Practice Tes-prof Ed

PRACTICE TEST FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 1

1. Which of the following can be considered a form of civic engagement?

A. Patronizing Filipino products

C. Bribing government officials

B. Critical of government officials

D. Electoral participation

2. A teacher wants to make a rubric for scoring students' output. Which format will use differential weighs for

the qualities of a product or a performance?

A. Performance based

B. Rating scales

C. Holistic rubric

D. Analytic rubric

3. How can a teacher develop the value of time such as punctuality and maximal utilization of time?

A. Avoid disruptions due to improper behavior

C. Rush if you are getting late for the right time

B. Consistently follow schedule for classroom routine

D. Have a big clock installed in the classroom

for everyone's guidance

4. One learns by association and also by insight. This shows that the association and cognitive theories of

learning are:

A. Diametrically opposed

B. Complementary

C. Partly wrong

D. Partly correct

5. Studies in the area of neurosciences disclosed that the human brain has limitless capacity. What does this

imply?

A. Every pupil has his own native ability, his learning is limited to this ability

B. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned everything

C. Some pupils are admitted but not capable of learning

D. Every child is a potential genius

6. Mothers who demand their 3 to 5 year old child to suspend their time in serious academic study, forget that

early childhood is in the

A. Gang age B. Questioning age

C. Initiative age

D. Toy age

7. Identical twins are more than alike than fraternal twins. Which of the following statements/principles is

supported by this?

A. Heredity has a part in determining physical appearance

C. Environment affects both fraternal

and identical twins

B. Intelligence is determined partly by pre-natal nutrition D. Intelligences hinges in physical structure

8. Study this group of tests which was administered with the following results. Then answer the questions

about it.

Subject

Mean

SD

Luke’s Score

Mathematics

49

11

44

Physics

45

10

48

English

62

12

65

In which subject(s) did Luke perform best in relation to the group’s performance?

A. English

B. Math

C. Physics

D. English and Math

9. Which of the following activities is stressed by humanistic education?

A. Enjoy the great works of man such as classics C. Make the distinctly civilized, educated and refined

B. Learn the philosophy “know thyself”

D. Develop man into a thinking individual

10. For a teacher to be competent, he/she is required to specialize in certain area. This pillar of learning is

A. Learning to do

B. Learning to live together C. Learning to be

D. Learning to know

11. What pillar of learning is concerned on material development rather than of human development?

A. learning to do

B. Learning to live together C. Learning to be

D. Learning to

know

12. In which competency do my students find the greatest difficulty? In the item with a difficulty index of _____.

A. 0.1 B. 0.5 C. 0.9 D. 1.0

13. What should a teacher do before constructing items for a particular test?

A. Review the previous lessons.

C. Announce to the students the scope of the test.

B. Determine the length of time for answering it. D. Prepare the table of specifications.

14. What is the advantage of using computers in processing test results?

A. Its processing takes a shorter period of time.

C. Its statistical computation is accurate.

B. Test results can easily be assessed.

D. All of the above.

15. Of the following types of test which is the most subjective in scoring?

A. Multiple choice

B. Matching type

C. Simple recall

D. Essay

16. Multiple choice test is considered the BEST type of test because _______________

A. It is easy to conduct

C. It measure several competencies in one test

B. It contains many responses

D. It possess the qualities of other types of tests

17. While serving during the elections, some trouble makers enter your precinct. What do you think is the

most appropriate thing to do?

A. Challenge them to a duel

C. Ignore them and look for a safe place

B. Close the precinct and go home

D. Seek the assistance of law enforcers

18. Which of the following will you recommend to a senior high school scholar who is impregnated by a fellow

student?

A. Force her boyfriend to marry her C. Stop schooling till after she gave birth

B. Tell the parents about the condition

D. Direct her to an abortion clinic

19. Which describes an inappropriate practice in the education of young children?

A. Individual differences are expected and accepted

C. Isolated skills development

B. Integrated teaching-learning

D. Positive guidance techniques

20. Honesty remains a value even if nobody in a organization values it. This pronouncement comes from the

mouth of a(an) _______.

21. I cannot forget my friend’s birthday for it comes one day after my birthday. Which principle

of association as applied to memory explains this?

A. Contiguity B. Similarity C. Frequency D. Content

22. A fresh teacher graduate is usually idealistic. Which one will most likely inspire her to cling to her idealism?

A. Introduction of educational innovations B. Support of living models C. Pressure of work

D. High

salary

23. I cannot help but recall the sister’s convent which served as my boarding house in high school now that I

am in a noisy boarding house. Which principle of association explains this?

A. Similarity

B. Contiguity C. Frequency D. Contrast

24. Which principle of association ass applied to memory is this?

The recall of an object or idea triggers recall of other objects like it.

A. Contrast

B. Contiguity C. Similarity D. Frequency

25. Whose thought is this: “Although there is an external world from which human beings acquire sensory

information, ideas originate from the workings of the mind.”

A. Idealist

B. Realist

C. Empiricist D. Pragmatist

PRACTICE TEST FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 2

1. Which of the following is the most important contribution of Gestalt psychology to the theories of learning?

A. Cognitive insight B. The use of multimedia approaches C. The concept of readiness in learning D.

The use of reinforcement

2. What psychological principle is used when teacher links the new information to the previous one to enable

the students to gain a holistic view of the topic.

A. Stimulation B. Accommodation

C. Assimilation

D. Conceptualization

3. Young children have a short attention and interest span. What kind of task should the teacher give them?

A. Challenging and interesting activities

C. Easy and difficult activities

B. Long but interesting activities

D. Short, varied, interesting activities

4. What is possessed by the learner when he can use language with ease and fluency in any given situation?

A. Bilingual ability

B. High cognitive skills

C. A photographic memory D. Communicative

competence

5. What is the main concern of spiraling a curriculum?

A. curriculum renewal and revision

C. Vertical articulation of a given subject

across a grade level

B. Horizontal articulation among the students in a grade level D. Incorporating government thrusts

and societal concerns

6. Which of this information is not entered in Form 1 or the School Registrar?

A. Alphabetical list of students, boys separated from girls.

C. Grade obtained by each student in

all his/her subjects.

