education is primarily a method of 336) How group integration in a school system be
helping the individuals adjust to his environment sustained?
stems from the ____. a. through independent or common pupil and
a. sociological foundations of education faculty activity
b. by consensus
b. philosophical foundations of education c. by building good morale
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d. all of the above c. James-Lange theory

d. Evolutionary theory
337) What are the acquired human needs that are
a. build largely around the ego? 345) It is the study of human behavior, of how a person
b. the desire to belong to the group acts and reacts under different situations,
c. desire to be accepted and loved by the group consciously or unconsciously, mentally,
d. desire to enjoy good standing in the group physiologically, physically, overtly or covertly.
e. all the above a. Anthropology c. Philosophy
b. Psychology d. Sociology
338) What is personality a function of?
a. Personality is a function of the expectations of 346) Which of the following is true about human growth
social situations. and development?
b. Personality is a function of social situations. a. growth involves physical changes while
c. Personality is a function of the self. development refers to maturation
d. A and B. b. growth involves growing older, while
development is an increase in height and
339) The personality of education based on knowledge weight at all times
of the activities and development of the human c. growth is the process of ripening while
mind are indicators of the influence of ___. development is the result of training
a. rational psychology d. none of the above

b. realistic philosophy 347) The unborn fetus appear to be like “monsters” with
c. naturalistic movement abnormally large heads because –
a. the head contains a lot of fluids
d. none of the above b. the pattern of development follows
cephalocaudal trend
340) In the transfer of learning, this theory asserts that c. the head is the most important part of the body
the skill or training gained in the study of one d. human life has not fully developed
subject will improve the performance of the same
skill in the study of another subject. This theory is 348) The period when rapid learning takes place is
known as …. known as –
a. mental discipline a. plateau of learning c. learning curve
b. theory of generalization b. learning sports d. learning process
c. theory of identical elements
d. theory of configuration 349) The feeling of uneasiness or dislike against new
culture is known as –
341) It is a theory of learning that a series of responses a. enculturation c. acculturation
are connected until the correct response is b. culture shock d. culture orientation
achieved.
a. stimulus-response theory 350) The teacher can develop self-concept among her
b. cognitive field theory pupils by –
c. trial and error theory a. letting the child know how bad he was
d. conditioning theory b. keeping quite about the child’s weakness
c. expressing confidence on the child’s capability
342) According to this theory, the stimulus to activity d. all of the above
does not come from within the individual but from
outside. 351) What is the most basic factor to be considered in
a. need-drive-incentive theory determining a child’s readiness to learn?
b. cue-stimulus theory a. maturation c. experience
c. affective arousal theory b. methods of instruction d. age
d. psychoanalytic theory
352) A child who is friendly, cordial and easy to work
343) This refers to social drives that are acquired, with is showing –
learned, or derived. It is also the need for social a. mechanical intelligence
approval, security, safety, belongingness, love, b. social intelligence
esteem, prestige, power and the like. c. motor intelligence
a. biological and physiological drives d. abstract intelligence
b. psychological drives
c. self-actualization drives 353) A new-born baby is know as –
d. all of the above a. neonate c. an infant
b. fetus d. a preemie
344) “Emotion is the primitive matrix from which all later
mental powers are developed.” This theory is 354) Readiness in the child involves not only maturation
known as … but also –
a. Cannon-Dana theory a. adjustment
b. Emergency or conflict theory b. hereditary capabilities

c. independent learning
d. motivation and experience
355) Which of the following is not a psychological need?
a. need for love c. need for belongingness
b. need for food d. needs of friends
356) Biological inheritance begins –
a. at the birth of the child
b. at the age of one year
c. at the time of conception
d. all the period of infancy
357) Identical twins caused by –
a. two sperm cells entering one egg
b. two sperm cells fertilizing two eggs
c. one sperm fertilizing two eggs
d. a fertilized egg separate into two
358) Projection is best defined as –
a. a tendency to react to others according to our
motivation
b. an eagerness to discuss personal problems
c. adoption of values of older persons
d. assigning to others negative traits we
ourselves possess
359) Learning in accordance with the view of Thorndike
– a. works overseas for the education of his
a. always involves trial and error
b. sometimes involves trial and error
c. never involves trial and error
d. none of the above
360) The method of teaching which aims to correct
errors in the past is –
a. remedial c. development
b. diagnostic d. corrective
361) With cooperative learning is mind, which does NOT
belong to group?
a. competition c. collaboration
b. teamwork d. synergy
362) Which is more of a spatial task for a learner?
a. read a book then write a response
b. examine a statistical chart then write a
response
c. go on a field trip then write a response
d. watch a movie then write a response
363) With the explosion of knowledge, which image of
teacher is unacceptable?
a. Questioner c. facilitator of learning
b. omniscient teacher d. “guide on the side”
364) Which question is in the highest level of Bloom’s
Taxonomy of objectives in the cognitive domain?
a. what could happen if there were no control
groups?
b. Distinguished between control and
experimental groups/
c. Judge the validity of the experimental design
d. What two groups are present in an
experimental design?
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365) In what developmental stage is growth is most
rapid?
a. adolescence c. middle childhood
b. early childhood d. infancy
366) What characteristics of a dyslexic child?
a. hard up in writing and spelling
b. attention-getter
c. out of focus
d. hyperactive
367) In Piaget’s concrete operational stage, what is it
that children CAN NOT do?
a. reasoning applied to specific example
b. doing mentally what was just physically done
c. classifying objects into different sets
d. imaging the steps necessary to complete an
algebraic equation
368) Which according to Jocano is strength of the
Filipino people?
a. sense of national pride
b. sense of humor
c. sense of historical or national identity
d. sense of commitment to nationalistic ideas
369) Who among the following is genuinely nationalistic?
The citizen who –
children
b. uses his skills and capital to generate jobs in
the countryside
c. sings the National Anthem will all his heart
d. salutes the flag as it is raised during the flag
ceremony
370) Which one may help an adolescent discover his
identity?
a. Parents a pursuing in to follow a specific path
b. exploring many different roles in healthy
manner
c. relating to people
d. deciding to follow one path only
371) Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the cultural
and educational heritage of the nation and is under
obligation to transmit such heritage to learners.
Which practice makes him fulfill such obligation?
a. study of the life of Filipino heroes
b. observe continuing professional education
c. use of the latest instructional technology
d. use of interactive teaching strategies
372) What functions are associated with the left-brain?
a. verbal, visual, intuitive
b. verbal, logical, intuitive
c. verbal, logical, detail-oriented
d. verbal, intuitive, detail-oriented
373) According to Piaget’s theory, in which development
stage can the child do symbolic thinking and go
beyond the connection of sensory information and
physical action?
a. pre-operational c. formal operational
b. concrete operational d. sensorimotor

374) Which of the 3 – id, ego, and superego, consist(s)
of instincts?
a. ego c. ego & superego
b. superego d. id
375) Which attitude does a Boy Scout who says “Bahala
Na” and dives into a pool to save a drowning boy
exemplify?
a. a daring attitude
b. a “segurista” attitude
c. a daring attitude combined with “pagmalasakit”
d. an “I don’t care” attitude
376) Dr. Melgo teaches in a remote multigrade class.
His principal and supervisors seldom visit him. He
teaches when he feels like teaching and not when
he does not feel like teaching. What trait of a good
teacher does he lack?
a. emotional intelligence
b. independent study
c. relating to people
d. deciding to follow one path only
377) If you want a child to eliminate an undesirable
behavior, punish him. This is in accordance with
Thorndike’s law of –
a. reward. c. exercise
b. punishment d. effect
378) Elpidio, an elementary pupil, read WAS for SAW
or D for P or B. From his reading behavior, one can
say that Elpidio is suffering from –
a. dysgraphia c. dysphasia
b. dyslexia d. dyspraxia
379) Elpidio helps his classmates carry heavy books if
their teacher sees him and so praises Elpidio.
Based on Kohlberg’s theory of development, in
which level of moral development is Elpidio?
a. non-conventional c. pre-conventional
b. post-conventional d. conventional
380) Dr. Melgo banged the door when he entered the
classroom while the pupils waited nervously to
greet him. He was tense and harsh the pupils.
Later, he tried to encourage t hem to participate but
the children remained quite in their seats. Which
can be best explained the situation?
a. the impact of the non-verbal and verbal
messages of the teacher is the same
b. the teacher’s verbal communication has not
be interpreted correctly by the pupils
c. the teacher’s verbal and non-verbal
messages are contradictory
d. the pupil’s perceptions of the teacher’s non-
verbal behavior did not change
e.
381) Which of the following are implications of growth
and development principles in education?
i. the teacher should endeavor to know her
capacity and her home environment
ii. teachers should respect differences among
children and youth
iii. the predictability of the patterns of
development should guide curriculum
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makers and teachers in the sequencing and
choice of learning materials
a. I, ii c. ii, iii
b. I, iii d. I, ii, iii
382) Which of the following is an example of learning?
a. an infant cries when he is hungry
b. a student wears here “lucky” skirt during a
test
c. an adolescent became ill after being
exposed to influenza
d. a girl playing “bahay-bahayan”
383) What is the strongest implication of the theory of
classical conditioning theory of Pavlov?
a. Gina having stomach ache before the
Geometry class
b. Ben wanting to participate in class for more
popularity
c. Cliff trying to earn good grades by studying
d. Roel searching in the library for an
assignment
384) Aimee was not playing originally good at playing the
piano when she first learned it in third grade.
However, through time and practices, she began
becoming very good at it. Which conditioning
theory best describes such progress?
a. Law of repetition
b. Law of practice
c. Law of recency
d. Law of exercise
e. Law of identical
385) At the end of Piaget’s concrete operational state, a
child is capable of all the following task, except:
a. class inclusion d. testing hypothesis
b. transitivity e. resolving conflicts
c. decantation
386) According to Kohlberg’s theory of moral
development individual progress from stage to
stage by:
a. interacting with those whose moral
reasoning is at higher level
b. resolving critical and conflicting psycho-
social issues
c. exhibiting socially acceptable behavior
d. seeking approval and avoiding punishment
e. seeking pleasure
387) Which of the following is a definition of learning from
a behavioral perspective?
a. learning is an observable process that
individuals used to learn and to remember
information
b. learning is taking in, processing,, storing and
receiving perceptual information
c. learning is building new structures upon
these previously learned
d. learning includes how pleasurable or how
painful consequences of behavior change
individuals behavior overtime
e. learning is change of behavior in the
individual
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388) Which of the following is an example of meta- a. i,ii, and iv d. i, ii, and iii
cognitive skills? b. iii and iv e. i, iii, and iv
a. recalling a name c. ii, iii and iv
b. listening skill
c. planning and effective study strategy 394) Which of the following factors is probably the MOST
d. reading a poem aloud crucial to successful child rearing?
e. baking a cake a. presence of educational toys at home
b. presence of other siblings
389) The forms of behavior that violate the norms are c. adult’s emotional and verbal responsiveness
called – d. high socio-economic status
a. flaunters d. non-social e. presence of nutritious food
b. deviants e. moves
c. defiant 395) A factor that may contribute to higher incidence of
child abuse in the Philippines is common
390) When we say that Ilocanos are thrifty and acceptance of :
industrious, the Tagalogs are progressive and a. spanking and other physical punishment\
proud, the Bicolanos are friendly, we are making b. mental illness
use of – c. economic status of the family
a. stereotypes d. prejudice d. size of the family
b. epithets e. culture shock e. dual-career families
c. eikucentrism
396) Some preschoolers have difficulty to read at the
391) Which of this chronology characterizes the period of early stage of schooling because they:
babyhood? a. can not see small objects or letter
i. babyhood is the true foundation of age b. do not have binocular vision
ii. babyhood is an age of rapid growth and c. are near sighted
change d. can not focus on or scan a line of print
iii. babyhood is an age of decreasing e. are far-sighted
dependency
iv. babyhood is the beginning of 397) In teaching gender issues, knowledge should be
socialization based on an established research about gender-
v. babyhood is the beginning of sex-role related differences. Which of the following
typing statements about gender-related differences is
correct?
a. i, ii, iii and iv d. i, ii, iv and v a. females have greater verbal ability
b. ii. Iii. Iv and v e. i, ii, iii, iv, and v b. male have better visual-spatial skills
c. i. Iii, iv and v c. male excel in mathematical skills
d. male are more aggressive
392) There are found chronological forms normally e. all of the above-statements are correct
appearing in the development pattern of earning to
talk, namely: 398) A 9-year old girl is brought to the school physician’s
i. crying iv. gesturing office for a physical check up. She has no history
ii. babbling v. emotional expression of significant problems. When the school nurse ask
iii. yelling the child and mother about the child’s best friend,
the school is assessing:
a. i, ii, iii, and iv d. ii, iii, and v a. language development
b. ii, iii, iv and v e. i, ii, iv and v b. motor development
c. I, iii, iv and v c. neurological development
d. social development
393) Which chronological development below e. emotional development
characterizes the nature of socialization during the
early childhood? 399) The mother tells the school nurse that the child is
i. during this state the child does not play more with continually telling jokes and riddles to the point of
other children, but also talks more with them driving the other family members crazy. The school
ii. as a general rule, during the preschool years, nurse should explain that this behavior is a sign
children find social contacts with members of the of:\
opposite sex more pleasurable than those with a. inadequate parental attention
members of the same sex b. mastery of language
iii. as a social contacts increases, young children c. inappropriate peer influence
engage in cooperative play, play in which the d. excessive television watching
yare part of the group and interact with group e. too much confidence
members
iv. at this age children engage in parallel play, play in 400) The theory of human needs was authored by:
which young children play independently beside a. Piaget d. Freud
other children rather than with them. b. Maslow e. Eirckson
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c. Dunn a that’s very kind of you

b leave your tools alone
401) The proponent of the psychosexual theory is: c it’s all right, you may go
a. Piaget d. Freud d return your tools to the property clerk
b. Maslow e. Eirckson
c. Dunn 411) Of the following Filipino traits, which is not a
hindrance for progressive learning?
402) The psycho-social theory was of : a Hiya c. compadre system
a. Piaget d. Freud b Sensibility d. utang na loog
b. Maslow e. Eirckson
c. Dunn 412) A special liking or inclination for a particular type of
undertaking.
403) The theorist who believes that each stage of a Interest c. attitude
development has a personality crisis involving a b Goal d. none of these
major conflict that is critical at the time, is:
a. Piaget d. Freud 413) Boyet’s family is very poor. His father is the sole
b. Maslow e. Eirckson provider for the seven children. Boyet wants to take
c. Dunn a college degree. However, he has no means but to
join a neighborhood notorious gang. He is following
404) The theorist who view that the development of the which life principle?
mind as occurring thru adaptation to the a Do what is right always
environment via assimilation and accommodation: b The means fails to justify the end
a. Piaget d. Freud c Double standard effect
b. Maslow e. Eirckson d The Golden Rule
c. Dunn
414) A mother who is an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker)
405) Piaget is famous for this: regularly sends money to her family here. Her
a. human needs theory children are enrolled in an exclusive and almost
b. psychosexual theory always hold parties. What moral principle is
c. physical growth theory observed?
d. psychosocial theory a double standard of living
e. cognitive theory b the Golden rule
c do what’s right always
406) The hereditary traits acquired by a person in his d the means fails to justify the end
lifetime.
a. are transmissible to his offspring 415) Maria works for a volunteer group that caters to the
b. reappear in his future grandchildren needs of dying individuals like Sofia. Maria talks
c. have no influence on the offspring at all with Sofia and his family to prepare them to her
d. become recessive traits demises. Maria believes in what principle?
a death is inevitable. It must be recognized
407) What do students develop when they are given a b always do what is light
chance to settle differences of opinion? c double effect principle
a. fair play c. irritants d the means fails to justify the end
b. tolerance d. sociability
416) The Republic of the Philippines is –
408) What action must schools do against teenagers a is a small island
“gang age?” b consist of 7,100 island and 72 million people
a. provide the gang all the freedom it needs c anew Republic
b. gives classrooms activities to give directions to d a very rich country
out-of-school youth activities
c. supervise gang activities 417) The Pope official residence in the Philippines.
d. set up norms of conduct for the members of a Malacanang Palace
the gang b The Manila Hotel
c The Apostolic Nunciature
409) Which statement is NOT needed to attain the d The Convent of the Manila Cathedral
learner’s interest in learning activities?
a the activity must lead to practical end 418) Who were the three Catholic princes of the Church
b the activity must be within the ability of the promoted by Pope John Paul II to Cardinal
learner positions?
c the activity must fill a need recognized by the a Jaime Sin, Jose C. Manalo, and Pedro C.
learner Aglipay
d the learner must have the experience that will b Jose Bucaneg, Pablo San Paolo and Juan
furnish the background for the activity C. Julio
c Jaime C. Sin. Ted Buhain, and Teodoro
410) What is the reaction of the shop teacher upon Bacani
seeing the tools scattered?
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d Jaime Cardinal Sin, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal 428) He popularized the Connectionism and Trial and
and Jose Cardinal Sanchez Error theories of learning.
a Edward C. Thorndike
419) Pope John Paul II’s favorite expression is “Totus b William Craig
Tuus,” which means _____ in Latin. c B. j. Underwood
a We’ll be with you d Froebel
b Man is valuable
c God loves you 429) Using chimpanzee as the study specimen, he was
d All I am is for the service of the Lord able to theorize that insight learning is possible
where the organism could reconstruct his perceptual
420) Time magazine has featured Pope John Paul Ii as pattern into a new one. Who was he?
“Man of the Year” a few years ago. He was also a Wolfgang Kohler c. Poster Helgard
considered as “Man of the Century.” For what b Edward Tolman d. Petrovich Gang
reason?
a placing value on human life and the 430) What should be the proper position of the Philippine
dignification of man flag when displayed vertically against a wall.
b traveling extensively a the red is the right side
c initiating the celebration of the World Youth b the blue is at the left side
Day c the red is down
d waving and blessing the people at all times d the blue is up

421) The mutual respect and cooperation between the 431) He was the American President who said, “people
church and the government, contained in a don’t support you because they like you. You can
document signed on March, 1993. count on a person’s support if you can do something
a The Social Pact for him or to him.” Who was he?
b The Mutual Friends a Lyndon Johnson c. John Kennedy
c Church and Government Together Pact b Richard Nixon d. Bill Clinton
d The Pact for Mutual Respect
432) Group work facilitates learning. It allows each
422) Through the World Youth Day, Pope John Paul Ii member of the group to respond to the task at hand
honors the youth. In the summer of 1997, where the the way he/she thinks. What is practiced here?
11th World Youth Day held? a respect for others c. social tolerance
a South Africa c. Paris, France b social interaction d. social respect
b Beijing, China d. Hu Chi Ming
433) Pep actions and expressions like “you are doing
423) Her composition “Tell the World of His Love” well,” “nice work” and a pat on the shoulder support
became the official theme of the 1995 world Youth what motivational principle being used?
Day. a positive motivation brings better results
a Jamie Rivera c. Regine Velasquez b negative motivation produces negative
b Carol Banawa d. Tricia Bellamede results
c goals should be set
424) His book “Crossing the Threshold of Hope” became d appropriate behavior is wholesome
a bestseller.
a Father Teodoro Bacani 434) Reciting the alphabet and number sequence
b Father Bonifacio Barroflo especially in preschool, even done without much
c Daniel Battle understanding develops remembering later. What
d Pope John Paul II mental process does the teacher develop in the
practice?
425) A former Portuguese colony, which was annexed by a thinking reflectively c. rote associations
Indonesia in 1976. The issue is considered still open b logical sequence d. analysis skill
or controversial.
a East Timor c. Sri Lanka 435) As a progressive principal, Dr. Elpidio A. Melgo
b Papua New Guinea d. Australia separates Julie, Julio, and Julian, identical triplet in
separate classes. What principles of learning does
426) The Russian physicist whose experiment showed he practice?
that certain stimuli elicited reflex action like salivation a each child is unique and is given a chance to
of a dog in anticipation of feeding. develop his identity
a Ivan Petrovich Pavlov c. Leonard Mconahon b each child must not depend on each other
b Albert Bandura d. Abraham Maslow c each child must be competitive
d let the triplet progress as they please
427) The Swiss psychologist who gave the importance of
early cognitive development through four periods in 436) Described by Sigmund Freud, when a daughter
child growth and development. becomes too attached to her father and consider her
a S. Tolonsky c. Richard Walter mother a rival –
b Jean Piaget d. Sigmund Freud a oedipal complex c. Achilles heel
b electra complex d. persecution complex

437) To effect change, which one of the following is NOT
effective?
a regard punishment to produce positive
b results
c reinforce good behavior with a reward
d disapprove negative behavior out rightly
e ignore whatever behavior is shown
438) The City of Manila is used to be the center for
business and education. To restore its glorious past
grandeur much effort is now channeled to develop it.
What is the famous seal of Manila?
a Combat c. the flag
b Merlios d. Bayan-Hinirang
439) Plateau of learning is the period when very little
learning takes place in the child. How can this
period be reduced?
a through motivation called extrinsic
b approaches
c through drill
d through the use of varied learning
experiences
e through negligence
440) It is extended to make up for the harm done to
someone.
a Collusion c. compensation
b Reward d. award
441) Researches established that complete coordination
of motor activities is attained at –
a pre-natal stage c. adolescence state
b childhood stage d. infancy
442) Children consider parents and teachers as
authorities and models at the early childhood stage.
What does this statement imply?
a parents should enforce strict discipline at
home at teachers in school
b teachers and parents should serve as role
models at all times
c teachers should demand complete
obedience from the learners in school
d parent-teacher conference should always be
an activity in school
443) The levels and type of abilities in adolescence will
be maintained or enhanced in adulthood depending
on such factors as: A) education, B) experiences,
C) cognitive activities, and D) social activities.
Which combination of abilities is maintained or
enhanced?
a A-B-C c. A and C
b A-B-C-D d. B and C
444) It was revealed in Terman’s studies of superior
children that moral and personal trait superiority is
significantly marked. Which of these is the
appropriate activity of teacher?
a expose this group to moral and personal
experiences
b distribute the activities of this group equally
between moral and personal
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c limit the experiences of this group to
personal growth
d provide this group with more experiences in
school other than moral and personal
445) This is the stage when the learner becomes
confused and starts to experience identity crisis.
Which of these stages is it?
a early childhood c. adolescence
b late childhood d. adult stage
446) Which of the following statements is TRUE
regarding the level of mental maturity necessary for
a learner to profit from opportunities?
a it can be determined by readiness test
b it may be reached at the age of seven
c it varies from task
d it can approximately be reached at the age
of five
447) If children are cooperatively engaged with the
teacher in a group project the children will discipline
themselves as each member of the group exercises.
a obedience to the teacher
b special interest
c peer influence
d moral compulsion
448) A student collapsed in her Social Studies class. It
was found out that he did not eat her lunch. What
principle is shown in this situation?
a physiological need c. safety needs
b somatotonic d. psychological needs
449) Which of the following will trigger additional
development if a child is exposed to more
challenges and stimuli in his surroundings?
a Potentials c. emotional development
b Intelligence d. interests
450) Social stratification is greatly developed in the
classroom. Which of these activities would be an
effective way of avoiding or minimizing this?
a avail the influence of mass media for
children of all classes
b assign leadership roles to the children of the
upper social class
c provide limited experience to children of less
privileged classes
d encourage higher educational aspirations
among the less privileged pupils
451) Which of these statements best explains why an
athletic coach training college students for an
intercollegiate tournament in weightlifting would do
well to select his prospective contestants from the
high school group?
a muscular strength continues to grow
reaching its peak at age 20
b muscular strength reaches its peak at age
17 and stabilizes at age 20
c muscular strength depends upon the
proportion of muscles and fat which
stabilizes after the age 20
d muscular strength reaches full maturation
after the age 20
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a Association c. cognitive-field
452) Which of the following is usually considered the b Vector d. social learning
most important factor in a child’s observable
classroom behavior? 459) Manual-aesthetic activities involving attitudes and
a Intelligence c. cultural background feelings are primarily expressive of emotions and
b Heredity d. self-concept values not thoughts. An example of his motor skill is
–
453) If a resilient child with superior intelligence is reared a baking a cake with background music
in a poor environment the probable outcome would b manipulating a bowling ball to achieve a
be – strike
a mental retardation since he is culturally c dancing and playing musical instruments
deprived d saving a board for the wall of a book cabinet
b great change in IQ because he is culturally
deprived 460) Freud expounded that there is a period when young
c no change in IQ because environmental boys experience rivalry with their father for their
deprivation has nothing to do with mother’s affection. This is –
intelligence
d slight change in IQ although he can An adolescent combines his ability to use
overcome frustration and obstacles deductive and inductive reasoning is constructing
realistic rules that he can respect and live by. When
454) In a classroom it is possible to see the teacher doing he does this, how does he perceive his environment?
the following to facilitate learning.
i. the class reads a workbook on the a he sees the world and himself through the
ii. characteristics of animals eyes of other people
iii. the teacher shows posters of animals b he sees events apart from himself and other
iv. the class goes out to the zoo observe people
the animals c may take place formally or informally to
v. the class copies the characteristics of enable the individual to grow
animals from books d may take place anywhere and anytime the
Which of these teacher’s activities reflects an interactive individual do desires
environment?
461) The tendency to imitate elders is very strong in the
a. II and III only c. I and II only early childhood stage. Teachers should therefore be
b. I and IV only d. III only very good –
a role models c. facilitators of learning
455) A teacher who subscribes to the pragmatic b counselors d. disciplinarians
philosophy of education believes that experience
should follow learning. In her teaching, she 462) The child can not distinguish abstracts during the
therefore exerts effort in – sensory-motor period of development. Which of
a. requiring learners full mastery of the lessons these techniques should a teacher apply to
b. encouraging learners to memorize factual accommodate learning?
knowledge a utilize concrete objects to clarify concept
c. equipping learners with the basic abilities b make use of individualize instruction
and skills c explain the lesson very well
d. providing learners opportunities to apply d provide variety of educational toys
theories and principles
463) Psychologically, there is unity in all learning;
456) Which of these teaching is PRIMARILY directed to however, there are distinct types of learning that are
support the psychological developmentalist view of recognized. One is affective learning that involves –
making the child the center of the educational a understanding of the external world through
process through the applications of its laws of the use of the senses
learning? b formation of concepts and ideas
a. development of the child from within c acquisition of attitudes, ideals, judgment and
b. systematic formulation of methods values
c. use of effective media technology d acquisition of facts and information
d. promotion of the child’s social
unconsciousness 464) Which of these systems of learning includes ways
and methods, which are used in preserving and
457) Social adjustment means the ability to behave in building certain traditions within cultural
accordance with – communities?
a social expectations c. social unrest a indigenous learning
b stereotyped behavior d. universal b cultural learning
norms c multi-level learning
d non-formal learning
458) Which of these theories holds that human activity is
based on the interaction of stimuli and responses?

465) Studies revealed some findings relative to the
mental abilities of delinquent and non-delinquent
children. Which of these is TRUE?
a there are marked differences between the
performance of non-delinquent and
delinquent children.
b Non-delinquent children are somewhat
brighter than delinquent children
c There are no significant differences between
the performance of delinquent and non-
delinquent children
d Delinquent children are slightly brighter than
non-delinquent children but not significant
466) Identical twins are more alike than fraternal twins.
Which of the following statements/principles is
supported by this?
a heredity has a part in determining
intelligence
b intelligence is determined partly by pre-natal
nutrition
c environment affects both fraternal and
identical twins
d intelligence hinges in physical structure
467) Children’s interests are generally largely dependent
on their experiences. Which of the following is an
implication of this statement?
a the curriculum should provide vital
experiences if the school must use its
opportunities to develop interest.
b A large part of the subject matter has to be
easy if they are to interesting and within the
learner’s experience.
c The experience of the child reduces the area
in which the school may choose to develop
interests.
d The school should not develop interest
outside the experience of the child.
468) Which of these processes can be used to prevent
forgetting and unlearning?
a Motivation c. evaluation
b Presentation d. drills and review
469) The adolescence wants independence; yet he has a
strong desire for security. He wants to feel secure in
the affection and regard of his peers and of adults.
That is, he wants to be secured –
a physically and socially
b spiritually and physically
c mentally and emotionally
d emotionally and socially
470) The problem of meeting adequately all the needs of
a learner in education becomes the task of the
teacher. For this task to be effectively accomplished,
the teacher has to be aware of the nature and extent
of the school learners’ differences, how they affect
teaching and learning. In the developmental theory,
this refers to:
a family differences
b community differences
c individual differences
d sex differences
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471) As the individual emerges from the sheltered life
within the home toward an expanded social and
physical environment, new problems arise and
additional needs and wants appear. During this time
boys and girls need very urgently.
a physical adjustment
b social adjustment
c emotional adjustment
d. spiritual adjustment
472) According to this theory, human activities are based
on association between stimuli and responses. This
theory has been called the S-R bond. These terms
refers to:
a connectionism theory c. law of effect
b law of readiness d. conditioning theory
473) It states that when a person is prepared to respond
or act, giving the responses is satisfying and being
prevented from doing so is annoying.
a connectionism theory c. law of effect
b law of readiness d. conditioning theory
474) Pavlov’s well-known experiment demonstrated the
formation or straightening of an association between
salivation is a dog and the sound of a buzzer
through the repeated simultaneous presentation of
the buzzer with the stimulus for salivation, namely
food, which serves to reinforce the association.
a Excitation c. spontaneous recovery
b Extinction d. respondent conditioning
475) It is a process in which the individuals’ attention and
interest are aroused and directed toward definite
goals.
a Motivation c. evaluation
b Generalization d. application
476) There are motivations, which may be applied by a
teacher in motivating students to learn. One is a
force that arises from outside the individual such as
honors, monetary rewards, medals and the like.
This force refers to:
a extrinsic motivator c. extensive motivator
b intrinsic motivator d. intensive motivator
477) In all social groupings members are classified
according to certain criteria, which may differ
according to the nature of the group. One of the
systems by which men are ranked higher or lower
according to the value accorded their various social
roles and activities.
a social gratification c. social stratification
b social grace d. social differentiation
478) Sociologists have long recognized difference in-
groups and have used these differences as the
bases for group classification. It is relatively smaller
in size than “gang”. It comes into being when two or
more persons are related to one another in an
intimate fellowship that involves going out together,
doing things together, exchanging intimate personal
matters involving emotional sentimental situations:
a gang c. playmate
b peer d. clique

479) Which of these attitudes helps the individual to
endure suffering, poverty, sickness, tragedy and bad
luck? This attitude enables one to accept
resignation and tolerance to pain and frustrations.
This attitude that still persists is called:
a. fatalism c. non-rationalism
b. animism d. euphemism
480) This attitude denotes a sense of gratitude. This
values system comprises a network of behavior with
different degrees of connotation. It is a complicated
system of mutual; obligation. Everybody owes a
debt of gratitude to someone; everyone in some way
had done something for someone who therefore
owes him in return. This value is referred to as:
a ningas cogon c. fiesta syndrome
b manana habit d. utang na loob
481) It is something that grows and changes with the
passage of time. It is the complex whole that
includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, customs
and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as
a member of society. This is referred to as:
a culture c. learning
b experience d. education
482) When planning the program for learning what is
important for the teacher to know?
a the child’s or learner’s background
b the learner’s problems and needs
c the learner’s abilities and interest
d all of the above
483) Which of the following statement is consistent wit the
basic principles of guiding pupil learning?
a the child is the beginning, the center, and the
end-goal of the learning process
b the child is a unique individual, meaning no
two children are alike because every child
has characteristics distinctly his own
c the child should be accepted for what he is:
his personality should be respected
d all of the above
484) Which of the following groups of individual look upon
education as changed behavior?
a Anthropologists c. physiologists
b sociologists d. all of the above
485) To meet individual differences of learners, the
teacher should –
a provide richly varied activities in her classroom
b use flexible teaching procedures
c make the organization of learning experience
flexible
d all of the above
486) According to the traditionalist view –
a education should prepare the child for adults
life or life hereafter
b children should be grounded in the rules of
conduct which help ensure the “eternal
reward”
c children must adjust to the established
institutions of society
d all of the above
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487) The process of abstraction involves –
a labeling as “real” that which exists
empirically
b defining in terms of observable
c making inferences based on the behavior of
the observable
d generalizing
e all of the above
488) In a school where the child’s or learner’s interests
are the primary concern of the teachers, we find
school administrators who are –
a progressivists c. experimentalists
b pragmatists d. all of the above
489) What is personality? It is –
a a social respect
b the totality of impressions one makes on
others
c something that covers values as well as
aspects of behavior
d all of the above
490) Human social life is the product of –
a biological heredity c. the group and culture
b natural environment d. all of the above
491) Kilpatrickian (referring to William Kilpatrick) is
essentially associated with –
a the project method c. intrinsic motivation
b purposeful activity d. all of the above
492) The idea that education is primarily a method of
helping the individual adjust to his environment
stems from the –
a sociological foundation of education
b philosophical foundation of education
c scientific foundation of education
d psychological foundation of education
493) The contemporary educational view fundamentally
manifests –
a an eclectic tendency
b psychological trend
c a sociological bias
d a philosophical inclination
494) The tendency to regard learning as a set of
processes by which an organism is modified by the
responses it makes to stimuli is indicative of –
a sociological influence
b philosophical influence
c scientific influence
d psychological bias
495) What are the acquired human needs that are built
largely around the ego?
a the desire to belong to the group
b desire to be accepted and loved by the
group
c desire to enjoy good standing in the group
d all of the above
496) What is personality a function of
a personality is a function of he expectations
of social situations
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b personality is a function of social situations d. association type of learning

c personality is a function of the self.
d A and B 505) Learning is a matter of habit formation of “getting
used to it,” according to the theory of Pavlov known
497) Human growth and development are differentiated as –
in the sense that – a. Gestaltism
a. growth usually involves physical changes b. Functionalism
while development refers to learning c. Stimulus response-connectionism
maturation d. Conditioning
b. growth involves learning while development
is an increase in height and weight at the 506) A person’s or animal’s learning is reinforced when
time there is a reward that follows after a successful act.
c. growth is the process of ripening while This is according to the theory of –
development is always the result of a. operant conditioning
instruction and training b. classical conditioning
d. none of these c. cognitive theory
d. affective theory
498) Why do unborn fetus and newly born babies appear
to be like “monster” with abnormally large heads? 507) Learning takes place as a whole in a form of
This could be due to t he fact that: generalization according to the theory of the –
a. the head consists of lot of fluids in the head a. Connectionist’s c. Gestaltists
b. the pattern of development starts with the b. Behaviorists d. Psychoanalysts
head downward
c. the head is the most important part of the 508) A period when peak of learning takes place is
body known as –
d. human life has not fully developed yet a. learning curve c. learning spurts
b. plateau of learning d. learning process
499) Even among identical twins, brothers and sisters,
teacher should not compare their abilities because – 509) A psychological instrument used to determine hw
a. every individual is unique popular or unpopular a pupil is known as –
b. comparisons can arouse feelings of hostility a. Sociogram c. checklist
and anger b. anecdotal record d. questionnaire
c. comparisons can lead to unnecessary
pressures 510) A type of psychological defense mechanism which
d. all of these consists of giving explanations for our behavior,
explanations that often seem to quite logical, but
500) The developmental period of “storms and stresses” that do not get at the real cause is –
when children rebel against their parents is during – a. displace hostility c. repression
a. early childhood c. adolescence b. rationalization d. regression
b. late childhood d. early adulthood
511) An IQ which range from 70 to 85 is usually believed
501) In what development stage are the fundamental to be in the intellectual level of –
skills in reading, writing and calculating developed a. normal c. dull normal
according to Havighurst? b. superior d. moron
a. early childhood c. adolescence
b. late childhood d. early adulthood 512) A person who classified the hierarchy needs of
man into basic physiological needs and security,
502) According to Erikson, “identity crisis” or identity vs. love, esteem and self-actualization was –
role” confusion occurs during the ages of – a. Maslow c. James
a. 3 to 6 years c. 12 to 18 years b. Roger d. Thorndike
b. 6 to 12 years d. 18 to 21 years
513) Which of the following is a practical application of
503) In Kholberg’s moral development theory, judgment Thorndike’s law of readiness?
about what is right or wrong is based on a. pupils must be frequently exposed to drills,
consequences such as punishment. This happens practices
during – b. pupils must be motivated first before my
a. pre-conventional morality lesson starts
b. conventional morality c. pupils must be praised for their good work
c. post-conventional morality d. pupils must be punished for their
d. in any of the stages misbehavior

