Professional Education: Mock Board Exam
Professional Education: Mock Board Exam
Professional Education: Mock Board Exam
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Of the following, which is most effective for influencing human emotion for retention and
discovery of learning?
A. Drills to augment retention
B. Use of inspirational tool (book, film, art, etc)
C. Telling of jokes in teaching
D. Emotional delivery of lessons
3. What is the most appropriate tagline for the slogan on cultural diversity: "Different roads
sometimes lead to the same castle?
A. Cultural diversity
B. Unity amid cultural diversity
C. Cultural identify
D. Cultural norm
5. Teacher A likes to show how the launching of spaceships takes place. Which of the
following materials available is MOST fit?
A. Model C. Replica
B. Mock-up D. Realia
7. I am a progressivist. For teaching in the affective domain, which will form part of my
philosophy of education?
A. I will impose objective values to my students
B. I will engage my classes in values clarification.
C. I will inculcate values in my lessons.
D. I will not do any sort of value education considering pluralistic values.
11. What is the philosophy behind Philippine schools that seek to promote democratic
opportunities for all and humanistic education through lifelong learning?
A. Perrennialsm C. Classical education
B. Progressivism D. Positivism
12. What is the process for Piaget done during our growing years, acquiring new
experiences and ideas?
A. Assimilation C. Schematization
B. Equilibrium D. Accommodation
14. What principle is violated by overusing the chalkboard, as though it is the only
educational technology available?
A. Isolated use C. Variety
B. Flexibility D. Uniformity
16. Are school heads and superintendents required to obtain a professional teacher's
license?
A. No since they do administrative functions only
B. Yes, since they are classified as teachers.
C. No since they are managers not teachers
D. Yes, since they are also classroom teachers
17. You are required to formulate your own philosophy of education in the course, The
Teaching Profession. Based on Bloom's revised taxonomy, in which level of cognitive
processing are you?
A. Analyzing C. Evaluating
B. Applying D. Creating
18. There will be harmony in society if the five basic relationships that make up society are
lived correctly. This thought was espoused by
A. Kung fu-tzu C. Lao tzu
B. Mohammad D. Buddha
20. Reliability of tests can be improved by various factors, and one is in which scores are
spread over a range of abilities.
A. heterogeneous of the student group
B. moderate item difficulty
C. increased number of score items
D. objective scoring
22. Which of the following can best encourage participation by learners on the issue of
family conflicts?
A. Graphs and charts C. Role playing
B. Power-point presentation D. Photos
25. Which of the following in one of the avenues for assisting learners to acquire the
thinking competence for metacognition?
A. assessment of study habits
B. peer-learning
C. conformance with rules and regulations
D. practical application of ideas
27. William Garr said: "People who introduce themselves with the shame remark that they
are just teachers" gives me despair in my heart. Based on this quote, how does William
Garr want teachers to behave?
A. Give up teaching.
B. Compare teaching with the other professions.
C. Work for selective admission of candidates to the teaching
D. Look everyone squarely in the eye and say I am a teacher
29. Through what are the vision-mission-goals of schools concretized in the day-to-day life
in the school?
A. Instructional activities C. Instructional materials
B. Modes of assessment D. Support services
30. What kind of knowledge processing is involved when teacher Gary asked his students
to reflect on themselves as self-learners?
A. meta-cognition C. observation
B. deduction D. induction
32. You get a partially correct answer. You say "yes but a part needs improvement". How
did you handle the response?
A. Provided an acceptance feedback
B. Criticized student's response
C. Gave appropriate praise
D. Provided a corrective feedback
33. At what level of Kohlberg's stages of morality is Joy allowing a seatmate to copy so that
she will appear to her as more intelligent?
A. Pre-conventional for mutual benefit
B. Conventional to obey the law
C. Pre-conventional out of fear of punishment
D. Conventional for social approval
34. What of the following factor does not contribute to facilitating the growth of creative
intelligence among students?