B. Daily attendance record of each student.

D. Personal data of the students in the

registrar.

7. Which type of test is used to discover further attitudes about self and others?

A. Personality test

B. Intelligence test

C. Achievement test D. Diagnostic test

8. Which behavior is exhibited by a student who is strong in interpersonal intelligence?

A. Works by his/her own.

C. Keeps interest to himself/herself.

B. Spends time meditating. D. Seeks out a classmate for help when problem occurs.

9. Which are direct measures of competence?

A. Paper-and-pencil tests

B. Personality tests

C. Performance tests D. Standardized tests

10. A teacher’s summary of a lesson serves the following functions, EXCEPT –

A. It links the parts of the lesson.

C. It clinches the basic ideas or concepts of

the lesson.

B. It makes provisions for full participation of students.

D. It brings together the information that has

been discussed.

11. Teacher Karen wanted to teach the pupils the skill to do cross stitching. Her check up quiz was a written

test on the steps of cross stitching. Which characteristics of a good test does it lack?

A. Objectivity B. Reliability C. Scorability D. Validity

12. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose D as an answer. This

implies D is –

A. A vague distracter B. A plausible distracter

C. An effective distracter

D. An ineffective

distracter

13. A parent visited you regarding his son’s low grades. He showed you his quizzes, unit tests and projects.

You discovered that his name is Mel and you wrongfully put his name on the girl’s list. What will you do?

A. Recognize your mistake and promise to correct the grade.

C. Refer the matter to the

principal

B. Insists that you are right in grading him.

D. Ignore the complain

14. What should a cooperating teacher do to help the student teacher who has been assigned to him/her?

A. Provide opportunities for the student teacher to acquire the skills and competencies to be an

effective teacher.

B. Show your lesson plan and let him/her follow what is in your lesson plan.

C. Write or prepare activities to be done and let him/her execute these in class.

D. Don’t allow him/her to make her own decisions as to how the lesson is to be introduce.

15. Which among the following pillars of learning is aimed for the holistic development and complete

fulfillment of man?

16. Which of these techniques is BEST suited to developing skill in asking and answering questions?

A. Interviews B. Song analysis

C. Pictorial review

D. Riddles

17. Most delinquents are found to have low IQ. They can hardly read and comprehend. How can a teacher help

them?

A. Call for their parents.

B. Refer them to a doctor.

C. Give them remedial classes. D.

Suspend them from classes.

18. Children learn what they live by. Treat them with respect and they will respect others. Shout at them and

they will be shouting at others, too. How would you explain this behavior?

A. They are easily impressed B. They are imitative

C. They cannot tell right from wrong

D.

They are observant

19. What should be done with a student in the upper grades who is a non reader?

A. Encourage him to join a reading club

C. Have him attend remedial reading class

B. Give him comic books

D. Transfer him to a lower section

20. In which situation is learning most likely to happen?

A. When students work by themselves

C. When all the needed materials are available

B. When students are quiet and well behaved

D. When students know the importance of the task at

hand

21. Social adjustment means the ability to behave in accordance with?

A. Universal truths

B. Self concept

C. Stereotyped behaviors

D. Social expectations

22. How can a teacher avoid “breakdown and interruptions” I daily class procedures?

A. Punish the misbehaving students

C. Assign a leader to assist everyone

B. Establish routine for daily tasks

D. Allow students to make their own regulations

23. Which is made after certain norms has been established?

A. Departmental test B. Local-city wide test

C. Teacher-made test D. Standardized test

24. A high school principal would like to know the causes of drop-outs in his school so he could find solutions

to this problem. What type of researched is used?

A. Applied

B. Action

C. Pure

D. Experimental

25. If we aim to produce globally competitive graduates, the Philippine education should give major emphasis

to _______________.

A. English, Science and Mathematics

C. Humanities and work education

B. Technology and citizenship education

D. Bilingual education and values education

PRACTICE TEST FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 3

1. How can a teacher enhance his/her questioning technique for an effective teacher-student interaction?

A. Immediately

C. Allow sufficient “think time,” at least 7 to

10 seconds

B. You may answer your own question if no one can answer

D. Extend wait time until the students

respond

2. A teacher who advocates the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience should follow

learning thus she has to?

A. Equip her students with basic skills and abilities

C. Provide her students opportunities to apply

their skills and abilities.

B. Encourage her students to memorize facts

D. Require her students mastery of the lesson

3. Respect for honest differences of opinions is one objective of:

A. Human relationship

B. Self-actualization C. Civic responsibility and conscience

D.

Economic self sufficiency

4. In mastery learning, the definition of an acceptable standard of performance is called

A. SMART

B. Condition C. Criterion measure D. Behavior

5. Teacher Luke clears his throat to communicate disapproval of a student’s behavior. Which specific influence

technique is this?

A. Proximity control B. Interest boosting C. Signal interference

D. Direct appeal

6. Which is the first step in planning an achievement test?

A. Select the type of test items to use.

C. Define the instructional objective

B. Decide on the length of the test..D. Build a table of specification

7. Which may NOT be a benefit derived from the use of graphic organizers?

A. Make relationships among detail clear

C. Strengthen team work

B. Enable students to identify important ideas and details

D. Represent stated information

in concrete form

8. Rights which cannot be renounced or transferred because they are necessary for the fulfillment of man’s

primordial obligations are called

A. Perfect rights

B. Alienable rights

C. Acquired rights

D. Inalienable rights

9. Principal Miguel shares this thought with his teachers: "Subject matter should help students understand and

appreciate themselves as unique individuals who accept complete responsibility for their thoughts, feelings,

and actions." From which philosophy is this thought based?