504) Learning how to operate and observe under a 514) What type of education is usually intended for out-
microscope is a – of-school which consist vocational-technical skills
a. sensory-motor type of learning training?
b. effective type of learning a. non-formal education
c. cognitive type of learning b. formal education
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c. informal education 525) The individual’s basic outlooks, values and ideals
d. liberal education are to a great except shape during –
a. neonate c. childhood
515) A type of group which one has feeling of b. childhood d. adolescence
indifference, strangeness, avoidance, dislike,
antagonism and even hatred – 526) The cycle of human development includes the
a. in group c. peer group following stages mentioned below. Which of these
b. out group d. reference group stages should come first?
a. Adulthood c. childhood
516) Which of the following describes the nature of the b. Infanthood d. adolescent
Philippine value system?
a. to maintain harmony with nature and people 527) One inherits certain traits from one’s parents but he
b. to avoid disagreement, conflicts by is not the real replica of his parents. This explains
maintaining smooth interpersonal the principle of heredity which is the principle of –
relationship a. variation c. reproduction
c. economic mobility an social acceptance b. uniformity d. filial regression
d. all of these
528) The teacher can help develop self-concept among
517) An intense feeling that one’s culture is more her pupils by –
superior than other people’s is known as – a. letting the child know how bad, stupid, and a
a. ethnocentrism c. hydrophobia failure he was.
b. xenophobia d. protectionism b. Keeping quiet about the child’s limitation
c. Expressing confidence on the child’s
518) Customary ways of behaving which have become capability punishing
habitual and repetitive to a number of individuals of d. Punishing
a group is known as –
a. folkways c. folktales 529) Which of the following will directly satisfy biological
b. mores d. ethnic ways drives?
a. Water c. economic security
519) A type of social status which is acquired or earned b. Oxygen d. sleep
by birth as in the case of the royal families handing
down automatically the royal titles to their children – 530) What term is used to refer to internal stimulus
a. ascribed status c. innate status condition of the organism, which impels it to activity?
b. achieved status d. earned status a. Motives c. motivation
b. school phobia d. incentive
520) Studies of Robert Fox in 1977 tend to show that the
first man reached the Philippines during the – 531) A child who is overprotected or rejected may suffer
a. Middle Pleistocene period, 4-5 thousand –
years ago a. obsession c. neutralism
b. Early Pleistocene period b. school phobia d. hypochondriac
c. Late Pleistocene period
d. Pre-Pleistocene period 532) There are many factors to consider in determining
the child’s readiness for learning. Which of these is
521) The most significant findings of Robert Fox was the the most basic?
discovery of the – a. maturation
a. Tabon skull in Palawan in 1962 b. experience
b. Aetas or Negritos c. methods and materials of instruction
c. Working tools or implements of our d. emotional attitudes and personal
ancestors adjustments
d. Its Skull
533) Learning is due to maturation and training. Which
522) The feelings of uneasiness, disbelief, dislike against of the laws is highly related to it?
any new culture is known as – a. law of use c. law of effect
a. enculturation c. acculturation b. law of annoyance d. law of readiness
b. culture shock d. amalgamation
534) During the sensorimotor period, the child develops
523) There are different factors that affect intelligence. a functional understanding of many things. Which of
Which of these refers to the pathological conditions? these does not belong to these?
a. Heredity c. brain a. imitation play c. space and time
b. Race d. emotion b. causality objects d. concentration

524) The lowest IQ indicated in the intelligence scale is 535) When teaching Math, the teacher provides
– situations where the pupils discovered the meaning
a. moron c. idiot of square. What then may the pupils form?
b. imbecile d. feeble-minded a. process concept c. quality concept
b. structural conceptd. cluster concept
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548) Growth takes place –

536) Which of these listed needs does not belong to the a. gradually for the while organism
sociogenic type? b. with differential rates for different parts of
a. Thirst c. security the body
b. Status d. independence c. suddenly by spurts of the whole
d. in serial order of development
537) The most scientific school of psychology is –
a. behaviorism c. structuralism 549) The different stages of the child growth’s should be
b. Gestaltism d. functionalism understood because –
538) A child who can execute difficult dance steps, a. of the relation of between his physical and
throw and catch a ball skillful play several games is mental status
said to have – b. of the wide range of ability
a. mechanical intelligence c. his emotional; and social factors affect
b. abstract intelligence growth
c. motor intelligence d. education fir the growth
d. social intelligence
550) Adolescence includes the years from –
539) A child who is cordial, friendly and helpful with a. 6 to 9 c. 13 to 21
whom people like, has a high capacity for – b. 9 to 12 d. 21 to 26
a. mechanical intelligence
b. social intelligence 551) By social intelligence we mean –
c. motor intelligence a. ability to get along with people
d. abstract intelligence b. absence of shyness
c. membership in several organizations
540) Which of the four emotional behavior pattern will be d. absence of an inferiority complex
the reaction in pleasant situation?
a. destruction c. retreat 552) Children form gang mainly because of –
b. approach d. stopping of response a. parental laxity
b. rebellion against authority
541) When a younger reverts to weeping, pouting or c. desire for adventure
childish play as means of overcoming frustrations, d. the urge to be independent
this mechanism is called –
a. repression c. nomadism 553) Delinquency reaches its peak –
b. regression d. fantasy a. before the teenage
b. in the early and middle teens
542) Cognitive domain refers to – c. in the twenties
a. skills c. values d. in the thirties
b. attitude d. knowledge with understanding
554) The gang generally disintegrates because of –
543) The behavior of the child is to large extent a. hostility between members
dependent upon his – b. members become indifferent in size
a. biological inheritance c. peers c. the school prohibits it
b. environment d. parents d. other interests, particularly in the other sex

544) Which of these provide the best reinforcement? 555) The best way to help adolescents become socially
a. use of marks mature is to –
b. scholarship a. urge them to confide in their parents
c. awarding a model b. help them feel free to do as the crowd does
d. natural interest in the world c. give wholesome and adequate social
experiences
545) There are several causes of maladjustment. Which d. overcome inferiority feelings and pattern
one is not a sure cause?
a. poverty c. broken home 556) Emotions are significant because they –
b. rejection d. intelligence a. always stimulate thinking
b. preserve our lives
546) The best single criterion of the degree of maturity of c. are the products of the body
a child is his – d. are the major fasters in personality
a. size c. bone ossification
b. age d. skeletal growth 557) The school causes emotional maladjustment most
often by –
547) Growth is most rapidly rapid proportionally . a. hard problems and lessons
a. in the pre-natal months b. failure in the work
b. from birth to six c. opposition from friends
c. from six to twelve d. lack of guidance
d. n adolescence
558) The native stimulus for fear is –
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a. the dark c. does nor retard forgetting

b. snakes
c. a sudden or starting stimulus
d. being restrained or held
559) Emotions can best be trained by –
a. assuming an indifference to disturbing things
b. inhibiting or repressing all emotions
c. avoiding all emotional stimuli
d. attaching satisfaction to desirable emotion
pattern
560) Maladjustment can often be prevented by –
a. giving the children more attention
b. speaking of the bad impression his conduct
makes
c. seeing the child is successful in what he
undertakes
d. letting the child strictly alone
561) Overprotected children will probably develop into
adults who –
a. are independent and self-reliant
b. are emotionally mature
c. will protect other children
d. continue to learn on their parent
d. increased interest and mind-set
568) Over-learning the material –
a. increased retention
b. decreases interests
c. makes memory work monotonous
d. increases forgetting
569) A good memory has much value because it –
a. gives one a chance to show individuality
b. shows that one is above average in
intelligence
c. increases one’s social efficiency
d. indicates clear thinking
570) The most widely accepted concept of intelligence is
–
a. capacity to learn
b. ability to sustain oneself economically
c. ability to control emotion
d. ability to make social contacts
571) A feeble-minded person has an IQ of –
a. 80 c. below 70
b. 90 d. 75

562) The most serious maladjusted child is one who – 572) A gifted person has an IQ of –
a. talk back to his teachers a. 100 c. 120
b. is loud and disorderly b. 110 d. above 130
c. in unsocial and withdrawn from others
d. destroys school materials 573) The percentage of individuals classified as having
an average of normal intelligence is –
563) Making the child ashamed of some habitual a. 50 c. 70
behaviors is most likely to have the effect of – b. 60 d. 80
a. eliminating desirable habit without harmful
consequences 574) Children who are very bright tend to be –
b. adding a deep sense of guilt to the a. physically small and sickly
misbehavior b. nervous and emotionally unstable
c. causing open rebellion c. shy, timid, and unsocial
d. a temporary improvement in conduct and d. favorably endowed in more respect
attitude
575) People’s knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws,
564) The correction of maladjustment in an individual customs and other capabilities and habits known as
child is – –
a. a very complicated and difficult matter a. education c. culture
b. an impossible task b. socialization d. anthropology
c. a rather easy thing
d. a task only for psychiatrists 576) Pre-marital sex is commonly practiced in Western
countries, but considered bad in the Philippines;
565) Memorization is made more effective by – what is good for them is bad for us. This means that
a. repetition culture is –
b. visualization a. adaptive c. shared
c. meaningfulness or understanding b. dynamic d. relative
d. intensity
577) The expression “Filipinos operate or live on two
566) Studies of the effect of summer vacation upon levels of culture,” means that Filipinos –
retention indicate that – a. are influenced by both parental sides –
a. much is forgotten father-mother
b. small amount is forgotten b. versatile people who can live whether in the
c. nothing is forgotten Philippines or USA
d. retention is increased c. influenced by both Western and Asian
culture
567) The intention to remember – d. either good or bad
a. assume mastery
b. adds meaning to the material
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578) Whether we like or not, it is impossible to find a 587) What is the importance or role of the PEER GROUP
true or pure Filipino music, dance, or belief, because in adolescence?
culture is – a stops the learning and development of social
a. Diverge c. relative roles
b. dynamic-cumulative d. learned b allows the young to stays away from home
c provides the adolescent the time to make
579) In what sense does culture distinguish man from unwise decisions
animal? d allows the young to free himself from too
a. man develops culture, arts, laws, etc, while much dependence on his parents and family
animals behave according to heir instinct
b. man is superior intellectually than animals 588) A child learns the world FLOWER before he can
c. man although superior intellectually, is name Sampaguita, Gumamela, and Camia because
physically inferior to animals development _____.
d. animals can be cultured like human beings a. is cephalocaudal in nature
b. proceeds from general to specific
580) When a Filipino is married to a German, there is a c. follows a pattern
mixture or blending of two different cultures – as d. is a continuous process
shown in their children’s behavior, this is known as
cultural – 589) Why is indoctrinating the child by making decisions
a. fusion c. unification for him dangerous?
b. altruism d. none of these a. it will confuse him
b. it will develop in him negative attitudes
581) The greatest influence on a child – c. it will thwart his personality
a. the school environment d. it will make him dependent on the thinking of
b. his or her peers others
c. the home environment
d. all of the above 590) The cognitive process refers to the realization that
even if things change in physical appearance,
582) Responses accompanied by satisfaction are more certain attributers are constant. This is ____.
firmly connected with the situation according to the a. reservation c. integration
laws of – b. construction d. conservation
a. readiness c. effect
b. exercise d. association 591) The second basic principle of development states
that the rate of the development is unique to each
583) Which is more important for learning to own? individual. Educators aptly termed this as the
a. Readiness c. practice principle of ____.
b. Training d. context a. dynamic change c. individual difference
b. variation d. uniqueness
584) The law is based on the principle that learning is
transferable. 592) Learning is strengthened if it results in satisfaction
a. Exercise c. readiness but is weakened if it leads to annoyance. This is the
b. Effect d. apperception Law of ____.
a. exercise c. readiness
585) The adolescent’s powerful tool is the combined b. effect d. repetition
ability to use deductive and inductive reasoning in
constructing realistic rules he can respect and live 593) The level of mental maturity necessary for a pupil to
by. The adolescence therefore ___. profit form opportunities to learn ___.
a. sees events apart from himself and other a. may be reached at the age of seven
people b. can approximately be reached at the age of
b. views the world from his own perspective five
c. interprets events from a limited view c. varies from task to task
d. sees the world and himself through the eyes d. can be determined by readiness test
of other people
594) In which of the following teacher tasks is knowledge
586) When a child develops conventional morality, of children’s effective development only of
his/her behavior is based on ___. supplementary significance?
a. personal decisions based on his/her a. understanding one’s own emotional reactions
satisfaction to various types of pupil behavior
b. the desire to avoid severe physical b. understanding the emotionally-based causes
punishment by a superior authority of pupil behavior
c. internalized the ideals to avoid self- c. sampling of classroom activities that generate
condemnation rather than a social censure excitement and happiness
d. the expectations of the group or society in d. helping children overcome negative emotions
general to gain approval
595) Educators are aware that no amount of practice and
instruction can make a four-month old child walk or

speak fluently, because the muscular and neural
structures are not yet ready for those skills. These
points to the process called _____.
a. development c. growth
b. maturation d. heredity
596) Identical twins are more alike in intelligence than
are fraternal twins. This fact indicates that ____.
a. environment affects both fraternal and identical
twins
b. intelligence is determined partly by prenatal
nutrition
c. heredity has a part in determining intelligence
d. intelligence hinges on physical structure
597) Much of today’s classroom practices are influenced
by Skinner’s operant conditioning, which stresses on
____.
a. involuntary response to a stimulus
b. progression of subordinate learning
c. connection between stimulus and response
d. reinforcement of correct response
598) Early childhood is characterized by educators as a
period of morality by constraint. This means that
children in this stage consider teacher and parents
as ____.
a authorities and models
b counselors and advisers
c peers and playmates
d facilitators and supervisors
599) Because learning increases directly in proportion to
the extent to which the learner is wholly bound up in
his task, the teacher should give lessons that ____.
a. are fictitious to appeal to their imagination
b. have significance and worth to the child
c. are easy to comprehend
d. portray complex ideas
600) The major contribution of Kohlberg’s moral
development theory is its analysis on the way in
which stages of moral development are closely
related to corresponding cognitive growth. This
points that ___.
a. all individuals completely reach their post
conventional level of maturity
b. as cognitive growth occurs, individuals are
able to solve more complex moral problems
c. adolescents should not be exposed to
contrary moral views
d. school should get children to accept or
conform to society’s rule
601) Which of the following corresponds to Kohlberg’s
post-conventional or principled level of moral
development?
a right action consists of what instrumentally
satisfies one’s own needs
b right action is defined by the decision of
conscience in accordance with self-chosen
universal ethical principles
c good behavior is based on the physical
consequences of action
d good behavior is that which pleases or helps
others or is approved by them
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602) In Kohlberg’s stage 6 of Post Conventional Morality,
the individual’s judgment is based on ___.
a. standards/norms and expectations of the group
b. the arbitrariness of social and legal
conventions
c. both social standards and internalized ideas
d. external criteria-standards of right and wrong
which are laid down by authority
603) The relationship between education and culture
tends to be cyclical. This means that ____.
a the school is shaped by culture and culture
in turn is influenced by the school
b the school function is primarily as a
transmitter of culture and is a change agent
c the school becomes the avenue through
which the individuals learn their culture
d culture is transmitted by the school system,
and the classroom is the place where
transmission takes place
604) An athletic coach training college students for an
intercollegiate tournament in weight-lifting would do
well to select his prospective contestants from the
high school group because muscular strength ____.
a. reaches its peak at age 17 and stabilize till age
20
b. continues to grow reaching its peak at age 20
c. reaches fill maturity after age 20
d. depends upon the proportion of muscles and
fat which stabilizes after age 20
605) Teachers should bear in mind that the period of
greatest mental development is from ___.
a 3 to 6 years c. 6 to 9 years
b 9 to 12 years d. 12 to 15 years
606) Which patterns of development closely parallel to
the pattern for speech development?
a. emotional and moral
b. intellectual and moral
c. intellectual and motor
d. emotional and motor
607) What would be an effective way of avoiding social
stratification is the classroom?
a. provide limited experience to children of less
privileged classes
b. provide influence of mass media for children
of all social classes
c. encourage higher educational aspirations
among the less privileged pupils
d. assign leadership roles to the children of the
upper social class
608) The environment in order to facilitate learning must
be interactive. Which of the following best typifies
this kind of environment?
a the child summarizes the section on fossils
in his science textbook
b the child listens to a lecture on fossils given
by the teacher
c the child goes out and discovers for himself
some rock or fossil

d the child copies a list of facts concerning
fossils on the blackboard
609) A student fainted during the flag ceremony. It was
found out that he didn’t take his breakfast. What
psychological principle is shown in this situation?
a. somatotonic principle
b. safety needs principle
c. .physiological need principle
d. Id principle
610) The individual has to learn developmental tasks at
each stage of development. Failure to do so at an
earlier stage may cause problems in later stages.
Arrange the following tasks according to the stages
when they occur in one’s life span.
a developing conscience, morality and a scale
of values
b learning to distinguish right from wrong
c acquiring a set of values and an ethical
system
d taking on civic responsibility
a. b-a-c-d c. a-c-b-d
b. c-a-b-d d. a-b-c-d
611) Some students have pointed out that the course of
human development can be influenced positively by
manipulating some aspects of the internal and
external development. One thing a teacher can do
in this regard is to ___.
a. keep the room well-ventilated, orderly and clean
b. provide learners with a set of routine activities to
be followed strictly
c. arrange the seat in such away that every learner
feels comfortable
d. provide learners with a variety of enriched
learning materials and aids for the different’
612) Learning increase directly in proportion to the extent
to which the learner is wholly bound up in his task.
How does a teacher show this in her lesson? The
teacher gives lessons that ___.
a. have significance and worth to the child
b. are fictitious to appear to their imagination
c. portray complex ideas
d. are easy to comprehend
613) When an adolescent combines ability to use
deductive and inductive reasoning in constructing
realistic rules that he can respect and live by, how
does he perceived his environment?
a. he views the world form his perspective
b. he sees events apart from himself and other
people
c. he interprets events from a limited view
d. he sees the world and himself through the eyes
of others
614) Heredity has a part in determining intelligence.
Which of the following statements support this
principle?
a intelligence is determined partly by pre-natal
nutrition
b identical twins are more alike than fraternal twins
c intelligence hinges in physical structure
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d environmental affects both fraternal and identical
twins
615) Development tasks are to be learned by the
individual at the each stage of development. If
these tasks are not developed at an early stage, this
may cause problems in later years. Arrange the
following tasks according to the stages when they
occur in one’s life span.
i. acquiring a set of values and an ethical span
ii. developing conscience, morality and a scale of
values
iii. learning to distinguish right from wrong
iv. taking a civic responsibility
a III, II, I, IV c. II, IV, I, III
b I, II,III, IV d. III, I, II and IV
616) Which of the current classroom practices is
influenced by Skinner’s operant conditioning?
a. progression of subordinate learning
b. reinforcement of correct practices
c. connection between stimulus and response
d. involuntary response to a stimulus
617) The psychological developmentalist made the child
the center of the educational process through
application of its law of learning. Teaching should
therefore be primarily directed towards the ____.
a promotion of the child’s social unconsciousness
b development of the child from within
c use of effective media technology
d systematic formulation of methods
618) Which of the following would you considers MOST
indicative of actual maladjustment of a student?
a. failing to take care of school properties
b. spending his entire allowance each week on
science fiction paperbacks
c. finding fault wit the work of this classmate
d. inviting his classmates to eating places in an
attempt to be popular
619) Who introduce the technique of using the drawing of
a man as a measure of intelligence?
a Binet c. Good enough
b Aristotle d. Herbert
620) Human development follows a pattern. Which of the
following demonstrates this theory?
a. In Geography class, children learn the
difference provinces
b. ahead of their own town
c. Petra names sampaguita, roses and camia
before learning the word flower
d. A child learns the word ANIMALS before he
can name dog , cat, goat and cow
e. In mathematics learners know division ahead
of addition
621) Pre-school education is a recognition that the period
of greatest mental development among individual is
from ___ years.
a. 6 to 9 c. 9 to 12
b. 12 to 15 d. 3 to 6

622) Social development means that acquisition of the
ability to behave in accordance with ____.
a. social insights c. stereotyped behavior
b. universal norms d. social expectations
623) Which of the following demonstrates that education
and culture tend to cyclical?
a the school becomes the avenue by which
individual learn their culture
b culture is transmitted by the school system
and the classroom becomes the place of
transmission
c the school shaped by culture and culture in
tern influence by the school
d the school functions primarily as a
transmitter of culture and is a change agent
624) Which of these statements is TRUE regarding the
indoctrination of a child in making decision?
a. this will facilitate the child’s ability to make
decisions
b. this will give hi the opportunity to make right
decisions at an early stage
c. this will make him dependent on the thinking
of others
d. this will enhance his ability to think and decide
625) How does peer group influenced adolescence?
a stops the learning and development of social
roles
b provides the adolescents the time to make
unwise
c decisions
d allows the young to free himself from too much
dependence on his family
e allows the young to stay away from home
626) Terman’s studies of superior children show that in
moral and personal traits the superiority is
significantly marked. What this suggests to the
teacher?
a. limit the experience of this group to personal
growth
b. distribute the activities of this group equally
between moral and personal
c. expose this group to moral and personal
experience
d. provide this group with more experiences in
school’s outside or moral and personal
627) Children in the early stage consider teachers and
parents as authorities and models. What does this
statement imply?
a teachers and parents should serve as role
models at all times
b parent-teacher conference should always be
an activity in school
c parents should enforce strict discipline at home
and teachers in school
d teachers should demand complete obedience
form the learners in school
628) The environment must be interactive to facilitate
learning, which of the following situation is an
example of this?
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a. the class copies a list of facts concerning the
habitat of insects
b. the teacher lectures on the habitat of insects
c. the class goes out and discovers the habitat of
insects
d. the teacher shows posters of the habitat of
insects
629) Which of the following statements involving the
relative mental abilities of delinquent and non-
delinquent children has been supported by studies
to be generally true?
a there are marked differences between the
performance of two groups
b there are no significant difference between
them
c non-delinquent children are somewhat
brighter than delinquent children
d delinquent children are slightly but significant
brighter
630) How does a teacher demonstrate that the course of
human development can be influenced positively by
manipulating some aspects of the internal and
external development?
a. arranging the seats in such a way that every
learner feels comfortable
b. providing learners with a set of routine
activities to be followed strictly
c. providing learners with a variety of enriched
learning materials and aids for different
subjects
d. keeping the room well-ventilated, orderly and
clean
631) This system of learning includes ways and
methods, which are used in preserving and building
certain traditions within cultural communities. This
refers to ___.
a cultural learning system
b indigenous learning system
c multi-level learning system
d non-formal learning system
632) Social experimentation believes that education
should develop in the learner a social motive and
intelligence to enable them to help solve problems of
changing society. Teachers are therefore
encouraged to ____.
a. teach the learners what to do as they know in
making right decisions
b. involve the community and discuss objectively
relevant issues to guide learners in evaluating
them
c. influence the learners in making choices and
conclusions as regards controversial issues
d. tell the learners to accept social traditions
wholly because social heritage is of great value
633) Which of these contributions was the idea advanced
by “Gestalt” psychologists?
a. the best method of learning is through
“conditioning”
b. the individual reacts to a total environment
c. a particular stimulus will lead to a specific
response
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d. each “faculty” of the brain must be provided b. early adulthood d. adolescent

with appropriate exercise
642) Which of the following statements is TRUE
634) The principle of individual differences requires regarding the level of mental maturity necessary for
teachers to ____. a learner to profit from opportunities?
a. prepare modules for slow learners in the class a. it can be determined by readiness test
b. provide varied learning activities to suit b. it may be reached at the age of seven
individual needs c. it varies from task
c. treat all learners alike while in the classroom d. it can approximately be reached at the age of
d. give more attention to he gifted students five
635) All learning is bond connecting. In which of the
following is this principle NOT applicable? 643) Researches established that complete coordination
a. habits c. reflexes of motor activities is attained at:
b. attitudes d. skills a. pre-natal stage c. childhood stage
b. adolescence state d. infancy
636) In which of the following teacher tasks is knowledge
of children’s affective development of LEAST 644) Which of the following will trigger additional
significance? development if a child is exposed to more
a. understanding the emotionally-based causes challenges and stimuli in his surroundings?
of pupil behavior a. Potentials c. emotional development
b. sampling of classroom activities that generate b. Intelligence d. interest
excitement and happiness
c. helping children overcome negative emotions 645) If a resilient child with superior intelligence is reared
d. exploring one’s own emotional reactions to in a poor environment the probable outcome would
various types of pupil behavior be___?
a. mental retardation since he is cultural deprived
637) Which of the following behavior indicates that a b. mental change in IQ because he is culturally
child has developed conventional maturity? The deprived
behavior is based on ____. c. no change in IQ because environmental
a. the desire to avoid severe physical punishment deprivation has nothing to do with intelligence
by a superior authority d. slight change in IQ although he can overcome
b. personal decisions based on his satisfaction frustration and obstacle
c the expectations of the group or society in
general to gain approval 646) Which of the following is usually considered the
d internalized ideals to avoid self-condemnation most important factor in a child’s observable
rather than social censure classroom behavior?
a. intelligence c. cultural background
638) If children are cooperatively engaged with the b. heredity d. self-concept
teacher in a group project the children will discipline
themselves each member of the group exercises – 647) A number of researchers found that the effects
a. obedience to the teacher c. peer influence material employment on children’s achievement is
b. special interest d. moral ___.
compulsion a. positive and negative c. fully established
b. negative d. hardly established
639) Che-che collapsed in her Social Studies class. It
was found out that she did not eat her lunch. What 648) Which developmental task is expected of the
principle is shown in this situation? adolescent according to Havighurst?
a. physiological needs c. safety needs skilled in games
b. somatotonic d. psychological need a. learning to get along with age-mates
b. achieving new and more mature relations with
640) The levels and types of abilities present in age-mates of both sexes
adolescence will be maintained or enhanced in c. getting started in an occupation
adulthood depending on such factors as:
A. education C. cognitive activities 649) Mr. Esmane wants his pupils to be creative. Which
B. experiences D. social activities of the following will REFRAIN from doing?
a. develop student’s ability to recognize and
Which combination of abilities is maintained or analyze problems and relationships
enhanced? b. encourage sustained attention in an area of
interest
a. A-B-C c. A and C c. heighten the students sense of the unusual
b. A-B-C-D d. B-C d. develop solely skill mastery

641) This is the stage when the learner becomes 650) Alou dance well. She can figure out how something
confused and starts to experience identity crises. works or how to fix something that is broken, without
Which of these stages is it? asking for help. Based on Gardener’s theory of
a. early childhood c. late childhood multiple intelligence what intelligence is she strong?

a. musical c. logical-mathematica
b. kinesthetic intelligence d. spatial intelligence
651) Which one correctly describes the phenomenon of
lately children?
a. they are poorly motivated school children
b. they are engaged in child labor
c. they are truant school children
d. they turn to empty homes after school either to
sit by the television or to roam the streets
652) Moral development is early childhood
characterized by __.
a. questioning rules
b. acting out of conviction
c. willful disobedience of rules
d. acting without knowing why they do so
653) In her teaching, Ms. Breis moves from particular
instances to tentative generalizations that are
subjected to further verification. Ms. Breis engages
herself in ___.
a. deductive logic c. inductive logic
b. philosophical analysis d. intuition
654) Which of the following is not a subject-centered
curriculum?
a. value-oriented c. back-to-basics
b. subject area d. perennialist
655) Which of the following is a correct statement of
emotional intelligence based on Daniel Goleman’s
theory?
a. emotional intelligence is giving free rein to
feeling
b. emotional intelligence changes less
considerably than IQ through life
c. emotional intelligence is being nice to people
d. emotional intelligence is feeling appropriately
and effectively
656) The authoritarian setting in the Filipino home is
reinforced by a classroom teacher who __
a. is open to suggestions
b. encourages pupils to ask questions
c. ask open-ended questions
d. prescribes what pupils should do
657) Which stage according to Erikson is the stage of
trust and mistrust?
a. entry childhood c. adolescence
b. young childhood d. infancy
658) Daniel Goleman talks about emotional intelligence.
Which of the following characterize a student with a
high degree of emotional intelligence?
a. sensitive to the points of view and feeling
of others
b. prodded by others
c. obsessed with achieving at any cost
d. unable to delay gratification
659) According to Hurlock, studies of children’s play
have revealed that toy play reaches its peak during
the ___.
a. late childhood years c. early childhood years
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b. babyhood d. middle childhood years
660) Which among the following has been said to play in
irreplaceable role in the education of the young?
a. Home c. church
b. School d. community
661) Which is NOT a characteristic of democratic
discipline?
a. child has opportunity to express his/her opinion
b. child is given punishment is related to the
is misdeed
c. child understand the meaning of rules
d. child obeys blindly
662) Babyhood is often referred to as a “critical period” in
the development of personality because –
a changes in the personality pattern take place
b at this time the foundations are laid upon
which the adult personality structures will
built
c the brain grows and develops at such an
accelerated rate during babyhood
d at this time the baby is exposed to many
hazards both physical and psychological
663) The tendency to emphasize so much on school
beautification to the detriment of pupil’s performance
illustrates the ___.
a. Filipino’s loves for “porma” at the expense of
substance
b. Filipino’s lack of seriousness
c. Filipino’s sense of humor
d. Filipino lack of reflection
664) Which is a danger signal of adolescent
maladjustment?
a prolonged treatment as children
b inappropriate body-build
c attraction to the opposite sex
d irresponsibility as shown in neglect of studies
in favor of having a good time
665) Ms. Ramos is often times frustrated. The students
in her class hardly volunteer to recite and to do other
learning-related tasks. This is a proof of the
Filipino’s ___.
a. sense of humor c. lack of reflection
b. lack of resourcefulness d. passivity and lack of
initiative
666) Which period in the life span of an individual is
characterized by growth spurt?
a. pre-natal and puberty
b. early childhood
c. prenatal period and early childhood
d. early childhood and adolescence
667) Which of the following is not a hazard to the
mastery of developmental tasks?
a. inappropriate or impossible expectations
b. crises when individuals pass from one stage to
another
c. unfavorable social judgment

d. by passing of a stage of development as a
result of failure to master the tasks for that
stage of development
668) Which of the following statements on developmental
task is wrong?
a. Retirees are not expected to work on
mastering certain developmental tasks
b. There are essential skills expected to be
acquired and mastered in each developmental
stage
c. The mastery of developmental tasks is a result
of physical maturation, societal pressures and
individuals aspiration
d. Failure to master developmental tasks at a
certain developmental stage has far reaching
consequences in a person’s development
669) Based on Victor Lowenfield’s classification, which
sequence in the developmental stages of children in
art is followed?
a pre-schematic stage, schematic stage,
scribbling stage, pseudo realistic stage,
dawning realism stage
b pre-schematic stage, schematic stage,
scribbling dawning realism stage,
pseudorealistic stage
c scribbling stage, pre-schematic stage,
schematic stage, pseudo realistic stage,
dawning realism stage
d scribbling stage, pre-schematic stage,
schematic stage, dawning realism stage,
pseudo realistic stage
670) Which is a focusing thinking skill?
a. summarizing
b. obtaining information
c. clarifying through inquiry
d. identifying key concepts
671) Such physiological characteristics as the
helplessness of nursery kinds, the inborn curiosity of
the primary school pupils, the social conciseness of
high school students and the practical purposes of
college students established that:
a. the individual has certain characteristics at
each level of development that makes him
educable
b. education is a basic need of the individual at
every level of development
c. education is psychologically based
d. education is adjustment and adoption
672) Intelligence plays a significant role in learning.
Which statement is untrue?
a the higher the intelligence, the greater the
ability to learn
b the higher the intelligence, the more
education is not needed
c the higher the intelligence, the more
accurate man can respond
d the higher the intelligence, the faster man
can adjust to his environment
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673) Ms. Aura Vivian Llapitan, a Grade One teacher, has
observed that her pupils respond actively to various
class activities. Why are her pupils teachable?
a. their economic competence makes him
receptive to education
b. their independence makes them more
obedient
c. they are more open to experience
d. any of three is correct
674) In education as agent of modernization the
curriculum tends to focus on well-defined orientation.
Which described best the curriculum in this
sociological view?
a. future oriented c. present oriented
b. past oriented d. tradition oriented
675) Miss Melody San Pedro, who is a firm believer of
education as cultural transmission is equally
interested in the following except one. Which is not
a concern of education as cultural transmission?
a. current social issues
b. intentions or objectives
c. changes in the learners behavior
d. manner of making the learner function
676) Ms. Catherine Eullo, a teacher in Social Studies,
strongly believes in education as agent of social and
cultural change. What would be the emphasis of her
lessons?
a. current social issues and problems of the
student’s own community
b. social life of the "past” and the “far-away”
c. political history of the “great” countries
d. historical and geographical facts
677) The function of schooling is determined largely by
the generally accepted social conception of
education. What is the function of the school
curriculum in a school that regards education as
cultural transmission?
a. to serve as a unifying element among social
classes
b. to serve as a boundary breaking between
social classes
c. to serve as an instrument to remove social
status stratification
d. to serve as a boundary-maintaining structure
between social classes
678) Education and culture tend to be cyclical. Which of
the following clearly explains this statement?
a. culture is influenced by the school and the
school is shaped by the culture
b. culture influences the school function as a
change agent
c. culture is primarily transmitted by the school
d. culture is learned basically from the school
679) Mary Joy brings all her books to school because
she wants to please the teacher and get good
grades. To which of the following levels of morality
according to Kohlberg does she belongs?
a. Conventional
b. pre-conventional
c. post-conventional
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d. either pre-conventional or conventional cognitive development, in what developmental stage is

