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GENERAL EDUCATION MOCK EXAM

1. With-it-ness, according to Kounin, is one of the characterestics of an effective


classroom manager. Which phrase goes with it?
a. Have hands that write fast.
b. Have eyes on the back of your heads.
c. Have a mouth ready to speak.
d. Have minds packed with knowledge.
2. 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, because other community leaders, not teachers, are tasked to leading
community activities.
b. Yes, if they are given other assignments, justice demands that they be properly
compensated.
c. NO, because every teacher is expected to provide leadership and initiative in
activities for betterment of communities. Correct
d. Yes, because teaching is enough full time job.
3. Which method has been proven to be effective in courses that stress acquisition of
knowledge?
a. Socratic method Incorrect
b. Mastery learning
c. Cooperative learning
d. Indirect instruction
4. Teacher Y does norm-referenced interpretation of scores. Which of the following does
she do?
a. She describes what should be their performance. Incorrect
b. She describes group performance in relation to a level of mastery set.
c. She uses a specified content as its frame of reference.
d. She compares every individual students' scores with others' scores.
5. Helping in the development of graduates who aremaka-Diyosis an influence of
a. classical Christian morality Correct
b. situational morality
c. dialectical morality
d. naturalistic morality
6. Which is a sound classroom management practice?
a. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.
b. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks. Correct
c. Avoid establishing routines
d. Apply reactive approach to discipline.
7. Read this question:How will you present the layers of the earth to your class?This is
a question that
a. leads the student to evaluate
b. assesses cognition
c. probes creative thinking
d. directs Incorrect

8. 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. Jung
c. Freud
d. Piaget Incorrect
9. Bruner's theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and
symbolic stages. In which stage(s) are diagrams helpful to accompany verbal
information?
a. Symbolic
b. Enactive and iconic
c. Iconic Incorrect
d. Symbolic and enactive
10.To elicit more student's response, Teacher G made use of covert responses. Which
one did she NOT do?
a. She had the students write their responses privately then called each of them.
b. She showed the correct answers on the overhead after the students have written
their responses. Correct
c. She refrained from judging on the student's responses.
d. She had the students write their response privately.
11. I combined several subject areas in order to focus on a single concept for interdisciplinary teaching. Which strategy/method did I use?
a. Thematic instruction Incorrect
b. Unit method
c. Reading-writing activity
d. Problem-entered learning
12. Which is one characteristic of an effective classroom management?
a. It respects cultural norms of a limited group students. Incorrect
b. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects misbehavior once it occurs.
c. It teaches dependence on others for self-control.
d. Strategies aresimple enough to be used consistently.
13. Which of the following propositions is attributed to Plato?
a. Truth is relative to a particular time and place.
b. Learning is the discovery of truth as Iatent ideas are brought to consciousness.
Correct
c. Human beings create their own truths.
d. Sense perception is the most accurate guide to knowledge.
14. John Watson said:Men are built not born.What does this statement point to?
a. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's development.
b. The absence of genetic influence on a person's development
c. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person's development.
d. The effect of heredity. Incorrect

15. Study this group of tests which was administered with the following results, then
answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) were the scores most homogenous?
a. English
b. Physics
c. Math Incorrect
d. Physics and Math
16. What was the most prominent educational issue of the mid 1980s?
a. Accountability
b. Bilingual Education Correct
c. Values Education
d. Mainstreaming
17. Teacher G's lesson objective has something to do with the skill of synthesizing?
Which behavioral term is most appropriate?
a. Appraise
b. Theorize
c. Assess
d. Test Incorrect
18. An effective classroom manager uses low-profile classroom control. Which is a lowprofile classroom technique?
a. After-school detention
b. Raising the pitch of the voice Correct
c. Note to parents
d. Withdrawal of privileges
19.A child who gets punished for stealing candy may not steal again immediately. But
this does not mean that the child may not steal again. Based on Thorndike's theory on
punishment and learning, this shows that
a. punishment weakens a response
b. punishment does not remove a response
c. punishment removes a response
d. punishment strengthens a response Incorrect
20.Studies in the areas of neurosciences disclosed that the human brain has limitless
capacity. What does this imply?
a. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned everything.
b. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of learning.
c. Every pupil has his own native ability and his learning is limited to this nativeabilty.
d. Every child is a potential genius. Correct