A. Perennialism

B. Essentialism

C. Existentialism

D. Progressivism

10. Standard deviation is to variability as mean is to __________.

A. coefficient of correlation B. central tendency C. discrimination index

D. level of difficulty

11. How can a teacher establish the reliability of a test?

1) Repeat the same test

2) Administer a parallel test 3) Split the test

4) Vary the number of

items

A. 1, 2 and 3

B. 1, 3 and 4

C. 1 and 4 only

D. 2 and 4 only

12. On which policy is R.A. 4670 known as the Magna Carta for Public Teachers focused?

A. Right to establish or join an organization

B. Code of ethics for professional teachers

C. Recruitment shall take place after training

D. Promotion and improvement of social and economic status of public school teachers

13. The 19th century saw the development of state controlled and state supported public school system.

Existing ideology was the concept of national sovereignty. Under a democracy, education equips citizens with

the principles and duties of citizenship to guarantee national stability. Such is the ideology of __________.

A. Citizenship B. Progressivism

C. Nationalism

D. Education

14. The following are the characteristics of a good teaching/learning practice EXCEPT?

A. Students are governed by fixed and rigid standards.

B. Life-like situations introduced as learning experience in the classroom.

C. Students are given more opportunity to act or experience learning.

D. Evaluation is made as an integral part of teaching procedures.

15. Which of the following is NOT a principle of development?

A. Development follows an orderly, predictable sequence C. Early development is more critical than

later development

B. Numerous studies show how individuals develop

D. Social expectations influence

development in early stage

16. Which questioning technique would be appropriate for inductive lessons?

A. Use questions requiring only memory responses

C. Involve students actively in

the questioning process

B. Expect participation only among the more motivated students

D. As teacher, you ask no

questions

17. What principle is reflected when a teacher always provides for the development of all essential knowledge

manipulative skills and attitudes?

A. Principle of needs B. Principle of balance

C. Principle of unity D. Principle of organization

18. A teaching method proceeds from the details of a lesson towards generalization is called:

A. Deductive B. Inductive

C. Debate

D. Problem solving

19. To accomplish many good activities in a particular class period, the teacher must

A. Add curricular activities B. Provide unique teaching aids C. Institute a systematic plan D. Use

expensive materials

20. One way to encourage students who lack in reading to love reading is to:

A. Reprimand him

B. Ask the students to buy books

C. Provide reading materials D. Isolate him

21. Which of the following style or technique would make the teacher a good classroom manager – teacher

with eyes at the back of the head?

A. Give your students the “head to toe” look when angry C. Fear and fight dominates the classroom

atmosphere

B. Uses eye contact technique with your students

D. Being aware of all the actions and activities

in the classroom

22. The sociogram reveals that four students is your class formed a “clique”. This means that the teacher

should:

A. Allow them to be together all the time

C. Discourage them from joining other groups

B. Encourage them to join other groups

D. Disband the group

23. Parents negatively react to the inclusion of play in children’s curriculum. A teacher who knows the

importance of play would tell the parents that __________?

A. Playing is important in the child’s cognitive development

C. Playing gives children pleasure

B. Playing is a good form of exercise

D. Playing is a stage of child’s development

24. The ability to perceive how objects are related in order to mentally perceive what is seen, thus creating

concrete visual images from memory refers to

A. Visual spatial intelligence

B. Musical intelligence

C. Linguistic intelligence

D. Logical

reasoning intelligence

25. The most important criterion in test construction is

A. Preparation of table of specifications

C. Stem should contain the central problem

B. Congruency of the items with objectives

D. Options should be of almost the same length

PRACTICE TEST FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION – FACILITATING LEARNING

1. The process of metacognition helps every learner how to learn effectively. Which of the following

statements is not a result of metacognition?

a. It makes the learner realize his strengths and weaknesses in learning

b. It develops the learner’s self-motivation to learn and improves his study habits.

c. It trains the learner how learn on his own more efficiently and effectively.

d. It teaches the learner to know what to learn and for him to accumulate more knowledge.

e. It develops the ability of the learner to evaluate his own thinking and learn more effectively.

2. Below are the six aspects and/or processes of study habits listed in no particular order. Which should be the

correct logical and systematic sequence of the six aspects?

1. Note-taking and reading

2. Organizing and planning the work

3. Preparing an assignment/project

4. Motivation

5. Managing school work stress

6. Working with other

3. According to John Flavell, metacognition consists of metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive

experience or regulation. This simply means ___ .

a. “thinking about thinking” or “learning how to learn”

b. learning focuses on the accumulation of verbalized information.

c. learning by rote and memorization with emphasis on knowledge of specific facts

d. knowing what to learn through reading books and other vicarious experiences

e. gaining knowledge in the most abstract and symbolic way

4. Which category / variable of cognitive knowledge refers to the knowledge about how human beings learn

and process information?

a. Strategy variable b. Task variable

c. Person Variable

d. Space variable

e.

Time variable

5. The Task Variable of Metacognitive knowledge includes the following except one. Which is an exception?

a. Knowledge about the nature of the learning tasks to be accomplished

b. Type of processing demands placed upon the individual

c. Gauging the difficulty of the tasks to be done by the learner

d. Kind of effort it will demand from the learner for him to exert

e. Knowledge of various and appropriate strategy to be used in learning

6. That variable of cognitive knowledge in which the learner is made aware of the procedure to be used in

trying to learn the topic/lesson and for him to evaluate whether the procedure is effective or not is the ___.

a. Task variable

c. person variable

e. Resources – variable

b. Strategy variable d. Time and Space variable

7. In a Science class, Mr. Santos guided his students to state a scientific problem, formulate hypothesis and

identify the experimental and controlled variables for an experiment which the class performed by groups.