Marvin?
680) Following Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive a. concrete operation c. formal operation
Development, Mrs. Medina provides her students b. sensorimotor d. pre-operation
varied activities that enable them to classify objects
according to more than one variable, rank order 686) What is the highest level of comprehension?
items in logical series and understanding that a. critical comprehension c. integration
amounts of mass or liquid do not change because b. critical evaluation d. literal comprehension
their shape does. The development tasks can be
expected to be performed by ___. 687) Mother equally divided the pineapple in two glasses for
a. elementary school children c. college students her two boys. One glass is short but stout; another
b. high school students’ d. preschoolers long but thin. Both boys wanted the long but thin glass
believing that it contained more. In what
681) The nature-nature controversy gave rise to developmental stage are the boys?
conflicting theories of human development. Mrs. a. concrete operation c. sensorimotor
Adora Santiago, a grade school teacher however b. formal operation d. pre-operational
believes that both heredity and environment interact
to facilitate the total development of her pupils. 688) “What I hear, I forget; What I see, I remember; What I
Therefore, Mrs. Santiago is likely to support which of do, I understand” This means that pupils learn best
the following statements? when they __.
a. intelligence is entirely heritable a. learn independently
b. intelligence is a function of 50% heredity and b. work with groups
50% environment c. watch TV
c. intelligence is more influenced by environment d. takes active part in the learning process
than hereditary factors
d. intelligence can be improved by exposing a 689) Both Muslim and Christian value marriage but the
child to a stimulating environment Muslim practices polygamous marriage while the
Christian practices monogamous marriage. What is
682) Mr. Rebancos, a high school teacher, is aware of this called?
the fact the puberty brings new feelings about the a. ethical relativism c. acculturation
self, as well as attitude in other people who relate to b. enculturation d. cultural relativism
the maturing child-adolescent. How may he best
help his high school students develop positive 690) Marvin, a Grade I pupil, is happy when he wins in a
attitudes towards self and others? game but sulks when he doesn’t. Which does
a. orient them on the typical characteristics of Marvin’s behavior indicate?
adolescents a. Egotism c. rigidity of thought
b. ask them to write down their own perceptions b. Egocentrism d. semi-logical reasoning
of themselves and others
c. encourage them to engage in worthwhile and 691) If the student is encouraged to develop himself to the
productive activities fullest, which of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs should he
d. organize a seminar on personality satisfy?
development among adolescents a. safety needs c. belongingness
b. physiological needs d. self-actualization
683) Jacquelyn Mendoza does not do anything in class.
She will only complete a task if you sit with her and 692) A student passes a book report poorly written but
continually tell her that what she is doing is correct. ornately presented in a folder to make up for the poor
During her free time she sits at her desks starting quality of the book report content. Which Filipino traits
into space. If you ask what she’d like to do she just does this practice prove?
smiles sweetly and shakes her head negatively. a. “porma” over substance
How would you describe Jacquelyn’s behavior? b. art over academics
a. passive-antagonistic c. indifferent-shy c. substance over “porma”
d. art over science
b. passive-dependent d. proud-progressive
693) Extreme authoritarianism is the home reinforces
684) Learning takes place best when – learners to –
a. learning exercises are focused on the right a. work creatively
side of the brain b. depend on the others for direction
b. learning exercises involve both sides of the c. direct themselves
brain d. do things on their won initiative
c. learning exercises are focused on cognitive
objectives 694) A group of Filipino children served as respondent in a
d. learning exercises are focused on the left side research conducted, the children were asked to tell
of the brain what they wanted to be, if given the choice. None of
them said “to be an American, to be a Japanese, to
685) Marvin, a Grade I pupil plays with his classmates, but be a Korean, etc. What does this finding show?
cannot accept defeat, Based on Piaget’s theory of a. inferiority of other nationalities
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b. superiority of the Filipino 703) Jones is a shy student and prefers to be alone. Based
c. superiority of other nationalities on Jung’s psychological theory, under what
d. Filipino lack of a sense of national pride classification does he fall?
a. extrovert c. paranoid
695) An “I thou” relationship exists between teacher and b. ambivert d. introvert
students where there is –
a. favoritism c. respect 704) Which theory on development puts emphasis on the
b. pretension d. prejudice importance of sensitive period in development?
a. ecological theory c. psychoanalytic theory
696) Which refers to the Filipino trait of practicing conflicting b. social cognitive theory d. ethnological theory
values in different venues and with different social
groups? 705) According to the cognitive theory of human
a. crab mentality c. lack of foresight development, the primary determinant of behavior is
b. willingness to take risks d. indolence ____.
a. cognition c. heredity
697) It is easy for children to learn language because each b. unconscious thought d. environment
person as Language Acquisition Device that
predispose one to acquire language. This theory is 706) Which may be undesirable result of the misuse of
espoused by ___. education technology on human development?
a. Watson c. Chomsky a. brain-drain c. dehumanization
b. Gardner d. Piaget b. mechanical learning d. knowledge explosion

698) According to Erikson’s theory, the child aged three to 707) For Freud, the primary motivation for human behavior is
five is largely ___. sexual in nature while for Erikson it is ____.
a. mischievous c. lazy a. social c. physical
b. Egocentric d. altruistic b. cultural d. biological

699) Students in school tend to group themselves by 708) Based on Freud’s psychoanalytic theory which
region of origin and think of themselves as first and component(s) of personality is (are) concerned with
above all as Visayan, Ilocano, Tagalog. This shows a sense of right and wrong?
that Filipino are generally – a. super-ego c. id
a. more universalistic than particularistic b. super-ego and ego d. ego
b. more personal than impersonal
c. more particularistic than universalistic 709) Which conception of age is wrong?
d. more impersonal than personal a. chronological age is different from biological and
psychological age
700) The information processing psychology asserts that – b. chronological age , biological age, psychological
a. the learner is a passive receiver of stimuli and social age are related
b. the learner is totally conditioned by environment c. psychological age and social are two different
c. learning is purely a conditioning process things
d. learning is an interactive process between the d. chronological age is the same as biological and
learner and the environment psychological age

701) Two identical balls of clay are shown to the child. The 710) As humans we walk at about one year, engage in
child agrees that they are equal. Teacher changes fantasy play as a young child, and become more
the shape of one of the balls and asks the child independent as a youth. What does this prove?
whether they still contain equal amounts of clay. Each of us develops partly –
The child answers, “No, the longer has more.” What a. like no other individuals
skill does the child lack? b. like no other individuals, like some other
a. centration individuals, like all other individuals
b. cognitive development theory c. like all other individuals
c. reasoning d. like some other individuals
d. conservation
711) In Piaget’s theory an individual’s adjustment to new
702) Which theory does this demonstrate? “A young boy information is called ___.
might observe his father’s aggressive outburst and a. organization c. assimilation
hostile interchanges with people; when observed b. accommodation d. adaptation
with his peers, the young boy’s style of interaction is
highly aggressive.” 712) The psychoanalytic theorists believe the following
a. social cognitive theory EXCEPT
b. cognitive development theory a. development is not in any way colored of emotion
c. operant conditioning b. we analyze the symbolic meaning of behavior not
d. classical conditioning focus on the behavior
c. early experience with parents extensively shape
our development

d. we have to analyze the inner workings of the
mind to understand behavior
713) Which teacher’s attitude best reflects his/her
understanding of development as a product of
maturation?
a. patience when dealing with the slower ones
b. creativity with the classroom strategies or task
c. fairness when giving grades or school marks
d. cheerfulness and enthusiasm when discussing
714) Which one is Piaget’s and Erikson’s thought about
children’s play?
a contributes to the child’s mastery of his physical
and social environment
b makes a child’s life so enjoyable that he will tend
to hate school life later
c prepares a child for an excellent academic
performance in formal schooling
d develops in the child a highly competitive attitude
because of the nature of play
715) Miss Beth Burbon, a preschool teacher sees to it
that the children are given opportunity to explore
and work on different materials so that they will
develop initiative and not guilt. She is guided by the
theory of –
a. Maslow c. Gardner
b. Kohlberg d. Erikson
716) Which of these statements true about the
development of super ego according to
psychoanalytic theory?
a. it is present at birth
b. it begins to develop during the first 2 years of
life
c. it begins to develop during the fifth to sixth
year of life
d. it begins to develop at puberty
e. it begins to develop in late adolescence
717) Sigmund Freud maintained that nervous are
primarily a result of:
a. overly severe toilet training
b. inappropriate identification
c. primary process
d. inadequate super ego development
e. sexual disturbances
718) Which of these indicates the flow of free association
as minted by Sigmund Freud?
a. reaction formation d. Para praxis
b. resistance e. the pleasure principle
c. repression
719) According to current research, a daughter is most
likely to have traditional vocational aspirations if she
has a:
a. non-working mother
b. working mother
c. mother in a traditionally masculine
occupations
d. working father
e. high occupational status father
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720) Sequential studies of human development suggest
that the growth of intelligence may continue through:
a. late adolescence d. late adulthood
b. early childhood e. old age
c. middle adulthood
721) In the theory developed by Jean Piaget, the first
unit to appear in cognitive development is:
a. language d. rule
b. schema e. image
c. concept
722) According to Freud, children pass through all of
these psycho-sexual stages of development
EXCEPT the:
a. oral d. autoerotic
b. anal e. genital
c. phallic
723) A prominent “embracing” response that can elicited
in a newborn infant by a sudden change in the head
position is called the:
a. sign of Babinski d. infant carry response
b. startle allows reflex e. primate hug
c. convulsive reflex
724) In comparing health behavior of younger and older
people, older people report all these EXCEPT:
a. more symptoms
b. less positive health status
c. more vulnerability to health threats
d. decline in regular physical activity
e. improvement of eating habits
725) In Rene Spitz’s classic study of sensory deprivation,
he found all of these to be true EXCEPT that:
a. social interaction with other human is
essential in infant development
b. in the first 4 months, infants in the fondling
home (having less contact with other people)
scored better on several developmental
indices than those in the nursing home
(where others visited)
c. by 1 year, fondling home infants had fallen
far below those in the nursing home on
developmental indices
d. after 1 or 3 years, most infants in the
fondling home could not walk or talk
e. children in the nursing home had a higher
incidence of infection that those in the
fondling home because of many social
contacts
726) The complex symptoms characterizes of children
who are deprived of their mother or of a mother
substitute during infancy and often extending into
the first year of life is known as:
a. stranger anxiety d. childhood hizophrenia
b. anxiety neurosis e.. alacrities depression
c. autism
727) Which of the following concludes the processes that
allow a child to move from one stage of development
to he next in Piaget’s theory of child development?
a. reinforcement d. accommodation
b. equilibrium e. equilibration
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c. assimilation e. a way of reality evaluating personality rather

than of simply assessing how a person
728) Which of these variables affects the phenomenon of behaves
parent-child bonding as proposed by Kenell and
Klaus? 735) In Erickson’s Theory, self-esteem tend to be
a. infants’ language development positively influenced by:
b. infants’ cognitive development a. opportunities for favorable social comparison
c. amount of crying done by infant b. association with persons possessing a
d. length of breastfeeding higher sense of self-worth
e. all of these c. feedback of success and failures
d. sympathetic explanations of continuous
729) Major obstacles for children in creative solving of negative feedback or comparisons
problems include: e. all of these
a. failure to understand or grasp the problem f. none of these
b. forgetting certain aspects of a problem
c. fear of failure 736) According to Freud, the superego contains the:
d. insufficient knowledge a. conscience d. reality principle
e. all of these b. pleasure principle e. all of these
f. none of these c. ego ideal f. none of these

730) Which of the following are major health problems in 737) In Carl Roger’s personality theory, the essential
adolescents? components of a psychotherapeutic process
a. have a genetic bases involves:
b. have a sexual bases a. therapist unconditional positive regard
c. involve sensory deficits b. a therapist empathy on the child
d. are self-inflicted c. reflection of the child’s feelings
e. involve bacterial and viral infections d. interpretation of unconscious process
e. all of these
731) College students are considered to be at risk for f. none of these
AIDS because of:
a. frequent sexual contact 738) Which of these personality theorists strongly
b. a sense of vulnerability emphasized the importance of unconscious
c. the belief that only homosexual and drug determinants?
users gets AIDS a. Shiner d. Freud
d. the belief that educated people are not apt to b. Murray e. Piaget
get AIDS c. Kevin
e. all of the above mentioned
f. none of the above mentioned 739) Erickson views the stage of young adulthood as
being best described by a crisis of:
732) Harry Harlow’s work with inanimate surrogate a. trust versus mistrust
mothers for children suggests that the early b. intimacy versus isolation
experience is critical to the ultimate development of c. identity versus role confusion
“love” is: d. initiative versus guilt
a. positive reinforcement e. autonomy versus dependence
b. be protected form danger
c. contact comfort 740) The environmental factor with the most under used
d. need reduction by nursing potential for developing cognitive and interpersonal
e. maternal stimulation competence in children is the:
a. school
733) Emotional expression involving a stereotyped b. family setting
sequence of fixed action patterns include: c. community mental health center
a. smiling d. apprehension d. health care system
b. know flush response e. aching e. child welfare agency
c. startle response
741) All of these research findings on adult development
734) An assessment of personality, normative and are true EXCEPT that:
objective method refers to: a. significant development changes continue to
a. used of “ink blot” techniques occur throughout adulthood
b. sophisticated technique for measuring the b. as people age, there is an increasing range
accuracy of a persons perception pf reality of differences between individuals
c. predictions of behavior on the basis of c. changes in adult occur in all areas of
intensive interviewing development (cognitive, physical, and social-
d. predictions of behavior on the basis of data personal)
from personality tests d. adult cognitive changes may show
quantitative reduction on an ability test, but a

qualitative acquisition of a different form of
intelligence
e. just as is the case in childhood and
adolescence, there are predominant and
universal development stages in adulthood
f. all of these
742) Which of these reflected Erickson’s Theory of life
cycle and growth of the ego?
a. sexual device is crucial in determining the
development of sense of identity
b. ego maturation is genetically predetermined,
cultural influences are of minor importance
c. there are eight stages characterized by crisis
whose satisfactory resolution is essential
d. phases of development are characterized in
turn by aggressive, affective, achievement,
nurturance and power motives
e. people are burdened with too many ego
function
743) Institutionalization during infancy often involves all
these consequences EXCEPT:
a. poor linguistic organization during early
childhood
b. deficits in concept formation and abstract
thinking
c. later impairment of motor skills
d. analytic depression
e. abnormal behavioral patterns
744) The most rapid increasing rate of mortality is found
in:
a. infancy d. middle age
b. childhood e. old age
c. adolescence
745) Stages in the child’s normal development of speech
are characterized by all of these statements
EXCEPT that:
a. between 1 and 6 months, infants invent new
noises and experiment with them
b. infants 4 to 5 months old will repeat sounds
they hear
c. infants between 12 and 18 months will
intentionally use a word appropriate to the
situation
d. between 24 and 36 months, infants use 200
to 300 words in phrases and two and two-
word sentences
e. by 48 months of age, the child should have a
vocabulary of about 1500 words
746) Research findings on early gender-role identification
and behavior show that all these statements are true
EXCEPT that:
a. gender-related differences in play behavior
are evident as early as 13 months
b. males are generally more aggressive in their
play and problem-solving activities than are
females
c. children who experience gender
reassignment after the age of 2 are
considered to be high-risk candidates for
psychological disorders
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d. children between 3 and 4 years of age are
able to make gender-appropriate choices to
western stereotypes
e. females 3 to 5 years old appear to be more
concerned about gender-appropriate play a
activities than are males of similar age
747) Which of these statements about the development
of moral standards during the childhood is true?
a. only at puberty do a child’s moral standards
become independent of external rewards
and punishments
b. the development of guilt as a reaction to
transgressions is fostered by parental
warmth
c. children of 11 or 12 years of age are more
likely to make inflexible, absolute moral
judgments than those 7 or 8 years of age
d. older children are likely than younger
children to judge behavior as right or wrong
in terms of its reinforcement outcome
e. the development of moral reasoning is
independent of general intellectual
maturation
748) Compared with pregnant women aged 20-25,
pregnant adolescence are apt to:
a. experience parental pressure to restrict food
intake
b. inadequate parental care
c. higher rates of infant mortality
d. higher rates of birth defects and mental
retardation
e. all of these
f. none of these
749) In comparing overweight adolescent boys and girls,
girls are among apt to:
a. experience parental pressure to restrict food
intake
b. eat in response to negative and positive
mood
c. be blamed by their parents for weight mood
d. interpret presence of other people as a sign
signal for eating
e. all of these
f. none of these
750) Children develop identification with a parent as a
result of:
a. perception of similarities, physical and
behavioral
b. imitation of parental mannerisms
c. communication from others concerning
similarities
d. attractiveness of the parent
e. all of these
f. none of these
751) Which of these patterns show cognitive skills of
early childhood?
a. at 18 months, a child begins to follow simple
one-part directions, begins many questions
with “what”, imitates people in his or her
environment, and infers causes from
observing effects
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b. at 2 years, the child begins to learn about
time sequences, matches simple shapes
and sizes, attempts new solutions to old
problems, and may arrange several words in
grammatically incorrect sentences
c. at 3 years, the child asks many “why”
questions talks in sentences using four or
more words, can give his first and last name,
and may talk about his fears
d. at 4 years, the child may begin many
questions with “how”, knows the days of the
week and can follow a three-step direction in
proper order
e. all of these
f. none of these
752) Which of these characterize language development
is childhood?
a. infants 15 to 20 weeks of age use different
patterns of vocalization to identify
discomforts such hunger, fright and pain
b. most children master all consonant sounds
by the age of 3 to 3 ½ years
c. the first words spoken are usually nouns
d. vowels emerge in hierarchical order between
ages 3 to 7 years
e. all of these
f. none of these
753) Biological changes in the adolescent years include:
a. a growth spurt for girls with peak velocity at
14 years of age
b. menarche at anytime between 10 to 16 ½
years of age; the average now is under 13
years of age
c. a growth spurt for boys with peak velocity at
12 years of age
d. growth of testes beginning as early as age of
9 ½ or a late age of 13 ½ and ending at
anytime between ages 13 ½ and 17 years
e. all of these
f. none of these
754) This is a true statement regarding childhood
dreams.
a. they start when the child is able to talk
b. they are experienced as pleasant more often
as a preschooler grows older
c. they increase in frequency as child
approaches the age of 5
d. they are frightened of nightmare at a
relatively age from 3 to 4 years
e. all of these
f. none of these
d. children 7 to 9 years of age realize the
inevitability of death for all living things, no
longer fell responsible for the death of
others, and yet feel that death can be
avoided
e. all of these
f. none of these
756) Significant changes in physiological and cognitive
functioning develop with age. Studies of aging show
that:
a. intra-individually variability is decreased with
aging
b. there is more age-related decline found in
longitudinal methods than in cross-sectional
methods
c. inter-individual variability is decreased with
aging
d. life style and experience play a major in
retention of various cognitive functions
e. all of these
f. none of these
757) A Sigmund Freud, an Austrian physician is credited
for originating or popularizing the following:
a. the unconscious mind
b. the classic psychoanalytic “couch” technique
of retracting past experience
c. the early childhood as the origin of emotional
disorders
d. the id ego and super ego
e. all of these
f. none of these
758) Both sexes if preschoolers are said to place a great
value on the penis, with boys treasuring their sex
organ and fearing some injury to it or attack upon it
by hostile others. It develops into a:
a. castration anxiety d. electra complex
b. penis envy e. oedipus complex
c. libido
759) A person who engenders intolerable amounts of
hostility may become the object of excessive
affection. This is a defense mechanism called:
a. displacement d. repression
b. reaction formation e. suppression
c. identification
760) In Erickson’s theory, toddler phase constitutes the
period in which the child must establish a sense of:
a. basic trust d. industry
b. autonomy e. identity
c. initiative

755) Concepts of death and pain at various stages of the 761) A child entering a school age period, finds his
child development include that: abilities wanting and discouraged in his development
a. between birth and 2 years of age, separation of industriousness. He may conceptualize himself
is more apt to be experienced as as:
synonymous with death a. guilty d. role confusion
b. children 3 or 4 years of age believe that a b. mistrusting e. shame and doubt
toy feels pain when it is broken c. inadequate and inferior
c. children 5 to 6 years old fantasize that the
dead person continues to experience 762) An infant at 7 months may have his psychomotor
emotion and biological function in the grave skills like:
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a. uncoordinated movements of the and arm c. repeats six-syllable sentences

begin to progress to definite reaching and d. participates in conversation without
grasping monopolizing it
b. when being pulled to a sitting position, the e. talks constantly
child may attempt to stand
c. smiles and laugh aloud often, responding to 769) A 5 year old child in Erickson’s stage of initiative
stimulation from familiar children and adults vs. guilt shows that he/she:
d. he may wish to use a spoon while feeding a. has dream and nightmares
himself b. is serious about self and abilities
e. all of these c. is less rebellious
f. none of these d. accepts responsibility for facts
e. all of these
763) An angry, frustrated toddler in the midst of tantrum f. none of these
cannot be effectively dealt with by reasoning or
threats. The wisest approach in dealing with the 770) These are all the guidelines helpful to parents and
situation is: other adults in relating to young children EXCEPT:
a. promising to give the desired object as soon a. discipline should be motivated by love and
as possible should have as its objective the child’s long-
b. providing an activity other than the desired range best interest
object b. discipline should be consistent
c. attracting him with another object c. the child should know why is being
d. ignoring his behavior, reduced external disciplined and should be helped to identify
stimulation, remove any objects which might acceptable alternatives to his misbehavior
prove injurious d. discipline should NOT be limited to
e. playing with him music and dance hazardous activities affecting the physical,
emotional, or social well-being of the child
764) Which of the following situations do children learn e. ineffective measures should be corrected
language skills?
a. through the spoken word d. all of these 771) The essential foundation that must be established
b. by imitating sound e. none of these in the therapeutic relationship is:
c. by trials of using words appropriately a. trust d. relation
b. confidence e. love
765) Children who consequently test low in verbal c. change
development are usually those who:
a. receive little verbal instruction and socially 772) A Freudian Slip, wherein one’s true but hidden
and economically deprived feelings or thoughts are revealed by the child is an
b. receive a noisy verbal communication example of what coping mechanisms:
c. frequently receive non-verbal gestures a. regression d. relation
d. have a family that interacts most of the time b. repression e. reworking
e. live in air environment with spiritually inclined c. resistance
neighbor
773) Which of these factors is considered a risk factor for
766) A child learning to undress sees the activity as: childhood disorder?
a. accomplishment a. intact family d. age
b. punishment b. genetic vulnerability e. social class
c. means to attract one’s attention c. social support
d. a practice to one’s sexual curiosity
e. a self of self-encouragement 774) What are the most important skills one must have
when working with adolescent in the classroom?
767) What is the correct sequence of motor activity that a. denial of personal limitations
belongs to 4-year-old children? b. flexibility with predictability
1. throws ball overhand c. serious attitude
2. cuts out one’s attention d. ability to challenge
3. builds five-block gate from model e. calmness with respect
4. copies square
5. hits nail head with hammer 775) Paul 12 years has been addicted to prohibited
drugs for 2 years now. What is the best intervention
a. 1, 2, 3, 4 d. 1, 2, 3, 5 or management control effective in working with
b. 2, 3, 4, 5 e. 1, 2, 4, 5 substance abuse people?
c. 1, 3, 4, 5 a. firm and directive
b. installation of values
768) A 5 year old child’s verbal abilities include all these c. helpful and advisory
EXCEPT it: d. subjective and nonjudgmental
a. uses adult speech forms e. compassionate and tender
b. finds speech more important in peer
relationships

776) You encountered an 11 year old drug user who is
incoherent, giddy and euphoric. You had noted
irritation of the eyes, nose and mouth and susect
inhalation abuse. Which sign is most indicative of
inhalant abuse?
a. vomiting d. sudden fear
b. bad breath e. sweating
c. “bad trip”
777) Nora 10 years old is undergoing obsessive-
compulsive behavior and 5 to times wash her hand
in an hour’s time. The patient will not be able to stop
her compulsive washing routines until she:
a. acquires more super ego strength
b. recognizes the behavior is unrealistic
c. no longer needs the manage her feelings of
anxiety
d. regains contact of reality
e. realizes that hand washing need to be
frequent
778) Nora was diagnosed with personality disorder with
compulsive traits. Of the following behaviors, which
one could you expect Nora to exhibit or manifest?
a. inability to make decisions
b. spontaneous playfulness
c. inability to alter plans
d. insistence that things be done her way
e. inability to achieve anything
779) Lyn, 14 years old is assessed of amenorrhea,
constipation, and slow heartbeat. She expresses a
distorted body image and fear of being fat. These
are signs and symptoms of:
a. Cushing syndrome d. bulimic syndrome
b. conversion disorder e. anxiety state
c. anorexia nervosa
780) When family is participating in the therapy, what is
the priority issue that must be confronted resolved?
a. abuse d. divorce
b. finances e. family
c. control
781) Linda just turns 12 years old and sexually abused.
Linda’s parents have already reported the matter to
the police and initial investigation showed rape. She
was interrogated but didn’t respond. The rape victim
didn’t talk, is withdrawn and depressed. The
defense mechanism being used is:
a. rationalization d. regression
b. denial e. depression
c. repression
782) Three-year old Angela has a story of being securely
attached to her mother. It most likely that Angela is:
a. unusually intelligent
b. easily frustrated and irritable when her
mother is absent
c. preoccupied with maintaining close physical
contact with her mother
d. outgoing and successful in her interactions
with other children
e. all of these
f. none of these
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783) Marly is a sensitive, responsive parent who
consistently satisfies the needs of Sara, her infant
daughter. According to Erickson, Sara is likely to:
a. from a life long attitude of basic trust toward
the word
b. encounter some difficulty in overcoming the
limitation of egocentrism
c. encounter some difficulty in forming an
attachment to her father
d. achieve formal operational intelligence more
quickly than the average child
e. all of these
f. none of these
784) The Albertson’s establish and enforce rules for the
children to follow. They give reasons for the rules
and invite their teenagers to join the discussion
when new rules are being made. Psychologists
would characterize the Albertson’s as _____
parents.
a. authoritarian d. democratic
b. egocentric e. permissive
c. rejecting-neglecting
785) Gilbert notices that his sausage is sliced into six
pieces, whereas his brother’s is sliced into nine
pieces. He understands, however, that his brother’s
sausage is not actually any larger than his own.
This indicates that Gilbert has by now reached the
_____ stage of development.
a. formal operational d. preoccupation
b. sensorimotor e. all of these
c. concrete operational f. none of these
786) Dr. Wong believes that children who are not
responsive to parenting during the first 2 months of
life will never develop basic trust toward the world.
Obviously, Dr. Wong believes that this period is a(n)
_____ for learning basic trust.
a. developmental crisis
b. operational stage
c. critical stage
d. sensorimotor stage
e. maturational span
787) Carol is stressed because post-child-birth
complications prevented her from being in close
physical contact with her child during its first few
hours. Carol should be told that:
a. infants should be left physically undisturbed
during the first few hours of life so they can
rest
b. physical contact with her infant immediately
after birth would not contribute to the
development of mother-infant attachment
c. human infants do not have well-defined
critical periods for the formation of a mother-
infant attachment
d. as long as she can breed-fed her baby, no
lasting damage will be done
e. all of these
f. none of these
788) Instead of happily exploring the attractive toys
located in the pediatrician’s waiting room, little Sara
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tenaciously clings to her mother’s skirt. Sara most c. grasps and briefly hold objects and task
clearly shows signs of: them to mouth
a. habituation d. plasticity d. rolls over
b. egocentrism e. conservation e. stands alone
c. insecure attachment
797) Growth and development are influenced by the
789) In an unfamiliar but pleasing setting, infants with an following forces of the family, EXCEPT:
insecure attachment to their mothers are likely to: a. peers
a. quickly leave their mother’s side and explore b. life expectancy
their surroundings c. environmental elements
b. show little distress when their mothers d. life experience
physically leave them alone in the strange e. one’s mental capacity
setting
c. show indifference or hostility toward their 798) The correct directions of human growth is:
mothers when they return after a period of 1. cephalo-caudal 3. disto-proximal
absence 2. caudo-cephalo 4. proximo-distal
d. demonstrate unusually low levels of stranger
anxiety a. 1, 2 d. 1, 4
e. form a life-long attitude of basic trust toward b. 1, 3 e. 2, 3
the word c. 2, 4

790) Four-year old Lynnae is usually timid and fearful, 799) The theorist who believes that each stage of
where her 3-year old sister is typically relaxed and development has a personality crisis in involving a
fearless. The two sisters are most striking different major conflict that is critical at the time is:
in: a. Piaget d. Freud
a. maturation d. accommodation b. Maslow e. Erickson
b. temperament e. assimilation c. Dunn
c. egocentrism
800) The theorist who view t hat the development of the
791) The quantitative or measurable aspect of an mind as occurring thru adaptation to the
individual’s increase in physical measurements is: environment via assimilation and accommodation:
a. physical development d. development a. Piaget d. Freud
b. physical growth e. replication b. Maslow e. Erickson
c. social growth c. Dunn

792) The qualitative or behavioral aspects of progressive 801) Learning process associated with a particular stage
adaptation to the environment is: of development often are referred to as
a. physical development d. development “developmental tasks.’ A characteristic of
b. physical growth e. replication development task is that:
c. social growth a. there is no specific uniform time for learning
a task
793) The process of becoming fully developed and b. tasks are learned at the same age in
grown is: children
a. aging d. progression c. tasks occur with predictable rhythm
b. maturation e. regression d. most development task are learned by
c. replication school age
e. if follows a pattern
794) The following are measurable growth indicators,
EXCEPT: 802) The school nurse discusses the eating habits of
a. height d. sexual age school-age children explaining to the parents that
b. weight e. learn to put these habits are most influenced by:
words together a. food preferences of their peers
c. skeletal growth b. the smell and the appearance of the food
offered to them
795) Which of the following is an indicator of c. the atmosphere and examples provided by
development and growth? parents at mealtimes
a. the infant relinquishes crawling for walking d. parents encouraging their children to eat
b. height capacity for growth nutritious foods
c. weight increase in adulthood e. availability of foods
d. sexual age in aging
e. sexual growth for maturation 803) The school nurse discusses adolescent behavior
with the parents explaining that according to
796) Which of the following tasks belongs to the fine Erickson, the central problem of adolescence is
motor development? establishing a sense of:
a. lifts head and chest while prone a. identity d. initiative
b. sits with support b. industry e. autonomy
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c. intimacy e. law of readiness

804) Which of the following statements would be best for 811) “Involves the use of muscles and bodily
the school nurse to use when describing the onset movements.”
of adolescence in boys and girls? a. psychomotor learning
a. girls and boys experience the onset of b. cognitive learning
adolescence at approximately the same age c. motor learning
b. boys experience the onset of adolescence 1 d. law of exercise
to 2 years earlier than girls e. law of readiness
c. girls experience the onset of adolescence
approximately 1 to 2 years earlier than boys 812) “Involves the accurate and precise use of hands
d. boys experience the onset of adolescence 3 and feed in handling gadgets, machines , tools and
to 4 years later than girls equipments.”
e. girls experience the inset of adolescence 3 a. law of learning d. gestalt theory
to 4 years later than boys b. aesthetic learning e. law of readiness
c. manipulative dexterity
805) This is the point of view held by Wundt and
Titchener that experience or mental states are made 813) “Performing a series of solutions to a problem until
of sensations, images, or ideas, and feelings as well the right one is found.”
as analysis of these elements, their attributes and a. structuralism d. gestalt psychology
the combinations. b. functionalism e. purposive psychology
a. structuralism d. gestalt psychology c. trial and error
b. functionalism e. purposive psychology
c. behaviorism 814) Establishing the relationship between words and
objects, between principles and situations, and
806) The conception of experience at any given moment between ides and things.
is determined by the totality of its related phases, a. associative of learning
which constitute an integrated pattern or b. aesthetic learning
configurations. c. connectionism theory
a. structuralism d. gestalt psychology d. gestalt theory
b. functionalism e. purposive psychology e. law of readiness
c. behaviorism
815) “Overcoming or removing difficulty to attain a goal.”
807) The stimulus-response theory believes every a. associative learning
stimulus creates a response where activities can be b. theory of generalization
measured objectively. c. law of effect
a. structuralism d. gestalt psychology d. cognitive learning
b. functionalism e. purposive psychology e. none of these
c. behaviorism
816) “Formation of values, attitudes, appreciation and
808) Mental processes are functions or operations of the judgments.”
organism in its adaptation to and modification of its a. associative of learning
environment. b. aesthetic learning
a. structuralism d. gestalt psychology c. connectionism theory
b. functionalism e. purposive psychology d. gestalt theory
c. behaviorism e. law of readiness

809) These are inborn automatic response to simple 817) “Coordinating the movements or reflexes of the
localizes stimulation involving particular muscles and different parts of the body to attain the desired
parts of the body. performance of an activity.”
a. temperament or emotion a. Psychomotor learning
b. capacities and special aptitudes b. aesthetic learning
c. drives, needs, wants, urges c. bodily movement coordination
d. reflexes d. motor learning g
e. personality e. law of readiness
f. motivation
818) “Appreciation of the good and beautiful and
Identify what type, kind, law of theory of learning abhorrence of the bad.”
each of the following indicates: a. associative of learning
b. aesthetic learning
810) “Acquisition of knowledge, facts, information, ideas c. connectionism theory
and concepts.” d. gestalt theory
a. law of learning e. law of readiness
b. cognitive learning
c. manipulative dexterity 819) “Development by reading and studying that
d. gestalt theory enriches knowledge.”
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a. associative of learning e. none of these

b. aesthetic learning
c. connectionism theory 828) The behavior of the individual is the result of the
d. Thorndike’s connectionism theory interaction between internal forces (individual’s
e. law of readiness traits) and external forces (environment).
a. theory of generalization
820) “Learning based on association between stimuli and b. classical conditioning theory
responses.” c. connectionism theory
a. associative of learning d. theory of configuration
b. aesthetic learning e. none of these
c. connectionism theory
d. law of readiness 829) “Learning, involves acquisition, transformation and
e. none of these evaluation.”
a. theory of generalization
821) “Going at once into water to learn how to swim.” b. classical conditioning theory
a. associative of learning c. connectionism theory
b. aesthetic learning d. theory of configuration
c. connectionism theory e. none of these
d. law of readiness
e. none of these 830) “Similar to the Gestalt theory, this refers to the
unified or total pattern of organization of a learning
822) “When an organism is ready to act, action is situation so that the components lose their identity."
satisfying, inaction is annoying.” a. theory of generalization d. theory of
a. associative of learning configuration
b. aesthetic learning b. classical conditioning theory e. law of
c. connectionism theory readiness
d. gestalt theory c. connectionism theory
e. law of readiness
831) “Experiences in one situation can be applied in
823) “Learning is strengthened if it gives satisfaction to another learning situation.”
the leaner.” a. theory of generalization
a. associative of learning b. classical conditioning theory
b. cognitive learning c. connectionism theory
c. connectionism theory d. theory of configuration
d. law of effect e. law of readiness
e. law of readiness
832) “Learning with reflex action.”
824) “The more a connection is repeated, drilled upon or a. theory of generalization
reviewed, the stronger it becomes.” c. congenital theory
a. associative of learning d. theory of configuration
b. cognitive learning e. law of readiness
c. connectionism theory
d. law of effect 833) “Braille reading as form of learning.”
e. law of readiness a. associative of learning
b. aesthetic learning
825) “The dog, upon the ringing of a bell, salivates c. sensory learning
whether food is presented or not.” d. gestalt theory
a. associative of learning e. law of readiness
b. classical conditioning theory
c. connectionism theory 834) Learning how to write a story or a novel.”
d. law of effect a. Psychomotor learning
e. law of readiness b. aesthetic learning
c. bodily movement coordination
826) An individual tends to repeat a rewarding behavior d. motor learning
or situation and avoid unpleasant ones.” e. law of readiness
a. operant conditioning theory
b. classical conditioning theory 835) Furnishes explanations of mental and emotional
c. connectionism theory maladjustments in terms of the inability of the
d. law of effect individual to satisfy his own desires and emphasizes
e. law of readiness the values of mental and emotional therapy as cure
for emotional cases or problems.
827) Use of insight and understanding in learning.” a. temperament or emotion
a. associative of learning b. capacities and special aptitudes
b. classical conditioning theory c. drives, needs, wants, urges
c. connectionism theory d. reflexes
d. law of readiness e. personality
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f. motivation 843) If a ruler wants to maintain himself in power he

must govern by moral power. Upon whose
836) Which of the philosophical position could plausibly teaching is this based?
be taken to support the practice of allowing students a. Kung-fu-tzu c. Buddha
to choose their own educational goals and b. Lao Tzu d. Mohammad
experiences?
a. Positivism d. realism 844) Which of the following ways of life refer to
b. Existentialism e. perenialism Taoism?
c. essentialism a. practice an all embracing love
b. practice the golden rule
837) The most important educational contribution c. love one another
made by the primitive people who influence our d. be natural
modern societies was their _____.
a. initiation ceremonies and animism 845) According to Confucius, what is the best way to
rule a people and attain harmony?
b. crude sciences a. by allowing people to do as they please
b. by consulting the governed
c. vocational education c. by force
d. religion and philosophies d. by moral example
e. vocational education
846) The cultivation of reflective and meditative skills
838) Education during this period was essentially in teaching is an influence of –
intellectual discipline based on rational a. Confucianism c. Shintoism
arguments. These points to ___. b. Taoism d. Zen Buddhism
a. feudalistic education c. scholastic education
b. saracenic education d. monastic education 847) Confucius asserted that in teaching there should
be no distinction of classes. Confucius’s
839) The Athenian ideal of education was the teaching is in support of –
formation of a cultural soul in a graceful and a. moral recovery program
symmetrical body. This is achieved by ____. b. back-to-basics
a. using the seven liberal arts c. education for all
b. putting the emphasis on physical education d. values education
c. a well balanced development of mind, body
and soul 848) The emphasis is given on respect and care for
d. adopting the philosophy “Know thyself” the aged in Value Education classes goes along
with teaching of an Oriental philosopher by the
840) Which of the following illustrates the Christian name of __
perspective of democracy in education? a. Hsun tsu c. Kung-fu-tsu
a. education controlled by the government b. Mo tsu d. Lao tsu
b. education subsidized by the government
c. education of all human beings without 849) The current emphasis on the development of
distinction of race, social economic or critical thinking by the use of philosophic
political status or the like methods that emphasize debate and discussion
d. equal opportunities of educating men and began with ___
women a. Confucius c. Aristotle
b. Socrates d. Plato
841) This 18th century doctrine advocates for
education in accordance with nature. Educator 850) The inclusion of Logic in the curriculum is
who holds this view stressed that in learning the perhaps an influence of the importance of logic
child should be ____. that ____ stressed.
a. naturally disciplined for him to concentrate a. St. Agustine c. The Hedonists
more b. The Humanists d. The Scholastics
b. allowed to develop according to his own
inner impulses and inclinations 851) Spiritual training disciplines both mind and body.
c. subjected to a specific regimen or training The individual soul is part of his absolute soul.
d. trained in accordance with the standards set These thoughts from part of ____ philosophy.
by the teacher a. Greek c. Hebrew
b. Chinese d. Hindu
842) In the history of educational system, including
that of the Philippines, which system was first 852) The law of karma, what you sow you reap, are
and has remained a partner of other system of words often said when Filipinos attempt to
education? explain a misfortune perceived to be rightly
a. Formal c. pre-school deserved by someone. This originated from the
b. Informal d. non-formal __
a. Hebrews c. Greeks
b. Hindus d. Chinese
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a. Papyrus d. palaestra
853) The commonly used question-and-answer b. Hieroglyphics e. paedotribe
method that includes debate and discussion is in c. scriba
consonance with the method of ___
a. Confucius c. Aristotle 861) Ancient Jewish education is associated with _____.
b. Plato d. Socrates a. synagogues temple schools