A. Integrating knowledge in a variety of fields
B. Peer sanctions
C. Tolerance to new ideas
D. Spirit and adventure in the classroom
35. Using Sigmund Freud's terminologies, how can drug addiction be explained?
A. Id exerts too much power over the Ego
B. Id and Super-ego balances each other
C. Ego overcomes the Id
D. The Super-ego blinds the Ego
36. The professional role of teachers has changed from "the sage on the stage to "guide
from the side. This implies that
A. teachers stress on their role as lecturer
B. teachers must project an "Almighty-Omniscient" image
C. teachers must act more as facilitators of learning
D. teachers must cling to their power to improve roles
37. Since Millennial Learners are immersed in cell phones, computers, Goodling, etc. the
use of ______is critical for use by modern teachers.
A. digital tools C. media
B. bulletin board displays D. audiovisuals
39. Miss Salvador feels offended by her supervisor's unfavorable comments after a
classroom supervision. Miss Miranda concludes that her supervisor does not like her.
Which Filipino trait is demonstrated by Miss Miranda?
A. "Kanya-kanya" syndrome C. Extreme family-centeredness
B. Extreme personalism D. Superficial religiousity
40. Especially in research, which activities lead to discoveries and insights on issues and
concerns?
A. Interactive C. Integrative
B. Interdisciplinary D. Innovative
42. Among important characteristics for successful teaching, which connotes physical vigor,
energy, perseverance, ambition, industry, endurance, motivation, purposefulness,
speediness, zealousness and quickness?
A. Emotional stability C. Drive
B. Reliability D. Refinement
45. How can the teacher best nurture and inspire learner participation?
A. Well practiced routines and C. Interactive instructional
drills strategies
B. Strictly observed classroom D. Effective assessment tools
management
46. Vygotsky's 2one of Proximal Development is the________ between what the child can
learn on his/her own and what is accomplished with the help of others.
A. divisor C. difference
B. multiplier D. equivalent
48. A barangay official suggested that fishing and marine life be included in the barangay
public school so that learners will have a background on the primary livelihood in their
area. This is based on what curriculum design model?
A. subject-centered C. problem-centered
B. career-centered D. learner-centered
49. Which of the following planned routine activity can Teacher Nikki effectively apply in
order to enrich her literature lesson on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
A. Posting Facebook page C. Writing essays
B. Going on a field trip D. Viewing a related film
51. Which teaching methodology statement should I formulate if I cling to the progressivist
philosophy of education?
A. I will make students learn by listening; less student talk, more teacher talk
B. I will make students learn by doing; less teacher talk, more student talk.
C. Teaching-learning takes place only in the classroom.
D. Teaching-learning is best with the full use of the chalkboard.
52. Upon which philosophy is a teacher practice when he takes into consideration the three
(3) learning types (auditory, visual and kinesthetic learner) of students?
A. Maturation C. Progressivism
B. Essentialism D. Naturalism
53. Every person strives to satisfy physical needs. He/she progressed maternally when
he/she increases his/her capacity to meet those needs and lines in material comfort but
in addition he also seeks to win social acceptance, prestige, status or superiority over
other people. What does this point about human person?
I. Psychological growth and spiritual program begin only when a person rises
above the mere effort to satisfy physical and social needs.
II. There is more to life than mere satisfaction of material needs
III. One must belong to a church for a fulfilment in life.
A. I, II and III C. I only
B. I and II D. I and III
56. These foundations show the chronological development of curriculum, mostly shown
usi1g a timeline
A. Legal Foundations C. Philosophical Foundations
B. Psychological Foundations D. Historical Foundations
58. When Philosophy started, man thought logically inside his mind forgetting external
physical reality, such that he believed "No one can step beside a river twice." What
stage of reasoning is this?
A. Metaphysical reasoning C. Deductive reasoning
B. Inductive reasoning D. Positivistic reasoning
59. How is the final grade per subject for Grades 11 and 12 obtained?
A. Get the average of the grades of the 4 quarters
B. Get the average of the grades of all subjects for the 2 semesters
C. Get the average of the grades of all subjects for the 4 semesters
D. Get the average of the grades for the 2 quarters.
60. In the Outcomes-based instruction, the key point is the student's ________.
A. assess his/her own learning
B. master lesson or unit content
C. ability to pass written and performance tests
D. ability to demonstrate learning
63. You have to remember the steps in opening a computer if you want to do it on your own.
In what level of assessment is remembering the steps?