From the variables identified, each group designed their respective procedure on how to go about the

experiment. Which psychological principle of learner-centered learning is involved in this situation?

a. Developmental and social

c. individual differences

e. none of these

b. motivational and affective

d. Cognitive and Metacognitive

8. In the cognitive and metacognitive factors, what process is involved when the learner is able to link new

information and experiences in meaningful ways?

a. Construction of knowledge

c. Learning of complex subject matter

e. Thinking about

thinking process

b. Goal-directed learning process

d. Strategic thinking process

9. When the successful learner can create and use a repertoire of thinking and reasoning ways to achieve

complex learning goals, what cognitive and metacognitive factor is involved?

a. Nature of learning process

c. Construction of knowledge process

e. Context of

learning process

b. Goals of the learning process

d. Strategic process

10. Which of the following does not intrinsically motivate and influence the learner to learn?

a. Emotional state

b. Beliefs

c. Interests and goalsd. Habits of thinking e. High scholastic

ratings

11. On what condition/conditions can a learner effectively learn despite different opportunities and constraints

for learning that interfere?

a. When learning materials for learning are appropriate, suited to his developmental level

b. When the learning activity is interesting and enjoyable

c. When the learning task is catered to his intellectual / mental capacity

d. When he is ready and capable to perform a particular task

e. All of these mentioned are favorable conditions for effective learning

12. Which of the factors below does not make an individual learner different from another?

a. Mental and intellectual factors

c. Physical and emotional factors

e. family background

and culture

b. Social and Environmental factors

d. materials used for learning

13. In Jean Piaget’s “genetic epistemology” (theoretical framework), what was the main focus of the study?

a. To determine how knowledge developed in human organism at different developmental stages

b. To determine the rate of learning among children

c. To distinguish between dull and intelligent individual learners

d. To identify linguistic, social and manipulative abilities of a young child

e. To determine the hereditary traits manifested at every developmental stage of a child

14. When a small child calls another animal that looks a little bit like a dog, he thinks and calls it a “dog”.

What learning process is illustrated on Piaget’s cognitive development theory?

a. Reversion b. Accommodation c. Assimilation

d. Equilibration

e. Centration

15. A child was presented two identical glasses with equal amount of water. The water in one glass was

transferred to a taller and narrower glass. The child said that the taller and narrower glass contains more

water than the other glass. What function in the pre-operational stage of child development is illustrated?

a. Symbolic function b. Egocentrism

c. Centration d. Reversibility

e. Transductive

reasoning

16. John, a two-year old boy, pretended to be drinking from a glass which was actually empty. His idea about

the glass was for him to drink water from it. What function for the pre-operational stage is illustrated by this

situation?

a. Symbolic function b. Centration c. Conservation

d. Transductive reasoning

e.

Animism

17. This is the tendency of the child in the pre-operational stage to only see his own point of view and to

assume that everyone also has the same point of view as his.

18. Considering the same situation in item number 15, the child who is now in the concrete operation stage

can now judge rightly that the amount of water in the taller and narrower glass is still the same as when the

water was in the shorter but wider glass. What function does this illustrate?

a. Seriation b. Reversibility

c. Decentration

d. Conservation

e. Centration

19. In the Formal Operational Stage of cognitive development of a child ages between 12 – 15 years, he has

already the ability to perceive the relationship in one instance and then use that relationship to narrow down

possible answers in similar situation or problem. What do you call this ability?

a. Hypothetical Reasoning b. Analogical Reasoning `c. Deductive Reasoning d. Inductive Reasoning

e. Abstract Reasoning

20. According to Erickson, what years are critical for the development of self-confidence?

a. High School years

b. College years

c. Pre-School years

d. Elementary years e.

in all years

21. Which of the following does not belong to the stages of personality dimensions of Erik Erickson’s

Pscho-Social Development during

infancy and childhood?

a. Trust versus mistrust

c. Initiative versus guilt

e. Industry versus

inferiority

b. Autonomy versus shame and doubt

d. Intimacy versus isolation

22. In what stage of Erickson’s theory of development is identity versus identity confusion prevalent?

a. Infancy

b. Childhood c. Adolescence

d. Adulthood e. in all stages

23. Scaffolding is a teaching technique in assisting a learner to accomplish a given learning task. From whom

and what theory of

development was this technique based?

a. Erickson’s Pscho-Social Theory

c. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral development

e. Pavlov’s

Classical Conditioning

b. Vygotsky’s Socio-Cultural Theory d. Bandura’s Social Learning Theory

24. According to Vygotsky, what are the two central factors in cognitive development?

a. Social interaction and language factors c. Intellectual and language factors

e.

Socio-environmental factors

b. Emotional and mental factors

d. Pscho-social factors

25. Which of the six stages of moral development advocated by Lawrence Kohlberg states that an individual is

motivated to do what is

desired of him to do in order to avoid punishment?

a. Mutual benefit stage

c. Punishment-obedience stage

b. Social approval stage

d. Law and Order stage

e. Social contract &

universal principles

26. It is another stage of moral development theorized by Kohlberg that is associated with the development of

one’s conscience, having

a set of standards that drives one to possess moral responsibility to make societal changes regardless of

consequences to oneself.

a. Universal Principles stage c. Punishment-obedience stage

b. Social approval stage

d. Law and Order stage

e. Mutual Benefit Stage

27. Research on Piagetian tasks indicates that thinking becomes more logical and abstract as children reach

the formal operation stage.

What is an educational implication of this finding?

a. Engage children in analogical reasoning as early as preschool to train them for higher order thinking

(HOTS)

b. Learners who are not capable of logical reasoning from ages 8 to 11 lag behind in their cognitive

development

c. Let children be children

d. Expect hypothetical reasoning for learners between 12 to 15 years of age.

e. None of these mentioned is an educational implication

28. Student diversity can promote harmony among students in the classroom. What does this imply to the

teaching-learning process?

a. The teacher can provide more than just theory through lecture, make the classroom a public place

where community can

be practiced.

b. Through student-centered teaching strategies, diverse students can be encouraged to interact and

collaborate with one

another in a cooperative or team learning process.

c. The classroom is peculiarly a market place of ideas where opportunity can be provided for students

to gain access to the perspective of peers.

d. Help the students focus on their awareness of themselves as they see how others are different.

e. Not one of these mentioned is an implication to teaching.

29. Which of Howard Gardner’s nine forms of Multiple Intelligences describes the learner’s ability to see things

in one’s mind in planning to create or solve problem?

a. Verbal / linguistic b. Visual/iconic

c. Mathematical/Logical

d. Visual/Spatial

e.