854) To occupy a government position, one had to b. bible and the Talmud
pass an examination of Confucian thought. From
whom did this influence come? c. religious education by Rabbis – who were
a. Hebrews c. Hindus teacher priest
b. Chinese d. Greeks d. all of these
e. none of these
855) Ancient Chinese education consisted of:
a. mastery of numerous technically alphabet 862) Ancient Greek’s liberal education was intended for
and languages _____.
b. memorization and exact imitation of the a. religious and moral purposes
works of Confucius mastery of mathematics
and sciences b. physical development
c. A & B answers
d. None of these c. moral-spiritual development
d. development of well-rounded personality
856) Education in ancient India was based on their caste e. intellectual development
system, which means:
a. all people were free to get education 863) Aside from the liberal and democratic education,
Greek’s contributions to the world include:
b. education was reserved for the upper class a. Olympics games d. all of these
Brahman
c. education was informal b. mythology e. none of these
d. education for the men only c. democracy, philosophy
e. all people shall go to heaven
864) Greeks’ first Olympic games were held to honor
857) There is similarity between the Hindu-philosophy ____.
and Christian religion in the sense that: a. king or rulers
a. Both Hindus and Christians aim for unity, b. gods and goddesses
harmony, eternal peace and enjoyment c. athletes’
b. Both Hindus and Christians believe in the d. philosophers and scientists
same God e. dead ancestors
c. Both Hindus and Christians emphasized
religion and morality 865) Which of the following describes the Greek City of
d. A & C answers Sparta?
e. None of these a. authoritarian government

858) Which of the following describes education in b. military city state, military academy
ancient Egypt? c. at birth, the child is taken cared by the
a. Parable, conversational method was used mother but at the age of seven he is turned
b. Apprenticeship method was used in teaching over the paidonomous
skills d. all of the above
c. Vocational training, embalming, astronomy, e. none of the above
mathematics were taught in the temples
d. B & C answers 866) Which of the following describes the Greek City of
e. None of these Athens?
a. liberal education
859) Ancient China’s educational practice is comparable
to the present practice in Philippines bureaucracy b. freedom of thoughts, expression and religion
as: c. education was a family responsibility, every
a. Analects of Confucius are taught in schools male child is given a pedagogues or a tutor
b. Every examination that an individual passed for good and responsible citizen
has a corresponding decoration in dresses, d. all of these
in household as well. e. none of these
c. Passing civil service exam is a requirement
for employment 867) The modern Greek scholars who wandered from
d. Passing government examination is useless place to place and taught lesson for a free were
known as ____.
860) Egyptian’s ancient picture – writing system is a. Kitharist d. Philosophers
known as____. b. Sophists e. Solon
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c. Grammatists b. Athenians emphasized music, arts, and

philosophy while Spartans were on physical
868) Which of the following does not belong to Ancient fitness, discipline and military warfare.
Athenian schools? c. Athenians emphasized freedom, while
a. palaestra – gymnastic school Spartans were totalitarian, socialistic in
nature.
b. paedotribe – teacher of gymnasts d. B & C answers
c. music school, kitharist – music teacher, e. None of these
grammar school, grammatists – teacher of
letters 876) Roman education focused more attention on:
d. all of these a. Practical education, emphasizing the study
e. none of these of orator, rhetoric, laws, government
b. Respect for parents, military training using
869) Greek’s Homeric ideal was the Man of Action the biography methods
typified by _____. c. Christianity
a. Achilles d. Zeus d. All of these
b. Odysseus e. Hercules e. None of these
c. Pericles
877) Which of the following is not a Roman school?
870) Plato proposed that the society should be divided a. Elementary-school of the literature or Ludi
into classes of people based on their talents and Magister
intelligence. Who should be the guardians or rulers of b. Secondary-school of the Grammaticus or
the society? Literatus
a. Philosophical class c. Higher education or rhetoric schools
b. Warrior class
c. Artesian or Industrial class d. All of these
d. mathematics, science class e. None of these
e. god and goddesses
871) The school established by Plato was known as 878) The Roman father’s right over his children was
______. known as:
a. Lyceum a. patria protestas d. dominica
b. University of Alexandria b. manus e. familias reglas
c. Academy c. potestas dominica
d. University of Athens
e. University of Sparta 879) The greatest Roman orator who rose to power.
a. Quintilian d. Augustus Caesar
872) Greek university of Alexandria had excellent
products like Euclid in the field of geometry, in the b. Seneca e. Julius Caesar
filed of physics they produced. c. Cicero
a. Archimedes d. Herodutos
880) Christianity became official religion of the Roman
b. Erasthosthenes e. Cicero empire by successive decree issued by the Emperor.
c. Demonsthenes a. Nero d. Julius Caesar
b. Constantine e. Pompeii
873) Which of the following is not a contribution by the c. Augustus Caesar
Romans?
a. Latin Language 881) “For many are called but few are chosen: is the
b. The Laws of the Twelve Tables Christ’s teaching method called ____.
c. The Roman Senate a. Parable method
d. Christianity b. Proverbial or gnomic method
e. None of these c. Conversional method
d. Dialectic method
874) Music, arts, painting, sculpture and others are often e. Divine method
by modern societies as ____.
a. social science d. fine arts 882) A school called _ provided early Christian
education for few converts.
b. humanities e. veritas a. Catechumenal d. Episcopal
c. behavioral science
b. Catechetical e. cosmopolitan
875) The difference between the ancient Greek c. Cathedral
Athenians and Spartans was the fact that ____.
a. Athenians emphasized physical and military
warfare, while the Spartans focused more on 883) Which of the following describes medieval period,
music, arts, philosophy and poetry. middle age or Dark Age?
a. Refers to the span of time from the downfall
of the Roman Empire in the year A. D. 476
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to the beginning of the Renaissance period

about 1333. 890) The Guild-System was established for the purpose
b. Religious education was strict, rigid and of ____.
punishment was severe. a. protecting the interests of middle class such
c. Religious education included logic, as skilled craftsman, businessmen
philosophy and brings reason to faith. b. serving the royal families
d. All of these c. establishing churches
e. None of these d. attacking the moors as religious enemies
through the “Crusades”
884) Which of the following describes monasticism? e. none of these
a. organization characterized by strict
observance of the rules of poverty, chastity 891) Under the Guild System, the school, which
and obedience. served as a vocational school for the craft guild
b. Monks spent their lives in working, studying or skilled workers, was known as _____.
and praying. a. chanty school d. merchant school
c. Manual labor was emphasized as indolence
was termed the enemy of the soul. b. guild school e. nonformal school
d. All of these c. burgher school
e. None of these.
892) Six hundred years after birth of Christ a new
885) Monastic rules were formulated by ____. religion, founded by Mohammed took root in
a. St. Augustine d. St. Thomas Aquinas Arabia. These Arabs who were also known as
b. St. Benedict e. St. John Saracens among the moors of Spain established
c. St. Peter a religion known as _____.
a. Islam based on the Quran or Koran Holy
886) The Seven Liberal Arts as literary heritage of Scripture
monasticism exclude ____. b. Buddhism based on Gantama Buddha’s
a. Plato’s trivium of grammar, rhetoric, and teaching
dialectic c. Confucianism based on Confucius Analects
b. Quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry music d. Hinduism based on Vedas Scripture
and astronomy e. None of these
c. Ecclesiastical control in the study of Seven
Liberal Arts 893) Renaissance was characterized by as a ____.
d. All of these a. revival of ancient learning brought about the
e. None of these discovery of the “New World”
b. fascinating stories of Marco Polo about the
887) Which of the following describes Scholasticism? wealth and technology of the East, that is
a. education was an intellectual discipline China under Kublai Khan
b. the purpose of the movement was to bring c. the invention of the printing press and other
reason to faith and support theology by events
using logic d. all of these
c. truths scholastic claimed possessed formal e. none of these
value as much of their activities consisted
merely of endless and profitless discussion 894) A movement, which is the result of the alleged
about words and terms. abuses of Catholic Church led by Martin Luther,
d. All of these was known as ____.
e. None of these a. Revolution d. Transfiguration

888) The foremost proponent of scholastic movement b. Reformation e. Contradiction

who wrote the Summa Theological that became the c. Transformation
basis of the majority of the doctrines of the Catholic
Church was ____. 895) Catholics’ response to demands for change and
a. St. Anselm d. St. Paul liberalization of the Church practices leading to the
establishment of Jesuits orders and La Salle was
b. St. Thomas Aquinas e. St. Augustine known as ____.
c. St. Benedict a. Counter – Reformation

889) Which of the following does not describe Chivalry b. Social Transformation
a. education was a social discipline where a c. Religious Exaltation
boy of noble birth had to pass the stages of d. Institutional Development
page, squire, and knighthood. e. Social Reform
b. education was limited to warfare and religion
c. education was for intellectual discipline 896) The content of education during the reformation
through sciences and mathematics includes the ____.
d. education was for the development of well- a. study of bible and all the skills required to
rounded personality understand it
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b. a continuation of humanistic subjects such b. started the rudiments of education from

as history, mathematic subjects, such as which evolved the modern educational
history, natural science systems
c. use of the vernacular instead of Latin ion the c. geometrical measurement and surveying
Church
d. all of these d. decimal system of arithmetical notation
e. none of these
905) Egypt, the gift of Nile, is situated in the in the
897) Scholasticism is a philosophy which states that northern part of the African continent. Ancient
___. Egypt was a desert country watered only by the
a. school is the only source of learning Nile River, which flooded the country from August
b. man is rational who has to use reason to to October, leaving behind a very rich black earth.
support his religious beliefs The river flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The
c. man is both physical, spiritual and rational in government of Egypt was autocratic, ruled by a
nature king called ___.
d. B & C a. Pharoah ` c. Kshatriyas
e. None of these b. Pariahs d. Brahmas

898) The aim of Scholastic education is to discipline 906) The Egyptians were polytheistic. They worshipped
man’s _____. the sun god, ____.
a. physical body a. namlulu c. ra or amon ra
b. spirit or school b. ummia d. kitharist
c. intellect or mind
d. emotion s, attitudes, values 907) During the early Egyptian education, they used the
e. society hieroglyphics form of writing. The Greek words
“hieros”
899) As an offshoot of the influence of Scholasticism, a. aware c. sacred
present education, especially in Catholic seminars, b. villain d. hero
must include the following subjects in the curricula:
a. science, experimentation 908) During the early Egyptian education, they used the
b. religion, logic, ethics, philosophy hieroglyphics form of writing. The Greek words
c. social studies and sciences “glypho”
d. vocational-technical courses a. to carve c. to read
e. community service
b. to write d. to see
900) The present military training for our schools came
from ___. 909) The outstanding contribution to education of the
a. Athens c. Sparta early Egyptian period is:
b. Greece c. Rome a. cuneiform writing

901) Life among primitive or tribal people was very b. started the rudiments of education from
simple. Their organization was tribal not political, which evolved the modern educational
which is, their ___ is usually the oldest or the wisest systems
among members of the clan. c. geometrical measurement and surveying
a. head c. preacher
b. teacher d. warrior d. decimal system of arithmetical notation

902) During the primitive education, there was no 910) Vedas are composed of collection of ancient
reading or writing, however, information was religious wisdom. “Rig Veda” means:
transmitted through ___. a. Veda of Sacred Formulas
a. word of mouth c. ceremonial rites b. Veda of Charms
b. songs d. all of the above c. Veda of Psalms and Verses
d. Hindu scientific and philosophical knowledge
903) Among the aims of Sumerian education was to train
the learners to be good and to do good things 911) Vedas are composed of collection of ancient
especially to their god and to humanity called ___. religious wisdom. “ Yajur Veda” means:
a. Ra or Amon Ra c. namlulu a. Veda of Sacred Formulas
b. Veda of Charms
b. Osiris d. Seth c. Veda of Psalm and Verses
d. Hindu scientific and philosophical knowledge
904) The outstanding contribution to education by the
Sumerian period is: 912) Vedas are composed of collection of ancient
a. cuneiform writing religious wisdom. “ Sama Veda” means:
a. Veda of psalms and verses

b. Veda of Charms
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c. Veda of Chants c. School of Lyceum

d. Hindu scientific and philosophical knowledge d. School of the Academy

913) Vedas are composed of collection of ancient 921) A philosophical school established by Aristotle is
religious wisdom. “ Atharva Veda” means known as:
a. compilation of ethics, customs and traditions a. School of the Academy
b. School of the Lyceum
b. Hindu scientific and philosophical knowledge c. University of Athens
c. veda of psalms and verses d. Epicurean School

d. Veda of Charms
914) Vedas are composed of collection of ancient
religious wisdom. “The Angas” means:
a. compilation of ethics, customs and traditions
922) The two camps were reconciled by ____ when he
wrote in his Summa Theologiae, the universal is
implanted in the object and the universal is
comprehended by the mind of man after the object.
a. Thomas Aquinas c. Abelard

b. Hindu scientific and philosophical knowledge b. Anselm d. Romulus Augustus

c. veda of psalms and verses
923) The Islam religion was founded by:
d. Veda of Charms a. Gau Tamma c. Mohammed

915) Vedas are composed of collection of ancient b. Muhammad d. Muslim

religious wisdom. “The Code of Manu” means:
a. Veda of psalms and verses 924) The word Islam is the infinitive of the Arabic verb
aslama which means:
b. Veda of Charms a. to praise c. to surrender
c. compilation of ethics, customs and traditions
b. to believe d. to worship
d. Hindu scientific and philosophical knowledge
925) The following are some of the outstanding
916) The outstanding contribution to education of the contribution of Muslim education to the present
early Hindu period is: educational system.
a. administration of civil service examination a. provided the foundation of modern academic
freedom
b. free development of all human capacities b. algebra and trigonometry in the field of
c. use of the vernacular as a tool of teaching mathematics
c. replacing the roman numerals with figures
d. decimal system of arithmetical notation borrowed from the Hindus
d. using the laboratory and experimental
917) The basic of philosophy of early Chinese education method in the teaching of science
was based on the writings of ____ and other
Chinese philosophers. 926) The following are outstanding contribution of
a. Plato d. Mao Tse Tung American education except one:
b. Aristotle e. Confucius a. progressivism
c. Socrates b. graduate school
c. democratic education
918) A philosophical school established by Socrates d. close coordination between theory and
where the inductive method was mainly used is practice
known as:
a. School of Philosophy 927) The Greek’s legacy to the world is democracy.
b. School of the Lyceum As a teacher, how can you show your being
c. School of Academy democratic?
d. Epicurean School a. consider your students as capable of
independence learning
919) A philosophical school formed by the fusion of b. give the students freedom to express ideas
the Socrates School of Philosophy and the in any way
Isocratic School of Rhetorics is known as: c. treat everyone fairly in terms of learning
a. Epicurean School opportunities
b. School of the Academy d. reward the good students and punish the
c. University of Athens misbehaving ones
d. School of the Lyceum
928) To occupy a government position, one had to pas s
920) A philosophical school established by Plato is an examination on Confucian thought. From whom
known as: did this influence come?
a. University of Athens a. Hebrews c. Chinese
b. School of Philosophy
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b. Hindus d. Greeks a. Herbart Spencer

b. John Locke
929) Greek’s Iliad and Odyssey were the famous c. Jean Jacques Rousseau
mythology written by:
a. Achilles c. Homer d. John Amos Comenius

b. Plato d. Herodotus 939) Which of these modern educators criticized

traditional education describing it as the
930) The most famous sophist who said that “man is the “pedagogy of the oppressed”?
measure of all things” was: a. Pedro Poveda
a. Plato c. Socrates b. Maria Montessori
c. Paolo Freire
b. Protagoras d. Seneca d. John Henry Newman

931) The root of the present system of formal education 940) Which of these religious orders who were still
can be traced to the ancient times. Which of the and still are active in education, which adheres to
ancient education accounts started formal the motto “To the greater glory of God.”
education? a. Jesuits c. Dominicans
a. Ancient Greek education
b. Ancient Oriental education b. Franciscans d. Benedictines
c. Ancient Roman education
d. Early Christian education 941) The present military training in our school
curriculum is an influence of –
932) Vocational education responds to the need of a. Greece c. Athens
middle level manpower and skilled labor in any
society. Which of these countries already b. Sparta d. Rome
practiced the type of education, which is the
forerunner of vocational education today? 942) Which of the following abilities is stressed by
a. Greece c. India humanistic education?
b. Egypt d. China a. Enjoy the great works of man such as the
classics
933) Which of these can best describe the essence of b. Learn the different philosophies in education
ancient education in India? c. Make man distinctly civilized, educated and
a. use of reason c. social stratification refined
b. education for ethical life d. love of nature d. Develop man into a thinking individual

934) Which of these ancient Oriental philosophies 943) The Athenian ideal of education is to form a
stressed harmony with nature? cultural in a graceful and symmetrical body. How
a. Taoism c. Hinduism can this be achieved?
b. Buddhism d. Jainism a. by giving more focus on health education
b. by adapting the philosophy “know thyself”
935) The type of education was more of an intellectual c. by improving emphasis on physical
discipline. The purpose of this movement was to education
bring reason to faith and support theology by using d. by a well-balanced development of mind,
logic. body and soul
a. Scholasticism c. Monasticism
b. Buddhism d. Hinduism 944) Basic education includes secondary education.
Which of the following contributed to the
936) It is the belief of the Jewish people that the Torah, establishment of secondary schools?
the Law, was handed down to Moses from Yahweh, a. Humanistic education c. Rationalism
the Almighty God. What did this imply before in
their ancient education? b. c. Reformation d. Realistic
a. religious discipline
b. liberation from sin 945) Tutoring of learners is now practiced in our
c. Religious conformity school provided it is not done by their own
d. d. education as an apostolate teacher but by an outsider. Which of these
Western philosophies influenced this practiced?
937) The application of scientific knowledge to affair of a. Egyptian c. Greek
daily life was the dominant theme of their early
education. Which people are referred here? b. Roman d. Athenian
a. Egyptians c. Greeks
b. Romans d. Arabs/Saracens 946) They were practical people who successfully
managed their everyday affairs. Their education
938) Which of these modern educators advocated a was utilitarian and emphasized the practical
child centered education exemplified in his work application of learned theories. They developed
Emile? the virtues essential to the exercise of their rights
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and the discharge of their duties and obligations. a. the good citizen, the good soldier, the good
They were: worker
a. Romans c. Spartans b. the man possessing all virtues essential for
the exercise of his rights and the discharge
b. Jewish d. Egyptians of his duties and obligations
c. the good soldier, but, not the good worker
947) This type of ancient education was characterized d. both a and b
by creative activity and logical thinking. It gave
us culture and enlightenment. They also became 955) Egyptian education was highly practical and
the first greatest sportsmen. This type of ancient empirical. Why?
education is known as: a. It involved the study of subjects that could be
a. Spartan c. Athenian applied in their daily life.
b. It provided the modern world with basic
b. Greek d. Roman foundations of education and other subjects.
c. It was a venue for military training.
948) This 2,200-year-old tomb of Qin Shihuang shows d. It emphasized total submission to the state.
much of China emperor extreme security.
a. Terra Cotta c. Tiannamen Square 956) Which of the following characterizes Chinese
education?
b. Great Wall d. Bhudda Temple a. Participation of the young rituals and
ceremonies and in incidental apprenticeship
949) Which of the following could be an off shoot of to the activities of the family and tribe.
Confucius “Golden Rule” Do unto others, as what b. Aimed at selecting and training people for
you wan others do unto to you”? public service
a. love begets love, hate begets violence c. It was a venue for military training.
b. love and hate can go together d. It aimed at preparing men to know God and
c. love your enemies to live peacefully among their fellows.
d. love conquers all
e. none of these 957) The Athenian system of education would have
closer resemblance to the present–day education
950) Following Socrates’ philosophy of Idealism, than Spartan education. Why?
teachers emphasize the teaching of: a. Athenian education mainly prepared the
a. Science and Technology d. Vocational learners for war, while the Spartan education
Education aimed at full rounded development.
b. Social Science e. None of these b. Spartan education mainly prepared the
c. Moral, Spiritual, Values Education learners for war, while the Athenian
education aimed at full rounded
951) Aristotle’s philosophy on Realism calls for the development.
emphasis of teaching: c. Athenian education did not impose any form
a. Character, ethical, logical education of discipline, while Spartan education
b. Science/Nature study imposed discipline that was cruel and very
harsh.
c. Mathematics d. Both Athenian and Spartan education
d. Vocational education emphasized physical training to the neglect
e. None of these of intellectual training.

952) Modern education always offers general courses 958) Which of the following practices characterizes
like Math, languages, music, arts, painting and humanism as an educational development?
others. This would be influenced made by the: a. Interest in human nature and revival of the
a. Primitive people d. Hindus classics
b. Chinese e. Muslims b. Submissiveness to the demands imposed by
c. Greeks/Romans church authorities
c. Printing of books and salvation of the souls
953) Which of the following is Spaniards greatest d. Back–to–basics and revival of the arts
contribution to Philippine education?
a. Establishment of sectarian colleges and 959) With few available books, the monastic schools
universities resorted to:
b. Propagation of Spanish language a. the use of Latin as the medium of instruction
c. Introduction of Christian religion in Philippine b. recitation and memorization
schools c. dictation, memorization and Socratic method
d. A and C d. dictation, memorization, but, not Socratic
e. None of these method

954) The early Roman education aimed at the 960) Both Cicero and Quintilian believed in the
development of vir bonus, which meant: development of the ideal person, the orator. In
which aspect did their ideas differ?

a. Cicero believed in the development of the
ability to speak and persuade people, while
Quintilian believed otherwise.
b. Cicero believed that the orator should have
wide experience to be able to convince
people, while, such wide experience was not
necessary according to Quintilian.
c. To Cicero, what was important was to be
able to persuade people through speech,
while Quintilian; a good orator must also be
a man of integrity.
d. Both believed in memory and moralizing.
961) The Athenian ideal of education is to develop a
cultural soul in a graceful and symmetrical body.
How can this be achieved?
a. By giving more emphasis on health
education
b. By providing more situations for the
development of values
c. Give more focus to physical education
d. Have a well–balanced development of mind,
body and soul
962) Which one is contrary to the truth about the early
Filipinos education?
a. Every activity was aimed for survival and for
security reasons.
b. Every home is a virtual school.
c. Every individual progressed beyond the
mentor’s ability and skill.
d. Every parent was a teacher.
963) Which of the following educational practices was
not included in Da Feltre’s educational
contributions?
a. Adapting the work of the individual to his
needs and capacities
b. A balance between mental and physical
activity
c. Use of punishment as a motive for learning
d. Inclusion of play in the curriculum and
developing the power to think
964) Which of the following is the greatest contribution
of the Americans to the Philippine education
system?
a. democratic teachers
b. English language
c. Public schools
d. study of the 3Rs
965) Which of the following is considered as the
greatest contribution of the Spaniards to our
country in terms of education along the aspect of
moral development?
a. Mass education
b. Social distinction
c. Spread of Christianity
d. Use of Spanish language
966) John Dewey’s emphasis in education was on the
development of an individual capable of reflective
thinking, which connotes:
a. being able to solve the problems he faces
individually and in group
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b. developing the capacities of the child
through a continual interaction with his
environment
c. that learning takes place when the child is
ready for it
d. education involves the use of memory,
imagination, perception and motor dexterity
967) Which of the following contributions of the realists
to educational methods would you consider a
scientific?
a. Everything must be learned first in the
mother tongue.
b. Words must not be repeated.
c. Learning starts from senses.
d. There was to be homework.
968) Which would be given least emphasis as a result
of the influence of nationalism in education?
a. creation of a common language
b. the teaching of history and geography
c. music as an essential part of the curricula
d. education for intellectual aristocracy
969) Rousseau’s principle of individualization points out
that:
a. The child is allowed to grow naturally.
b. Nothing was to be done for the pupil if he
could do it himself
c. Each child was to develop according to his
own nature.
d. Nothing and allow nothing to be done.
970) Which of the following summarizes John Locke’s
“tabula rasa” theory?
a. Education consists of training the mind by
imposing appropriate discipline.
b. Training the mind and the body
c. The child’s mind can be enriched through
experience, which necessarily employs
perception through the senses.
d. The child’s mind, upon birth, is like a blank
sheet, which grows larger as a child gets
older.
971) Scholasticism tried to rationalize the doctrine of
the Church. Which of the following is not in
accordance with this movement?
a. It attempted to give supporting authority to
the intellect.
b. It tried to justify faith by reason and logic.
c. It limited itself to scientific and empirical
activities.
d. It aimed to substantiate theology by logic.
972) Herbart’s principle of apperception postulated that:
a. Learning new knowledge can be facilitated
by recalling related old or previous learning.
b. In learning, focus should be on a single idea,
converted to the other ideas and then
mastered.
c. Knowledge an only be had with genuine
interest.
d. All of the above.
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973) The law of karma, what do you sow, you reap, are 980) With whose ideas is the development of
words often said when Filipinos attempt to explain a contemporary curriculum program in elementary
misfortune perceived to be rightly deserved by education primarily associated?
someone. This originated from the – a. Edward Thorndike c. John Dewey
a. Hebrews c. Greeks b. Henry Barnard d. Horace Mann
b. Hindus d. Chinese
981) In content, this movement initiated a systematic
974) What methods of teaching were used in both objective analysis of curriculum materials in order
disciplinism and rationalism? to determine scientifically what should be taught.
a. sense-based This refers to ____.
b. observation and experimentation a. Rationalism
c. memorization and imitation b. Developmentalism
d. meditation and contemplation c. Scientific determinism
e. exposition and exhortation d. Social experimentalism

975) The maxim “Know Thyself” was popularized by 982) With whose philosophy was pragmatism
Socrates. Which of the following statements do you identified?
think would aptly describe it? a. Binet c. Dewey
a. The individual knows about the subject b. Terman d. Pestalozzi
matter of the course.
b. He has a grasp of the strategies he will apply 983) Education is a continuous process of
in teaching the course. experiencing and of receiving or reorganizing
c. He knows the rules and regulations of the experiences, according to John Dewey. Which of
school he is currently connected with. the following situations is apt to happen in
d. He is aware of his strengths and education as influenced Dewey’s philosophy?
weaknesses, capabilities and skills in a. education takes place in the school where
teaching the course. the individual is exposed to specific, self
contained experiences
976) The first kindergarten also known as “a garden b. education may take place anywhere and
where children could grow” was the product of anytime the individual so desires
research by: c. education is never completed and goes on
a. Pestalozzi c. Herbart throughout life
d. education may take place informally to
b. Rousseau d. Froebel enable the individual to grow

977) According to John Deweys “education is a 984) Ms. Constantino regards the student as a
continuous process of experiencing and revising or spiritual entity and as part of the larger spiritual
reorganizing experiences.” This means that universe. To what philosophy does Ms.
education ___. Constantino subscribe?
a. may take place anywhere and anytime the a. Existentialism c. Realism
individual so desires b. Idealism d. Pragmatism
b. is never completed and goes on throughout
life 985) Who among the following believes that learning
c. make take place formally or informally to requires disciplined attention, regular homework,
enable the individual to grow and respect for legitimate authority?
d. takes place in the school where the a. Perennialist c. Essentialist
individual is exposed to specific, self- b. Reconstructionalist d. Progressivist
contained experiences
986) Teacher B is concerned with conceptual matters
978) Democracy in education from the Christian since reality is mental. Teacher B’s thinking is
perspective is viewed as ___. quite.
a. equal education for men and women a. Pragmatic c. Existential
b. education controlled by the state b. Realistic d. Idealistic
c. education is subsidized by the state
d. education of all human beings without 987) Who among the following stressed the processes
distinction of sex, age, race, rank, social of experience and problem solving?
economic or political status a. Plato c. Aristotle
b. Dewey d. Hegel
979) Education entrepreneurs are beginning to realize
the significance of pre-school education in terms 988) Dr. Melgo emphasizes to his students the
of their influence to later training. Hence, they try importance of deep personal reflection on one’s
to make learning as meaningful to the learner as commitments and choices. Dr. Melgo subscribes
possible. Whose philosophy of education is most to which philosophy?
apt in this particular situation? a. Pragmatism c. Idealism
a. Plato’s c. Emmanuel Kant’s b. Existentialism d. Realism
b. Aristotle’s d. John Dewey’s
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989) Teacher A believes that creation of knowledge is 997) Values Education is an additional subject in the
by way of the learner’s interaction with their Philippine New Secondary Curriculum. Which
environment. Teacher A is more of ___. educational philosophy justifies this change in the
a. an idealist c. an existentialist curriculum?
b. a pragmatist d. a realist a. Humanism c. existentialism
b. Reconstructionism d. progressivism
990) Which of the following does not refer to
existentialism? 998) John Dewey advocates which of the following?
a. social existence means anarchy and a. something is true if it works
violence b. morality is for persons
b. existence means creativity and uniqueness c. everything in this world is tentative, a series
c. existence means self-choice and self- of means and ends
determination d. what is right or wrong depends on the
d. each man shapes his own life and destiny situation

991) “Life is what you make it”. What you become is 999) Your teacher is of the opinion that the world and
up to you. This thought comes from the – everything in it are ever changing and so teaches
a. Existentialist c. idealist you the skill to cope with change. Which is his
b. Realist d. philosophical analyst governing philosophy?
a. Existentialism c. idealism
992) Ms. Rochelle Esteban views her students as a b. Realism d. experimentalism
unique and responsible individual. She plans
activities and structures her teaching in such 1000) On which theory is the logical sequencing of
manner that her students and develops her curriculum based?
uniqueness. Which theory does she uphold? a. Perennialism c. essentialism
a. Perennialism c. existentialism b. Progressivism d. reconstructionism
b. Realism d. essentialism
1001) “Do not teach too many subjects. What you teach,
993) Ms. Margarette Cassi is a firm believer of teach thoroughly” said one philosopher. The
Roussean theory that education should be primary reason behind the advice is to insure that
according to nature. To be in accord with nature, teachers –
which of the following will Ms. Cassi do? a. cover all the PELC’S/PSLC’s
a. treat the child as little adults b. relate their lessons to their student’s daily life
b. treat the child as a “noble savage” c. avoid failing grades
c. treat the child as though he was little adult d. avoid spoon feeding their students
d. treat the child according to the laws of
growth and development 1002) The back-to-basic curriculum is in essence a (an)
____ curriculum.
994) Ms. Geraldine Saladas is pragmatic teacher. a. Existentialist c. essentialist
Which of the following ideas will she reject? b. Progressivist d. perennialist
a. that knowledge is produced by a transaction
between man and his environment 1003) “Approach every pupil as she/he is without allowing
b. the values must alter as culture and societies yourself to be influenced by your foreknowledge
must change of his/her home background” is an advice from –
c. that the mind is passive and receptive a. essentialist
d. that what word best is true b. rationalist
c. positivist
995) John Dewey regarded education as a continuous d. existentialist-phenomenologist
process of experiencing and reorganizing
experience. Which statement explains best his 1004) Sometimes it may better to make wrong decisions
ideas? when a decision is urgent to make a “right”
a. education takes place in school decision too late” a thought encouraged by the –
b. education goes on throughout life a. rationalist c. realist
c. education continues anywhere, anytime b. progressivist d. existentialist
d. education takes place formally with the
teacher 1005) After having been humiliated by his teacher,
student B evaluates that teacher very poorly
996) The Philippine Elementary School Curriculum despite teacher’s excellent performance. Which
(NESC) gives greater emphasis on the trait is illustrated B’s behavior?
development of basic skills specially the 3 R’s. a. rationalism c. personalism
What is the philosophical basis for this? b. impersonalism d. particularism
a. Essentialism c. existentialism
1006) Jones, age 7, was removed from her class for
b. Progressivism d. reconstructionism
frequent fights with other children. She refused
to be disciplined and was to focus in class only
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for a very short time. She also has frequent 1017) Whose thought is this: “Although there is an
tantrums. She is suffering from – external world from which human beings acquire
a. mental retardation sensory information, ideas, originate from the
b. down syndrome working of the mind.”
c. attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder a. rationalist c. empiricist
d. learning disability b. existentialist d. pragmatist

1007) The strengthening of liberal education which 1018) If you believe that the child’s mind in TABULA
includes classical literature in the curriculum is RASA, in what processes will you engage the
based on the though of ___. child to learn?
a. rationalists c. humanists a. sensory impressions c. reflections
b. hedonists d. stoics b. reasoning d. metacognition

