LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
PRACTICETEST

1. When certain topics are presented in the elementary b. Third Republic

in a manner appropriate for grade schoolers, and the c. New Society
same topic is tackled in the high school, but on a much d. Japanese
deeper level this is referred to as a ___.
a. discovery learning 8. Which statement about the subject-centered
b. classified curriculum curriculum is NOT true?
c. spiral curriculum a. There is a high level of cooperative interaction
d. symbolic learning b. It covers much content in a short period of time
c. The teacher has full control of the classroom
2. The revised policies and standards for undergraduate activities
Teacher Education Curriculum which is the current d. The main task is mastery of learning
requirement before one is qualified to take the
licensure examination is ___. 9. This concept includes the sub-process of curriculum
a. CMO No. 30, s 2004 planning, organization, implementation and
b. CMO No. 31, s 2005 evaluation.
c. CMO No. 20, s 2005 a. Curriculum development
d. CMO No. 21, s 2004 b. Curriculum assessment
c. Curriculum management
3. In evaluating a curriculum, which is the MOST valid d. Curriculum and instruction
criterion to observe?
a. Methods 10. Among the following curriculum stakeholders, who
b. Available resources has the MOST responsibility in the curriculum
c. Activities implementation?
d. Consistency and objectives a. The learners
b. The school heads
4. Preparing the students to think critically and ensuring c. The teachers
that democratic and ensuring those democratic d. The parents
principles are carried out are considered important in
developing a curriculum. This is in accordance with 11. Ms. Perlas is a member of the curriculum committee
the philosophical beliefs of the ___. on a private school in Legazpi. What educational
a. Nationalists philosophy does she consider if her major concern is
b. Idealists to give the child’s freedom to choose what to learn
c. Constructivists and behave, as she allows them to set their own
d. Pragmatists identities and standards?
a. Existentialism
5. Who are considered community-based stakeholders b. Realism
in curriculum development? c. Idealism
a. Government officials d. Pragmatism
b. Civic groups
c. School boards 12. Which of the following are the basic components of
d. Industry groups curriculum design?
a. Content, structure, delivery
6. Jerome San Jose, son of the Principal of Pinagpapala b. Assessment, teaching strategies, textbook
Elementary School is running as a mayor in their town. c. Philosophy, goals, objectives
Is it ethical for Principal San Jose to vote for his son d. Standards, learning competencies, evaluation
during this election?
a. Yes, it is a constitutional right of Principal San 13. The following are the examples of Learner-Centered
Jose to vote Curriculum Design Model EXCEPT:
b. Yes, his vote is an additional point for his son a. Child-centered Design
c. No, out of delicadeza, he should refrain from b. Experience-Centered Design
voting since his son is a candidate c. Humanistic- Centered Design
d. No, he has no right to vote d. Life Situation Design

