PRACTICE TEST: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
1. The phenomenon where higher expectations lead to an
increase in performance has been labeled as ______.
A. Hawthorne Effect
B. Pygmalion Effect
C. Ripple Effect
D. Golem Effect
2. The
cultivation of reflective and meditative skills in teaching is an influence of
_____.
A. Taoism
B. Zen Buddhism
C. Confucianism
D. Shintoism
3. Theft of school equipment like TV,
computer, etc. by teenagers in the community itself is becoming a common
phenomenon. What does this incident signify?
A.
Inability of schools to hire security guards
B.
Community’s lack of sense of co-ownership
C.
Prevalence of drug users in the community
D.
Prevalence of poverty in the community
4. How can you exhibit legitimate power
on the first day of school?
A.
By announcing your requirements for passing
B.
By demonstrating your mastery of the subject matter
C.
By telling the students how many students failed in your class
D.
By making your students feel they are accepted for who they are
5. Pedro exhibits fear response to freely
roaming dogs but does not show fear when a dog is on a leash or confined to a
pen. Which conditioning process is illustrated?
A.
Extinction
B.
Discrimination
C.
Generalization
D.
Habituation
6. Teacher Grace gave her first-grade
class a page with a story in which pictures take the place of some words. Which
method did she use?
A.
Spalding method
B.
Rebus method
C.
Spaulding method
D.
Language experience approach
7. Based on Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience,
which activity is farthest from the real thing?
A.
Hear
B.
Read
C.
View images
D.
Attend exhibit
8. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted
against set mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under ____.
A.
norm-referenced test
B.
criterion-referenced test
C.
intelligence test
D.
aptitude test
9. A teacher’s summary of a lesson
serves the following functions, EXCEPT
A.
It clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson.
B.
It makes provisions for full participation of students.
C.
It brings together the information that has been discussed.
D.
It links the parts of the lesson.
10. In Krathwohl’s taxonomy of
objectives in the affective, which is the most authentic?
A.
Organization
B.
Receiving
C.
Valuing
D.
Internalizing values
11. In which competency do my students
find the greatest difficulty? In the item with a difficulty index of ____.
A.
0.90
B.
0.10
C.
0.50
D.
1.00
12. After giving an input on a good
paragraph, Teacher Luisa asks her students to rate a given paragraph along the
elements of a good paragraph. The students’ task is in level of ______.
A.
synthesis
B.
analysis
C.
application
D.
evaluation
13. Which is most implied by a
negatively skewed score distribution?
A.
Most of the scores are high.
B.
Most of the scores are low.
C.
Most of the scores are evenly distributed from left to the right.
D.
Most pupils are achievers.
14. The distribution is positively
skewed if the ________.
A.
median is higher than the mean
B.
mean is higher than the median
C.
mode is greater than the median
D.
mean is the same as the median
15. Teacher Luis is also the coach of
the basketball team of his school. On the first day of the training session, he
always sets up the rules of the training. What kind of power Teacher Luis
demonstrates?
A.
referent power
B.
legitimate power
C.
coercive power
D.
expert power
16. Pedro is very attached to his mother
and Maria to her father. In what developmental stage are they according to
Freudian psychosexual theory?
A.
genital
B.
phallic
C.
anal
D.
latent
17. Behavior followed by pleasant
consequences will be strengthened and will be more likely to occur in the
future. Which one is explained?
A.
Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning Theory
B.
Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Theory
C.
Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
D.
Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
18. “O God, if there is a God; save my
soul, if I have a soul!” For whom is this prayer?
A.
Skeptic
B.
Agnostic
C.
Empiricist
D.
Stoic
19. The concepts of trust vs. maturity,
autonomy vs. self-doubt, and initiative vs. guilt are most closely related with
the works of ____.
A.
Jung
B.
Erikson
C.
Freud
D.
Piaget
20. Which behavioral term describes a
lesson outcome in the highet level of Bloom’s cognitive domain?
A.
Create
B.
Evaluate
C.
Analyze
D.
Understand
21. Principal Santos tells her teachers
that training in the humanities is most important. To which educational
philosophy does he adhere?
A.
Essentialism
B.
Existentialism
C.
Progressivism
D.
Perennialism
22. In the Preamble of the Code of
Ethics of Professional Teachers, which is NOT said of teachers?
A.
With high moral values as well as technical and professional competence
B.
LET passers
C.
Possess dignity and reputation
D.
Duly licensed professionals
23. Which is a sound classroom
management practice?
A.
Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.
B.
Establish routines for daily needs and tasks.
C. Avoid establishing routines.
D. Apply reactive approach
to discipline.
24. Rights
and duties are correlative. This means that _______.
A.
Rights and duties ultimately come from God.
B.
Each right carries with it one or several corresponding duties.
C.
Rights and duties regulate the relationship of mean in society.
D.
Rights and duties arise from natural law.
25. Teacher Daisy wants to review and
check on the lesson of the previous day. Which one will be most reliable?
A.
Reviewing explicitly the task-relevant information necessary for the day’s
lesson.
B.
Sampling the understanding of a few students.
C.