1008) Which philosophy approves of a teacher who 1019) Which does the empiricist emphasize?
lectures most of the time and requires his a. experience is the only source of knowledge
students to memorize the rules of grammar? b. knowledge arises from the mind
a. pragmatism c. realism c. knowledge is derived from reason without the
b. existentialism d. idealism aid of the senses
d. information is interpreted by the mind
1009) The most popular among the pragmatist is –
a. John Dewey c. Edward Thorndike 1020) Which of the following best describes the role of
b. William James d. Amos Comenius a teacher from a perennialist perspective?
a. to expose the learner to up-to-date information
1010) He believes that we acquire knowledge of our about Science and Math
world thorough our senses. His also the pioneer b. to reveal the Wisdom of Ages such as those
of the inductive and scientific method. contained in the Bible/Koran
a. John Comenius c. Jean Piaget c. to assist the learner clarify his/her value
b. Johann Pestalozzi d. John Locke priorities through self-analysis
d. to tell, interpret, or analyze complete
1011) He introduced the kindergarten or “child’s information to the students
garden” to the educational system –
a. Maria Montessori c. 1021) “Do not trust the senses since ideas arrived at
Friedrich Froebel only by reason” is an advice from the ____.
b. Edward Paparazzi d. Johann Herbart a. naturalist c. existentialist
b. rationalist d. empiricist
1012) Curriculum correlation is a concept wherein
subjects should be taught so it relates to other 1022) Which is a weakness of the Montessori
subjects. The proponent of this concept is – approach?
a. Johan Herbart c. John Comenius a. fosters development of the cognitive skills
b. Hermann Ebbinghaus d. Andrew Mc Birch b. foster independence
c. emphasize verbal interaction
1013) It is an area of philosophy which deals on the d. neglects children’s social development
nature of knowledge and the best methods of
teaching is – 1023) According to the existentialist, every person is in
a. epistemology c. metaphysics the same predicament and has the same
b. ethics d. aesthetics possibilities. What does this imply?
a. every person must have access to education
1014) Honesty remains a value even if nobody in an b. every person must choose to go to college
organization values it. This pronouncement c. every person must go through the same
comes from the mouth of a (an) ____. form of education
a. pragmatist c. reconstructionist d. every person must go to college
b. idealist d. progressivist
1024) Which groups of philosophers have opposite
1015) A fresh graduate is usually idealistic. Which one views?
will most likely inspire her cling to her idealism? a. rationalists and existentialist
a. introduction of educational innovations b. rationalists and idealists
b. support of living models c. rationalists and naturalists
c. pressure of work d. rationalists and empiricists
d. high salary
1025) Progressivism considers the nature of the child.
1016) People have ideas about the world and they Which philosophy does NOT relate to this?
learn these ideas by reflecting upon them, a. pragmatism c. humanism
according to the ____. b. essentialism d. naturalism
a. empiricist c. rationalist
b. existentialist d. pragmatist
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1026) The inclusion of the study of Rizal and other 1036) The world, as we experienced it, depends on
national heroes in the school curriculum in order how the mind perceive. This is according to:
to inculcate love of country is base on a (an) – a. Leibniz c. Berkeley
a. pragmatist philosophy
b. existentialist philosophy b. Hegel d. Spinoza
c. idealist philosophy
d. realist philosophy 1037) The “Golden Rule” was popularized by a Chinese
philosopher and teacher named-
1027) Who perpetuated the idea that reason is superior a. Mencius c. Confucius
to experience as a source of knowledge, thus
schools must develop human reason? b. Sun Yat-Sen d. Mao Tse Tung
a. Humanists c. Hedonists 1038) Educators have realized the significance of pre-
b. Stoics d. Rationalists school education. Hence, they try to make
learning as meaningful to the learner as possible.
1028) Faith, hope, and love are values now and forever Whose philosophy of education is most apt in this
whether people will value them or not. Upon particular situation?
what philosophy is this anchored? a. Aristotle’s c. Plato’s
a. Idealism c. Realism
b. Existentialism d. Pragmatism b. Emmanuel Kant’s d. John Dewey’s

1029) His philosophy advocated a classical type of 1039) The philosophy of adult education was conceived
liberal education or the study of the humanities. by:
a. Irving Babbit c.. Jean Jacques Rousseau a. Gaffud c. Confucius

b. John Dewey d. Aristotle b. Tagore d. Gandhi

1030) Whose philosophy expounded the concept of the 1040) Who among these Filipino philosophers
Laboratory School? contributed MOST to the nationalistic tint in our
a. Plato c. John Dewey education system?
a. Jose Laurel c. Jose Rizal
b. Jean Jacques Rousseau d. Irving Babbit b. Andres Bonifacio d. Apolinario Mabini

1031) Whose philosophy influenced the present 1041) Who pointed out that “education is life itself?”
emphasis on Character Education and Values a. De la Salle c. Thorndike
Education in our school system?
a. Confucius c. Tagore b. Socrates d. Dewey

b. Gandhi d. Bonifacio 1042) “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His
righteousness, and all these things shall be
1032) Who expounded the need to study the child added unto you.” This educational philosophy
carefully for individualized instruction? has been advocated by _____. He is
a. Boccacio c. Ascham considered as one of the pioneer thinkers of
education.
b. Erasmus d. Da Feltre a. Confucius c. Muhammad

1033) Whose philosophy inspired the inclusion of b. Jesus Christ d. Buddha

Physical Education in the curriculum and the
replacement of lectures with textbooks? 1043) “Education is life,” “Education is growth,”
a. Da Feltre c. Boccacio “Education is a social process,” “Education is a
continuous reconstruction of experience.” This
b. Petrach d. Erasmus educational philosophy has been promoted by
_____ where he was also considered as one of
1034) He suggested that competition and award should the pioneer thinkers of education.
be used to motivate people. a. Herbart c. Spencer
a. Aristotle
c. Plato b. William James d. John Dewey
b. Herbart
d. Socrates 1044) “Mental activity is functional.” “Knowledge is
instrumental.” “It is the consequences that make
1035) The idea of Practical Arts and Home Economics the choice good or bad.” This educational
subjects for boys is the philosophy of ___. philosophy has been promoted by _____ where
a. Confucius c. he was also considered as one of the pioneer
Gandhi thinkers of education.
b. Rizal d. Tagore a. William James c. John Locke

b. John Dewey d. Rousseau

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considered as one of the pioneer thinkers of

1045) “Knowledge that is best for use in life is also best education.
for the development of power.” Emphasis on a. Pestalozzi c. Comenius
physical education.” “Importance of science in
the curriculum.” This educational philosophy has b. Locke d. Rousseau
been promoted by _____ where he was also
considered as one of the pioneer thinkers of 1051) “Development of the whole man.” “Follow the
education. order of nature.” “Train for character.” “Both
a. Socrates c. Plato sexes should be included in education.” This
b. Aristotle d. Spencer educational philosophy has been promoted by
_____ where he was also considered as one of
1046) “Self-activity as the means of development.” the pioneer thinkers of education.
“Play, spontaneous activity, manual and a. Pestalozzi c. Comenius
industrial development utilized to promote self-
realization.” “Process of education determined by b. Locke d. Rousseau
the nature of the child.” This educational
philosophy has been promoted by _____ where 1052) “The end of life is knowledge. Knowledge is
he was also considered as one of the pioneer virtue. Know thyself.” “Social and individual
thinkers of education. interests should be harmonized.’ “Man’s life is
a. Locke c. Froebel rational and universal.” This educational
philosophy has been promoted by _____ where
b. Comenius d. Herbart he was also considered as one of the pioneer
thinkers of education.
1047) “Doctrine of apperception.” “Education should be a. Socrates c. Plato
scientific.” “Mind is a unity, possessing by one b. Aristotle d. Spencer
power, that of entering into relation with its
environment.” This educational philosophy has 1053) “Each person should devote his life to that which
been promoted by _____ where he was also he is best fitted to do.’ “The function of education
considered as one of the pioneer thinkers of is to determine what each individual is by nature
education. fitted to do.” “Social justice (give what is due to
a. Soren Kierkegaard c. Pestalozzi whom it is due).” “Intellectual aristocracy (the
rule of the intellectual elite).” This educational
b. Herbart d. William James philosophy has been promoted by _____ where
he was also considered as one of the pioneer
1048) “Education as the process of organized growth.” thinkers of education.
“All education should be founded upon the laws a. Socrates c. Plato
of natural development of the child.” “Use of b. Aristotle d. Spencer
objects in teaching.” “Emphasis on method and
technique of teaching.” This educational 1054) “Virtue is not possession of knowledge but state
philosophy has been promoted by _____ where of the will.” “The end of education is not
he was also considered as one of the pioneer knowledge lane, but the union of the intellect and
thinkers of education. the will, or knowledge expressed in action.”
a. Pestalozzi c. Comenius “Reality, not ideas but the performance, is the
highest function.” “Adaptation of education to the
b. Locke d. Rousseau form of government.” “Objective and scientific
not introspective method of education.” This
1049) “Development of the child according to his educational philosophy has been promoted by
nature.” “A man should live a simple life.” “The _____ where he was also considered as one of
child, the important factor in education.” “Use of the pioneer thinkers of education.
instinctive tendencies as the starting point of a. Socrates c. Plato
education.” This educational philosophy has b. Aristotle d. Spencer
been promoted by _____ where he was also
considered as one of the pioneer thinkers of 1055) The following are pragmatic educational
education. philosophers except one:
a. Pestalozzi c. Comenius a. James c. Schiller

b. Locke d. Rousseau b. Dewey d. Rousseau

1050) “Tabula rasa” or “blank paper” theory – a child is
born with a blank mind (neither good nor bad).”
“Education can shape the pupil according to the
will of the teacher.” “Formal discipline (training
gained in one area can be applied in another
area).” This educational philosophy has been
promoted by _____ where he was also
1056) He was a member of the Catholic clergy and
professor of philosophy at the University of
Wittenburg, nailed his ninety-five theses at the
door of his church at Wittenburg in 1517 airing
his criticisms against the Catholic Church. He
was:
a. Mohammad c. Martin Luther
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b. Jesuits d. Ricky Martin b. Comenius d. Hecker

1057) He was known as the first modern educational 1065) The following are great educational philosophers
reformer to advocate compulsory education. who espoused sense realism except one
a. Mohammad c. Martin Luther a. John Locke c. Richard Mulcaster
b. Francis Bacon d. Wolfgang Ratke
b. Jesuits d. Ricky Martin
1066) “Children must be studied thoroughly and their
1058) He was known as the greatest scholar among the innate abilities respected.” This principle has
German school organizers, conducted a school been postulated by:
survey in Germany, probably the first school a. Comenius c. Ratke
survey in the world, and came out with the so-
called Saxony plan. b. Bacon d. Mulcaster
a. Sturm c. Melanchthon
1067) “Education should appeal to the child’s natural
b. Martin Luther d. Copernicus interests.” This principle has been postulated
by:
1059) This verbal realist proposed a very a. Comenius c. Ratke
comprehensive curriculum composed of a wide b. Bacon d. Mulcaster
range of physical exercises, sports and games,
the Bible and religious exercises, instrumental 1068) “All learning should follow the course of nature.”
music, intellectual readings form ancient This principle has been advocated by:
literature in science, history, mathematics, and a. Comenius c. Ratke
astronomy and literature in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, b. Bacon d. Mulcaster
Chaldaic, and Arabic languages. He is:
a. Juan Luis Vives c. Francois Rabelais 1069) He is the foremost champion of formal discipline.
He believed that the process of acquiring
b. John Milton d. Copernicus knowledge is more important than the knowledge
acquired. He is:
1060) This verbal realist advocated the study of ancient a. John Locke c. Richard Mulcaster
learning and classics in Latin, Greek, Hebrew,
Chaldaic, Syrian and Italian; natural science, b. Francis Bacon d. Wolfgang Ratke
social science, philosophy, morality, religion and
physical education for the military. He is: 1070) An Englishman that advances the idea that the
a. Juan Luis Vives c. Francois Rabelais mind of a child at birth is a blank tablet upon
which are printed or inscribed all the experiences
b. John Milton d. Copernicus of the child acquired through his senses.
a. Jean Jacques Rousseau c. John Locke
1061) One of the agencies of education during the
sense realism is the “model educational b. Richard Mulcaster d. Francis Bacon
institution for scientific investigations.” This
school was drawn up: 1071) The following are well-known rationalist except one:
a. Bacon c. Mulcaster a. Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz

b. Comenius d. Hecker b. Herbert of Cherbury

c. John Locke
1062) Another agencies education during the sense d. Baruch Spinoza
realism is the “six-year vernacular elementary
schools for all boys and girls, secondary schools 1072) He was Frenchman and has been considered as
and university. This school has been postulated the outstanding champion of naturalism.
by: a. Jean Jacques Rousseau c. John Locke
a. Bacon c. Mulcaster
b. Richard Mulcaster d. Francis Bacon
b. Comenius d. Hecker
1073) The end of life is knowledge, knowledge is virtue,
1063) Textbook was also considered as an important know thyself for the unexamined life is not worth
agency of education. This is according to: living,” says –
a. Bacon c. Mulcaster a. Plato b. Socrates

b. Comenius d. Hecker c. Aristotle d. Heraclitus

1064) It is a secondary school known as “Realschule” 1074) The following are pragmatic educational
where pure and applied science dominated the philosophers except one:
curriculum. This school was established by: a. James b. Schiller
a. Bacon c. Mulcaster
c. Dewey d. Rousseau
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1083) “Education should aim to develop men and

1075) The staunchest advocate of progressivism in women who are as deeply concerned in the
education was: development and uplift of our communities,
a. James b. Schiller particularly in the rural areas, as in the promotion
of their won personal or individual well-being.”
c. Dewey d. Rousseau This is a Filipino philosophy of education
postulated by ____.
1076) The Father of Existentialism: a. Ferdinand Marcos c. Venancio
a. Soren Kierkegaard b. Pestalozzi Trinidad b. Manuel Quezon
d. Rafael Palma
c. Herbart d. William James
1084) “Education should develop personality.” The
1077) “The school is the book which is written the future teacher should study each pupil individually;
of the nations. Show us the schools of a people adapt schoolwork to the abilities and interests of
and we will tell you what those people are.” This pupils, hold quarterly conferences of teachers to
is a Filipino philosophy of education postulated thoroughly assess pupil’s progress. These idea
by ____. or philosophy is postulated by ____.
a. Rizal b. Mabini a. Juan Luis Vives c. Francois Rabelais

c. Rafael Palma d. Jorge Bacobo b. John Milton d. Michael Montaigne

1078) “Thou shalt cultivate the special gifts which had
bee granted thee, working and studying
according to thy ability, never leaving the path of
righteousness and justice in order to attain thine
own perfection.” This is a Filipino philosophy of
education advocated by ____.
a. Venancio Trinidad c. Jose Rizal
b. T. H. Pardo de Tavera d. Mabini
1079) “Our education should instill love for work, spirit
of tolerance, respect for law, love of peace, and
practice of thrift.” This is a Filipino philosophy of
education postulated by ____.
a. Manuel L. Quezon c. Raul Magsaysay
b. T. H. Pardo de Tavera d. Raul Roco
1085) “The aim of learning was the development of the
whole man.” It is the incidental method of
teaching; all learning is to be made pleasant;
learning facilitated through natural activities;
reasoning substituted for rote learning; and made
use of reference books. These idea or
philosophy is advanced ____.
a. Francis Bacon c. Wolgang Ratke
b. Francois Rabelais d. Richard Mulcaster
1086) “Education was to prepare for actual living.”
Reading for content and for syntax; use of
resource person in the classroom; discussion
and lectures by academic authorities.” These
ideas or philosophies were postulated by _____.
a. Rousseau c. Pestalozzi

1080) “To my humble way of thinking education has for b. Comenius d. John Milton
its supreme and overshadowing aim the
formulation of a sound and noble outlook of life.” 1087) The following are humanistic or verbal realists
This is a Filipino philosophy of education except:
postulated by ____. a. Martin Luther d. John Milton
a. Francisco Benetiz c. Jorge Bacobo b. Juan Luis Vives e. all of these
c. Francois Rebalais f. none of these
b. Rafael Palma d. Venancio Trinidad
1088) “Children must be studied thoroughly and their
1081) “Education must secure freedom, efficiency, and innate abilities respected; make use of the
happiness for all people.” This is a Filipino games, play and exercise for learning purposes.”
philosophy of education advocated by ____. These ideas or philosophies of education are
a. Camilo Osias c. Juan Manuel coming from _____.
a. Richard Mulcaster
b. Manuel Laya d. Rafael Palma b. Wolgang Ratke
c. John Amos Comenius
1082) “The qualities that distinguish the educated d. Francis Bacon
Filipinos of today are (1) power to do, (2)
knowledge of the part and current events, and (3) 1089) “The ultimate goal of education was eternal
possession of the elements of conduct that are happiness with God and education should
the accomplishments of culture and morality.” prepare for the activities of life through
This is a Filipino philosophy of education knowledge; learning should start from the
postulated by ____. senses, learning should proceed from known to
a. Francisco Balagtas c. Benigno Aquino unknown.” These ideas or philosophies of
education were postulated by ____.
b. Ferdinand Marcos d. Francisco Benetiz a. Richard Mulcaster
b. Wolgang Ratke
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c. John Amos Comenius advocated the disciplinary theory of education.

d. Francis Bacon He was ____.
a. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
1090) “Give man dominance over things; He used the b. Machiavelli
inductive method of learning.” These ideas or c. Rene Descartes
philosophies of education were advanced by d. John Locke
____.
a. Richard Mulcaster 1097) He was the first to develop an educational theory
b. Wolgang Ratke based on naturalistic approach. Few books have
c. John Amos Comenius exercised such profound influence on the theory
and practice of education as he attached the
d. Francis Bacon formal education and insisted on nature as the
best guide to the educational process. He was
1091) “Developed a natural method of teaching; nothing ____.
is to be learned by rote; repetition must be done a. Jean Jacques Rousseau
as often as possible; and learning by the senses b. John Heinrich Pestalozzi
first and then exploration. These ideas or c. Johann Friedrich Herbart
philosophies of education were postulated by d. Gottfried Wilheim von Leinbniz
____.
a. Richard Mulcaster 1098) In his aim to “psychologized education” he
b. Wolgang Ratke combined physical, moral, intellectual and
c. John Amos Comenius manual work. His major emphasis on helping
d. Francis Bacon children to learn by experience and observation,
rather than by verbalism and memorization. He
1092) The following are sense realist except: was ____.
a. Richard Mulcaster a. Johann Friedrich Herbart
b. John Amos Comenius b. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
c. Wolgang Ratke c. Friedrich Froebel
d. Francis Bacon d. John Amos Comenius
e. all of these
f. none of these 1099) His central principle was the ideas are developed
in the mind through external stimuli, and that
1093) A German religious reformer, the inaugurator of ideas have a dynamic force, which reaches out
the Protestant reformation, who insisted on state- for new ideas. Based on this principle, the
founded compulsory education for both sexes teacher’s task is to select ideas in accordance
especially in the elementary level but also with the pupil’s background, to arouse the
compelled parents to send their children o interests of the pupils, and gradually to build
school. He was ____. ideas into a moral and intellectual structure. He
a. John Comenius c. Martin Luther advocated the culture-epoch theory, based on
the premise that the growth of children
b. Jean Jacques Rousseau d. John Lock corresponds to the development of culture
through the ages. To put his theory to practice,
1094) Taught in the court of school of Northern Italy he formulated five formal steps of instruction:
and was believed to be one of the first teachers preparation, presentation, association,
to combine physical and mental activity in a generalization and application. He was ____.
school situation. He was _____. a. Johann Friedrich Herbart
a. Vittorino Da Feltre b. Friedrich Froebel
b. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi c. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
c. John Dewey d. John Amos Comenius
d. Friedrich Froebel
1100) His theory was based on the concept of the
1095) He was known as educational reformer and a absolute as a creative force, of which the child’s
writer. His famous work, the Great Didactic gives nature is a part. The function of the teacher is to
his theories and procedures of practical promote the growth of the child as a human plant
education. He was ____. in the direction of its own inner laws of growth.
a. Johann Friedrich Herbart c. John He stressed creative self-development and
Comenius spontaneous activity, making or unfolding the
b. Desiderius Erasmus d. John Milton best in the child. He formulated a philosophy of
development in his Education of Man, Pedagogic
1096) An English philosopher known as “intellectual of the Kindergarten, and Education by
ruler of the 18th century,” whose theories and Development. He was ___
knowledge and political life are still widely felt. a. Jean Jacques Rousseau
He protested against the time devoted to study b. Friedrich Froebel
Latin and Greek and recommended a broader c. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
curriculum and physical training, and strongly d. Juan Luis Vives

1101) “The school is a preparation for life, it is life,” and
“the school cannot be a preparation for social life
except as it produces the typical conditions of
life.” In other words, education must start with the
interests, activities and experiences of the child,
and the process is participating in-group and
social activities, in order to develop intelligent
members of democracy. These ideas or
philosophy of education was postulated by ____.
a. John Dewey c. John Locke
b. John Comenius d. John
Prats
1102) A French philosopher, who defined his plan of
education in Emile, saw the child as an offspring
of nature. His writings represented an attack as
an age of reason, gave impetus to the romantic
moment by emphasizing feelings. He was ___
a. Gottfried Wilheim von Leinbniz
b. John Dewey
c. Rene Descartes
d. Jean Jacques Rousseau
1103) He was the “Father of Modern Philosophy,”
whose first task was to work out his “rational
scheme.” His method consists of harnessing the
power of the mind with a special set of rulers. He
insisted upon the necessity of method upon
systematic and orderly thinking. H was ____.
a. Michel Montaigne
b. Rene Descartes
c. John Amos Comenius
d. Jean Jacques Rousseau
1104) He was a French essayist and thinker regarded
as the “Father of Modern Essay.” He was also
one of the pioneers of the autobiography. He
was convinced of the importance of introspection,
of examining one’s own experiences in order to
determine values and rules of conduct, and of
communicating one’s self-knowledge to others.
He was ____.
a. Richard Mulcaster c. Erasmus
b. Martin Luther d. Michel Montaigne
1105) He defined education as a natural, symmetrical,
and harmonious development of the faculties of
the child. According to him, sense perception
was the real foundation of knowledge and
observation was to be the basis of all instruction.
His most important contribution to education was
his concept that teachers must respect the
individuality of every child and must base
discipline upon love. He was ___.
a. John Amos Comenius
b. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
c. Johann Friedrich Herbart
d. John Dewey
1106) He was an English educator-philosopher. He
believed that the aim of every educational activity
was the search for truth. According to him, the
attainment of truth should be guided by reason
and the mind is capable of obtaining and
formulating reason. His education revolved
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around the child’s moral development and
formulation of desirable habits. He was ____.
a. John Dewey
b. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
c. John Locke
d. John Amos Comenius
1107) He was a follower of Pestalozzi and later came
an administrator in the kindergarten school where
he applied the principles of Pestalozzi. He
placed great emphasis on self-activity among
children. The curriculum included games, plays,
song and work. He emphasizes activities like
manipulation of objects and more freedom in the
classroom. He was also known as the “Father of
Kindergarten.” He was ____.
a. Maria Montessori c. Herbart
b. Froebel d. Dewey
1108) He was a German sense realist. He advocated
the use of vernacular in instruction to enable the
child to learn other lessons. He emphasized
mastery through repetition and memorization.
He was ____.
a. Wolfgang Ratke c. Pestalozzi
b. Comenius d. Rousseau
1109) The end of knowledge is not knowledge alone. It
is the union of the innate intellect of the individual
and his will. It is knowledge expression in action.
This education philosophy was postulated by
____.
a. Plato c. Socrates
b. Confucius d. Aristotle
1110) He said “development of the whole man before
he becomes professional.” He said further that
both boys and girls should be included in
education regardless of their socio-economic
status. Moreover, according to him, “Effective
learning is done through the use of vernacular”
and postulated the use of visual aids in
classroom teaching.” He was ____.
a. Confucius c. Comenius
b. Rousseau d. Erasmus
1111) He said “Development of moral and ethical
principles to promote peace and order and to
preserve human dignity.” He also postulated the
golden rule for all men to follow “treat others as
you wish them to treat you.” He was ____.
a. Plato c. Socrates
b. Confucius d. Aristotle
1112) “Man is by nature good and virtuous. Everything
is good as it comes from the hand of the author
nature.” This educational philosophy was
postulated by ____.
a. Michel Montaigne
b. Rene Descartes
c. John Amos Comenius
d. Jean Jacques Rousseau
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1113) “Learning was spontaneous, meaning that b. Francis Bacon d. Wolfgang Ratke
children had an inner need to work at that which
interested them with the prodding of teachers or 1121) “Children must be studied thoroughly and their
the use of rewards and punishments. The innate abilities respected.” This principle has
curricula included three major types, activities been advocated by:
and experiences: practical skills, sensory and a. Comenius c. Ratke
muscular skills developed through repetitive b. Bacon d. Mulcaster
exercise and formal skills.” This concept of
education has been postulated by ____. 1122) “Education should appeal to the child’s natural
a. Maria Montessori c. Pestalozzi interests.” This principle has been advocated by:
b. Rene Descartes d. John Dewey a. Comenius c. Ratke
b. Bacon d. Mulcaster
1114) He was a German philosopher known for his
contribution to moral development in education 1123) “All learning should follow the course of nature.”
and for highly structured methodology of This principle has been advocated by:
teaching. For him, the chief aim of education a. Comenius c. Ratke
was moral development, to produce a good b. Bacon d. Mulcaster
person with varied interest. He was ____.
a. Froebel c. Herbart 1124) The use of inductive method of learning has been
advocated by:
b. Rousseau d. Dewey a. Comenius c. Ratke
b. Bacon d. Mulcaster
1115) “Knowledge acquired that is best for use in life is
also best for the development of power. He 1125) He is the foremost champion of formal discipline.
opposed to free public education; those who He believed that the process of acquiring
really want an education should work hard to knowledge is more important than the knowledge
acquire the means to attain it.” This philosophical acquired. He is:
thought has been postulated by ____. a. John Locke c. Richard Mulcaster
a. Locke c. Comenius
b. Francis Bacon d. Wolfgang Ratke
b. Dewey d. Spencer
1126) The following are well-known rationalist except one:
1116) One of the agencies of education during the a. Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz
sense realism is the “model educational
institution for scientific investigations.” This b. John Locke
school was drawn up: c. Herbert of Cherbury
a. Bacon c. Mulcaster d. Baruch Spinoza

b. Comenius d. Hecker 1127) He was Frenchman and has been considered as

the outstanding champion of naturalism.
1117) Another agencies education during the sense a. Jean Jacques Rousseau c. John Locke
realism is the “six-year vernacular elementary
schools for all boys and girls, secondary schools b. Richard Mulcaster d. Francis Bacon
and university. This school has been advocated
by: 1128) The following are the outstanding contribution of
a. Bacon c. Mulcaster sense realism to our present educational system
except one:
b. Comenius d. Hecker a. the emphasis on science in the curriculum

1118) Textbook was also considered as an important b. use of vernacular in teaching

agency of education. This is according to: c. the teaching of science by the laboratory
a. Bacon c. Mulcaster method
d. formal discipline as an educational process
b. Comenius d. Hecker
1129) It is one of the types of education in the formal
1119) It is a secondary school known as “Realschule” discipline where it is primarily for the
where pure and applied science dominated the development of wise conduct, good breeding,
curriculum. This school was established by: and the control of desires by reason. This type of
a. Bacon c. Mulcaster education is known as:
a. physical education
b. Comenius d. Hecker b. physical education
c. intellectual education
1120) The following are great educational philosophers d. aristocracy of intelligence
who espoused sense realism except one
a. John Locke c. Richard Mulcaster

1130) One of the types of education in formal discipline
that develops the mental power to acquire
knowledge, not to increase knowledge by itself.
a. moral education
b. intellectual education
c. physical education
d. liberal education
1131) All except one are John Locke’s three steps in
learning.
a. sense learning, memorization, reasoning
b. reasoning, sense learning, memorization
c. memorization, reasoning, sense learning
d. sense learning, reasoning, memorization
1132) It is a philosophical doctrine, which advocated that
reason can be a source of knowledge and that
truth can best be established by a process of
deduction from a priori principle independent of
experience.
a. humanism c. rationalism
b. disciplinism d. realism
1133) All except one are aims of rationalism.
a. intellectual freedom
b. living a life guided by reason
c. aristocracy of intelligence
d. good habit formation
1134) The following are agencies of education during the
rationalism period except one:
a. secondary and higher schools
b. cathedral schools
c. encyclopedia
d. fashionable salons
1135) The rationalists believed that mental processes
were the impression made by objects upon the
mind through the senses. So they taught by the
inductive method. This method instruction during
this period is known as:
a. inductive method c. deductive method
b. science-based d. application of reason
1136) The rationalist always applied the test of reason to
every phase of activity or life and rejected those
that did not meet the test. This method
instruction during this period is known as:
a. inductive method c. deductive method
b. science-based d. application of reason
1137) The following are the outstanding contribution of
rationalism to our present educational system is:
a. the emphasis on science in the curriculum
b. use of vernacular in teaching
c. training of creative thinking and reasoning
d. none of the above
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1138) According to Rousseau, “man by nature is good
and virtuous. He wanted that the goodness and
virtue in man be developed unhampered by the
artificialities of the type of society current during
his time.” This aim of naturalism is known as:
a. creation of new society
b. preservation of individual freedom
c. preservation of natural goodness and virtue
d. all of the above
1139) According to Rousseau, “there should be simplicity,
liberty, equality, and fraternity for all, a society in
which the individual could attain his fullest
fulfillment as a natural man.” This aim of
naturalism is known as:
a. creation of new society
b. preservation of individual freedom
c. preservation of natural goodness and virtue
d. all of the above
1140) According to Rousseau, “individual should be
liberated from the impositions of the state, the
Church, and the aristocratic society.” This aim of
naturalism is known as:
a. creation of new society
b. preservation of individual freedom
c. preservation of natural goodness and virtue
d. all of the above
1141) “The development of all the endowments of a child.
He opposed to specialization because, according
to him, this would make some men dependent
upon other men.” This is one of the many types
of education that Rousseau pushes which is
known as:
a. democratic and universal education
b. intellectual education
c. moral education
d. general education
1142) Rousseau wanted to educate the child morally the
natural way, that is, the child should not be
punished by other people for his untoward acts
but by the results of his acts.” This type of
naturalism education is known as:
a. democratic and universal education
b. intellectual education
c. moral education
d. general education
1143) Rousseau said that education is a natural right of
all freemen and since all children are free and
equal, they should receive the same kind or type
of education. The rich and the poor should be
educated together in the same way. This type of
naturalism education is known as:

a. religious education
b. general education
c. intellectual education
d. democratic and universal education
1144) Rousseau did not approve the use of textbooks in
intellectual learning. The learner had to learn
through the use of senses. This type of
naturalism education is known as:
a. religious education
b. general education
c. intellectual education
d. democratic and universal education
1145) The following are three modern principles of
teaching as established by Rousseau except
one:
a. principle of growth
b. principle of pupil activity
c. principle of individualization
d. principle of discipline
1146) Rousseau divided stages of growth of the child. He
said, “the child is still capable of right reasoning
and hence, his feelings are dominant in
determining his actions.” This stage of growth is
in the:
a. infancy c. childhood
b. boyhood d. adolescence
1147) The following are disadvantages of naturalism as
advocated by Rousseau if it is used today except
one:
a. the use of textbooks
b. not suitable for big classes
c. tutorial system is expensive
d. order of nature
1148) He was a member of the Catholic clergy and
professor of philosophy at he University of
Wittenburg, nailed his ninety-five theses at the
door of his church at Wittenburg in 1517 airing
his criticisms against the Catholic Church. He
was:
a. Mohammad c. Martin Luther
b. Jesuits d. Ricky Martin
1149) He was known as the greatest scholar among the
German school organizers, conducted a school
survey in Germany, probably the first school
survey in the world, and came out with the so-
called Saxony plan.
a. Sturm c. Melanchthon
b. Martin Luther d. Copernicus
1150) This verbal realist advocated the study of the
vernacular as a national language and Latin as a
universal language. According to him, the study
of language should be based on usage. He is:
a. Juan Luis Vives c. Francois Rabelais
b. John Milton d. Copernicus
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1151) This verbal realist proposed a very comprehensive
curriculum composed of a wide range of physical
exercises, sports and games, the Bible and
religious exercises, instrumental music,
intellectual readings form ancient literature in
science, history, mathematics, and astronomy
and literature in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldaic,
and Arabic languages. He is:
a. Juan Luis Vives c. Francois Rabelais
b. John Milton d. Copernicus
1152) This verbal realist advocated the study of ancient
learning and classics in Latin, Greek, Hebrew,
Chaldaic, Syrian and Italian; natural science,
social science, philosophy, morality, religion and
physical education for the military. He is:
a. Juan Luis Vives c. Francois Rabelais
b. John Milton d. Copernicus
1153) The only way to solve the problem of
disagreements and speculations regarding
“obtuse questions,” is to inquire seriously into the
nature of human understanding and shows from
an exact analysis of its powers and capacity that
is by no means fitted such remote and obtuse
subjects. This philosophy is postulated by –
a. David Hume
b. Jean Jacques Rousseau
c. Baruch Spinoza
d. Gottfried Wilheim von Leinbniz
1154) His brilliant philosophical treatises among which the
most renowned in his Levithian, a book on social
and political philosophy. He was deeply
impressed by the precision of science and above
all by the certainty of scientific knowledge. He
was –
a. Rene Descartes c. Thomas Hobbes
b. John Locke d. Francis Bacon
1155) “Turned to description of the joys and sorrows for
natural man, expressing deep dimension of
feeling as opposed to the brittle logic of doctrine.”
This theory of knowledge was postulated by –
a. Boccacio c. Montaigne
b. Petrarch d. Machiavelli
1156) His central criticism was that learning has stagnant.
He learned three distempers of learning:
fantastical learning – man’s concern
themselves with words, emphasizing text,
languages and style; contentious learning – it
begins with fixed positions or points of view taken
by earlier thinker, and these views are used as
the starting points in contentious argumentations;
and delicate learning – wherein earlier authors
who claimed more knowledge that can be
proved, are accepted by readers as knowing as
much as they claim, and this account for as the
dictator of science. This theory of knowledge
was postulated by –
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. Jean Jacques Rousseau
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c Gottfried Wilheim von Leinbniz 1166) This deals with knowledge and with ways of
d. Francis Bacon knowing.
a. metaphysics b. epistemology
1157) It is a body of doctrine with reference to some c. axiology d. ethics
political and cultural plan together with the
devices for putting it into operation 1167) This deals with purposes and values. This also
a. nationalism c. ideology includes the idea of what is right and what is
wrong, good and evil, aesthetics, which deals
b. patriotism d. communism with beauty and ugliness.
a. metaphysics b. epistemology
1158) This term applies to the position that education
should be concerned with the actualities of life. c. axiology d. ethics
a. naturalism c. realism
1168) It is theory concerned with the careful study of the
b. idealism d. existentialism child; a child-centered point of view.
a. humanism b. rationalism
1159) It is an autocratic educational movement where it
held education should equip the student for a c. disciplinism d. developmentalism
happy and successful life as a man of the world.
It stressed modern languages, travel, and study 1169) It is a doctrine that advocated the disciplinary
of contemporary institutions. theory of education, which claimed that the mind
a. verbal realism c. social realism of the child at birth is a tabula rasa or blank
tablet.
b. educational realism d. sense realism a. humanism b. rationalism