A. Comprehension C. Analysis
B. Knowledge utilization D. Retrieval
64. Senior high school students from private schools are supported by the government
when they go to private schools by way of________.
A. scholarship grants C. low tuition fees
B. free tuition fees D. Voucher system
65. Which learning activities involve estimating, calculating, budgeting and analyzing?
A. Research C. Data gathering
B. Literacy D. Numeracy
66. What was the main characteristic of education during the years of Hispanic colonization
in the Philippines?
A. Adequate C. Free
B. Religion-oriented D. Secular
68. In his conduct of item analysis, Teacher Vien found out that more from lower group got
test item #6 correctly. This means that the test item is________.
A. has a negative discriminating power
B. has a positive discriminating power
C. has high reliability
D. has low validity
73. According to Gardner's multiple Intelligence Theory, learners who have the natural
ability and inclination for sounds, meanings, structures and sounds of language are
A. verbal-linguistic intelligence learners
B. naturalist intelligence learners
C. spatial intelligence learners
D. musical intelligence learners
74. "What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand." This means
that pupils learn best when they _________.
A. learn independently
B. watch television
C. work with groups
D. take active part in the learning process
75. What does a philosophy of education provide for the school agenda and those who
benefit from educational Work?
A. Curriculum C. Values
B. Vision D. Goals
76. How is content validity best assessed in the assignment to illustrate the law of supply
and demand?
A. Correct definition of supply and demand.
B. Illustration of supply and demand flow.
C. Concrete instances that show demand supplying demand.
D. Diagram of supply and demand trend.
77. Which of the following principles best applies to school and community relations?
A. The school is independent of the community
B. The community is obliged to participate in school programs
C. Community relations is part of the school program
D. Both school and community fall under local government control
78. Teacher Karen delegates some of her responsibilities to the whole class. She assigns
separate student monitors for attendance, classroom cleaning, and distribution of
learning materials, in which aspect is she good?
A. Instructional planning C. Value development
B. Classroom teaching D. Classroom management
80. Which of the following is most exemplary for question-and-answer episodes in teaching
practice?
I. Question and answer exchange are relevant
II. Answers have some depth
III. Questions spur critical thinking
IV. Focus is on meta-cognition
A. IV only C. I, II and IV
B. I, II and III D. I, III and IV
82. A test has high reliability valid when a test-retest method gives it a co-efficient value is
A. .80% or higher C. No lower than .70%
B. .100% D. .90% Of higher
83. Along Erikson's psychosocial theory which statement is one of autonomy in early
childhood?
A. I Worry that my parents will find fault in me
B. As I do things, I feel I made a mistake
C. I am apologetic about what I've done
D. I do things without worrying about them
88. In order for the students to clearly understand the structure and content of the teacher's
presentation, the teacher should have ___________.
A. a short preview
B. several years of experience as a presenter
C. a short conclusion
D. a summary
89. Which of the following is the best way to stop noise caused by one student?
A. Point a finger at him or her
B. Talk to him or her personally
C. Ask him or her to go out of the room
D. Ignore him or her
90. For effective classroom management, when should a teacher undertake the task of
setting up to routine activities?
A. Every Homeroom day
B. On the very first day of school
C. As soon as the students have adjusted to their schedules
D. Every day at the start of the lesson
91. What materials can be used when intended materials are not available?
A. Audio-visual material
B. Supplementary materials
C. Digital materials
D. Improvised materials
92. Which set of core values should Filipino teacher possess to become a global teacher?
A. Borderless thinking and interconnectivity
B. Economic excellence and materialism
C. Inclusivity and self-preservation
D. Cultural and historical rootedness and nationalism
96. When you wanted to genuinely clarify and point relative to an issue under discussion in
a meeting, what should you do as a teacher?
A. Discredit the other position.
B. Just keep quiet to avoid opposition.
C. Discuss with seatmate to get support.
D. Politely request for a recognition to clarify your point.
97. Here is a test item: "Jose Rizal was born in Calamba, Laguna on June_____
1861."What is WRONG with the item?