Kinesthetic

30. A form of intelligence in which the learner seeks connection to real world understanding and application of

new learning is the ___ .

a. Intrapersonal intelligence

c. Existentialist form of intelligence

b. Naturalist form of intelligence

d. Verbal/linguistic

e. Visual/Spatial

31. A learner who feels more comfortable to learn with the aid of abstract symbolism such as mathematical

formula or written word, possesses what kind of sensory learning style?

a. Visual enactive style

c. Visual – iconic style

e. Concrete learning style

b. Visual – symbolic style

d. Imagery learning style

a. Viewing power point presentation

c. Panel discussion/debate

e. field trip /nature study

b. Listening to a speech/speaking

d. hands-on / laboratory activities

33. Which of the following characterizes left-brained dominant individual?

a. visual, responds to tone of voice, responds to emotion

b. impulsive, less punctual, prefers frequent mobility while studying

c. processes information in varied order, random, gestures when speaking

d. verbal, responds to word meaning, plans ahead, responds to logic

e. prefers sound/music while studying, recalls people’s faces, sequential

34. Which of the following categories of exceptional learners is described as having difficulty in focusing and

maintaining attention with recurrent hyperactive-impulsive behavior?

a. Emotional/conduct disorders

c. Learning disabilities

e. Attention-Deficit

Hyperactivity Disorder

b. Speech and communication disorders d. Autism

35. The Theory of Behaviorism focuses on the study of ___ .

a. observable and measurable behavior

c. abstract reasoning

e. unpredictable behaviors

b. logical reasoning

d. covert behaviors

36. Learning by classical conditioning was first studied by ___.

a. Edward Thorndike b. John Watson

c. Ivan Pavlov d. Burrhus Frederick Skinner e. Jerome Bruner

37. William Glasser’s Control Theory states that behavior is inspired by what satisfies a person’s want at any

given time. What then must a teacher do to motivate students’ basic human needs?

a. Make teaching-learning interactive

d. Make schoolwork relevant to student’s basic

human needs

b. Avoid giving so many assignments

e. Provide varied learning materials

c. Organize a curriculum in a spiral manner

38. Edward Thorndike’s Connectionism Theory (S-R Bond Theory) of Learning came up with three

Primary laws. Which law/s states that when a connection between stimulus and response is strengthened,

learning is satisfying; when weakened, learning is annoying.

a. Law of Effect

b. Law of Exercise

c. Law of Readiness d. both a and b

e. both b

and c

39. Which law/s of learning by Thorndike is/are analogous to this statement ? : “You can take the horse to the

river, but you can not force the horse to drink.”

a. Law of Effect

b. Law of Exercise

c. Law of Readiness d. Laws a & b e. Laws b & c

40. Fear of the dentist from a painful experience of tooth extraction, fear of heights from falling off a high chair

when we were infants are learned through ___ .

a. Insight

b. Imitation c. classical conditioning

d. trial-and-error learning

e. operant

conditioning

41. Who was that first American psychologist to work with Pavlov’s idea on classical conditioning process of

learning, but in his research, he involved human behaviors which he claimed are learned through

stimulus-response associations by conditioning?

a. B. F. Skinner

b. John Watson

c. E. Thorndike

d. Robert Gagne

e. John Locke

42. Ms. Ramos taught her four year old son to tie his shoe lace by following sequential step. Ms. Ramos gave

her child reinforcement (reward) every time the boy performed the step until he was able to do the

entire sequence successfully. What process of learning did the boy use to learn in tying his shoe lace?

a. Classical conditioning b. Behavioral chaining c. Behavior shaping d. Positive reinforcing

e.

Negative reinforcing

43. The Sign-Gestalt Learning Theory or Purposive Behaviorism of Edward Tolman explains that __________

a. an organism learns by pursuing signs (stimulus) to a goal acquired through meaningful behavior.

b. new stimulus (the sign) always corresponds to a certain response.

c. a learner learns and experiences success in learning by trial-and error.

d. an organism (learner) learns new behaviors by adapting himself to the environment he belongs.

e. a learner shapes his behavior to a more improved behavior by conditioning process.

44. What is the underlying principle of learning in the Social Learning Theory proposed by Albert Bandura?

a. That people can learn by observing the behavior of others and the outcomes of those behaviors.

b. That learning has to be represented by a permanent change in behavior.

c. That a child learns more effectively with the aid of teaching machines.

d. That modeling is not favorable in learning, hence it does not provide positive behavior change.

e. That consequences of the model’s behavior may not always affect the observer’s behavior

vicariously.

45. Which is the correct sequence in modeling the behavior of others?

a. Attention – motivation – retention – motor reproduction

b. Attention - motor reproduction – retention – motivation

c. Motivation - attention - retention - motor reproduction

d. Attention - retention - motor reproduction - motivation

e. Motor chaining - attention - retention - motivation

46. What does the Gestalt’s Theory of Learning emphasize on?

a. Mental processes and perceptions are less effective in cognitive development in learning.

b. Learned behaviors can be improved by constant practice.

c. Mental processes and products of perception are basic to cognitive learning.

d. Gestalt’s process of learning is through sequential process to form meaning or idea.

e. Gestalt’s theory adhere to the idea that learning takes place by foresight and prediction.

47. How should a teacher go about a spiral curriculum as stressed by Jerome Bruner?

a. The teacher teaches the same content in different ways depending on students’ developmental

level.

b. The curriculum should be organized in a spiral manner to allow students to continually build upon

what they have already

learned.

c. Instruction must be structured so that it can be easily grasped by the students.

d. a, b and c conform with the spiral curriculum

e. a, b and c do not support the idea on spiral curriculum.

48. In what representation level of learning should children learn about the world through actions on physical

objects and the outcomes of these actions?

a. Enactive representation c. Symbolic representation

e. Abstract representation

b. Iconic representation

d. Semi-abstract representation

49. Which of the following concepts support/s David Ausubel’s Meaningful Verbal Learning Theory?

a. Knowledge is hierarchically organized

b. Information becomes meaningful when it is related to what is already known.

c. Individuals learn large amounts of meaningful material from verbal/textual presentation.

d. b and c support Ausubel’s theory.

e. a, b and c do not support Ausubel’s theory.