1160) It is the science that seeks to organize and c. disciplinism d. realism

systematize all fields of knowledge as means of
understanding and interpreting the totality of 1170) It is theory that the way of life concerned with the
reality. fullest realization of the human life.
a. psychology c. philosophy a. humanism b. rationalism

b. anthropology d. sociology c. disciplinism d. realism

1161) It refers to the attempt to give a reasoned 1171) It is a philosophy of education that proclaimed the
conception of the universe and man’s place in it. spiritual nature of man.
a. psychology c. philosophy a. idealism b. spiritualism

b. anthropology d. sociology c. realism d. existentialism

1162) It refers to a worldview or a reasoned conception of 1172) This refers the branch of philosophy concerned with
the whole cosmos, and a life-view or doctrine of the systematic treatment of the relationship of
values, meanings and purposes of human life. ideas.
a. psychology c. philosophy a. idealism b. essentialism
c. realism d. logic
b. anthropology d. sociology
1173) It is educational theory based on a doctrine that
1163) It is a search for a comprehensive view of nature, opposed that was artificial.
an attempt at a universal explanation of the a. realism b. naturalism
nature of things.
a. psychology c. philosophy c. rationalism d. developmentalism

b. anthropology d. sociology 1174) It is a philosophy of life concerned with the

education that emphasized the realities of life.
1164) It is a systematic and logical explanation of the a. realism b. naturalism
nature, existence, purposes and relationship of
things, including human beings, in the universe. c. rationalism d. developmentalism
a. psychology c. philosophy
1175) It is a body of doctrine with reference to some
b. anthropology d. sociology political and cultural plan together with the
devices for putting it into operation
1165) This deals with the first principles, the origin and a. nationalism b. ideology
essence of things, the causes and end of things.
a. metaphysics b. epistemology c. patriotism d. communism
c. axiology d. ethics
1176) It is a philosophical doctrine, which advocated that
reason can be a source of knowledge and that

truth can best be established by a process of
deduction from a priori principle independent of
experience.
a. humanism b. rationalism
c. disciplinism d. realism
1177) It consists of transcendent universals, forms, or
ideals, which are the objects of true knowledge. It
also involves the belief that there exists, ulterior
to all finite existence, an order of form which are
real, eternal, self-explanatory, self-moving,
intelligible, and purposeful, on which all finite
beings and activities human knowledge and
morality, are dependent both for their existence
and for their meaning.
a. naturalism b. realism
c. pragmatism d. idealism
1178) This view that the whole of reality is nature. There
is no area, knowledge, or experience to which
the methods of dealing with nature may be
extended. This philosophy subordinates mind to
matter and holds that ultimate reality is material.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. naturalism d. progressivism
1179) It is a tendency, movement, or more or less definite
system of thought in which stress is placed upon
practical consequences and values as standards
for explicating philosophic concepts, and as tests
for determinating their value and truth.
a. pragmatism b. humanism
c. realism d. naturalism
1180) It is a kind of pragmatism, which stresses thought
as an instrument and its function as adapting the
human organism to its environment.
a. functionalism b. instrumentalism
c. humanism d. realism
1181) This educational philosophy has a dual purpose: to
educate the individual for his life here on earth
and to prepare him for his life beyond. It is
considered as the ultimate aim of education in
Christian perfection in t his life as prerequisite to
the life beyond.
a. naturalism b. supernaturalism
c. humanism d. pragmatism
1182) This philosophy of education places spiritual things
over and above worldly things. Man is both
matter and spirit and his spiritual will must prevail
over his materials and wordily desires for him to
avoid sinning and for him to attain spiritual
perfection.
a. naturalism b. supernaturalism
c. humanism d. pragmatism
1183) This refers to as the doctrine where an
indispensable common core of culture
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knowledge, skills, attitudes, ideals, etc. can be
identified. The core should be taught
systematically to the learners who should
maintain a rigorous standard of achievement.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. naturalism d. progressivism
1184) This theory holds that universals are independent
of antecedent to, and more real than the specific
individual instances in which t hey are
manifested. This theory is very similar to, if
exactly the same as Platonic idealism.
a. functionalism b. instrumentalism
c. humanism d. realism
1185) This philosophy of education is dominated by the
technological experimental advancement which
have so powerfully shaped our modern culture; it
is concerned with recognizing change and
adjusting thorough the use of the scientific
method; it concentrates on present problems
rather than on the application of a priori principles
to the solution of present problems.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. naturalism d. progressivism
1186) Another feature of this philosophy of education is
that it considers the child as the center of the
education process. The aims of education are
formulated in accordance with interest and well
being of the child. The curriculum is constructed
to suit the intellectual capacities and other
characteristics of the child.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. naturalism d. progressivism
1187) Another feature of this philosophy of education is
that it emphasizes learning by doing. The child
must participate in all learning activities.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. naturalism d. progressivism
1188) This philosophy of education puts emphasis on
uniqueness of the individual. Man functions,
grows, develops, makes choices, suffers,
experiences intense feelings, and faces God as
an individual.
a. essentialism b. existentialism
c. progressivism d. realism
1189) Education is the process of developing awareness
about the freedom of choice and the meaning
and responsibility for one’s choice. This is
philosophy of education is known as:
a. essentialism b. existentialism
c. progressivism d. idealism
1190) It is believe that schools should originate policies
and progress, which would bring about reform of
the social order, and teachers, should use their

power to lead the young in the program of social
reform. They agree that educational philosophies
are culturally based and grow out of a specific
cultural pattern conditioned by living at a given
time in particular place. This is philosophy of
education is known as:
a. essentialism b. philosophical analysis
c. reconstructionism d. progressivism
1191) This philosophy of education left a legacy
characterized by: “Emphasis on the child as the
learner, rather on the subject matter;” “Stress on
activities and experiences, rather than on
textbook reliance and memorization;” and
“Absence of fear and punishment for disciplinary
purposes.” . This is philosophy of education is
known as:
a. essentialism b. philosophical analysis
c. reconstructionism d. progressivism
1192) It is a philosophy of education that proclaims the
spiritual nature of men and the universe. Its
basic viewpoint stresses the human spirit, soul or
mind as the most important element in life. It
holds that the good, true and beautiful are
permanently part of their structure of a related,
coherent, orderly and unchanging universe. This
is philosophy of education is known as:
a. idealism b. essentialism
c. existentialism d. progressivism
1193) This refers to the universal elements of man that
are unchanging regardless of time, place and
circumstances. It us these universals that make
up the elements in the education of man.
Education implies teaching, teaching implies
knowledge, knowledge is truth and truth is the
same everywhere. This is philosophy of
education is known as:
a. idealism b. realism
c. progressivism d. reconstructionism
1194) This philosophy of education believes that each
child follows a logical pattern of growth
development and that education must be attuned
to these natural patterns. This is philosophy of
education is known as:
a. Naturalism b. realism
c. pragmatism d. existentialism
1195) Possession of a philosophy of education makes an
educator –
a. a mechanical follower of routine
b. an easy victim of “educational fad”
c. an intelligent member of the profession
d. an expert in selecting subject matter
1196) Education has been derived from the Latin word
“educate” which means to –
a. guide and direct
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b. discipline and control
c. nourish, bring up, to train
d. reflect and meditate
1197) Philosophy of education refers to –
a. reflective points of view on education
b. goals and objectives of education
c. mission statement of education
d. update education
1198) Idealism when applied to education emphasizes
that –
a. material aspect of life
b. spiritual nature of nature
c. scientific facts
d. objective reality
1199) The philosophy of idealism as expounded by Plato,
means that –
a. ideas, “forms” or universals come ahead of
particular
b. things existing in man’s world
c. ideas are so real and enduring that objects
of senses are reflecting or non-permanent
as compared to them
d. physical objects are only imperfect
embodiment of ideas
e. all of these
1200) Realism as a philosophy was expounded by
Aristotle in manner –
a. nature of things whose existence needs not to
be proven is the starting point for
philosophizing
b. material thing have their own nature, come
into existence due to various causes
c. the first cause is known as the Prime Mover
and who is himself unmoved
d. all of these
1201) Which of the following is John Dewey’s pragmatic
education philosophy?
a. education is life
b. education is growth and social process
c. education is continuous reconstruction of
experience
d. all of these
1202) Which of the following explain the maim ideas of
Scholasticism?
a. man is both physical and spiritual being that
is, with body and soul
b. man is rational being who knows what is
right or wrong
c. when there is conflict between reason and
faith, the latter should prevail
d. all of these
1203) Pragmatism could be best explained in this manner
–
a. to determine the meaning of any idea, put
into practice in the objective world of
actualities and whatever its consequences
prove to be, these constitute the meaning of
idea

b. to determine the meaning of any idea, you to
rely on your personal, subjective views
c. to determine the meaning of any idea, you to
rely on your personal, objective views
d. none of these
1204) Pragmatism, when applied to education,
emphasizes the –
a. permanent truth
b. that truth is man-made, that there is nothing
permanent, everything changes
c. future of society
d. ultimate reality of anxieties and death
e. none of these
1205) Pragmatism rely most on the –
a. introspection method c. deductive method
b. experimental method d. speculative method
1206) Humanism holds that –
a. the aim of education is man’s perfection so
that he can live a truly human life
b. man is both matter and spirit and has to live
by his reason and will
c. man’s perfection is achieved through
disciplining the material aspect of his lie for
spiritual supremacy
d. all of these
1207) Existentialism, as a philosophy states that –
a. reality is a matter of individual’s own making
based on his free choices and decisions
b. the world is fundamentally absurd without
any purpose that life’s significance is only
found in what a person gives to his life
c. man cannot escape the reality of anxieties
and death
d. all of these
1208) Essentialism holds that the aim of education is –
a. mastery of science and technology
b. adjustment of the child to his world by
equipping with the basic knowledge, skills,
attitudes, ideals of cultures which are fixed
and universal
c. complete development of critical and
creative mind
d. pure spiritual and moral development
1209) When applied to education, existentialism
considers the –
a. importance of values and religious education
b. uniqueness, freedom of choices and
experience of man
c. undesirable traits of man
d. all of these
1210) Of the following stage of human development
theories that is a culminating stage?
a. Erikson’s conflict between initiative and guilt
b. Freud anal stage
c. Piaget’s formal operational stage
d. Holophrastic speech
e. Kohlberg’s punishment-obedience morality
orientation
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1211) Which of the following describe a common
philosophy of life among simple Filipinos?
a. to strive for more material progress at any
cost
b. to be proud of one’s success
c. to maintain harmony with God and man
d. to be completely humble and submissive to
others
1212) The belief that the aims of education should be
arranged in the order of their contribution to
human survival is closely associated with which
of the following?
a. the utilitarian of Spencer
b. the naturalism of Rousseau
c. the realism of Thomas Aquinas
d. the pragmatism of Dewey
e. the humanism of Erasmus
1213) Which of the philosophical position could plausibly
be taken to support the practice of allowing
students to choose their own educational goals
and experiences?
a. Positivism c. Essentialism e. Perenialism
b. Existentialism d. Realism
1214) The teacher uses a variety of instructional materials
with different groups of students and expects
students largely to direct their own learning.
Students are encouraged to select their own
topics for learning, devise their own activities and
group themselves according to their interests.
The teacher usually works with individual or small
groups of students throughout the school day.
According to the description of the
educational values of the teacher appear to be
most reflective of which of the following:
a. Behaviorism b. Humanism
c. Structuralism d. Traditionalism
e. Positivism
1215) The essence of education is reason and intuition.
This implies that education should concentrate
on developing the rational faculty since man’s
most distinctive characteristics is his ability to
reason. It follows that education should employ
methods of mental discipline and the teacher
should be an authority of his subject matter.
Which educational theory adheres to this
position?
a. Existentialism b. Perenialism
c. Essentialism d. Progressivism
1216) The classroom viewed as a miniature society where
pupils engage in problem-solving activities
reflective of the personal and social experiences
of the children. The emphasis of the classroom
is on the acquisition of skills, which can help
them solve own real-life problems. Which
educational theory is referred to here?
a. Progressivism b. Idealism
c. Existentialism d. Naturalism
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effectiveness of teaching and teachers. Which

1217) The school should provide for group thinking in a theory prescribes this view?
democratic atmosphere that fosters cooperative a. Existentialism b. Idealism
learning rather than competitive learning.
Scientific methods of inquiry complement such c. Language Analysis d. Realism
atmosphere in the student quest for shared
experiences. Which theory advocates this view? 1224) Education should be “active” and related to the
a. Progressivism b. Essentialism needs and interest of the learners. Learning
c. Existentialism d. Perenialism occurs amidst movements and activities. The
teacher participation is very minimal because the
1218) Growth, though the reconstruction experience, is pupils dominate the class activities. Which
the nature, and should be open-ended goal of theory recommends this type of educative
education. Education should lead to more process?
education; initial educative experience should a. Existentialism b. Perenialism
contribute to succeeding more effective
experience. The character of learning, as implied c. Progressivism d. Essentialism
here episodic. Which philosophy advocates this
goal of education? 1225) The teacher is the personification of reality in the
a. Idealism b. Pragmatism classroom. Reality, in this belief, is regarded as
a creation of the Absolute Mind. In effect, pupils
c. Existentialism d. Realism learn though imitation, interest, effort and
discipline. The teacher should be emulated.
1219) When teacher view the learner as a unique, free Which is the principal exponent of this role of the
choosing, and responsible individual made of teacher?
intellect and emotion, the former would setup a. Pragmatism b. Naturalism
situations in the classroom where the learner can
develop these aspects of his individuality. What c. Realism d. Idealism
theory underlies this nature of the learner?
a. Idealism b. Essentialism 1226) Education is considered both a basic need and
c. Realism d. Existentialism right of citizens. This implies that the state
should provide for schools so those children will
1220) The philosophy believes that ideas are innate to the have access to education and satisfy this basic
individual. Hence, the true essence of the need and exercise of their right. Which
Socratic dialogue (questioning method) is philosophy advocates this belief?
analogous to midwifery -to-wring ideas from the a. Realism b. Naturalism
learner. Which school of thought underlies this
belief? c. Idealism d. Pragmatism
a. Realism b. Idealism
1227) Children need a passionate encounter with
c. Language Analysis d. Naturalism perennial problems of life, the agony and joy of
love, the reality of choices, the anguish of
1221) It’s proponents advocate devising paradigms in the freedom, the consequences of actions, and even
educative process like Kenneth B. Henderson’s the inevitability of death. Both beautiful and ugly
model in teaching of concepts. In the use oft his or the positive and negative sides of life should
model, the context of this concept must be taken be stressed in the educative process. Whose
fully into account because it may otherwise belief is this education?
change the meaning of the name given the a. Essentialism b. Realism
concept. The model also distinguishes
“denotative” from “connotative” concepts. Which c. Perennialism d. Existentialism
theory recommends this method of education?
a. Language Analysis b. Existentialism 1228) One of the distinctive view of cosmology is –
a. Evolutionism b. Idealism
c. Essentialism d. Idealism
c. Naturalism d. All of these
1222) The curriculum should concentrate on the basis
such as reading, writing, and arithmetic in the 1229) A questioning attitude toward the possibility of
elementary, and expansion and continuation of having any knowledge –
the basics, to include humanities in the a. Skepticism b. Dualism
secondary level. Which theory recommends this
type of curriculum? c. Agnosticism d. Pluralism
a. Perennialism b. Essentialism
c. Existentialism d. Reconstructionism 1230) Reasoning from particulars to a general conclusion
is called –
1223) Teacher should constantly examine and reexamine a. Rationalization b. Induction
their strategies and techniques in the classroom.
Empirical researchers should be done on the c. Deduction d. Revelation
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a. functionalism b. instrumentalism
1231) One of the theories of education whose basic
principle is “existence precedes essence” is c. humanism d. realism
called –
a. Existentialism b. Progressivism 1240) This educational philosophy has a dual purpose: to
educate the individual for his life here on earth
c. Perennialism d. Pragmatism and to prepare him for his life beyond. It is
considered as the ultimate aim of education in
1232) An educational theory, which is sometimes referred Christian perfection in t his life as prerequisite to
to as “experimentation.” the life beyond.
a. Existentialism b. Essentialism a. naturalism b. supernaturalism

c. Progressivism d. Pragmatism c. humanism d. pragmatism

1233) A theory founded on the belief that the body of 1241) This philosophy of education places spiritual things
knowledge, which has endured through time and over and above worldly things. Man is both
space, should form the basis of one’s education. matter and spirit and his spiritual will must prevail
a. Perennialism b. Pragmatism over his materials and wordily desires for him to
avoid sinning and for him to attain spiritual
c. Idealism d. Essentialism perfection.
a. naturalism b. supernaturalism
1234) Mind and body are two aspects of a fundamental
reality whose nature is unknown – c. humanism d. pragmatism
a. Emergency Theory b. Spiritualism
1242) This refers to as the doctrine where an
c. Parallelism d. Double Aspect Theory indispensable common core of culture
knowledge, skills, attitudes, ideals, etc. can be
1235) Man has the power of choice and is capable of identified. The core should be taught
genuine initiative. systematically to the learners who should
a. Determinism b. Creativism maintain a rigorous standard of achievement.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. Free Will d. idealism c. naturalism d. progressivism

1236) It consists of transcendent universals, forms, or
ideals, which are the objects of true knowledge. It
also involves the belief that there exists, ulterior
to all finite existence, an order of form which are
real, eternal, self-explanatory, self-moving,
intelligible, and purposeful, on which all finite
beings and activities human knowledge and
morality, are dependent both for their existence
and for their meaning.
a. naturalism b. realism
c. pragmatism d. idealism
1237) This view that the whole of reality is nature. There
is no area, knowledge, or experience to which
the methods of dealing with nature may be
extended. This philosophy subordinates mind to
matter and holds that ultimate reality is material.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. naturalism d. progressivism
1238) It is a tendency, movement, or more or less definite
system of thought in which stress is placed upon
practical consequences and values as standards
for explicating philosophic concepts, and as tests
for determination their value and truth.
a. pragmatism b. humanism
c. realism d. naturalism
1243) This theory holds that universals are independent
of antecedent to, and more real than the specific
individual instances in which t hey are
manifested. This theory is very similar to, if
exactly the same as Platonic idealism.
a. functionalism b. instrumentalism
c. humanism d. realism
1244) This philosophy of education is dominated by the
technological experimental advancement which
have so powerfully shaped our modern culture; it
is concerned with recognizing change and
adjusting thorough the use of the scientific
method; it concentrates on present problems
rather than on the application of a priori principles
to the solution of present problems.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. naturalism d. progressivism
1245) Another feature of this philosophy of education is
that it considers the child as the center of the
education process. The aims of education are
formulated in accordance with interest and well
being of the child. The curriculum is constructed
to suit the intellectual capacities and other
characteristics of the child.
a. existentialism b. essentialism
c. naturalism d. progressivism

1239) it is a kind of pragmatism, which stresses thought 1246) Another feature of this philosophy of education is
as an instrument and its function as adapting the that it emphasizes learning by doing. The child
human organism to its environment. must participate in all learning activities.
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a. existentialism b. essentialism d. learning requires hard work and disciplined

c. naturalism d. progressivism attention
e. all of these
1247) This philosophy of education puts emphasis on f. none of these
uniqueness of the individual. Man functions,
grows, develops, makes choices, suffers, 1252) Which of the following is an application of the
experiences intense feelings, and faces God as philosophy of Naturalism in Education?
an individual. a. education must change the learner’s nature
a. essentialism b. existentialism b. education must conform to the natural
processes of growth and development
c. progressivism d. realism c. education must encourage superstition part
of nature
1248) Rousseau established three great principles of d. education must accept the learner’s conduct
teaching that formed the basis of the reforms of good or bad
Pestalozzi, Herbart and Froebel. These
principles are: 1253) Idealism when applied to education emphasis the:
The Principle of Growth a. materials aspects of life
The Principles of Student Activity b. spiritual; nature of the universe
The Principle of individualization c. scientific facts
The Principle of Child Readiness d. objective reality
The Principle of Child Development
The Principles of Real Objective 1254) Which of the following give much importance to
Existence the teacher’s role in society?
1. Eastern Philosophers 4. Pragmatist
a. 1, 2, and 3 c. 2, 4, and 6
2. Idealist 5. Communists
b. 4, 5, and 6 d. 1, 3, and 5
3. Realists
1249) Progressive education left a legacy characterized
by: a. 1, 3, 4, 5 above d. 2, 3, 4, 5
a. emphasis on the child as the learner, rather b. 1 & 5 only e. 1, 2, 3, 4
than on the subject matter. c. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
b. stress activities and experiences, rather than
on textbook reliance and memorization 1255) What branch of philosophy where on asks “how do
c. cooperative learning, rather than competitive we acquire knowledge”?
lesson learning a. Axiology c.
d. absence of fear punishment for disciplinary metaphysics e.
purposes ontology
e. e .all of these b. Logic
f. none of these d.
epistemology
1250) Perennialism represents a conservative theoretical
view cantered in the authority of tradition and the 1256) If one wants to become a physician, then he
classis. Among its major educational principles must take up medicine in medical school. What
are: philosophy of education this situation suggested?
a. truth is universal and does not depend on a. Pragmatism c.
the circumstances of place, time or person humanism
b. a good education involves a search for an e.
understanding of the truth realism
c. truth can be found in the great work of b. Essentialism d.
civilization supernaturalism
d. education is a liberal exercise that develops
the intellect 1257) The explanation “man is both matter and spirit and
e. all of these his natural will must prevail over his materials
and worldly desires for him to avoid sins.” What
1251) Among the common themes found in the philosophy does statement correlate?
essentialist point of view are: a. Humanism d. Theism
a. the elementary school curriculum should aim b. Supernaturalism e. Reconstructionism
to cultivate basis tool skills that contribute to c. Essentialism
literacy and mastery of arithmetical
computation 1258) Which of the following sentences expresses a
b. the secondary curriculum should cultivate broader meaning of philosophy?
competencies in history, mathematics, a. it is the sum total of the behavior tendencies
science, English and foreign languages of a person from a specific stimulus
c. schooling requires discipline and a respect b. it is a man’s beliefs and views about the
for legitimate authority world, which guides his actions

c. it is man’s unexpressed feelings, judgments
and convictions
d. it is man’s empirical observation which
influence education
1259) What do you think is the reason why the role of
philosophy of education has been strongly
endorsed?
a. It serves as an inventory of practices,
principles and theories.
b. It serves as a means to enlighten what has
been found unsound educational practice.
c. It serves as a common denominator when
diversities and conflicting educational
practices arise.
d. It serves as punitive device for those who
cannot conform to ideal educational
practices.
1260) Which of Gandhi’s philosophy, particularly, his
being opposed to untouchability and his being an
advocate of equal rights of women in reflected is
the school practices in the Philippines today?
a. Access and equity which means that school
must be open to all regardless of race and
status;
b. Academic freedom, which means that
teachers in higher education institutions
must use their expertise to teach the truth.
c. Progressive scholarship, which means that
poor but deserving students must get full
financial support for their education.
d. Student bookkeeping, which means those
students, can move on in their lesson by
their own pace.
1261) Which of the following educational implications is
called for Plato’s view about the nature of the
child, which says that every child is naturally fit
for a task in life?
a. The teacher should assign pupils to groups
for their socialization.
b. The teacher should prepare learning tasks
that will serve as follow-up for further
learning.
c. The teacher should develop teaching
materials that are adaptable in all school
subjects.
d. The teacher should develop varied
experiences that are commensurate to the
developmental levels of other pupils.
1262) Which statement is parallel to Comenius view of the
nature of the child, which states that child, is
essentially evil but he is rectified through
education.
a. Little learning is a dangerous thing—Juan
Luna
b. One evil cannot rectify by another evil—Jose
Rizal
c. A crime cannot be expiated by vain
lamentation— Jose Rizal
d. Through education our Motherland will
receive light— Jose Rizal
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1263) What kind of education will result if it is patterned
after Indian philosophy, which is speculative?
a. Teachers will be inclined to use
experimentation as method of teaching.
b. Superstitious beliefs will be treated as valid
as scientific findings.
c. Pupil’s objective observations will be
encouraged.
d. Truths are testable.
1264) Why is the Caste System of India contrary to
democracy?
a. Absence of social mobility through education
b. Religion is more important than education
c. Absence of Method of Teaching
d. Presence of equity and access in education
1265) In what way will the Bhagavad—Gita as a
philosophy coincides with the education
philosophy of idealism?
a. Reality is atom, thus education is tutorial
b. Reality is nature, thus education is
contractual
c. Reality is spirit, thus education is
memorization
d. Reality is mind and body, thus education is
experimental
1266) Which of those is an example of Mahatma Gandhi’s
Theory of Non-violence?
a. Character education should lead students to
industry and thrift
b. Character education should emphasize self-
control and tolerance
c. Character education should develop
subjective values.
d. Character education should include military
discipline
1267) Buddha spent much of his life and teaching and
directing his disciples using proper sequence of
ideas. Which method of teaching in
contemporary education is similar to this?
a. Debate b. Deductive Method
c. Socialized recitation d. Inductive method
1268) The Confucian ideal of the superior individual was
one who lives a life of rightness, virtue and
propriety. What does this means?
a. Being educated was a question of conduct
and character
b. Being educated was a question of wealth
and power
c. Being educated was a question of rank and
status
d. Being educated was a question of birth
1269) Taoism of Lao-Tzu as a philosophy states that
people were originally happy but suffer now as a
result of the changes brought by civilization.
Which one parallels this?
a. Rousseau who believed that a child is
essentially good but he is corrupted by
society
b. Froebel who believes that a person is a
social being

c. John Locke who believes that a child’s mind
is blank state
d. Comenius who believes that a child is
essentially evil but rectified through
education
1270) Zen Buddhism as a philosophy prized intuition
rather than intellectual discovery. What do you
think is the adverse effect of this on education?
a. Sources of authority in education may not be
acknowledged
b. Objectivity in the appraisal of knowledge
c. Children lack self-confidence
d. Learning is more of gut feeling rather that
analysis
1271) The Zen method includes physical violence, such
as striking the head. What prohibition in the
Philippines Education System parallels this?
a. Physical exercise during class sessions
b. Ice breakers in between lessons
c. Corporal punishment in the classroom
d. All of these
1272) One of the fundamental concepts of Judaism is the
belief that God cares for the world and all its
creatures. What educational implications may be
made from this concept in teaching?
a. God may be viewed as a loving Father
b. God may be viewed as a protector of all
c. God may be viewed as a reverend authority
d. All of these
1273) One of the philosophers of Christian church was St.
Thomas Aquinas who wrote “De Magistro” which
considers that the teacher as the secondary
cause of learning. What education implications
may be derived from this?
a. Learning will take place even without the
teacher
b. The environment, including the teacher plays
vital role in the pupils learning
c. The pupils themselves are responsible for
their learning as they interact with the
environment
d. God can inspire the teacher as he manages
the learning process
1274) For western thinkers, progress is measured in
terms of better jobs and more practical and
efficient social system. For the Eastern
philosophers’ progress may mean non-
attachment and the development of one’s inner
being. Which one is close to both Eastern and
Western thoughts?
a. Eastern philosophy is concerned about
ethics and aesthetics
b. Western philosophy equates development
with economic progress
c. Eastern philosophy is spiritual in her
approach to development
d. All of these
1275) Eastern philosophy states that one cannot live a
good life unless he is transformed. Which
concept of education parallels this thinking?
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a. Learning is behavioral change
b. Learning is organization of values and attitudes
c. Learning is experiencing life
d. Learning is acquisition of facts and information
1276) In terms of curriculum and methods how does
Eastern philosophy differ from Western
philosophy? Which one belongs to Western
philosophy?
a. Leaders gather together the thoughts of the
day in the form of sutras, which required
commentaries to make them intelligible.
b. Yoga, in which the mind enters a trance
where it is emptied of all content, unaware of
subject or object.
c. Oral discourse and dialectic
d. Oral tradition and reading of sacred literature
1277) Which of these is NOT true about philosophy of
education and the teacher?
a. Increase the teacher’s awareness of his life
and career
b. Teacher makes decisions and act
accordingly
c. Cultivates a wide range of interest.
d. Contrary to what he believes is his
philosophy
1278) What do you think makes democracy as philosophy
better than communism? Democracy aims
a. To develop the person to the maximum of
his capacity
b. To develop the person to become a citizen
who can be called to defend his country from
invaders
c.
To provide subsidy to the needy.
d.
To provide education for religiosity
1279) Rousseau, in his book, Emile tried to convince
people that a child be educated in the
environment of the home, especially the learning
language. What do you think was the method?
a. Alphabetic-phonetic method
b. Structural analysis method
c. Communicative competence method
d. Natural method
1280) Plato, in his book THE REPUBLIC stated that every
person should serve where his talents fit. What is
its educational implication?
a. One’s economic status determines his
profession
b. Regardless of status in life one can raise his
career by using his abilities to the maximum
c. The bright should serve the bright and poor
should serve the poor
d. Top position should be occupied by the rich
1281) The dialectic method was believed to be the best
method of learning by this philosophy because it
was regarded as a critical method of thinking. It
was widely used throughout the Middle Ages
particularly by Christian educators. It is still very
popular in our school but now in the form of

informal dialectic as in questioning and
discussion sessions. Which philosophy is closely
associated with this method?
a. Pragmatism b. Existentialism
c. Naturalism d. Idealism
1282) This Western philosophy has affinity for precision
and order. The desire for order and precision has
been imbibed by Filipino educators as
manifested in such contemporary school
practices as ringing bells, set time periods for
study, departmentalization in the higher
educational level, daily lesson plan, course
scheduling, increasing specialization in
curriculum, prepackaged curriculum materials,
line-staff from of administration organization.
Which philosophy has advocated such practices?
a. Scholasticism b. Realism
c. Idealism d. Pragmatism
1283) The civil service examination for entry to
government position and to the various
professions is popularly perceived as fitting
culmination of one’s formal education in our
country today. It has its origin in a country
considered to have nurtured to the world’s
human culture. Which country is referred to
here?
a. Saudi Arabia b. Japan
c. India d. China
1284) Though it is not yet widespread, some teachers
employ this Oriental method of yoga to instill
discipline and order in the class. While the
practice does not really approximate the real
method, some teachers resort it to for this
purpose?
a. Islam b. Hinduism
c. Buddhism d. Shintoism
1285) The teaching of rules of conduct in the classroom
and their classroom and their application in the
home and community has been the influence of
an ancient Eastern philosophy. As in Kantian
moral philosophy an ancient Oriental sage has
advocated a universal maxim of human conduct.
Which philosophy is referred to here?
a. Judaism b. Buddhism
c. Confucianism d. Islam
1286) The fatalistic attitude of many Filipinos particularly
the disadvantages families, has built up their
negative attitude toward education. They do not
consider education as if factor for social mobility
or a sound investment in human resource
development. Which Eastern philosophy has
influenced us in this attitude?
a. Hinduism b. Confucianism
c. Buddhism d. Islam
1287) Teacher-student relationship is given much
emphasis in our schools. This evidence of the
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personalistic element of Filipino culture is carried
over to schools from our legacy of a closely-knit
family structure where there is respected and
loyalty to elders. As an elder, the Filipino teacher
is expected to be similarly treated by her pupils.
Which ancient Eastern philosophy has greatly
contributed to this tradition?
a. Hinduism b. Buddhism
c. Islam d. Confucianism
1288) Through their varied experiences in life and lessons
in school, pupils in particular and people in
general would come to realize that there are
forces and laws that govern their life; and that
their free will or choices have no power to control
or change them. Most of their science lessons
would confirm this philosophical concept. Which
concept or principle is referred to here?
a. Principle of integration
b. Appetitive principle
c. Principle of determination
d. Categorical imperative
1289) When the teacher leads the class to conduct a
scientific inquiry to test its observations of a
certain phenomenon, his methodology is
consisted with this epistemological concept.
Which theory is involved here?
a. Coherence theory
b. Correspondence theory
c. Experimental theory
d. Experimental theory
1290) When the teacher presents objects and asks the
pupils to describe them in terms of qualities
perceived through the use of the senses, the
activity is rooted in a certain epistemological
theory. Which theory of knowledge is primarily
involved in these learning tasks?
a. Revelationism b. Intuitionism
c. Rationalism d. Empiricism
1291) In another instance, a teacher leads the class to
learn a mathematical truth discovered thousands
of years ago by Pythagoras, a Greek
mathematicism, which type of knowledge is
appealed to by this method?
a. Empirical knowledge
b. Authoritative knowledge
c. Rational knowledge
d. Initiative knowledge
1292) When the leader leads the class to discover truth
by relating parts of the whole as in the case of
most truths in formal sciences like logic and
mathematics, the class is strictly adhering to
certain theory of truth. Which theory is referred to
here?
a. Coherence theory
b. Correspondence theory
c. Theory of verifiability
d. Pragmatic theory

