PROF ED BOOSTER √B. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks.

C. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.

1. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early D. Apply reactive approach to discipline.
childhood years?
A. Develops competitive spirit. 9. A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from a
B. Separates reality from fantasy. dysfunctional family and has been abused and neglected. He
√C. Increases imagination due to expanding knowledge and has been to two orphanages and three different elementary
emotional range. schools. The student can decode on the second grade level,
D. Develops the upper and lower limbs. but he can comprehend orally material at the fourth or fifth
grade level. The most probable cause/s of this student's
2. Student Z does not study at all but when the Licensure reading problem is/are __________.
Examination for Teachers (LET) comes, before he takes the A. emotional factors
LET, he spends one hour or more praying for a miracle, i.e. B. poor teaching
to pass the exam. Which attitude towards religion or God is C. neurological factors
displayed? D. immaturity
A. Religion as fake
√B. Religion as magic 10. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the
C. Religion as authentic highest good. Teacher's teaching is against what
D. Religion as real philosophy?
A. Realism
3. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which among these √B. Hedonism
will be your guiding principle? C. Epicureanism
A. I must teach the child that we can never have real D. Empiricism
knowledge of anything.
√B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to 11. With which goals of educational institutions as provided
the full. for by the Constitution is the development of work skills
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven. aligned?
D. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value A. To develop moral character
that he needs for a better future. B. To teach the duties of citizenship
C. To inculcate love of country
4. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by custom that √D. To develop vocational efficiency
they are set apart, said one Oriental philosopher. Where can
this thought be most inspiring? 12. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as
A. In a multi-cultural group of learners indirect instruction is for __________, __________,
√B. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of learners __________.
and indigenous peoples' group A. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions
C. In a class composed of indigenous peoples B. concepts, patterns and abstractions
D. In heterogeneous class of learners √C. concepts, processes and generalizations
D. guesses, data and conclusions
5. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very good in
dramatizing. Which tool must have helped him discover his 13. To elicit more student's response, Teacher G made use
pupils' strength? of covert responses. Which one did she NOT do?
A. Portfolio assessment A. She had the students write their response privately.
√B. Performance test √B. She showed the correct answers on the overhead after
C. Journal entry the students have written their responses.
D. Paper-and-pencil test C. She had the students write their responses privately then
called each of them.
6. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set D. She refrained from judging on the student's responses.
mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under
__________. 14. What should you do if a parent who is concerned about a
A. intelligence test grade his child received compared to another student's
B. aptitude test grade, demands to see both students' grades?
√C. criterion-referenced test A. Refuse to show either record.
D. norm-referenced test √B. Show both records to him.
C. Refuse to show any record without expressing permission
7. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a morally from principal.
ambiguous situation and asks his students what they would D. Show only his child's records.
do. On whose theory is Teacher I's technique based?
A. Kohlberg
√B. Bandura 15. John Watson said:Men are built not born.What does this
C. Piaget statement point to?
D. Bruner A. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's
development.
8. Which is a sound classroom management practice? √B. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person's
A. Avoid establishing routines development.
C. The absence of genetic influence on a person's single concept for inter-disciplinary teaching. Which
development strategy/method did I use?
D. The effect of heredity. A. Problem-entered learning
B. Thematic instruction
16. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his C. Reading-writing activity
audience: "Reminder, you are what you choose to be." The √D. Unit method
guest speaker is more of a/an __________.
A. realistic 24. Read the following then answer the question
B. pragmatist TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE
C. idealist PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THE
√D. existentialist UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GOTO THE MOON AND SEE IF
17. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin to THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE WE DON'T
develop study skills and habits in underachieving student HAVE.
would be to __________. BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO THE CENTER
A. have these underachieving students observe the study OF THE EARTH AND SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF THE
habits of excelling students MISSING ELEMENTS.
√B. encourage students to talk about study habits from their RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE
own experiences METEORITES IF WE CAN FIND ANY.
C. have them view film strips about various study TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS. BUT
approaches WHAT IF THOSE EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON, TO
D. give out a list of effective study approaches THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, OR TO FIND
METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND TIME
18. Principal C shares this thought with his teachers:Subject CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS
matter should help students understand and appreciate WE ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH TO FIND
themselves as unique individuals who accept complete SOME NEW ONES?
responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and actions.From Question: The Teacher's questions in the above exchange
which philosophy is this thought based? are examples of __________ questions.
A. Perennialism A. fact
B. Essentialism B. concept
√C. Existentialism √C. direct
D. Progressivism D. closed