21.In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers, which is NOT said of
teachers?
a. Duly licensed professionals
b. Possess dignity and reputation
c. With high-moral values as well as technical and professional competence Incorrect
d. LET passers
22.What is the mean of this score distribution: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10?
a. 8.5 Incorrect
b. 7
c. 6
d. 7.5
23.NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that
NSAT and NEAT fall under__________.
a. aptitude test Incorrect
b. criterion-referenced test
c. intelligence test
d. norm-referenced test
24.In Krathwohl's affective domain of objectives, which of the following is the lowest
level of affective behavior?
a. Characterization
b. Organization
c. Valuing
d. Responding Correct
25. Student Z does not study at all but when the Licensure Examination for Teachers
(LET) comes, before he takes the LET, he spends one hour or more praying for a
miracle, i.e. to pass the exam. Which attitude towards religion or God is displayed?
a. Religion as fake
b. Religion as authentic
c. Religion as real
d. Religion as magic Correct
26. Which holds true to standardized tests?
a. They are scored according to different standards
b. They are used for comparative purposes
c. They are used for assigning grades
d. They are administered differently Incorrect
27. Which guideline must be observed in the use of prompting to shape the correct
performance of your students?
a. Use the least intrusive prompt first.
b. Use the most intrusive prompt first.
c. Use all prompts available.
d. Refrain from using prompts. Incorrect
28.What measure of central tendency does the number 16 represent in the following
data: 14, 15, 17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, 16?
a. Mean
b. Median Incorrect
c. Mode

d. Mode and median


29. The principle of individual differences requires teachers to __________.
a. prepare modules for slow learners in class
b. provide for a variety of learning activities
c. treat all learners alike while in the classroom Incorrect
d. give greater attention to gifted learners
30. Soc 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. Acquisition Incorrect
b. Discrimination
c. Extinction
d. Generalization
31. Principal C 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. Progressivism Incorrect
b. Perennialism
c. Essentialism
d. Existentialism
32.Study this group of tests which was administered with the following results, then
answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most poorly in relation to the group's
performance?
a. English and Math Incorrect
b. English
c. Math
33. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil's Summerhill, one of the most experimental
schools, based?
a. John Locke Incorrect
b. Pestalozzi
c. Montessori
d. Rousseau

34. Teacher H 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. The whole language approach
b. The rebus method Incorrect

c. The Spaulding method


d. The language experience approach
35. Which guideline in test construction is NOT observed in this test item: Jose Rizal
wrote __________.
a. There must be only one correct answer. Correct
b. Alternatives must have grammatical parallelism.
c. The central problem should be packed in the stem.
d. The alternates must be plausible.
36. A grouping defining a range of values as 25-29 is called ______________.
a. boundaries Incorrect
b. marks
c. class interval
d. limits
37. Are percentile ranks the same as percentage correct?
a. It cannot be determined unless scores are given. Incorrect
b. Yes
c. It cannot be determined unless the number of examinees is given.
d. No
38. Two students are given the WISE II. One has a full scale IQ of 91, while the other has
an IQ of 109. Which conclusion can be drawn?
a. Both students are functioning in the average range of intellectual ability Incorrect
b. Another IQ test should be given to truly assess their intellectual potential
c. The second student has significantly higher intellectual ability
d. The first student is probably below average, while the second has above average
potential
39. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his audience: "Reminder, you are what
you choose to be." The guest speaker is more of a/an __________.
a. idealist
b. existentialist Correct
c. realistic
d. pragmatist

40. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a morally ambiguous situation and asks
his students what they would do. On whose theory is Teacher I's technique based?
a. Bruner
b. Kohlberg Incorrect
c. Bandura
d. Piaget
41. If teacher has to ask more higher-order questions, he has to ask more __________
questions.
a. fact
b. convergent Correct
c. closed
d. concept