1293) A teacher who subscribes to the progressivist
theory of education would embrace certain
reforms in connection with methodology. He
would discard traditional ones in favor of modern
practices. Which is one is considered a
progressivist reform in methodology/
a. Greater participation for the learner’s
b. Formal instruction pattern
c. Strict eternal discipline
d. Teacher domination of activities
1294) The existentialist position in teaching is that the
teacher need not be a successful teacher but an
honest one. Beside, the teacher here offers
knowledge. If asked to present his views on a
controversial issue, he gives his views without
asking the class to accept them. The class can
either accept or reject the teacher’s views. More
often then not, the class accepts the teacher’s
stand because it is well-studied one. How is the
teacher described in this role?
a. The teacher is an authority
b. The teacher is nondirective
c. The teacher is a model to be emulated
d. The teacher is directive
1295) There is a universally accepted principle that “the
child educates himself in great measure.” Most
of his knowledge is based on what he discovers
in his own active relations with things and people,
as a great philosopher advised they way to do
this is to tell the learner as little as possible and
induce him to discover as much as possible.
What educational concept supports this view?
a. Education should be based on needs and
interest of the learner
b. Education should engage the spontaneous
self-activity and volition of the learner
c. Learning experiences should be drawn from
the personal and social experiences of the
learner
d. Education is a lightly personal process that
involves the learner alone.
1296) The teacher should be a fellow worker with God in
perfecting man. At times he/she becomes the
very father or mother of the pupil’s soul. His/hers
is the task of perfecting mind, the highest form of
existence in the common. Which theory
advocates this role of the teacher?
a. Idealism b. Naturalism
c. Realism d. Pragmatism
1297) According to one of its popular exponents, it is the
educator’s responsibility to see equally two things
in the problem-solving method. First, that the
problem grows not of the condition of the
experience being had I the present and that is
within the capacity of the students. Secondly, that
is such that if arouses in the learner an active
quest for information and for production of new
ideas. To which school of thought do these ideas
belong?
a. Naturalism b. Realism
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c. Idealism d. Pragmatism
1298) The curriculum is a means of forming desirable
habits. The objectives of the curriculum are
habits or tendencies to acquire use, and enjoy
truth. It is suggested that the way to form these
habits is by mastery of organized subject matter.
Which theory advocates this view of the
curriculum?
a. Essentialism b. Idealism
c. Realism d. Pragmatism
1299) Its proponents advocate devising in the education
process like Kenneth H. Henderson’s model in
the teaching of concepts. In the use of this
model, the context of the concept must be taken
fully into account because it may otherwise
change the meaning of the name given the
concept. The model also distinguishes
“connotative” concept. Which theory
recommends this method of education?
a. Language Analysis c. Essentialism
b. Existentialism d. Idealism
1300) The curriculum should concentrate on the basic
such reading, writing and arithmetic in the
elementary, and expansion and continuation of
the basics to include humanities in the secondary
level. Which theory recommends this type of the
curriculum?
a. Perennialism c. Essentialism
b. Existentialism d. Reconstructionism
1301) Teachers should constantly examine or re-examine
their strategies and techniques in the classroom.
Empirical researchers should be done on the
effectiveness of teaching and teachers. Which
theory prescribes this view?
a. Perennialism c. Essentialism
b. Existentialism d. Reconstructionism
1302) Education should be active and related to the
needs and interests of the learners. Learning
occurs amidst movements and activities. The
teacher’s participation is very minimal because
the pupils dominate the class activities. Which
theory recommends this type of educative
process?
a. Existentialism b. Progressivism
c. Perennialism d. Essentialism
1303) The teacher is a personification of reality in the
classroom, reality, in this belief, is regarded as a
creation of the Absolute Mind. In effect, pupils
learn through imitation, interest, effort, and
discipline. The teacher is to be emulated. Which
is the principal exponent of this role of the
Teacher?
a. Pragmatism b. Realism
c. Naturalism d. Idealism
1304) Education is considered both a basic need and
right of citizens. This implies that the state should
provide for schools so that children will have
access to education and satisfy this basic need

and exercise their right. Which philosophy
advocates this belief?
a. Realism b. Idealism
c. Naturalism d. Pragmatism
1305) Student needs a passionate encounter with the
perennial problems of the life, the agony and joy
of life, the reality of choice; the anguish of
freedom, the consequences of actions; and even
the inevitability of death. Both the beautiful and
ugly of the positive and negative sides of life
should be stressed in the educative process.
Whose belief is this in education?
a. Essentialism b. Perennialism
c. Realism d. Existentialism
1306) This Philosophy believes that ideas are innate to
the individual. Hence, the true essence of the
Socratic dialoguem dialogue (questioning
method) is analogous to midwifery—to out ideas
from the learner. Which school of thought
underlies this belief?
a. Realism b. Language Analysis
c. Idealism d. Nationalism
1307) The curriculum should include only those, which
have survived the test and combine the symbols
and ideas of literature, history and mathematics
with the sciences of the physical word, such
curriculum contains virtues that are deemed
universal and unchanging. With theory prescribes
this nature of the curriculum?
a. Essentialism c. Reconstructionalism
b. Perennialism d. Realism
1308) Teachers regard themselves as surrogate parents
along the “loco parents” principle. This belief
stems from the view that education starts from
the home with parents as the first teachers, and
is continued in the school, a social institution that
should provide sustained guidance and
protection to the young learner. This implies that
parents have the primary responsibility of
educating their children. Which school of thought
espouses this nature of education?
a. Pragmatism b. Realism
c. Naturalism d. Idealism
1309) The teacher presents principles and values and the
reason for them encouraging students to
examine them in order to choose for themselves
whether or not to accept them, to choose fro
themselves whether or not to accept them the
teacher’s role is to offer knowledge. Which theory
advocates this role of teacher?
a. Reconstructionism c. Idealism
b. Essentialism d. Existentialism
1310) The class identifies a social or economic problem
requiring an urgent solution; discuss various
means of solving it; arrives at a consensus on the
means of solving the problems; and sets out to
effect the solution in the community to eradicate
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the problem. The end viewers to effect change in
the community to make it a better place to live in.
Which theory recommends this educative
process?
a. Progressivism c. Essentialism
b. Reconstructionism d. Idealism
1311) The school provide for group thinking in a
democratic atmosphere at that foster cooperative
learning than competitive learning. Scientific
methods of inquiry compliment such atmosphere
in the student’s quest for shared experience.
Which theory advocates this view?
a. Progressivism b. Existentialism
c. Essentialism d. Perennialism
1312) Growth, through the reconstruction of experiences,
is the nature, and should be open-minded goal of
education. Education should lead to more
education, initial educative experience should
contribute to a succeeding more effective
experience. The character of learning as implied
here is episodic. Which philosophy advocates
this goal of education?
a. Idealism b. Existentialism
c. Pragmatism d. Realism
1313) When a teacher views the learner as a unique free
choosing and responsible individual made us of
intellect and emotion, the former would set up
situation in the classroom where the learner can
develop these aspects of his individuality. What
theory underlies this nature of the learner?
a. Idealism b. Realism
c. Essentialism d. Existentialism
1314) The classroom is viewed as a miniature society
where pupils engage in problem-solving activities
reflective of the personal and social experiences
of the children. The emphasis in this classroom is
on the acquisition of skills, which can help them
solve own real-life problems. Which educational
theory is referred to here?
a. Progressivism b. Essentialism
c. Idealism d. Naturalism
1315) The essence of education is reason and intuition.
This implies that education should concentrate
on developing the rational faculty since man’s
most distinctive characteristic is his ability is his
ability to reason. It follows that education should
employ methods of mental discipline and the
teacher should be an authority of his subject
matter. Which educational theory adheres to this
position?
a. Existentialism c. Essentialism
b. Perennialism d. Progressivism
1316) Which education philosophy emphasizes
adjustment to and ever changing society?
a. Idealism b. Realism
c. Pragmatism d. Essentialism

1317) How do you describe the curriculum in a realistic
school?
a. subject-centered c. society-centered
b. society-centered d. school-centered
1318) Which group of teacher will favor the transmission
of subject matter?
a. Essentialism and Perennialism
b. Pragmatism and Progressivism
c. Essentialism and Progressivism
d. Pragmatism and Perennialism
1319) Mr. Vela puts so much importance on discipline and
values development. What could be his
education philosophy?
a. Pragmatism b. Progressivism
c. Realism d. Idealism
1320) Mrs. Reyes is a pragmatic teacher what could be
her major or outstanding characteristic?
a. Model of moral and intellectual
b. Authority in the classroom
c. Master of subject
d. Socially aware
1321) Mr. Avila is a Realistic teacher. In which learning
activities will her students engage?
a. Discussion of controversial issues
b. Visiting poor communities
c. Hands-on activities
d. observation and imitation
1322) Mrs. Flores believes that is very necessary for the
students to know the laws of nature because
these will help them solve their problem. What
could be her basic educational philosophy?
a. Progressivism b. Idealism
c. Pragmatism d. Essentialism
1323) Why does a teacher need to have a philosophy of
education?
a. It makes her knowledgeable
b. it serves as basis in making decision
c. It allows her to become credible
d. it develops her self-concept and esteem
1324) What is a distinct-feature of Montessori education?
a. The pupils study their lesson at the same time
b. The pupils are exposed to manipulate activities
c. The pupils are encourage to emulate others
d. The pupils are given more opportunities to
learn through competition
1325) Herbert stressed the principle of apperception. How
does a teacher apply it?
a. By using motivation techniques
b. By reviewing the learner about concepts
related to the present lesson
c. By making the learner formulate
generalization
d. By letting the learner apply what they
learned
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1326) Who were the educational philosophers who gave
much consideration to the learner?
a. Plato, Ratke
b. Confucius, Rousseau, Montessori
c. Froebel, Montessori
d. Herbart, Pestalozzi, Ratke
1327) Miss Cruz believes that “what is true today may no
longer be true tomorrow.” What learning objective
will she stress?
a. Development of thinking skills
b. Development of moral character
c. Acquisition of knowledge
d. Acquisition of information
1328) Mrs. Cruz is a realist teacher while Miss David is a
pragmatic teacher. In what respect are they
similar?
a. Both emphasize the development of self
b. Both emphasize on learning by doing
c. Both emphasize on the importance of
knowledge
d. Both emphasize on recalling and instruction
1329) Value education is offered as a separate subject
in the NSEC while value development is ___.
a. emphasized for creativity and productivity
b. integrated with Technology and Home
Economics
c. emphasized in Science and Technology
d. integrated in all subject areas
1330) Aside from the appropriation by Congress for the
support of public education ____ was enacted to
aid provincial, municipal, city and barrio schools.
a. RA No. 7784
c. RA No. 5447
b. RA No. 7731
d. RA No. 7743
1331) By constitutional mandate the state shall exercise
reasonable supervision and regulation of all
educational institutions. This means that the
state may ___.
a. take charge of the administration of
educational institutions
b. impose minimum requirements and
conditions upon which school may operate
c. set and dictate the policies of private schools
d. collect taxes from donations or contributions
given directly for educational purposes.
1332) Rapid technological development facilities
transmission of knowledge for educational
purposes, whether formal or informal through
media technology. This development is called
___.
a. Sine Skwela Technology
b. Mass Media Technology
c. Distance Educational Technology
d. Computer Assisted Technology
1333) Institutions of learning are required to meet the
minimum standards for state recognition but are
encouraged to set higher standards of quality

over and above the minimum through ____ as
provided in Educational Act of 1982.
a. life-long education c. formal education
b. voluntary accreditation
d. academic freedom
1334) Which of the following is NOT provided in
Education Act of 1940?
a. the national support of elementary
education
b. the double-single session plan in the
elementary schools
c. the six-year elementary course
d. vocational education in the public schools
1335) The primary objective in the regionalization of the
educational system is to ___.
a. encourage the undertaking of language
researches in various regions
b. take into account local needs and condition
and encourage local development planning
c. get assurance that all educational policies
are implemented nationwide
d. promote quality education at all levels and in
all communities of the country
1336) These are also known as “combination classes”
organized in barrios/barangays where the
required number of pupils of the same grade
levels has not met the required number to make
a separate class thus the teacher apportions
class time for instruction to every grade level
within class. These are ____.
a. extension classes
b. heterogeneous classes
c. multi-grade classes
d. homogenous classes
1337) Which policy of the State does the National
Secondary Assessment Test (NSAT) enhance?
a. the coordination of functions and activities of
education institutions
b. the evaluation of the graduates of secondary
schools
c. the offering of scholarships to deserving
students
d. the maintenance of the highest quality of
education
1338) To fight illiteracy, the 1987 Constitution mandates
that the state shall maintain a system of free
education in elementary and high school.
Further it provides that ___.
a. elementary education should be compulsory
for all children of school age
b. formal and nonformal education should be
compulsory
c. elementary and high school education should
be compulsory
d. education at all levels should be compulsory
1339) According to the Constitution, the State is
required to establish and maintain free public and
compulsory education in the ____.
a. elementary level only
b. secondary level
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c. secondary and tertiary levels
d. elementary and secondary levels
1340) The recognition of teachers as persons in
authority was conferred to them during the ___.
a. Spanish rule
b. Japanese regime
c. American rule
d. Commonwealth government
1341) Section V, Article XIV of the 1986 Constitution
provides that the State shall assign the highest
budgetary priority to education to ____
a. encourage teacher to conduct more
researchers and studies on the arts and
culture
b. ensure that all schools are provided with
modern equipment and facilities
c. attack the best available talents through
adequate remuneration
d. curtail the exodus of the teachers seeking
employment abroad
1342) The primary objective of bilingual education is to
prepare the learners to be ____.
a. proficient in Filipino and eight major dialects
b. globally competitive
c. proficient in English and another foreign
language
d. proficient in both Filipino and English
1343) According to Magna Carta for Teachers, a
teacher assigned to a school ten or more
kilometers from the poblacion without regular
means of transportation to reach, is entitle to
___.
a. a hardship allowance of 25 percent of the
monthly salary as additional compensation
b. an additional compensation of 50 percent of
the monthly salary
c. service credits of one day for every five days
of service during the whole year
d. the privilege of teaching only four days a
week
1344) The operation “Return to the Basics” saw its
embodiment in the ____.
a. National Elementary Achievement Test
b. New Secondary Education Curriculum
c. National Secondary Achievement Test
d. New Elementary School Curriculum
1345) Values education in the NSEC is offered as a
separate subject as values development in the
NSEC is ___.
a. integrated with Technology and Home
Economics
b. integrated in all subjects
c. emphasized for creativity and productivity
d. emphasized in Science and Technology
1346) To strengthen teacher education the Teacher
Education Council created under RA No. 7764
will choose a private or public college engaged in
pre-service, continuing, formal and non-formal
education of teachers in strategic places in each

region of the country based on certain criteria.
This will be called ____
a. Department of Teacher Education
b. Teacher Education Center of Excellence
c. Commission on Teacher Education
d. Teacher Education Commission
1347) Which policy of the State does the administration
of the National Elementary Achievement Test
(NEAT) enhance?
a. the maintenance of the highest quality of
education
b. the evaluation of elementary grade
graduates
c. the revision of elementary education
curriculum to make it responsible to the
needs of the time
d. the coordination of functions and activities of
education institutions
1348) Professionalization of teachers and teaching as
promulgated in Presidential Decree No. 1006,
defines teaching as profession concerned with
classroom institution ____.
a. by teachers on full-time basis
b. at the tertiary level in both public and private
institutions
c. at the elementary and secondary levels in
both public and private schools
d. by teachers of permanent status
1349) The Educational Act of 1982 expressly granted
institutions of higher learning the freedom to
determine on academic grounds that shall be
admitted to study, who may teach and what shall
be the subjects of study and research. This
refers to ____.
a. academic freedom
b. constitutional freedom
c. educational freedom
d. institutional freedom
1350) In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers, which of the following
teacher descriptions is included in the Code of
Ethics for Professional Teachers?
a. Persons of dignity and reputation
b. Duly licensed professional
c. With satisfactory teaching performance
d. Passed the licensure exams for teachers
1351) In a DECS Memorandum issued last 1998, the
new name of multi-grade is ___.
a. paaralan ng bahay c. escuela nueva
b. friendly school d. school of the future
1352) The encouragement of self-learning,
independent, and out-of-school study programs
as stated in the 1987 Constitution has given rise
to ___.
a. the clamor for a Grade VII
b. the conduct of NEAT and NSAT
c. the implementation of open universities and
distance learning programs
d. institutionalization of early childhood care
and development
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1353) The 1987 Philippine Constitution states the
following EXCEPT –
a. The National language of the Philippines is
Filipino
b. The official language of the Philippines are
Filipino and English
c. Filipino is the Tagalog of the Tagalog
speaking provinces
d. The government shall initiate and sustain the
use of Filipino as medium of official
communication and as a language of
instruction in the education system
1354) A presidential body to study Philippines
Education created by virtue of Executive Order
No. 46 during the incumbency of DECS
Secretary Andrew Gonzales with an aim to study
Philippine Education is the ___.
a. Presidential Commission on Educational
Reform
b. Commission on Philippine Education
c. Survey Outcomes of Elementary Education
d. Philippine Commission to Survey Philippine
Education
1355) The Constitutional provision on language has the
following aims EXCEPT –
a. to make the regional dialect as auxiliary
media of instructions in regional schools
b. to maintain English as a second language
c. to make Filipino the sole medium of
instruction
d. to make Filipino the national language and
medium of instruction and official
communication
1356) The introduction of nonformal education in life
with the Constitution provision on ___.
a.
protection of teachers
b.
promoting the rights of all citizens to make quality
education accessible to all
c.
acceptance, affection and achievement
d.
affection, ability, attitudes
1357) With regards to business, which does the Code
of Ethics say about teachers?
a. a teacher shall maintain a good reputation
with respect to debts, loans and other
financial matters
b. no teacher shall be financially interested in
any commercial venture involving textbooks
and other school commodities where he/she
can exercise official influence
c. no teacher shall act as an agent of textbooks
and other school commodities where he/she
can exercise official influence
d. a teacher may not engage in any kind of
business

1358) Which is ethical for a teacher to do in a situation
where he/she falls in love with a student or when
a student falls in love with his/her teacher?
a. the teacher advises the student to
discontinue with his/her studies
b. the teacher resigns from his/her teaching job
c. the teacher avoids that learner
d. the teacher exercises discretion to avoid
scandal and gossip and preferential
treatment of that learner
1359) Miss Connie Cepeda is newly appointed teacher.
The principal handed a copy of the Teacher’s
Code of Ethics. Which could have been the
motive of the principal?
a. acquaint her with principles of moral
behavior, conduct and relationship in the
practice of profession
b. make her aware of the principles and rules
prescribed under the authority of the state
c. familiarize her with the generally customs of
right living in a society
d. provides her a set of rules and regulation to
observe in school
1360) Ms. Shrilly Ann Regalado is newly appointed
teacher. The principal advised her to avoid any
conduct, which discredits the teaching
profession. Which of the following action will not
any manner discredit the teaching profession?
a. writing anonymous letters
b. revealing confidential information to
authorities concerned
c. assigning undeserved grades
d. joining social drinking and gambling session
1361) As a teacher you enjoy certain rights, which have
corresponding responsibility. Which situation
reflects balance of rights and authority?
a. allow your husband a once a week
completely free night out with his own friends
b. ask your husband to give you once a week,
a similar completely free night out with
friends
c. insists on going together on your once a
week free night together
d. refuse your husband request for a once a
weeknight out
1362) Which of the following is less evil? A teacher had
to collect money from parents to defray expenses
of an elaborate Graduation Program.
a. request rich parents to start the collection
and serve as model for the poor parents
b. teach children to find means and ways to get
the amount of money needed
c. ask children to deposit half of their money for
recess to the teacher
d. present simple program to cut down on
expenses
1363) In recent years there has been an increasing
emphasis on non-formal education. What is the
major concern of non-formal education in the
Philippine context?
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a. acquisition of appropriate vocational and
technical skills
b. dislike of white collar jobs
c. eradication of illiteracy
d. love of arts in all forms
1364) The Philippine Education Act of 1982 defines the
areas of concern of the three levels of the
education system. Which is the mission of the
elementary education?
a. an enlightened, disciplined, creative and
productive citizen
b. modern and up-to-date methods and
materials
c. an effective and efficient teacher
d. relevant and quality curriculum
1365) Which of the following is a value thrust of the
New Elementary Education?
a. pursuit of higher intellectual and moral
values
b. extension and deepening of social concerns
c. development of a sense of nationhood
d. preservation of democratic values
1366) The main purpose of the compulsory study of the
Constitution in the Philippine schools is to ___.
a. prepare students for law-making
b. acquaint students with the historical
development of the Philippine Constitution
c. make constitutional experts of the students
d. develop the students into responsible,
thinking citizens
1367) In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of
Professional Teachers, which is not mentioned
about teachers?
a. possess dignity and reputation
b. with high moral values as well as technical and
professional competence
c. LET passers
d. duly licensed professionals
1368) Whom does the Code of Ethics of Professional
Teachers NOT cover?
a. teachers in the tertiary level
b. all full-time or part-time public and private
school teachers and administrators
c. teachers in all educational institutions at the
pre-school, elementary and secondary levels
d. teachers of academic, vocational, special,
technical or non-formal institutions
1369) In the most recent curriculum introduced in 2002,
Makabayan is a subject –
a. singles out Values Education
b. serves as a practice environment for holistic
learning
c. compartmentalizes subject excluding
English, Filipino, Science and Math
d. integrates English, Filipino, Science and
Math
1370) The Filipino learner envisioned by the
Department of Education is one who is imbued
with the desirable values of a person who is –

a. makabayan, makasarili, makakalikasan, at
maka-Diyos
b. makabayan, makatao, makahalaman,at
maka-Diyos
c. makabayan, makakaragatan, makatao, at
maka-Diyos
d. makabayan, makatao, makakalikasan, at
maka-Diyos
1371) Which is NOT a characteristic of the 2002 Basic
education Curriculum?
a. more integrated
b. more compartmentalized
c. more holistic
d. makes use of interdisciplinary approach
1372) Which program was adopted to provide universal
access to basic education to eradicate illiteracy?
a. “paaralan-sa-bawat-barangay”
b. education for all
c. values education framework
d. science and education development plan
1373) The Philippine constitution directs the teaching of
religion in public schools on the following
conditions EXCEPT –
a. option is expressed in writing
b. without cost to the government
c. with cost shouldered by the parents or
guardians
d. given only at the option of parents or
guardians
1374) The adoption of national language directed by
the Philippine Constitution is designed primarily
to –
a. facilitate communication among diverse
linguistic groups
b. do away from colonial mentality
c. officially adopt Tagalog as national language
d. counteract elitism
1375) What statement is FALSE with reference to
Section 1 and Section 2, Article XIV of the 1987
Constitution?
a. Quality education is a privilege in so far as
all citizens are concerned.
b. Public education in the elementary is free
and compulsory.
c. Scholarship grants, student loan programs,
subsidies and other incentives to deserving
students in both public and private schools.
d. Nonformal, informal and indigenous learning,
self-learning, independent, and out-of-school
study programs are encouraged.
e. All of these
1376) What statement is FALSE with reference to the
provisions of Section 3, Article XIV of the 1987
Constitution?
a. The study of the Constitution shall be
included in the curricula of all educational
institution.
b. Religion shall be allowed to be taught in
public elementary and high schools within
the regular class hours.
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c. Nationalism, patriotism, love of humanity,
respect for human rights, and appreciation of
the role of national heroes shall be
inculcated and fostered in all schools.
d. The rights and duties of citizenship shall be
taught, ethical and moral values
strengthened, moral character and discipline
developed, critical and creative thinking
encouraged, scientific and technological
knowledge broadened, vocational efficiency
to be promoted.
e. All of these
1377) What statement is FALSE with reference to the
implementing guidelines the policy on bilingual
education as contained in Department Order No.
25, s. 1974?
a. Bilingual education is defined operationally
as the separate use of Filipino and English
as media of instruction in definite subject
areas; Arabic shall be used in areas where
necessary.
b. English and Filipino are used as media of
instruction in Grade I in all schools, except in
those schools using the vernacular.
c. English and Filipino shall be taught as
language subjects in all grades in the
elementary and secondary schools.
d. Filipino shall be used as medium of
instruction in social studies, science, worked
education, health education and physical
education. English shall remain as medium.
e. All of these
1378) What statement is False with reference to
Section 6 and 7 of Article XIV of the 1987
Constitution?
a. The national language of the Philippines is
Filipino. It shall be further developed and
enriched on the basis of existing Philippine
and other languages.
b. For purposes of communication and
instruction, the official languages of the
Philippines are Filipino and English.
c. The use of Filipino as a medium of official
communication and as language of
instruction in the educational system is an
executive prerogative.
d. Spanish and Arabic shall be promoted on a
vocabulary and optional basis.
e. All of these
1379) What statement is FALSE with regard to the
provisions of Section 10-19 of Article XIV of the
1986 Constitution?
a. Considering that science and technology are
essential for national development, the State
shall give priority to science and technology
education.
b. Equal access to cultural opportunities is
ensured through the educational system.
c. All educational institutions are mandated to
undertake regular sports activities
throughout the country.

d. The evolution of a Filipino national cultural
based on one ethnic culture shall be
fostered.
e. All of these
1380) What statement is NOT TRUE with reference to
Section 4, Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution?
a. The control and administration of
educational institution shall be vested in the
citizen of the Philippines.
b. No educational institution, without exception,
shall be established exclusively for aliens
and no group of aliens shall comprise more
than one-third of the enrolment in any
school.
c. Academic freedom shall be enjoyed in all
institutions of higher learning.
d. The State shall enhance the right of teachers
to professional advancement; the State shall
assign the highest budgetary priority to
education and ensure that teaching will
retain its rightful share of the best available
talents through adequate remuneration and
others means of job satisfaction and
fulfillment.
e. All of these
1381) Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, Sec. 13:2 provides
institutions the freedom to determine on
academic grounds that shall be admitted to
study, who shall teach, and what shall be the
subject and research. This statement means:
a. Philippine education provides equal access
to cultural opportunities.
b. Philippine education recognizes academic
freedom.
c. Philippine education encourages voluntary
accreditation.
d. Philippine education accord rights to and
imposes duties and obligations upon school
administrators or managers.
1382) Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, Sec. 12 grants school
managers the right to be deemed persons in
authority in the discharge of lawful duties and
responsibilities and shall therefore be accorded
due respect and protection. This statement
means:
a. Philippine education provides equal access
to cultural opportunities.
b. Philippine education recognizes academic
freedom.
c. Philippine education encourages voluntary
accreditation.
d. Philippine education accord rights to and
imposes duties and obligations upon school
administrators or managers.
1383) The State shall ensure that all the people shall be
given as much as possible equal chance of
obtaining an education and cultured life. This
statement means:
a. Philippine education provides equal access
to cultural opportunities.
b. Philippine education recognizes academic
freedom.
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c. Philippine education encourages voluntary
accreditation.
d. Philippine education accord rights to and
imposes duties and obligations upon school
administrators or managers.
1384) The Educational Act of 1982 otherwise known as
B.P. Blg. 32, in Sec. 29, encourages intended
official approval for institution and programs
which desire to meet standards of quality over
and above the minimum requirements for State
recognition.
a. Philippine education provides equal access
to cultural opportunities.
b. Philippine education recognizes academic
freedom.
c. Philippine education encourages voluntary
accreditation.
d. Philippine education accord rights to and
imposes duties and obligations upon school
administrators or managers.
1385) Which of the following is a right granted to students
as provided in B. P. 232, Sec. 9:1-9?
a. The right to receive, through primarily
competent instruction, relevant quality
education in line with national goals and
conducive to their full development as
persons with human dignity.
b. The right to free expression of opinion and
suggestions and to effective channels of
communications with appropriate academic
and administrative bodies of the school or
institution.
c. The right to organize themselves and/or with
teachers for the purpose of providing a
forum for the discussion of matters relating
to the school programs.
d. The right of institutions of higher learning top
determines on academic grounds that shall
be admitted to study, who may teach, and
what shall be the subject of the study and
research.
1386) Which of the following is a right granted to parents
as provided in B. P. 232, Sec. 8:1-2?
a. The right to receive, through primarily
competent instruction, relevant quality
education in line with national goals and
conducive to their full development as
persons with human dignity.
b. The right to free expression of opinion and
suggestions and to effective channels of
communications with appropriate academic
and administrative bodies of the school or
institution.
c. The right to organize themselves and/or with
teachers for the purpose of providing a
forum for the discussion of matters relating
to the school programs.
d. The right of institutions of higher learning top
determines on academic grounds that shall
be admitted to study, who may teach, and
what shall be the subject of the study and
research.

1387) Which of the following is a right granted to school
personnel as provided in B. P. Blg. 232, Sec.
10:1-4?
a. The right to receive, through primarily
competent instruction, relevant quality
education in line with national goals and
conducive to their full development as
persons with human dignity.
b. The right to free expression of opinion and
suggestions and to effective channels of
communications with appropriate academic
and administrative bodies of the school or
institution.
c. The right to organize themselves and/or with
teachers for the purpose of providing a
forum for the discussion of matters relating
to the school programs.
d. The right of institutions of higher learning top
determines on academic grounds that shall
be admitted to study, who may teach, and
what shall be the subject of the study and
research.
1388) Which of the following is a right granted to schools
as provided in B. P. 232, Sec. 13:1-2?
a. The right to receive, through primarily
competent instruction, relevant quality
education in line with national goals and
conducive to their full development as
persons with human dignity.
b. The right to free expression of opinion and
suggestions and to effective channels of
communications with appropriate academic
and administrative bodies of the school or
institution.
c. The right to organize themselves and/or with
teachers for the purpose of providing a
forum for the discussion of matters relating
to the school programs.
d. The right of institutions of higher learning top
determines on academic grounds that shall
be admitted to study, who may teach, and
what shall be the subject of the study and
research.
1389) Which of the following is a right granted to teachers
as provided in B. P. 232, Sec. 1:1-4?
a. The right of access to his own school
records, the confidentiality of which the
school shall maintain and observe.
b. The right to be free from compulsory
assignments not related to their duties as
defined in their appointments or employment
contracts, unless compensated thereof,
conformable to existing laws.
c. The right to be free from involuntary
contributions except those imposed by their
own organizations.
d. The right to establish join and maintain labor
organizations of their choice to promote their
welfare and defend their interests.
1390) What statement is FALSE with reference to Section
16 “Teachers’ Obligations” of the Batas
Pambansa Blg. 232?
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a. Perform his duties to the school by
discharging his responsibilities in
accordance with the philosophy, goals and
objectives of the school.
b. Be accountable for the efficient and effective
attainment of specified learning objectives in
pursuance of national development goals,
within the limits of available school
resources.
c. Assume the responsibility to maintain and
sustain his professional; growth and
advancement and maintain professionalism
in the behavior at all times.
d. Exercise his rights responsibly in the
knowledge that he is answerable for any
infringement or violation of the public welfare
and of the rights of others.
1391) What statement is FALSE with reference to Section
14 “Duties and Responsibilities of Students” of
the Batas Pambansa Blg. 232?
a. Uphold the academic integrity of the school,
endeavor to achieve academic excellence
and abide the rules and regulations
governing his academic responsibilities and
moral integrity.
b. Promote and maintain the peace and
tranquility of the school by observing the
rules of discipline, and by exerting efforts to
attain harmonious relationship with fellow
students, the teaching and academic staff
and other school personnel.
c. Exert his utmost to develop his potentialities
for service, particularly by undergoing an
education suited to his abilities, in order that
he may become an asset to his family and to
society.
d. Participate as an agent of constructive
social, economic, moral intellectual, cultural
and political change in his school and the
community within the context of national
policies.
1392) Sec. 3 of Commonwealth No. 180 set the
requirements for a private college to fulfill before
it is granted university status. This statement
means:
a. Philippine education grants university status
to qualified colleges.
b. Philippine education strives to be of high
quality.
c. Philippine education recognizes the
complementary roles of public and private
educational institutions.
d. Philippine education is financed by public
and private funds.
1393) Act. No. 74, otherwise known as the Educational
Act 1901, passed by the Second Philippine
Commission authorized the establishment of
private schools but did not provide for their
control and supervision. This statement means:
a. Philippine education grants university status
to qualified colleges.
b. Philippine education strives to be of high
quality.

c. Philippine education recognizes the
complementary roles of public and private
educational institutions.
d. Philippine education is financed by public
and private funds.
1394) The State sees to it that the right of all citizens to
quality education at all levels is protected and
promoted. This statement means:
a. Philippine education grants university status
to qualified colleges.
b. Philippine education strives to be of high
quality.
c. Philippine education recognizes the
complementary roles of public and private
educational institutions.
d. Philippine education is financed by public
and private funds.
1395) The principal source of funds for financing public
education is taken from the one percent (1%) tax
on real estate imposed by R. A. No. 5447. This
statement means:
a. Philippine education grants university status
to qualified colleges.
b. Philippine education strives to be of high
quality.
c. Philippine education recognizes the
complementary roles of public and private
educational institutions.
d. Philippine education is financed by public
and private funds.
1396) Philippine education allows publications in the
school campus. However, there limitations to
freedom to publish. For instance, the Revised
Penal code of the Philippines prohibits the
publication of the following except one.
a. Inciting the people to rebellion
b. Libelous remarks
c. Obscene publications and exhibitions
d. poll surveys
1397) No educational institutions in the Philippines shall
be established exclusively for aliens and no
group of aliens shall comprise more than one-
third of the enrolment in any school. This
statement means:
a. Philippine education is nationalistic.
b. Philippine education is democratic.
c. Philippine education is complete, adequate,
integrated and relevant.
d. Philippine education encourages regional
planning.
1398) Education should be accessible to all. The State is
trying its best to reach all children in spite of the
shortage of funds. . This statement means
a. Philippine education is nationalistic.
b. Philippine education is democratic.
c. Philippine education is complete, adequate,
integrated and relevant.
d. Philippine education encourages regional
planning.
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1399) The State shall take into account regional and
sectoral needs and conditions and shall
encourage local planning in the development of
educational policies and programs. This
statement means:
a. Philippine education is nationalistic.
b. Philippine education is democratic.
c. Philippine education is complete, adequate,
integrated and relevant.
d. Philippine education encourages regional
planning.
1400) The State is supposed to establish, maintain, and
support a complete, adequate and integrated
system of education relevant to the needs of all
the people and society. This statement means:
a. Philippine education is nationalistic.
b. Philippine education is democratic.
c. Philippine education is complete, adequate,
integrated and relevant.
d. Philippine education encourages regional
planning.
1401) What statement is FALSE with reference to Article
II “The Teacher and State” of the Code of Ethics
of Professional Teachers?
a. Every teacher shall enjoy academic freedom
and shall the privilege of sharing the product
of his researches and investigations,
provided that, if the results are inimical to the
declared policies of the state, they shall be
drawn to the proper authorities for
appropriate remedial action.
b. A teacher is a facilitator of learning and of
the development of the youth; he shall,
therefore, render the best services by
providing an environment conducive to such
learning and growth.
c. Every teacher or school official shall actively
help carry out the declared policies of the
state, and shall take an oath to this effect.
d. A teacher shall not use his position or official
authority of influence to coerce any other
person to follow any political course of
action.
1402) What statement is FALSE with reference to Article
IV “The Teacher and the Profession” of the Code
of Ethics of Professional Teachers?
a. Every teacher shall actively help insure that
teaching is the noblest profession, and shall
manifest genuine enthusiasm and pride in
teaching as a noble calling.
b. Every teacher shall use the teaching
profession in a manner that makes it a
dignified means for earning a decent living.
c. Every teacher shall uphold the highest
possible standards of quality education, and
shall make the best preparation for the
career of teaching, and shall be at his best at
all times in the practice of his profession.
d. Teachers shall, at all times, be imbued with
the spirit of professional loyalty, mutual
confidence and faith in one another, self-
sacrifice for the common good and full

cooperation with colleagues. When best
interest is at stakes in any controversy,
teachers shall support one another.
1403) What statement is FALSE with reference to Article
VIII “The Teacher and the Learners” of the Code
of Ethics of Professional Teachers?
a. A teacher shall not accept favors or gifts
from learners, their parents, or others in their
behalf in exchange for requested
concessions, especially if underserved,
b. A teacher shall not inflict corporal
punishment or offending learners nor make
deductions from their scholastic ratings as a
punishment for acts which are clearly not
manifestation of poor scholarship.
c. In a situation where mutual attraction and
subsequent love develop between teacher
and the learner, the teacher shall exercise
utmost professional discretion to avoid
scandal, gossip, and preferential treatment
of the learner.
d. A teacher shall maintain at all ties a dignified
personality, which could serve as model
worthy of emulation by learners, peers and
others.
1404) As provided in the Republic Act #4670, every
teacher shall enjoy equitable safeguards at each
stage of any disciplinary procedures and shall the
following except:
a. the right to be informed in writing, of the
charges
b. the right to full access to he evidence in the
case
c. the right to defend himself and to be
defended by a representative of his choice
and/or his organization, adequate time being
given to the teacher for the preparations of
his defense
d. the right to appeal to clearly designated
authorities.
e. All of these
1405) Whenever possible, the proper authorities shall
take all steps to enable married couples, both of
whom are public school teachers, to be
employed in the same locality.
a. Yes, it is provided in Republic Act #4670
b. No, it’s against on nepotism
c. Yes, as long as they will not be in the same
school
d. No, it against the provision of Republic Act
#4670
1406) In areas in which teachers are exposed to hardship
such as difficulty in community to the place of
work or other hazards peculiar to the place of
employment, as determined by the Secretary of
Education, they shall be compensated special
hardship allowance equivalent to:
a. at least 100% of their monthly salary
b. at least 75% of their monthly salary
c. at least 50% of their monthly salary
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d. at least 25% oft their monthly salary
1407) What statement is NOT TRUE in the case of
barangay high schools?
a. barangay high schools are established to
provide all Filipino equal opportunities for
high school education
b. Principal of the public high school nearest to
it administers a barangay high school.
c. A barangay school is authorized to open
only within a three kilometers radius of any
existing high school
d. A barangay high school may be opened on
the basis of the petition of the parents of fifty
students.
e. All of these
1408) What is the primary purpose of the creation of
barangay schools?
a. to give equal opportunities for secondary
education to all Filipino youth.
b. To cater to the needs for education of the
barangay residents.
c. To serve the purpose of a Constitutional
provisions.
d. To make community development a reality.
e. All of these
1409) What statement is inconsistent with one of the
provisions of Republic Act No. 4670, otherwise
known as the Magna Carta for Public School
Teachers?
a. actual teaching is limited to six hours
b. no teacher shall be transferred without his
consent
c. every teacher shall enjoy security of tenure.
d. a teacher entitled to a study leave not
exceeding one school year often ten years of
service.
e. All of these
1410) Which statement is TRUE with respect to the
meaning of the principle of separation of Church
and State?
a. there should be a law that shall be made
respecting an establishment of religion
b. no public money or property shall ever be
appropriated, applied, paid, or employed
directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or
support of any sect, church, denomination,
sectarian institution, or system of religion
c. all persons are encouraged to take part in
any activity of the church and profess their
belief
d. the state can punish a person for
entertaining or professing religious beliefs or
disbeliefs
1411) Which of the following phrases is NOT provided
for in the Education Act of 1940, known as
Commonwealth Act No. 536?
a. public elementary education to be supported
by the National Government
b. a six-year elementary education instead of
seven
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c. a double-single session in the elementary 1417) In accordance with the DECS Department Order
grades No. 25, s. 1974, the use of English and Filipino
d. fixed the actual teaching time of elementary as instructional media starts in ____.
e. all of these a. Grade I d. Grade VI
b. Grade III e. all of the above
1412) DECS Department Order No. 25, s. 1974
requires the use of Filipino as medium of c. Grade IV
instruction in ____.
a. social studies d. all of the above 1418) Department of Education Memorandum No. 280
is aimed at _____.
b. character education e. none of the a. promoting the economic and social welfare
above of all teaching and non-teaching personnel.
c. work education, physical and health b. establishing teachers’ cooperatives and
education other income generating activities
c. harnessing available manpower and material
1413) Under the Magna Carta for Teachers, teachers resources toward productive endeavors
with ____ years of service of more may be d. all of the above
considered PBET eligible. e. none of the above
a. at least 10 years or more continuous service
1419) This curriculum has fewer learning areas, but puts
b. at least five years or more continuous more emphasis on the mastery of learning.
service a. New Elementary School Curriculum
c. seven years of service
d. three years of service b. New Secondary Education Curriculum
e. none of the above c. Revised Elementary Education Curriculum

d. Revised Secondary Education Curriculum

1414) According to Presidential Decree 1006 and it’s
implementing Memorandum No. 1. s. 1977 of the 1420) Which is the following is not a right of the teachers?
National for Teachers, PBET is administered by a. freedom of expression
_____. b. establishes and joins organization
a. Civil Service Commission
b. Department of Education, Culture and c. intellectual property
Sports d. stage strike and protests
c. National Educational Testing and Research e. academic freedom
Center
d. jointly administered by all of the above 1421) The Commission on Higher Education was
e. none of these established by _____.
a. RA 7722 d. RA 1452
1415) Presidential Decree 1006, otherwise known as b. RA 7796 e. RA 7743
the Decree Professionalizing Teaching was
promulgated to ____. c. RA 7687
a. regulate the practice teaching
1422) The Republic Act, which lengthens the school
b. ensure that teacher education is of the calendar from 200 days to not more than 220
highest quality days to take effect in school year 1995-1996, is
c. assess prospective teachers’ knowledge, _____.
skills and competencies a. Republic Act No. 7791
d. all of the above b. Republic Act No. 7743
e. none of the above c. Republic Act No. 7798
d. Republic Act No. 7784
1416) With the promulgation of the bilingual policy of e. Republic Act No. 1616
the Department of Education, Culture and Sports,
what is the immediate function of English in the 1423) The name of the Dept. of Education, Culture and
schools? Sports (DECS) was changed to Dept. of
a. it is a tool for learning science and Education (DepEd) by virtue of what law?
mathematics a. R.A. # 9155 d. R. A. No. 2194
b. it is an instrument for acquiring information b. R.A. # 9411 e. R. A. No. 4670
about the world c. R.A. # 9630
c. it is a means of communication with English-
speaking people. 1424) Known as the Philippines’ “Science City.”
d. It is a tool for advancement in the business a. Los Baños, Laguna d. City of Manila
world b. Cebu City e. City of Baguio
e. All of these c. Muñoz, Nueva Ecija
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1425) This landmark law bans sexual harassment in the a. A BEED applicant for teaching is being
workplace and in the educational institutions. asked for a date by the superintendent,
a. R. A. #7977 d. Adm. Order No. 1250 before she could be hired.
b. Exec. Order #A-6 e. DECS Order b. The applicant is being asked to give P5, 000
No. 120 before she could be hired.
c. R. A. #7877 c. The applicant is being interviewed about her
studies, including her victory as a beauty title
holder- Miss Cebu Tourism 1998.
1426) Free Public Secondary Education Act of 1988 is d. The applicant was made to clean the office.
contained in _____. e. None of these
a. R. A. #6938 d. R. A. #6655
b. R.A. #6735 e. R. A. #7752 1434) This law grants paternity leave of absence with full
c. R. A. 6657 pay for male employees in both public and
1427) The governance Basic Education Act of 2001 is private sector for the first four (4) deliveries of
under ____. their legitimate spouses.
a. R. A. 9155 d. R. A. #9165 a. RA 8187 b. RA 8876
b. R. A. 9145 e. R. A. 7752
c. R. A. 9135 c. Adm. Order # 308 d. Exec. Order #1052