Having students identify difficult homework problems.
D.
Having students correct each other’s work.
26. Buying lottery tickets is an example
of what type of reinforcement schedule?
A. Fixed ratio
B. Variable ratio
C. Fixed Interval
D. Variable interval
27. Which illustrates a developmental approach
in guidance and counseling?
A.
Teaching students how to interact in a positive manner
B.
Acting as a mediator
C.
Spotting on students in need of guidance
D.
Making the decision for the confused student
28. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple
choice test item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose D as an answer. This
implies that D is ______.
A.
an effective distracter
B.
an ineffective distracter
C.
a vague distracter
D.
a plausible distracter
29. From whom do we owe the theory of
deductive interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
A.
Pythagoras
B.
Aristotle
C.
Plato
D.
Socrates
30. Hyphenating phone number is an
example of _________.
A.
memory recall
B.
chunking
C.
memory loss
D.
sensory memory
31. Getting a free flight on a frequent
flyer program after accumulating so many flights is an example of what type of
reinforcement schedule?
A.
Variable ratio
B. Fixed ratio
C. Fixed Interval
D. Variable interval
32. “Wit-it-ness”, according to Jacob
Kounin, is one of the characteristics of an effective classroom manager. Which
phrase goes with it?
A.
Have mind packed with knowledge
B.
Have eyes on the back of your heads
C.
Have hands that write fast
D.
Have a mouth ready to speak
33.
What is the mean of this score distribution: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and
10?
A. 6.0
B. 6.5
C. 7.0
D. 7.5
34. Availment of the Philippine
Education Placement Test (PEPT) for adults and out-of-school youths is in
support of the government’s educational program towards _____.
A.
quality education
B.
equitable access
C.
relevance
D.
equality and relevance
35. Teacher Luis does norm-referenced
interpretation of scores. Which of the following does he do?
A.
He describes what should be their performance.
B.
He compares every individual student’s score with others’ score.
C.
He uses a specified content as its frame of reference.
D.
He describes group performance in relation to a level of mastery set.
36. The scores of LET takers is an
example of ____________ distribution.
A.
normal
B.
negatively skewed
C.
positively skewed
D.
continuous
37. On the first day of class, Teacher
Lovely enumerated the penalties of late submission of assignments and projects.
She demonstrated what kind of power?
A.
expert
B.
coercive
C.
reward
D.
referent
38. Manuel is inspired to attend his
Mathematics class because Teacher Violet treated the class fairly. What kind of
teacher power is exhibited?
A.
reward
B.
referent
C.
expert
D.
legitimate
39. Teacher Lucy told her students to
keep quiet while she is in the Principal’s Office. She found out later that her
class was very noisy. As a result, she gave extra assignments to the class.
What did Teacher Lucy give to her students?
A.
Intermittent reinforcement
B.
Punishment
C.
Negative reinforcement
D.
Positive reinforcement
40. In negative reinforcement, a response
or behavior is _______ by stopping, removing, or avoiding a negative outcome or
aversive stimulus.
A.
removed
B.
strengthened
C.
lessened
D.
ignored
41. According to Freud’s Personality
Theory, the _____ is 'like a man on horseback, who has to hold in check the
superior strength of the horse’.
A.
Id
B.
Ego
C.
Superego
D.
pleasure drive
42. Which is a low-profile classroom
technique?
A.
After school detention
B.
Raising the pitch of the voice
C.
Note to parents
D.
Withdrawal of privileges
43. The primary objective of my lesson
is: To add similar fractions correctly. Before I can do this, I must first aim
at this specific objective: To distinguish a numerator from a denominator. What
kind of objective is the latter?
A.
Terminal
B.
Enabling
C.
Major
D.
Primary
44. John Watson said: Men are built not
born. What does this statement point to?
A.
The effect of heredity
B.
The effect of environmental stimulation on a person’s development
C.
The ineffectiveness of training on a person’s development
D.
The absence of genetic influence on a person’s development
45. Which is an appropriate way to
manage off-task behavior?
A.
Stop your class activity to correct a child who is no longer on task.
B.
Redirect a child’s attention to task and check his progress to make sure he is
continuing to work.
C.
Move closer to the child.
D.
Make eye contact
46. Which is/are the sources of man’s
intellectual drives, according to Freud?
A.
Id
B.
Id and Ego
C.
Ego
D.
Superego
47. During the Spanish period, what
was/were the medium/media of instruction in schools?
A.
Tagalog
B.
Spanish and the Vernacular
C.
The Vernacular
D.
Spanish
48. Which is a true foundation of the
social order?
A.
Strong political leadership
B.
The reciprocation of rights and duties
C.
Obedient and educated citizenry
D.
Equitable distribution of wealth
49. According to Bruner’s three modes of
representation, in which stage/s are diagrams helpful to accompany verbal
information?
A.
Enactive
B.
Iconic
C.
Symbolic
D.
Enactive and Symbolic
50.
You get a paid vacation after working at a company for one year is an
example of ______ reinforcement schedule.
A.
Fixed Ratio
B.
Fixed Interval
C.
Variable Ratio
D.
Variable Interval
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