50. Research says: “People tend to attribute their successes to internal causes and their failures to external

causes.” Based on this finding, what should be taught to students for them to be genuinely motivated to

succeed?

a. Tell them the research finding when applied will make them genuinely motivated.

b. Convince them to realize that genuine motivation is the only factor that matters for a person to

succeed.

c. Make them realize that both success and failure are more a function of internal causes.

d. Make them realize that failure is a part of life.

d. None of these.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: CHILD & ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

1. The process by which certain potentials are inherited from the parents for his development

a. Life

b. Birth

c. Heredity

d. Character

2. This theory states that there are 8 basic development stages that the individual has to pass through his life

a. Learning Theory

b. Psychoanalytic Theory

c. Psychosocial Theory

d. Cognitive

Development

3. Transition age from childhood to adulthood where rapid physical changes and sex maturity occur resulting

in changes in ways of feelings, thinking and acting.

a. Puberty

b. Adolescence

c. Early adulthood

d. Stage V

4. Modifying an existing scheme after an individual’s interaction with the environment, resulting in the

creation of a new scheme.

a. Assimilation

b. Interaction c. Recognition d. Accommodation

5. Theory stating that a person’s behavior can be motivated by urges towards self satisfaction.

a. Psychoanalytic Theory

b. Cognitive development theory

c. Psychosocial Theory

d. Moral

development theory

6. The ability of a child to conceptualize the retention and preservation of the same quantity under various

changes.

a. Recognitionb. Reversibility

c. Assimilation

d. Conservation

7. Refers to the idea that no individual are exactly the same or alike.

a. Cognitive theory

b. Exclusivity theory c. Individual differences

d. Emotional quotient

8. He is known as the Father of Modern I.Q. Test

a. Lewis Terman

b. Erick Erickson

c. Laurence Kohlberg d. Martin Lesley

9.“Intellectual appreciative experience” is …

a. base on the premise that all learning has emotional correlates

b. obtained in the field of music, art and literature

c. the acquisition and retention of facts and information

d. assumes that human activities are based on stimulus and response

10. These statements imply that children at the early learning stage consider parents and teachers as

authorities and models.

a. Parents and teachers should always coordinate children’s activities

b. Parents should enforce strict discipline at home and teachers in school

c. Parents and teachers should be the role models at all times

d. Parents and teachers should always consult each other with regards the child’s intellectual

development

11. Any change in the behavior of an individual

a. Learning

b. Response c. Change

d. Development

a. Excitation b. Adhesive Principle c. Stimulus Generalization

d. None of the above

13. The reinforcement of a person’s responses by presentation or removal of rewards and punishment.

a. Operant conditioning

b. Transfer of learning

c. Feedback Principle d. Discipline

14. This stimulation of action best explains the behavior of an individual to take what he perceives to be the

shortest route to his goals.

a. Recognitionb. Assimilation

c. Response

d. Motivation

15. The process by which an individual acquires the social and cultural heritage of the society where he

belongs.

a. Socialization

b. Internalization

c. Integration d. Acquisition

16. What is the main function of the philosophies of education?

a. To aid the leaner to build his/her own personal philosophy.

b. Define goals and set directions from which educational efforts should be exerted.

c. Provide guidelines in the foundation of educational policies and programs.

d. Provide norms and standards for evaluation purposes.

17. According to Froebel, kindergarten is also known as ____________?

a. “A place where children have fun and enjoyment”

c. “The learning center for Life”

b. “Garden where children could grow and develop”

d. “A place where new beginnings

begin”

18. Which of the following statements is given emphasis by “humanistic education?”

a. The great works of man such as the classics should be enjoyed.

b. Man should learn the different philosophies of education

c. “Build a man who is distinctly civilized, educated and refined”

d. Develop man into a thinking individual

19. A teacher who advocates the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience should follow

learning, thus, she has to?

a. require her student mastery of the lessons

c. equip her students with basic skills and abilities

b. encourage her students to memorize facts

d. provide her student with opportunities to apply

their skills and abilities

20. How are institutions of learning encouraged to set higher standards over and above the minimum

requirement for state recognition?

a. Scholastic achievement

b. Faculty development

c. Academic freedom d. Voluntary

accreditation

21. The period of physical, especially sexual, and mental maturation which is characterized by rapid somatic

growth is known as

a. infancy

b. early childhood

c. puberty

d. adulthood

22. Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of

a. darkness

b. strangers

c. closed space

d. height

23. An eye defect characterized by clear vision in one dimension but unfocused vision on the other is called

a. myopia

b. astigmatism

c. hyperopia d. presbyopia

24. Which of the following statements does not apply to adolescents?

a. they desire the approval of their peers

c. they have a marked sex development

b. they seek dependence on their parents

d. none of the above

25.As young people mature, society expects them to develop competencies and assume social roles in a

conventional manner.

a. expectation of parents

b. influence of peers groups

c. influence of formal education

d.

cultural demands

26. The founder of the theory of psychology called psychoanalysis was

a. Lock

b. Hume

c. Freud

d. Leibnitz

27. When the learner reaches a point where no further improvement can be expected, he is in a so-called

a. development crisisb. learning plateau

c. regression d. depression

28. Regarding the sexual maturation o boys and girls, teachers should bear in mind that:

a. girls mature at a late stage than boys

c. boys and girls mature at the same time

b. girls mature at an earlier stage than boys

d. there are no marked differences in their time of

maturity

29. Rationalization is used by student who

a. always give explanation or reason for their failures rather than own their faults

b. like to take the blame for their faults

c. bribe their elders with promises

d. substitute words for deeds

30. Which of the following is true of Abnormal Psychology?

a. it studies the cause of personality defects

c. it concentrates on the scholastic

performance of the individual

b. it measures the accomplishments of the individual

d. it investigates the educational

background of the individual

31. Which of the following is a continuous variable?

a. weight

b. sex c. nationality d. race

32. Which of the following is true about one’s IQ?

a. it remains fairly constant b. it is highly changeable

c. it is affected by attitude d. it is never

constant

33. Transfer of training easily takes place if the activities involved

a. Are different

b. Have identical element

c. Occur in the same place

d. Vary in

difficulty

a. with indifference

b. with disinterest

c. with arrogance

d. with enthusiasm

35. A six-year-old child who has a mental age of eight years has an IQ of

a. 120

b. 130

c. 132

d. 133

36. The ratio obtained by dividing mental age by chronological age times 100 is called

a. derived quotient

b. deviation

c. intelligence quotient or IQ d. intelligence ratio

37. Which of the following was written by Plato?

a. Sic et Non b. The School and Society

c. The Republic

d. Emile

38. Who among those below asserted that “Education is for complete living”

a. Dewey

b. Spencer

c. Kant

d. Froebel

39. The right of an educational institution and its faculty to prescribe the methods/strategies of teaching refers

to:

a. building style

b. choice of curriculum

c. academic freedom d. co and extra curricular

program

40. The 1987 Constitution provides that religious institution can be given

a. with the students’ consent

c. with mayor’s permit

b. with the parent/guardian approval

d. with the school’s support

41. Public schools in the Philippines are the contribution of which colonizer?

a. American

b. British

c. Japanese

d. Spanish

42. Hardship allowance is given to a teacher when

a. he’s assigned in a depressed area

c. he’s in lahar area

b. he’s given additional teaching load

d. he’s assigned in a hazardous area

43. The ability for quantitative learning of the relations of facts taken from newspaper readings, letter writing

and the like is called:

a. functional literacy b. adjustment learning

c. Knowledge outcome

d. Social competence

44. A teacher who gives a uniform assignment to be worked out by all learners in Arithmetic is not observing a

characteristic of a good assignment. Which characteristic is overlooked?

a. It should be definite

c. It should emphasize the essential

b. It should be stimulating

d. It should provide for individual differences

45. If a student ask a question which the teacher does not have a ready answer, the latter should:

a. dismiss the question as irrelevant

c. admit the fact that he doesn’t know the answer

b. offer a bluff

d. ask volunteers to answer the question and do research on it

later.

46. The heredity traits acquired by a person in his lifetime;

a. are transmissible to his offspring

c. Have no influence on the offspring

b.reappear in his future grandparent

d. Become recessive traits

47. When student are given a chance to settle differences of opinion by discussion, they develop:

a. fair play

b. tolerance

c. irritants

d. sociability

48. The school’s responsibility towards teenagers “gang age” is:

a. provide the gang all the freedom it needs

b. gives classroom activities to give direction to out-of-school youth activities

c. supervise gang activities

d. set up norms of conduct or the member of the gang

49. In an intelligence test, a 13-year old girl got a score equivalent to that of a 15-year old. This means:

a. that the girl must be accelerated

c. that the girl has a chronological age of 15

b. that the girl is 2-years older mentally

d. that she has a mental age of 13

50. Which statement is not necessary to achieve the learner’s interest in a learning activity?

a. the activity must lead to a practical end

b. the activity must be within the ability of the learner

c. the activity must fill a need recognized by the learner

d. the learner must have the experience that will furnish the background for the activity

51. He is responsible for the theory which recognizes the importance of developing multiple intelligence

a. Jean Piaget b. Howard Gardner

c. Frederick Froebel d. Sigmund Freud

52. The need to recognize and develop special sensitivity to language, thus helping the learners to use the

right word, phrase and/or graph to grasp new meaning refers to

a. visual intelligence b. linguistic intelligence

c. feelings sensitivity d. jargon

53. The sensitivity to tone and pitch, allowing one to produce musical scoring is intelligence in?

a. musical

b. verbal ability

c. quantitative exercises

d. qualitative analysis

54. One’s ability to do abstract reasoning and manipulate symbols refers to what type of intelligence?

a. musical

b. personality identification c. mental ability

d. mathematical-logical

55. The ability to perceive how objects are related in order to mentally perceive what is seen, thus creating

concrete visual images from memory refers to?

a. visual-spatial intelligence b. musical

c. language

d. logical reasoning

56. The capacity to analyze one’s feelings and thus be able to understand and be able to know the motives of

other people’s actions.

a. spatial

b. personal

c. logical

d. diametric

57. The type of intelligence which enables a person to understand other person’s feelings, behavior and

motivation.

a. emotional b. spatial

c. social intelligence d. quantitative and qualitative

58. The type of intelligence which characterizes actress, actors, mimes, dancers and people of the Arts?

a. bodily-kinesthetic b. scientific

c. research

d. emotions

59. An emerging thrust in determining one’s personality, whether pleasant or unwholesome, this type of

personality measurement is the wholesomeness of one’s virtues, i.e., values, relationships with other,

adjustments to varying situations, behavior an motivations

a. emotional quotient (E.Q.)

c. maladjustment personality

b. intelligence quotient (I.Q.)

d. anticipated behavior

60. It is a measurement of personality which is the result by dividing the mental age by the chronological age.

a. emotional quotient (E.Q.)

c. multiple Intelligence

b. intelligence quotient (I.Q.)

d. forecasted behavior quotient

61. The teacher must be aware that both heredity and environment represent complex factors, exerting many

specific influences on an individual’s growth. Which of the following statements best represents the influence

of heredity and environment?

a. Heredity counts; environment is less important.

b. If the environment is changed, heredity becomes less important.

c. The relative influences of heredity and environment can vary widely in an individual’s growth.

d. In the long run, both tend to cancel each other’s influences

e. None of the above

62. Heredity has a part in determining intelligence. Which of the following statements support this principle?

a. Environment affects both fraternal and identical twins c. Intelligence is determined partly by

pre-natal nutrition

b. Intelligence hinges in physical structures

d. Identical twins are more alike than

fraternal twins

63. Educators who contributed to the “open education” movement includes:

a. Neill and piaget

b. Kohl and kozol

c. Bruner and Silberman

d. All of the above

64. A child’s social skills can be measured by:

a. direct observation and parent-teacher conferences

c. adaptive behavior scales

b. psychological test

d. A and C above

65. A teacher uses behavioral modification techniques in his classes. Which of the following student behaviors

would he find most difficult to change?