42. By what name is Indirect instruction the Socratic method also known?
a. Questioning method Correct
b. Indirect Method
c. Mastery learning
d. Morrison method
43. Ruben is very attached to his mother and Ruth to her father. In what developmental
stage are they according to Freudian psychological theory?
a. Oedipal stage
b. Anal stage Incorrect
c. Latent stage
d. Pre-genital stage
44. Who among the following puts more emphasis on core requirements, longer school
day, longer academic year and more challenging textbooks?
a. Perennialist
b. Progressivist
c. Existentialist Incorrect
d. Essentialist
45. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by custom that they are set apart, said one
Oriental philosopher. Where can this thought be most inspiring?
a. In heterogeneous class of learners
b. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of learners and indigenous peoples'
group
c. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
d. In a multi-cultural group of learners Incorrect
46. Which applies when skewness is zero?
a. Median is greater than mean Incorrect
b. Scores have three modes
c. Scores are normally distributed
d. Mean is greater than the median
47. What should you do if a parent who is concerned about a grade his child received
compared to another student's grade, demands to see both students' grades?
a. Refuse to show any record without expressing permission from principal. Incorrect
b. Show only his child's records.
c. Show both records to him.
d. Refuse to show either record.
48. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his relationships with his classmates. Which basic
goal must haye not been attained by Rodel during his developmental years, according
to Erikson's theory on psychological development?
a. Initiative
b. Autonomy Incorrect
c. Generativity
d. Trust
49. During the Spanish period, what was/were the medium/media of instruction in
schools?
a. Spanish and the Vernacular

b. English
c. Spanish Incorrect
d. The Vernacular
50. We encounter people whose prayer goes like this: "O God, if there is a God; save
my soul, if I have a soul" From whom is this prayer?
a. Skeptic
b. Stoic
c. Empiricist
d. Agnostic Correct
51. 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. Deprivation of Filipino schools. Incorrect
b. Prevalence of poverty in the community.
c. Inability of school to hire security guards.
d. Community's lack of sense of co-ownership.
52. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very good in dramatizing. Which tool must
have helped him discover hispupils' strength?
a. Journal entry Incorrect
b. Paper-and-pencil test
c. Performance test
d. Portfolio assessment
53. Principal B tells her teachers that training in the humanities is most important. To
which educational philosophy does he adhere?
a. Perennialism
b. Progressivism Incorrect
c. Essentialism
d. Existentialism

54. A teacher's summary of a lesson serves the following functions, EXCEPT


a. it links the parts of the lesson
b. it clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson.
c. lt brings together the information that has been discussed Correct
d. it makes provisions for full participation of students.
55. With which goals of educational institutions as provided for by the Constitution is
the development of work skills aligned?
a. To teach the duties of citizenship Incorrect
b. To develop moral character
c. To inculcate love of country
d. To develop vocational efficiency
56. If you agree with Rizal on how you can contribute to our nation's redemption, which
should you work for?
a. Gaining economic recovery
b. Opening our doors to foreign influence Incorrect
c. Upgrading the quality of the Filipino through education
d. Stabilizing the political situation

57.Which is a true foundation of the social order?


a. The reciprocation of rights and duties
b. Equitable distribution of wealth Incorrect
c. Strong political leadership
d. Obedient citizenry
58. Teacher W wants to review and check on the lesson of the previous day? Which one
will be most reliable?
a. Having students identify difficult homework problems. Incorrect
b. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant information necessary for the day's lesson.
c. Having students correct each other's work.
d. Sampling the understanding of a few students.
59. The teacher's first task in the selection of media in teaching is to determine the
______.
a. technique to be used
b. choice of the students
c. availability of the media
d. objectives of the lesson Correct
60. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which among these will be your guiding
principle?
a. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better
future.
b. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.
c. I must teAch the child to develop his mental powers to the full. Correct
d. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything.
61. Value clarification as a strategy in Values Education classes is anchored on which
philosophy?
a. Idealism Correct
b. Existentialism
c. Christian philosophy
d. Hedonism
62. The test item "Group the following items according to shape" is a thought test item
on __________.
a. creating Incorrect
b. classifying
c. generalizing
d. comparing
63. Teacher B is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She uses vocabulary cards,
fill-in-the-blank sentences, dictation and writing exercises in teaching a lesson about
grocery shopping. Based on this information, which of the following is a valid
conclusion?
a. The teacher is reinforcing learning by giving the same information in, a variety of
methods.
b. The teacher wants to do less talk. Incorrect
c. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierachy of cognitive learning.
d. The teacher is emphasizing listening and speaking skills.

64. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early childhood years?
a. Develops the upper and lower limbs.
b. Develops competitive spirit.
c. Increases imagination due to expanding knowledge and emotional range.
d. Separates reality from fantasy. Incorrect
65. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin to develop study skills and habits in
underachieving student would be to __________.
a. encourage students to talk about study habits from their own experiences
b. give out a list of effective study approaches Incorrect
c. have them view film strips about various study approaches
d. have these underachieving students observe the study habits of excelling students
66. With indirect instruction in mind, which does NOT belong to the group?
a. Problem solving
b. Inductive reasoning Incorrect
c. Discovery
d. Lecture-recitation
67. Teacher B engages her students with information for thorough understanding for
meaning and for competent application. Which principle governs Teacher B's practice?
a. Gestalt Incorrect
b. Behaviorist
c. Contructivist
d. Cognitivist
68. Read the following then answer the question
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THE
UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GOTO THE MOON AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE
WE DON'T
HAVE.
BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH AND SEE IF WE FIND
ANY OF THE
MISSING ELEMENTS.
RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE METEORITES IF WE CAN FIND ANY.
TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS. BUT WHAT IF THOSE EXCURSIONS TO THE
MOON, TO
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, OR TO FIND METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND TIME
CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH
TO FIND
SOME NEW ONES?
Question: The Teacher's questions in the above exchange are examples of __________
questions.
a. closed
b. direct
c. fact Incorrect
d. concept
69. A teacher/student is held responsible for his actions because s/he __________.

a. has a choice
b. is mature Incorrect
c. has instincts
d. has reason
70. Teacher A knows of the illegal activities of a neighbor but keeps quiet in order not to
be involved in any investigation. Which foundational principle of morality does Teacher
A fail to apply?
a. Between two evils, do the lesser evil.
b. The end does not justify the means. Incorrect
c. Always do what is right.
d. The principle of double-effect
71. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the highest good. Teacher's
teaching is against what philosophy?
a. Epicureanism
b. Realism Incorrect
c. Empiricism
d. Hedonism
72. Who among the following needs less verbal counseling but needs more concrete
and operational forms of assistance? The child who __________.
a. has mental retardation Incorrect
b. has conduct disorder
c. has attention-deficit disorder
d. has learning disability
73. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect instruction is for
__________, __________, __________.
a. guesses, data and conclusions
b. concepts, processes and generalizations
c. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions Incorrect
d. concepts, patterns and abstractions

74. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist. Which among these will be your guiding
principle?
a. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the full. Incorrect
b. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better
future.
c. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven.
d. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything.
75. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to avoid __________ questions.
a. rhetorical
b. divergent Incorrect
c. leading
d. informational
76. Which is an appropriate way to manage off-task behavior?
a. Redirect a child's attention to task and check his progress to make sure he is
continuing to work.

b. Move closer to the child.


c. Stop your class activity to correct a child who is no longer on task. Incorrect
d. Make eye contact.
77. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that more from the lower group got
the test item # 6 correctly. This means that the test item __________.
a. has a high reability
b. has a negative discriminating power
c. has a positive discriminating power
d. has a lower validity Correct
78. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was made to drink an alcoholic beverage and
then made to ingest a drug that produces nausea. Eventually, he was nauseated at the
sight and smell of alcohol and stopped drinking alcohoL Which theory explains this?
a. Operant conditioning Incorrect
b. Social Learning Theory
c. Attribution Theory
d. Associative Learning
79. Which type of report refers toon-the-spotdescription of some incident, episode or
occurrence that is being observed and recorded as being of possible significance?
a. Autobiographical report Incorrect
b. Anecdotal report
c. Value and interest report
d. Biographical report
80. Which one can enhance the comparability of grades?
a. Individual teachers giving weights to factors considered for rating Incorrect
b. Allowing individual teachers to determine factors for rating
c. Formulating tests that vary from one teacher to another
d. Using common conversion table for translating test scores in to ratings
81. Standard deviation is to variability as mean is to __________.
a. discrimination index
b. central tendency Correct
c. coefficient of correlation
d. level of difficulty
82.A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from a dysfunctional family and has been
abused and neglected. He has been to two orphanages and three different elementary
schools. The student can decode on the second grade level, but he can comprehend
orally material at the fourth or fifth grade level. The most probable cause/s of this
student's reading problem is/are __________.
a. neurological factors
b. poor teaching Incorrect
c. emotional factors
d. immaturity
83. To come closer to the truth we need togo back to the things themselves.This is the
advice of the
a. pragmatists
b. phenomenologists
c. behaviorists Incorrect