19. The search for related literature by accessing several 25. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that
databases by the use of a telephone line to connect a more from the lower group got the test item # 6 correctly.
computer library with other computers that have database is This means that the test item __________.
termed __________. A. has a negative discriminating power
A. compact disc search √B. has a lower validity
B. manual search C. has a positive discriminating power
√C. on-line search D. has a high reability
D. computer search
26. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to avoid
20. Teacher W wants to review and check on the lesson of __________ questions.
the previous day? Which one will be most reliable? A. informational
A. Having students identify difficult homework problems. B. rhetorical
B. Having students correct each other's work. √C. leading
√C. Sampling the understanding of a few students. D. divergent
D. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant information
necessary for the day's lesson. 27. The teacher's first task in the selection of media in
teaching is to determine the ______.
21. During the Spanish period, what was/were the A. choice of the students
medium/media of instruction in schools? B. availability of the media
A. The Vernacular √C. objectives of the lesson
B. English D. technique to be used
C. Spanish 28. Principal B tells her teachers that training in the
√D. Spanish and the Vernacular humanities is most important. To which educational
philosophy does he adhere?
22. With indirect instruction in mind, which does NOT √A. Existentialism
belong to the group? B. Perennialism
√A. Problem solving C. Progressivism
B. Lecture-recitation D. Essentialism
C. Inductive reasoning
D. Discovery 29. Who among the following needs less verbal counseling
but needs more concrete and operational forms of
23. I combined several subject areas in order to focus on a assistance? The child who __________.
A. has mental retardation √C. Part-whole
√B. has attention-deficit disorder D. Sequence
C. has learning disability
D. has conduct disorder 37. Theft of school equipment like tv, computer, etc. by
teenagers in the community itself is becoming a common
30. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher W phenomenon. What does this incident signify?
asks her students to rate a given paragraph along the A. Prevalence of poverty in the community.
elements of a good paragraph. The students' task is in level B. Inability of school to hire security guards.
of __________ C. Deprivation of Filipino schools.
A. application √D. Community's lack of sense of co-ownership.
√B. analysis
C. evaluation 38. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself
D. synthesis in major task analysis?
A. Test if learning reached higher level thinking skills.
31. In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional √B. Breakdown a complex task into sub-skills.
Teachers, which is NOT said of teachers? C. Determine the level of thinking involved.
√A. LET passers D. Revise lesson objectives.
B. Duly licensed professionals
C. Possess dignity and reputation 39. With-it-ness, according to Kounin, is one of the
D. With high-moral values as well as technical and characterestics of an effective classroom manager. Which
professional competence phrase goes with it?
A. Have hands that write fast.
32. Study this group of tests which was administered with B. Have eyes on the back of your heads.
the following results, then answer the question. C. Have a mouth ready to speak.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score Z score D. Have minds packed with knowledge.
Math 56 10 43 -1.3
Physics 41 9 31 -1.1111 40. Ruben is very attached to his mother and Ruth to her
English 80 16 109 1.8125 father. In what developmental stage are they according to
In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most poorly in Freudian psychological theory?
relation to the group's performance? √A. Oedipal stage
√A. English B. Latent stage
B. English and Math C. Anal stage
C. Math D. Pre-genital stage
D. Physics
41. Teacher Y does norm-referenced interpretation of
33. Teacher G's lesson objective has something to do with scores. Which of the following does she do?
the skill of synthesizing? Which behavioral term is most A. She describes group performance in relation to a level of
appropriate? mastery set.
A. Test B. She uses a specified content as its frame of reference.
B. Assess √C. She compares every individual students' scores with
C. Appraise others' scores.
√D. Theorize D. She describes what should be their performance.

34. Standard deviation is to variability as mean is to 42. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist. Which among
__________. these will be your guiding principle?
A. coefficient of correlation √A. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value
√B. central tendency that he needs for a better future.
C. discrimination index B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the
D. level of difficulty full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.
35. If you agree with Rizal on how you can contribute to our D. I must teach the child that we can never have real
nation's redemption, which should you work for? knowledge of anything.
A. Opening our doors to foreign influence
√B. Upgrading the quality of the Filipino through education 43. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive
C. Stabilizing the political situation interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
D. Gaining economic recovery √A. Plato
B. Scorates
36. Teacher T taught a lesson denoting ownership by means C. Aristotle
of possessives. He first introduced the rule, then gave D. Pythagoras
examples, followed by class exercises, then back to the rule
before he moved into the second rule. Which presenting 44. Teacher B engages her students with information for
technique did he use? thorough understanding for meaning and for competent
A. Combinatorial application. Which principle governs Teacher B's practice?
B. Comparative A. Contructivist
B. Gestalt
C. Behaviorist
√D. Cognitivist

45. What was the most prominent educational issue of the

mid 1980s?
√A. Bilingual Education
B. Values Education
C. Accountability
D. Mainstreaming

46. A teacher/student is held responsible for his actions

because s/he __________.
A. has instincts
B. is mature
√C. has a choice
D. has reason

47. For which may you use the direct instruction method?
A. Become aware of the pollutants around us.
B. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
√C. Use a microscope properly.
D. Distinguish war from aggression.

48. The concepts of trust vs. maturity, autonomy vs. self-

doubt, and initiative vs. guilt are most closely related with
the works of __________.
√A. Erikson
B. Piaget
C. Freud
D. Jung

49. What measure of central tendency does the number 16

represent in the following data: 14, 15, 17, 16, 19, 20, 16,
14, 16?
A. Mode
B. Median
√C. Mode and median
D. Mean = 16.333

50. The principle of individual differences requires teachers

to __________.
A. give greater attention to gifted learners
√B. provide for a variety of learning activities
C. treat all learners alike while in the classroom
D. prepare modules for slow learners in class