a. Aggressive tendencies toward classmates

c. Interrupting a speaker

b. Poor habits in organizing work materials

d. Abandoning a project before it is finished

66. Learning-disabled children most characteristically have:

a. low IQ

b. poor socio-economic backgrounds

c. an average level of intelligence d. minimal

brain damage

67. Which of the following is true about educable mentally retarded children?

a. Their IQ range between 50 and 70

c. Their reading, writing, and arithmetic skills cannot

be improved

b. They have short attention spans and experience difficulty in generalizing

d. A and B above

68. Which of the following is characteristics of a dyslexic child

a. Mirror writing

b. listlessness c. Below-average intelligence

d. Hyperactivity

69. Primary reading retardation is presumed to be neurologically based, related to parietal lobe dysfunction?

a. Inability to relate sound to letter symbols

c. Left-right directional confusion

b. Inadequate auditory information processing

d. Speech aphasia

70. Students with secondary reading problems have capacity to read, but are non-readers because of:

a. auditory problems b. congenital defects c. visual-acuity impairment d. environmental or emotional

actors

71. If a teacher accepts Maslow’s theory on the hierarchy of needs, he or she will probably structure objectives

to:

a. meet both the physiological and intellectual needs of students

c. eliminate extrinsic

motivations

b. eliminate testing

d. maintain a certain anxiety level for increased competition

72. The knowledge explosion has led to crowding more and more information into curriculum courses. A likely

result is that:

a. the textbook will no longer be the main instructional medium in many classes

b. the child may spend more time in school

c. the teacher may have to rely more on these multimedia materials

d. all of the above

73. During the learning process the teacher has most control over:

a. the learners

b. the learning environment c. the learning process

d. the behavior of the

learners

74. Which of the following conditions does NOT contribute to a climate psychologically suited to learning?

a. The teacher acts like a “real person.”

c. The teacher accepts students

as they are

b. The teacher makes all of the decisions about students’ learning activities.

d. The teacher shows

trust in students’ decisions

75. William Glasser advocates the frequent use of classroom meetings, with teacher and students sitting in a

small circle. Which one of the following types of discussion would NOT be appropriate in such a setting?

a. An educational-diagnostic conference on the learning weaknesses of individual students.

b. An open-ended meeting for the purpose of exploring and discussing student’s ideas about the

curriculum

c. A social-problem-solving meeting to resolve teacher or student problems elating to the school, the

class, or any individual

member.

d. A sensitivity-training meeting for the purpose of helping students ace their school-related problems

and learn how their

actions can affect others

76. Which of the following does NOT represent a teacher’s contribution to the emotional environment of the

classroom?

a. A strident, compelling voice.

c. A well-written lesson plan

b. A sustained sense of expectation where student achievement is concerned d. A sense of humor in a

tense situation

77. According to Jones, student commitment to accomplishing a learning goal depends on all of the following

EXCEPT:

a. how interesting the goal is

b. how likely it seems that the goal can be accomplished

c. what degree of challenge the goal presents

d. whether the learner will be able to tell if the goal has been accomplished

e. whether materials are ready assembled for undertaking the goal

78. The teacher who understands the adolescent’s need to conform will:

a. use sarcasm as a disciplinary device

c. establish a learning climate that fosters

feelings of security

b. disregard unique responses in discussion and on examinations

d. lecture students on their

weakness of character

79. The best public relations agents for a school are the:

a. pupils

b. Teachers and pupils

c. PTA members

d. principals

80. The child-centered curriculum is in decided contrast to the structured curriculum. The child-centered

curriculum:

a. emphasizes fundamental education

c. is oriented to the needs of a

democratic society.

b. is changeable and is built around student interest and needs d. utilizes the theory of mental

discipline

81. According to Bruner, teacher working with young children should

a. Push the children to maximum cognitive development as rapidly as possible

b. Present all information verbally so the children will listen well

c. Present new material from the concrete to the abstract

d. Present new information from the abstract to the concrete

82. from the educational viewpoint, intelligence is:

a. an abstract concept

c. good judgment

b. a trait that can be manipulated

d. a form of behavior

83. Every taxonomy of educational objectives:

a. describes increasingly difficult learning activities

c. suggest evaluation measure for

teacher use

b. describes levels of goals for learner development

d. Classifies learning outcomes

84. A mathematics teacher following Gagne’s theory of learning believes that:

a. learning can take place under all conditions

c. learning takes place only when the student is in a

receptive state

b. learning is mainly a matter of accurate discrimination d. learning is reinforced chiefly by classical

conditioning

85. Under which of the following conditions is a child’s IQ more likely to increase?

a. If the emotional climate in the classroom improves

b. If the child is given a large “research” project.

c. If the child enjoys problem solving and is given ample opportunity for it

d. If A and C are true

86. Intelligence is the basis of education. Education is the effective means for national development, hence, a

country spends a large portion of its budget for the systematic training of the learner to attain full

development. Why is education one major concern of every country? Because

a. intelligence has many facets

b. intelligence is useful in testing

c. intelligence is a safe gauge for budgetary allocation

d. intelligence test when carefully conducted, can help in determining need for future facilities for

national building

87. There are no two individuals who are the same. Individual differences, when early recognize and provided

for, enable the teacher to provide different motivations and approaches in guiding the learning process. Each

pupil differs physically, mentally, socially and emotionally from other children. Unless the teacher provides for

this nature of the learner, no amount of modern approaches in teaching can elicit favorable results.

a. The paragraph highlights the need or motivating learning

b. Individual differences is an important consideration in guiding the learner

c. The above paragraph focuses on teacher-pupil relationship

d. It takes about the nature of the learning process

88. Robert Craig, et al, wrote of the phase of steps in every learning process. These include: 1.) the focusing of

attention to the stimulation at hand, 2.) the interplay of the learner and the social factors that surround him,

3.) the acquisition of a new response or behavior he gives to the new learning and 4.) Retention which

presupposes that the new learning is acquired.

The above paragraph emphasizes

a. the learning process

c. the manifestations of learning

b. the steps/phase of how individuals learn

d. why learning is a difficult process

89. Approaches in teaching change from time to time depending on the traditional of sophistication attached

to the course being taught. Some mentors believe that the tie tested ways to teaching is effective. Other are

easily carried away to use modern approaches in imparting new subject matter. It may be safe to conclude

that once results are realized in teaching, no specific method can be considered the one-and-only method to

use. When teaching a subject area, it is safe to

a. stick to the traditional way

c. get results in teaching