d. idealists
84. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive interference as illustrated in
syllogisms?
a. Scorates
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. Pythagoras
85. The search for related literature by accessing several databases by the use of a
telephone line to connect a computer library with other computers that have database
is termed __________.
a. manual search
b. compact disc search
c. computer search Incorrect
d. on-line search
86. For which may you use the direct instruction method?
a. Use a microscope properly. Correct
b. Distinguish war from aggression.
c. Become aware of the pollutants around us.
d. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
87. Teacher A is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She uses vocabulary cards,
fill-in-the-blank sentences, dialogues, dictation and writing excercises in teaching a
lesson about grocery shopping. Based on this information, which of the following is a
valid conclusion?
a. The teacher is teaching in a variety of ways because not all students learn in the
same manner.
b. The teacher is emphasizing reading and writing skills. Incorrect
c. The teacher wants to make herteachirig easier by having less talk.
d. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierachy of cognitive learning.
88. Which test has broad sampling of topics as strength?
a. Short answer test
b. Problem type
c. Objective test Incorrect
d. Essay test
89. Teacher T taught a lesson denoting ownership by means of possessives. He first
introduced the rule, then gave examples, followed by class exercises, then back to the
rule before he moved into the second rule. Which presenting technique did he use?
a. Comparative
b. Combinatorial
c. Sequence
d. Part-whole Correct
90. I drew learners into several content areas and encouraged them to solve a complex
question for inter-disciplinary teaching. Which strategy did I use?
a. Problem-centered learning Correct
b. Reading-writing activity
c. Thematic instruction
d. Unit method

91. In what way can teachers uphold the highest possible standards of quality
education?
a. By wearing expensive clothes to change people's poor perception of teachers
Incorrect
b. By putting down other professions to lift the status of teaching
c. By continually improving themselves personally and professionally
d. By working out undeserved promotions
92. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself in major task analysis?
a. Breakdown a complex task into sub-skills.
b. Revise lesson objectives. Incorrect
c. Test if learning reached higher level thinking skills.
d. Determine the level of thinking involved.

93. The following are used in writing performance objectives, EXCEPT


a. diagram
b. delineate
c. integrate Incorrect
d. comprehend
94. Teacher P wants to develop the skill of synthesizing in her pupils. Which one will she
do?
a. Directs her students to ask questions on the parts of the lesson not understood.
b. Tell her pupils to state data presented in graphs.
c. Ask her students to answer questions beginning withWhat if ...
d. Ask her students to formulate a generalization from the data shown in graphs.
Correct
95. Whose influence is the education program that puts emphasis on self-development.
through the classics, music, and rituals?
a. Lao Tsu Incorrect
b. Buddha
c. Mohammed
d. Confucius
96. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil
chose D as answer. This implies that D is __________
a. a plausible distracter Incorrect
b. an ineffective distracter
c. a vague distracter
d. an effective distracter
97. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the cultural and educational heritage of the
nation and is, under obligation to transmit to learners such heritage. Which practice
makes him fulfill such obligation?
a. Use interactive teaching strategies.
b. Observe continuing professional education. Incorrect

c. Study the life of Filipino heroes.


d. Use the latest instructional technology.
98. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher W asks her students to rate a
given paragraph along the elements of a good paragraph. The students' task is in level
of __________
a. analysis
b. application Incorrect
c. evaluation
d. synthesis
99. What should a teacher do for students in his class who are not on grade level?
a. Give them the same work as the other students, because they will absorb as much
as they are capable of.
b. Give them materials on their level and let them work at a pace that is reasonable
forthem, trying to bring them up to a grade level.
c. Give them the same work as the other students, not much, so that they won't feel
embarrassed. Incorrect
d. Give them work on the level of the other students and work a little above the
classmates level to challenge them.
100. In Krathwohl's taxonomy of objectives in the affective, which is most authentic?
a. Organization Incorrect
b. Valuing
c. Responding
d. Characterization

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