1428) Public school teachers must observe the “Dress 1435) In the appointment or assignment of teachers to
Code” prescribed by the Civil Service public elementary or secondary schools, priority
Commission. This practice in the line with the shall be given to bonafide residents of the
Code of Ethical Standards for Public Official of barangays, municipality or city or province where
Employees”, under Republic Act No. the school is located, provided that the teacher
a. 6713 b. 6731 possesses the minimum qualifications for the
position.
c. 6741 d. 6751 a. RA # 8190 d. RA # 6655
e. 6171 b. RA # 6735 e. RA # 6850
c. RA # 6657
1429) Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act is under _____.
A. R.A. 3029 b. R.A. 3019 1436) A law the requires that every school division should
organize special classes for children with special
c. R.A. 3051 d. R.A. 4991 needs.
e. R.A. 5919 a. RA # 1265 d. RA # 8190
b. RA # 6713 e. RA # 7624
1430) It is a decree, which made the observance of the c. PD # 603
flag ceremony compulsory.
a. R.A. 4670 b. Batas Pambansa Blg. 232 1437) An Act abolishing the National College Entrance
Examination (NCEE), repealing for the purpose
c. R. A. 1459 d. R. A. 1265 of PD No. 1467?
a. RA # 7977 d. RA # 7731
1431) The first teacher-training school established by the b. RA # 7323 e. RA # 7463
Americans in the Philippines in 1901 is the ____. c. RA # 7877
a. University of the Philippines
1438) A DECS Order that implemented the Bilingual
b. Philippine Normal School Education Policy since 1974 requiring English as
c. Zamboanga Normal School a medium of instruction in Science, Math and
d. Cebu Normal University Filipino in all other subject in elementary and
e. Iloilo Normal School secondary school.
a. DECS Order No. 25
1432) Which of the following is being demanded by the b. DECS Order No. 35
CHED? c. DECS Order No. 38
a. identifying certain colleges as “centers of d. DECS Order No. 107
excellence” with corresponding funding and e. DECS Order No. 603
responsibilities
b. emphasis on voluntary accreditation of 1439) This Order prescribed that “any student, teacher,
programs professor, officer or employee of a university,
c. creation of specialists to evaluate programs college or school who impedes, obstructs,
d. granting autonomy to accredited private prevents, or defeats the right and obligation of a
schools teacher or professor to teach his subject or the
e. all of these right of a student to attend his classes shall be
subject to disciplinary action without prejudice to
1433) Which of the following is a violation of R.A.7787- the criminal liability of the offender.
Anti-Sexual harassment Act of 1995”? a. Executive Order No. 34, s. 1980
b. Administrative Order No. 34, s. 1980
c. Department Order No. 34, s. 1980

d. MEC Order No. 22, s. 1980
e. MEC Order No. 34, s. 1980
1440) Vox Populi Est Supreme Lex is a Latin
expression that means what?
a. The Supreme Being is God
b. No one is above the law
c. The voice of the people is the supreme law
d. it is the popular choice
1441) This law was approved on January 23, 2002 which
establishes the National Service Training
Program for tertiary level students and amended
Republic Act No. 7077 and Presidential Decree
No. 1706.
a. Republic Act No 9163
b. Republic Act No. 8491
c. Republic Act No. 8525
d. Republic Act No. 7796
1442) This law was approved on August 2001 and known
as “An Act Instituting a Framework of
Governance for Basic Education, Establishing
Authority and Accountability, Renaming the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports as
the Department of Education.
a. Republic Act No. 3155
b. Republic Act No. 8047
c. Republic Act No. 854
d. Republic Act No. 7104
1443) To improve the quality of tertiary education the
following must be undertaken:
a. Encourage flexibility in curricular
construction and simplify minimum
academic and physical facilities
standards
b. Redefine minimum campestral credit
hours to conform to time allocations
c. Revive Associate in Arts (A.A.) and
similar two-year general education
courses
d. Liberalize tertiary regulation and
encourage alternative mechanisms for
monitoring quality of high education
e. Permit student who did basic education
abroad and finished at least ten years to
enter college
f. None of the above
g. All of the above
1444) This law was enacted on June 8, 1940 and
conferred the status of “persons in authority”
upon the teacher, professors, and persons
charged with the supervision of public or duly
recognized private schools, colleges and
universities.
a. Commonwealth Act No. 80
b. Commonwealth Act. No. 1
c. Commonwealth Act No. 578
d. Act No. 2706
1445) This law prescribed the inclusion in the curricula of
all schools, both public and private, from
elementary schools to the universities the life,
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works and writings of Jose Rizal especially to the
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
a. Republic Act No. 1256 as amended by R.A.
No. 8491
b. Republic Act No. 1124 as repealed by R.A.
No. 7722
c. Republic Act No. 6728 as amended by R.A.
8545
d. Republic Act No. 1425
1446) This law provided for the granting of civil service
eligibility to all government employees who are
holding provisional or temporary status who have
rendered a total of at least seven (7) years of
efficient and dedicated service.
a. Republic Act No. 4670
b. Republic Act. 7323
c. Republic Act No. 6850
d. Republic Act No. 7722
1447) This law grants civil service eligibility to all honor
graduates (i.e. summa cum laude, magna cum
laude, cum laude) of four year or longer courses
from schools, colleges and universities of good
standing starting school year 1972-1973.
a. Republic Act No. 4670
b. Presidential Decree No. 907
c. Presidential Decree No. 1006
d. CHED Order No. 59
1448) This law provides in the appointment or assignment
of teachers to public elementary or secondary
schools, priority shall be given to bonafide
residents of the barangays, municipality or city or
province where the school is located, provided
that the teacher possesses the minimum
qualification for the position.
a. Republic Act No. 8190
b. Republic Act no. 7624
c. Republic Act No. 7731
d. Republic Act No. 7797
1449) This law made the observance of the flag ceremony
compulsory.
a. Republic Act No. 7079
b. Republic Act No. 1265
c. Republic Act No. 9155
d. Republic Act No. 3019
1450) It is an act to strengthen the regulation and
supervision of the practice of teaching in the
Philippines and prescribing a Licensure
Examination for Teachers.
a. RA 7836 e. RA 9155
b. RA 9293 e. RA 7610
c. RA 7722
1451) According to Republic Act No. 7836, this term
refers to the profession concerned primarily with
classroom instruction at the elementary and
secondary levels in accordance with the
curriculum prescribed by the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports, whether on part-
time or full-time basis in the private or public
schools.
a. Teachers c. Principals
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b. Teaching d. Learning b. authority shall apply to all activities whether

inside or outside the premises of the school,
1452) The scope of the board examination for teachers entity of institution
in the elementary level shall consist of, namely: c. authority shall apply only to activities inside
a. professional education and field of the premises of the school, entity of
specialization institution
b. general education and field of specialization d. none of these
c. general education and professional
education 1458) When parental authority does terminate
d. general education only permanently?
a. upon the death of the parents
1453) The scope of the board examination for teachers
in the secondary level shall consist of, namely: b. upon the death of the child
a. professional education and field of c. upon emancipation of the child
specialization d. all of these
b. general education and field of specialization
c. general education and professional 1459) Pursuant to Art. 231 of the Family Code of the
education Philippines, parental authority may also be
d. general education, professional education suspended if the parent or the person exercising
and field of the following, except.
specialization a. treats the child with excessive harshness or
cruelty
1454) A professional license signed by the chairman of b. gives the child corrupting orders, counsel or
the Commission and bearing the registration example
number and date of issuance thereof and the c. compel the child to beg
month of expiry or renewability shall likewise be d. subject the child or allows him to be
issued to every registrant who has paid the subjected to acts of lasciviousness
annual registration fees for _____ consecutive e. deal the child with tender loving care
years.
a. three years c. five years 1460) This Act refers to the Special Protection of
b. four years d. six years Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and
e. seven years Discrimination.
a. RA 7722 c. RA 7877
1455) As provided in RA 9293, professional teachers b. RA 9293 d. RA 7610
who have not practiced their profession for the e. RA 8980
past five (5) years shall take at least twelve (12)
units of education courses, consisting of at least: 1461) This is known as the “Anti-Sexual Harassment
a. six (6) units of pedagogy and six (6) units of Act of 1995”
content courses a. RA 7722 c. RA 7877
b. six (6) units of general education and six (6) b. RA 9293 d. RA 7610
professional education e. RA 8980
c. six (6) units of professional education and six
(6) units field specialization 1462) In education or training environment, sexual
d. twelve (12) units from any courses or harassment is committed ____.
subjects a. against one who is under the care, custody
or supervision of the offender
1456) Examinees who have failed the licensure b. against one whose education, training,
examination for professional teachers, with a apprenticeship or tutorship is entrusted to
rating of not lower than five percentage points the offender
from the passing general average rating, shall be c. when the sexual favor is made a condition to
eligible as _____ upon issuance by the Board of the giving of a passing grade, or the granting
a two-year special permit, renewable for a non- of honors and scholarships, or the payment
extendible period of two (2) years. of a stipend, allowance or other benefits,
a. temporary teacher privileges or considerations
b. para-teacher d. when the sexual advances result in an
c. substitute teacher intimidating, hostile or offensive environment
d. permanent/regular teacher for the result, trainee or apprentice.
e. All of these
1457) “Special parental authority and responsibility”
over the minor child in Article 218 of the Family 1463) This Act is known as “Early Childhood Care and
Code of the Philippines means – Development”
a. authority shall apply to all authorized a. RA 7722 c. RA 7877
activities whether inside or outside the b. RA 9293 d. RA 7610
premises of the school, entity of institution e. RA 8980
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1464) This is an Order renaming the Bureau of Non- c. earning graduate degree for promotion
Formal Education to Bureau of Alternative d. being a member in the National Organization
Learning System for Professional Teachers
a. Executive Order No. 653
b. Executive Order No. 365 1471) What statement is FALSE with reference to
c. Executive Order No. 356 Section 1 and Section 2, Article XIV of the 1987
d. Executive Order No. 123 Constitution?
e. Executive Order No. 456 a. quality education is privilege in sop far as all
citizens are concerned
b. public education in the elementary is free
1465) With Republic Act 7836 the licensure exam for and compulsory
teachers is with: c. scholarship grants, student loan programs,
a. Commission on Higher Education subsidies and other incentives to deserving
b. Professional Regulation Commission students in both public and private schools
d. non-formal, informal and indigenous
c. Department of Education learning, self-learning, independent, and out-
d. Civil Service Commission of-school study programs are encouraged.
e. All of these
1466) This embodies the teacher’s duties and
responsibilities as well as proper behavior in 1472) Under the present Constitution, pupils’
performing them. attendance in religious instruction is public
a. Code of Ethics for Teachers elementary and high schools shall be allowed
only if ___
b. Magna Carta for Public School Teachers a. the superintendent, supervisors and
principals will issue an instruction compelling
c. Bill of Rights attendance
d. Philippine Constitution of 1987 b. the parish priest or pastor shall authorize
them in writing
1467) Dr. Melgo upholds his freedom to discuss topics c. when parents shall submit written authority
within his field of expertise without fear of being allowing their children to attend religious
persecuted. This is known as: instruction
a. Right to Suffrage c. Right to grow d. when school children have become
professionally delinquents
b. Academic Freedom d. Freedom of e. when children made promise to behave
speech properly

1468) Under no circumstances shall a teacher be
prejudiced discriminatory against any learner,
stays the Code of Ethics. When a teacher
prejudiced against any learner?
a. when the refuses a pupil with a slight physical
disability in class
b. when he makes a farsighted pupil sit at the
back
c. when he makes a nearsighted pupil sit in
front
d. when he considers multiple intelligence in the
choice of his teaching strategies
1469) Who among the following is genuinely
nationalistic? The citizen who ___.
a. works overseas for the education of his/her
children
b. sings the National Anthem with all his/her
heart
c. salutes the flag as it is raised during
ceremony
d. uses his/her skill and capital to generate jobs
in the countryside
1470) Which is the most authentic proof of nationalism
on the part of teacher?
a. winning the award “Most Outstanding
Teacher”
b. utilizing every minute of the academic time
for competent teaching
1473) Miss Melgo is a BS Biology graduate and is
intending to teach in a public high school. Based
on Magna Carta for public School Teachers,
what she should do to qualify?
a. pursue a Master’s degree in Biology
b. start teaching in a private school
c. earn five-year experience as Biologist
d. d. take at least 18 units in education
1474) What can be filed against a principal or teacher
who is a paramour?
a. infidelity c. immorality
b. bigamy d. moral defamation
1475) During the Marcos era, national development
goals were stated in Education Act of 1972,
known as Presidential Decree ____.
a. No. 6-A b. No. 7-A
c. No. 8-A d. No. 9-A
1476) What statement is inconsistent with one of the
provision of Republic Act No. 4670, otherwise
known as the Magna Carta for Public School
Teachers?
a. teacher engaged in actual classroom
instruction shall be required to render more
than six hours actual classroom teaching

b. no teacher shall be transferred without his
consent
c. every teacher shall enjoy security of tenure
d. a teacher is entitled to a study leave not
exceeding one school year
1477) Which of the following is not a right of public
school teachers?
a. freedom of expression
b. establishes and joins organizations
c. intellectual property
d. stage a strike and protests
e. academic freedom
1478) Mr. Melgo, a public school teacher of Cantoratoy
National High School plans to pursue Master’s
studies. When he is entitled to go on study
leave?
a. if his principal approves his leave
b. if he has rendered seven years of service
c. f a substitute teacher is available
d. if there is a decrease in the enrollment
1479) Mr. Melgo, an ineligible teacher was given a
probationary appointment in Cantoratoy National
High School. When can he avail of permanent
status?
a. when there is a vacant permanent position
b. after finishing MA in education
c. once given the “Teacher of the Year” award
d. after rendering at least 10 years of efficient
service
1480) “The State shall ensure and protect academic
freedom and shall promote its exercise and the
observance for the continuing intellectual growth,
the advancement of learning and research, the
development of responsible and effective
leadership, the education of high-level and
middle-level professionals, and the enrichment of
our historical and cultural heritage.” This is the
declaration of policy of ____.
a. CHED c. DepEd
b. TESDA d. Presidential Decree No.
6-A
1481) “it is hereby declared that policy of the State to
provide relevant, accessible, high quality and
efficient technical education and skills
development in support of the development of
high quality Filipino middle-level manpower
responsive to and in accordance with the
Philippine development goals and priorities.”
This is the declaration of policy of ____.
a. CHED c. DepEd
b. TESDA d. Presidential Decree No.
6-A
1482) “It is hereby declared the policy of the State to
protect and promote the right of all citizens to
quality basic education and to make such
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education accessible to all by providing all
Filipino children a free and compulsory education
in elementary level and free education in the high
school level.” This is the declaration of policy of
____.
a. CHED c. DepEd
b. TESDA d. Presidential Decree No.
6-A
1483) “it is hereby declared to be the policy of the
government to ensure, within context of a free
and democratic system maximum contribution of
the educational system to his attainment of the
following national development goals.” This is
the declaration of policy of ____.
a. CHED c. DepEd
b. TESDA d. Presidential Decree No.
6-A
1484) To fight illiteracy, the 1987 Constitution mandates
that the state shall maintain a system of free
education in elementary and high school.
Further it provides that ___.
a. elementary education should be compulsory
for all children of school age
b. formal and nonformal education should be
compulsory
c. elementary and high school education
should be compulsory
d. education at all levels should be compulsory
1485) According to the Constitution, the State is
required to establish and maintain free public and
compulsory education in the ____.
a. elementary level only
b. secondary level
c. secondary and tertiary levels
d. elementary and secondary levels
1486) Section V, Article XIV of the 1986 Constitution
provides that the State shall assign the highest
budgetary priority to education to ____
a. encourage teacher to conduct more
researchers and studies on the arts and
culture
b. ensure that all schools are provided with
modern equipment and facilities
c. attack the best available talents through
adequate remuneration
d. curtail the exodus of the teachers seeking
employment abroad
1487) The primary objective of bilingual education is to
prepare the learners to be ____.
a. proficient in Filipino and eight major dialects
b. globally competitive
c. proficient in English and another foreign
language
d. proficient in both Filipino and English
1488) According to Magna Carta for Teachers, a
teacher assigned to a school ten or more
kilometers from the poblacion without regular

means of transportation to reach, is entitle to
___.
a. a hardship allowance of 25 percent of the
monthly salary as additional compensation
b. an additional compensation of 50 percent of
the monthly salary
c. service credits of one day for every five days
of service during the whole year
d. the privilege of teaching only four days a
week
1489) To strengthen teacher education the Teacher
Education Council created under RA No. 7764
will choose a private or public college engaged in
pre-service, continuing, formal and non-formal
education of teachers in strategic places in each
region of the country based on certain criteria.
This will be called ____
a. Department of Teacher Education
b. Commission on Teacher Education
c. Teacher Education Center of Excellence
d. Commission on Teacher Education
e. Teacher Education Commission
1490) Professionalization of teachers and teaching as
promulgated in Presidential Decree No. 1006,
defines teaching as profession concerned with
classroom institution ____.
a. by teachers on full-time basis
b. at the tertiary level in both public and private
institutions
c. at the elementary and secondary levels in
both public and private schools
d. by teachers of permanent status
1491) The Educational Act of 1982 expressly granted
institutions of higher learning the freedom to
determine on academic grounds that shall be
admitted to study, who may teach and what shall
be the subjects of study and research. This
refers to ____.
a. academic freedom
b. constitutional freedom
c. Educational freedom
d. d. institutional freedom
1492) In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers, which of the following
teacher descriptions is included in the Code of
Ethics for Professional Teachers?
a. Persons of dignity and reputation
b. Duly licensed professional
c. with satisfactory teaching performance
d. passed the licensure exam for teachers
1493) The 1987 Philippine Constitution states the
following EXCEPT –
a. The National language of the Philippines is
Filipino
b. The official language of the Philippines are
Filipino and English
c. Filipino is the official language of the
Tagalog speaking provinces
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d. The government shall initiate and sustain the
use of Filipino as medium of official
communication and as a language of
instruction in the education system
1494) As provided for in the Education Act of 1982, how
are the institutions of learning encouraged to set
higher standards of quality over and above the
minimum required for state recognition?
a. academic freedom
b. continuing professional education
c. formal education
d. voluntary accreditation
1495) The Constitutional provision on language has the
following aims EXCEPT –
a. to make the regional dialect as auxiliary
media of instructions in regional schools
b. to maintain English as a second language
c. to make Filipino the sole medium of
instruction
d. to make Filipino the national language and
medium of instruction and official
communication
1496) The introduction of nonformal education in life
with the Constitution provision on ___.
a. protection of teachers
b. promoting the rights of all citizens
c. to make quality education accessible to all
d. acceptance, affection and achievement
e. affection, ability, attitudes
1497) With regards to business, which does the Code
of Ethics say about teachers?
a. a teacher shall maintain a good reputation
with respect to debts, loans and other
financial matters
b. no teacher shall be financially interested in
any commercial venture involving textbooks
and other school commodities where he/she
can exercise official influence
c. no teacher shall act as an agent of textbooks
and other school commodities where he/she
can exercise official influence
d. a teacher may not engage in any kind of
business
1498) Which is ethical for a teacher to do in a situation
where he/she falls in love with a student or when
a student falls in love with his/her teacher?
a. the teacher advises the student to
discontinue with his/her studies
b. the teacher resigns from his/her teaching job
c. the teacher avoids that learner
d. the teacher exercises discretion to avoid
scandal and gossip and preferential
treatment of that learner
1499) Miss Connie Cepeda is newly appointed teacher.
The principal handed a copy of the Teacher’s
Code of Ethics. Which could have been the
motive of the principal?
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a. acquaint her with principles of moral when the dog salivates at the sight of food; while,
behavior, conduct and relationship in the a conditioned response results when salivation
practice of profession takes place at the sound of the bell.
b. make her aware of the principles and rules
prescribed under the authority of the state D In the early 1900’s Ivan Pavlov, the Russian
c. familiarize her with the generally customs of psychologist conducted a series of experiments
right living in a society with dogs. To illustrate the principle of
d. provides her a set of rules and regulation to conditioned response type of learning.
observe in school
E The dog naturally salivated at the sight of
1500) This law grants the paternity leave of absence with food.
full pay to male employee in both public and
private sector for the first four (4) deliveries of the If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
legitimate spouses. order, which should be:
a. Republic Act No. 8047 c. Republic Act
No. 7687 __ 1. the third statement in the paragraph?
b. Republic Act No. 8190 d. Republic Act __ 2. the last statement in the paragraph?
No. 8187 __ 3. the first statement in the paragraph?
__ 4. the fourth statement in the paragraph?

Part III – Paragraph Organization 2. A Through our sense organs information is

Direction: For each number below there are four or five
sentences, A, B, C, D, E. These sentences,
when properly arranged in correct order, will
make a well-organized paragraph. Read
each sentence carefully and choose which
one should be the first sentence, the second,
and so on.
Example
1. A The teacher should know the relation of
biological sciences, the social sciences and the
humanistic discipline.
gathered about the world around us.
B The eyes send a signal to the brain telling
the stimulus is present.
C The brain then screens out the information so
that we are able to understand it.
D Human beings perceive things through the help
of the following senses: Taste, sight, touch,
hearing and smell.
E When one sees a fire with his eyes, he
perceives it.

B This knowledge places him in a position If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
where he can relate anthropology with other order, which should be:
sciences. __ 1. the fourth in the paragraph?
__ 2. the second in the paragraph?
C He can do an evaluative analysis of the __ 3. the last in the paragraph?
government program.
3. A Likewise, when we think of a test, we are to take
D And he will be able to analyze whether for what we are not ready to take, and we feel a
educational programs are geared towards sense of defeat.
the right direction.
B The other one is when information comes
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, to us through our senses.
which should be:
C Emotional reactions can be aroused in
A 1. the first in the paragraph? two separate ways.
B 2. the last in the paragraph?
C 3. the second in the paragraph? D We hear a squeaky sound in a dark room,
D 4. the third in the paragraph? and we become afraid.

ANSWER: A, B, C, D E One-Way of arousing reaction is by

thoughts.
Start here:
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
1. A Eventually, the dog salivated merely at the sound order, which should be:
of the bell as it had been conditioned to correlate __ 1. the third in the paragraph?
the bell with the food. __ 2. the second in the paragraph?
__ 3. the fourth in the paragraph?
B A bell is rung every time food was offered. __ 4. the first in the paragraph?
__ 5. the fifth in the paragraph?
C An unconditioned response takes place

4. A Through psychoanalysis, an individual
can be made to remember his repressed
thoughts and feelings and later change his
behavior to solve a problem.
B He believed that one tends to suppress
thoughts or memories that other people
seem to disapprove of.
C Psychoanalysis started with the work of
Sigmund Freud, an Austrian doctor who
explored the way the human mind
worked.
D Freud believed that these repressed
thoughts greatly affect a person’s
behavior.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the last in the paragraph?
__ 2. the third in the paragraph?
__ 3. the first in the paragraph?
5. A If a whale faces danger, it communicates
with other whales for help.
B Whales can even work together to get
over a complicated job which one whale
may fail to do.
C Some animals act in very intelligent and
extraordinary ways.
D They are capable of telling each other
what to do merely by talking to each other
in their language.
E Whales can “talk” to each other by
whistling and clicking sounds.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order,
which should be:
__ 1. the third in the paragraph?
__ 2. the fourth in the paragraph?
__ 3. the second in the paragraph?
6. A If the answer given the learner is wrong,
the information is taught again, and then
the question is repeated.
B It utilizes one of several kinds of teaching
machines that provide a question for the
learner to answer.
C In this way, the student is helped by
giving him another chance if he is wrong
in his first attempt.
D Programmed learning is one new
teaching method.
E But if the answer is correct, another
question is given by the machine.
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If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the third in the paragraph?
__ 2. the last in the paragraph?
__ 3. the second in the paragraph?
7. A Suddenly the rain comes.
B He makes preparations for it and is
Looking forward to the occasion with
eagerness.
C He’s disappointed and experiences
displeasures.
D. Carlos is going to a party.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the third in the paragraph?
__ 2. the first in the paragraph?
__ 3. the last in the paragraph?
8. A And the world passes away.
B For all that is in the world is not of the
Father, but is of the world.
C If any man had the world, the love of the
Father is not in him.
D But he who does the will of God abodes
forever.
E “Love not the world, neither the things
that is in the world.
1 John 2:15-17
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the second in the paragraph?
__ 2. the third in the paragraph?
__ 3. the fourth in the paragraph?
9. A Logic can help one think more clearly.
B Logic is the science of reasoning.
C Fallacies are incorrect, unreasonable
arguments, but they can be persuasive
although they are not correct.
D It can help one find or resist arguments
from the unsound ones.
E It is a way of separating sound arguments
from the unsound ones.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the last in the paragraph?
__ 2. the second in the paragraph?
__ 3. the fourth in the paragraph?
10. A Surgery can be performed to a person
even without anesthetics through

hypnosis.
B Not everyone can be hypnotized against
his will.
C Today, hypnotism is often used to help
doctors and dentists in their work.
D A patient will not cooperate, though he is
under hypnosis, if he is made to do
something against his will.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the fourth in the paragraph?
__ 2. the second in the paragraph?
__ 3. the third in the paragraph?
11. A Thereon you may dislike people with a
moustache and not know why.
B For instance, in the past, you may have
been hurt or embarrassed by someone
with a moustache.
C Unconscious thoughts are thoughts you
are not aware of which bring out
emotional reactions.
D Thus, your hatred of be moustache-
people is triggered by some unconscious
thoughts.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the first in the paragraph?
__ 2. the second in the paragraph?
__ 3. the third in the paragraph?
12. A For thousand years of years, people who
had mental illness were feared at or
ignored.
B But while doctors were trying to help
people with body illnesses, those people
with mental illness was not so lucky.
C Mentally ill people then were punished for
they were regarded as witches and were
controlled by devil spirits.
D Like all sorts of sicknesses of the body,
mental illness has been plaguing man
since the beginning.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the second in the paragraph?
__ 2. the first in the paragraph?
__ 3. the last in the paragraph?
13. A Educational psychologists are people who
study the nature of learning.
B Most psychologists agree that people
learn faster if they have some kind of
motivations to learn.
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C A high grade or a good pay is one kind of
motivation.
D Oftentimes the satisfaction one gets from
learning is a kind of motivation.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the fourth in the paragraph?
__ 2. the second in the paragraph?
__ 3. the first in the paragraph?
14. A There is a surge of anger within Carla.
B Carla is all dressed-up for a party, waiting
for her escort to pick her up.
C Her heart beats faster, blood rushes to
her head as she lifts her hand and strikes
her brother with her fist.
D Suddenly, her young brother rushes in
with a glass of chocolate and bumps
against her, spilling of the contents of the
glass on her new dress.
E This it a sign of extreme anger.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the second in the paragraph?
__ 2. the last in the paragraph?
__ 3. the third in the paragraph?
__ 4. the fourth in the paragraph?
15. A For where your treasure is, there will be
your heart is also.
B “Lay not up yourselves treasure upon the
earth where moth and rust doth corrupt
and where thieves break through the
steal.
C You cannot serve God and mammon.
D But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break
through not steal.
E No man can serve two masters: for
neither will he hate the one, nor love the other or
love one, and despise the other.
Source: Matthew 6:19-21,
24
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the fifth in the paragraph?
__ 2. the first in the paragraph?
__ 3. the fourth in the paragraph?

__ 4. the last in the paragraph?
16. A Watch a child grabs his toy and pulls it
toward him if he sees it. But when hidden
under a blanket, the toy might not be
seen by the baby.
B Reasoning is dependent on memory in
that one remembers things from those he
draws conclusions from.
C A person’s ability to reason out develops
and increases as he grows up in a good
environment.
D This shows that a baby’s reasoning ability
has not develop far enough for him to
figure out a way of getting back his toy.
E Reasoning is the mental process of
making conclusions from gathered facts
and observations that one has made.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the fourth in the paragraph?
__ 2. the second in the paragraph?
__ 3. the last in the paragraph?
17. A Unlike those whose eyes are on-the sides
of their heads, such as fishes, horses,
and most insects, they see all of their
surroundings.
B In the latter type, the fields of vision
overlap (binocular vision)
C Each eye covers a different field of vision.
D Animals differ in t he way they see things
around.
E Animals with eyes towards the front of
their head, like the men and predatory
birds, can only see about half of its
surroundings.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the last in the paragraph?
__ 2. the third in the paragraph?
__ 3. the first in the paragraph?
18. A The tears “wash” away the irritating
substance.
B Onion gives off a volatile substance when
it’s sliced.
C This volatile substance is irritating to the
eyes.
D Have you noticed how onions make us cry
without our feeling sad at all?
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E We “cry” automatically in order to protect
and cleanse our eyes.
F When the irritation reaches our eyes, they
are protected by tear flow.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the fourth in the paragraph?
__ 2. the second in the paragraph?
__ 3. the last in the paragraph?
19. A He wanted to run but he could not move.
B He was petrified and shivered with fear.
C This is an instant paralyzing fear.
D He wanted to shout for help but felt a
constricting band around his throat.
E Juan, while taking a stroll in the rice
fields, saw unexpectedly a snake on his path,
slithering toward him.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the last in the paragraph?
__ 2. the second in the paragraph?
__ 3. the first in the paragraph?
20. A In the desert, a person parched with
thirst, may see something glistening, like a pool
of water.
B The mirage is caused by the rays of the
sun striking the sand and the refraction of these
rays.
C This is optical illusion.
D Illusion is a false perception where the
imagination gives to an object qualities
that does not really belong to it.
E Take a thirsty traveler who rushes to a
well (mirage) and discovers that there is
not water in it.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the second in the paragraph?
__ 2. the fourth in the paragraph?
__ 3. the first in the paragraph?
21. A For human beings, the gestation period is
more or less 280 days, or nine months.
B They are able to survive only when given
special cares or placed in the incubator.
C A full-term infant is one who is born when
the gestation is completed.
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D Premature babies are those born before If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
the full term of their mother’s pregnancy. order, which should be:

E At the termination of the nine months, the __ 1. the last sentence is

infant is fully prepared to be outside of his __ 2. the first sentence is
mother’s womb. __ 3. the second sentence is
__ 4. the third sentence is
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be: 25. A Jesus is the role model.

__ 1. the first in the paragraph? B Repentance and forgiveness are

__ 2. the last in the paragraph?
__ 3. the third in the paragraph?
22. A In case of earthquake keep calm.
B After the main earthquake, stay away
from unstable objects.
C Earthquake drill must be conducted in
schools and places of work.
D Location of exists and entrances must be
familiar to everybody.
essential to marriage.
C Practicing those virtues daily is difficult.
D We need the divine help to do this.
If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best
order, which should be:
__ 1. the second sentence will be
__ 2. the last sentence will be
__ 3. the third sentence will be

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best

order, which should be:

__ 1. the last sentence should be

__ 2. the third sentence should be
__ 3. the first sentence should be

23. A A new typhoon reclassification has been

given by PAG-ASA.

B If any damage is found, turn off main

switch or valve.

C Classes in elementary and secondary

level are automatically suspended when
Signal #3 is raised.

D However, school heads can call off

classes at any time when flooding or any
danger in school area is eminent.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best

order, which should be:

__ 1. the second sentence will be

__ 2. the third sentence will be
__ 3. the last sentence will be

24. A Since falling objects cause injuries place

heavy objects in low places.

B Know the locations of first aid and fire

extinguisher.

C Planning for action is key to effective

disaster control.

D When you are in the topmost floor, stay

put.