A. It is concerned in trivia
B. The blank is very short
C. It is open to more than one correct answer
D. The black is near the end
98. Here is an expected lesson outcome: "At the end of the lesson, all learners must
develop a positive attitude towards work." Is this a SMART lesson outcome?
A. Partly, since this belongs to the affective domain.
B. Yes, since this is a behavioural objective.
C. No, since this is not specific and measureable.
D. Yes, since this is result oriented.
99. When teachers conduct a series of evaluation to determine the extent of teaching, what
must be implemented?
A. Assessed curriculum C. Learned curriculum
B. Hidden curriculum D. Taught curriculum
100. To teach students to be less competitive, which teaching approach should be used
more?
A. Interdisciplinary C. Integration
B. Collaboration D. Reflection
103. For selectivity in the learning process, the Novice Learner attempts to process
_________ they receive in instruction.
A. selected information C. important information
B. manageable information D. all information
104. Teacher Mita claims she cares for students. Which is/are a manifestation of genuine
care?
I. Knows students
II. Creates a favourable learning atmosphere
III. Maintains professional distance with students
A. I and III C. II and III
B. I, II and III D. I and II
107. Teacher Gina asked her pupils to display their penmanship work in the beginning,
middle and near the end of the school year. Which type of portfolio is displayed?
A. Showcase portfolio C. Evaluation portfolio
B. Development portfolio D. Assessment portfolio
108. The results of assessment must be provided the soonest possible time to
A. parents C. registrar
B. principal D. students
112. Among major schools of learning theories, which consider how the individual
perceives the learning environment or situation?
A. Field and Gestalt theories C. Cognitive theories
B. Social theories D. Behavioral theories
113. I have to check if my students were able to produce the expected output as stated in
my intended learning outcome. Which type of portfolio am I interested to see?
A. Assessment portfolio C. Development portfolio
B. Showcase portfolio D. Evaluation portfolio
114. In introducing a new lesson, what is important to consider by way of lesson continuity.
A. introduce new lesson
B. prepare new audio visuals
C. have a pre-test for new lesson
D. relate new ideas to past lesson
115. Teacher Mara sees to it that her classroom is clean and orderly so her pupils will less
likely disarrange seats and litter on the floor. On which thought is her action based?
A. Progressivism C. Existentialism
B. Behaviorism D. Reconstructionism
116. What is the right attitude of a modern teacher towards the varied philosophies in the
human history of ideas?
A. Adopt elements of philosophies that conform to the school's and country's
educational system
B. Reject past philosophies for current philosophical thoughts.
C. Adopt all philosophical systems as good.
D. Adopt new philosophies and leave the old aside.
117. According to Confucius, what is the best way to rule a people and attain harmony?
A. By consulting the governed
B. By moral example
C. By force
D. By allowing people to do as they please
120. In order to clarify values that have emotional overtones due to controversies and
differences of opinion, one good recommendation is for the teacher
A. to say what is moral for you C. to remain neutral
may not be moral for others D. to take the most radical
B. to speak up for morality position
122. Teacher Cess gives importance to "wellness: which needs to be developed among
individual learners and so she gives focus on
A. vital values C. spiritual values
B. pleasure values D. values of the holy
123. Which literacy is referred as a core skil1 in the 21st century essential in developing the
ability to work well with others by tapping on each others talents and skills?
A. Citizenship C. Creativity
B. Collaboration D. Critical thinking
124. What is the criteria for the selection and use of instructional materials?
A. Alignment with intended outcomes
B. SMART
C. Varied
D. In three domains
125. With the NCBTS as a guide, an ideal learning environment should have the following
characteristics, EXCEPT
A. The Learning environment promotes fairness
B. Is safe and conductive for learning
C. Builds many professional linkages
D. Establishes and maintains consistent standards of learner’s behavior
126. Based on percentage contribution to the grade, what can be inferred from the DepEd's
emphasis on learning and assessment?
A. The emphasis is on quarterly assessment.
B. The emphasis depends on the grade level of the subjects.
C. The emphasis for all Grades 1-10 subjects is on performance tasks.
D. All components are being emphasized
128. What kind of authority is best applied in guiding Millennial youths or learners?
A. Laissez faire C. Authoritative
B. Rigorous D. Relational
129. This is an example of esoteric content in a test question which should be avoided.
A. Is Yoga a form of Buddhist introspection?
B. What human character did the Buddha show when he lived in India?
C. Was the Buddha reportedly a prince?
D. What are the three main principles of Buddhism?
130. The new global landscape of the 21st century shows the following one. EXCEPT
which one is not?
A. Learners environment can be any place.
B. There are multiple ways of teaching.
C. Teachers are ICT equipped.
D. Learners are attuned to rote memorization.
131. According to Gardner's multiple intelligence theory, naturalist learners can bet _____.
A. use hands to fix and create, and use bodily expression
B. analyze ecological and natural situations and data
C. mediate, reflect, exhibit self-discipline, maintain composure
D. work with people and help them overcome problems
132. Teacher Alex wants his pupils to display their favorite poem among the poems each
one composed. What type of portfolio is Teacher Alex expecting to see?
A. Showcase portfolio
B. Assessment portfolio
C. Evaluation portfolio
D. Development portfolio
133. In a curriculum development class, the teacher asked the students to give an enriched
definition of the curriculum. Which among the following encompasses the true
essence of the term?
A. Curriculum is a never ending process in education
B. Curriculum is the sum total of all the learning experiences in the teaching-learning
process.
C. Curriculum is a list of subjects to take to complete a Course.
D. Curriculum is a list of courses in order to graduate.
135. The ________ is a quiet informal group (usually four or five students) serving as a
panel with an audience.
A. Committee C. Critiquing group
B. Round-Table D. Buzz session
137. A teacher discovers that a product of a certain bottling company brings about damage
to teeth. Much as he wants to share the products of his research, he could not
because of harassment from all sides. Which teacher's right is violated?
A. Right to one's honor C. Academic freedom
B. Right to make a livelihood D. Right to property
138. Considering that curriculum is a dynamic process, this person put premium in the role
of the teachers' participation in developing the curriculum is
A. Galen Saylor C. Hilda Taba
B. William Alexander D. Ralph Tyler
139. Teacher Dada's lesson was on "what man can do to arrest climate change”. She made
students do the talking, the arguing, the synthesizing. She gave her lecturette after
students have participated in the lively discussion. Which teaching approach did
Teacher Dada employ?
A. Learner-centered approach
B. Subject matter-centered approach
C. Activity-centered approach
D. Teacher-centered approach
143. Teachers often complain of numerous non-teaching assignments that adversely affect
their teaching. Does this mean that teachers must be preoccupied only with teaching?
A. Yes if they are given other assignments justice demands that they be properly
compensated.
B. No, because every teacher is expected to provide leadership and initiative in
activities for the betterment of communities.
C. No, because to lead in community activities is the job of elected officials.
D. Yes, because teaching is more than enough full time job.
144. To teach the democratic process to the pupils, Maxwell International School decided
that the election of class officers shall be patterned after the local election. There were
qualifications set for the candidates, limited period for campaign and rules for posting
campaign materials, etc. Which of the following did the school use?
A. Role playing C. Symposium
B. Simulation D. Forum
146. With the NCBTS as guide, an ideal learning environment should have the following
characteristics, EXCEPT
A. Is safe and conducive for learning
B. The learning environment promotes fairness
C. Establishes and maintains consistent standards of learner's behavior
D. Builds many professional linkages
147. To involve the students, teacher Berna come up with a provocative statement. Which
statement did teacher Bernadette most likely use?
A. Care for the environment and it will care for you.
B. Values are both taught and caught.
C. The Philippines is the Pearl of the Orient seas.
D. The millennials are a lost generation.
150. When you begin teaching with concrete experience then come in with conclusion,
which method do you employ?
A. Deductive
B. Inductive
C. It depends on your type of generalization
D. It depends on the quantity of details you bring in
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