7. In which historical period does specific subject areas
in the curriculum started to be taught in Filipino while
others, in English, as provided in the newly-mandated
Bilingual Education Policy?
a. Commonwealth
14. Curriculum is defined as the total learning
experiences of the children in school. Which part of
curriculum will assure these experiences?
a. Curriculum plan
b. Curriculum implementation
 c. Curriculum evaluation d. Instructional
d. Curriculum assessment
22. The understanding by design approach, the first
15. In the Basic Education Curriculum in 2002, consideration is about ___.
MAKABAYAN was envisioned to be ___. a. learning experiences
a. the laboratory of life b. testing of knowledge
b. the history of life c. desired results
c. the combined subject d. teaching strategies
d. the tool for the 21st century
23. Which of the following is NOT the aim of Elementary
16. When instruction in the curriculum focuses on the Education under the Education Act of 1982?
mastery of the content and the evaluation that a. Provide knowledge and develop skills, attitudes,
follows measures only the knowledge learned, such values essential to personal development
curriculum design is ___. necessary for living in and contributing to a
a. Learner-Centered Design developing and changing world.
b. Subject-Centered Design b. Provide learning experiences which increase the
c. Problem-Centered Design child’s awareness of and responsiveness to the
d. Teacher-Centered Design changes in the society
c. Promote and intensify knowledge, identification
17. Which important elements must the phases of with and love for the nation and the people to
Curriculum Development consider according Ralph which develop orientation to the world of work,
Tyler? and prepare the learner to engage in honest and
I. Learners gainful work.
II. Society d. Discover and enhance the different aptitudes
III. Environment and interests of students in order to equip them
IV. Subject Matter with skills for productive Endeavour and or to
prepare them for tertiary level.
a. I, II and IV
b. I, III and IV 24. Which educational philosophy focuses on the role of
c. II, III, IV curriculum as a means in remaking society and
d. I, II, III rebuilding culture?
a. Perennialism
18. If the “what” of teaching refers to curriculum, the b. Progressivism
“how” of it refers to ___. c. Constructivism
a. strategies d. Reconstructionism
b. instruction
c. learning 25. The rationale of the K-12 program of the Department
d. approaches of Education are the following EXCEPT:
a. The quality of education is reflected in the
19. Which of the following choices is considered as social inadequate preparation of high school
force that affects the school and the curriculum? graduates for the world of work or
a. Learner’s style entrepreneurship or higher education
b. Changes in gender roles b. The poor quality of basic education is reflected
c. Nature of knowledge in the low achievement scores of Filipino
d. Learner’s characteristics students including international test results.
c. To be the same as other countries in terms of
20. Dr. Reyes, the provincial hospital director, plans to number of years in the Basic Education
attend a school board meeting where a new high d. The congested curriculum partly explains the
school science curriculum will be discussed. Which present state of education
level of curriculum is shown in this situation?
a. Experiential 26. Which statement about the subject-centered
b. Instructional curriculum is NOT true?
c. Institutional a. There is a high level of cooperative interaction
d. Societal b. It covers much content in a short period of time
c. The teacher has full control of the classroom
21. On weekends, Mrs. Corona asks her two children on activities
different grade levels what they learned in school on d. The main task is mastery of learning
that week. Which level of curriculum does Mrs.
Corona practice? 27. Mrs. Rule, the Principal of Pinagpala Elementary
a. Institutional School, opted to use the curriculum that involves the
b. Experiential integration of Social Studies, Music, Arts, and P.E. on
c. Societal
 longer time blocks. This shows that the design pattern c. Private correction is better than public
she prefers is that of ___ curriculum. correction
a. correlated subjects d. The response to misbehavior must be consistent
b. core and fair
c. mastery learning
d. broad-field 34. Because Mikael is seriously ill and has to stay at home,
his teacher prepared a learning kit containing
28. Every curriculum has this dimension. This is both activities that cover all lessons his classmates are also
unplanned and implicit but its instructional effects are having in school. What mode of instructional delivery
often evident in the student’s behavior, values and is used in this situation?
dispositions. The dimension is referred to as ___. a. Informal Education
a. taught curriculum b. Distance Education
b. learnt curriculum c. Non-Formal Education
c. hidden curriculum d. Mastery Learning
d. societal curriculum
35. Krathwohl is famous for his Taxonomy of affective
29. Which of the following statements about the Domain, while Anita Harrow is known for her ___
concepts of curriculum is NOT quite acceptable? Domain.
a. It refers to all the experiences that both the a. affective
school and the teacher provide the students b. psychomotor
with. c. cognitive
b. It is a set of acquired knowledge, habits and d. metacognition
skills.
c. It consists of everything that goes within the 36. It refers to the science of developing a plan to attain
school. goal and to guard against undesirable results.
d. It is planned action for instruction. a. Strategy of Teaching
b. Method of Teaching
30. If you use the cognitive approach, which processes c. Technique of Teaching
will dominate your lesson development? d. teaching Device
I. Synthesizing
II. Reasoning 37. The teacher started his lesson about “addition of
III. Comprehension similar fraction” by giving a general rule on how to
IV. Lecturing add similar fraction then eventually gives examples.
His teaching technique is known as ___.
a. I, II and III a. inductive
b. II only b. deductive
c. I, III c. transductive
d. IV only d. outlining

31. Which of the following is the AIM of Classroom 38. The primary concern when choosing instructional aid
Management? should be ___.
a. Minimize classroom noise a. made skilfully
b. Increase occurrence of discipline problems b. mirrors Filipino setting
c. Maximize the use of classroom time for c. maintains students’ attention
productive activities d. must be suited to the lesson objective
d. Decrease time spent on tasks
39. A teacher calls a student before he asks the question
32. When Ms. Lucy tells her class what the objective of during recitation. This practice is considered ___.
the present lesson is. What type of learning activities a. right, because it gives a certain formality to the
is she using? recitation
a. Developmental b. wrong, because the question may not be suited
b. Introductory for that particular student
c. Evaluation c. right, because it makes the students very
d. Closure attentive
d. wrong, because the moment the teacher calls a
33. Mr. Bellen often scolds students who commit name, the rest of the class will not listen
mistakes even in front of the other members of the anymore to the question since it’s not for them
class. What basic principle in discipline is he going
against? 40. Which of the following shows a well-managed class?
a. Students must be helped to recognize their a. Students pursue their task without inhibition
misbehavior b. The learners are controlled by the teacher
b. Respect pupil dignity c. There’s blind obedience among the students
 d. The learners are eager to reach their objectives
41. To maintain orderly transition between activities,
teachers should ___.
a. make students socialize between activities
b. make the materials readily available
c. assign fewer time per activity
d. wait for those who are slow
42. What is the term used to describe an over-all
approach or plan for instruction which includes a
theoretical framework, an orientation toward what a
student should learn and specific teaching procedures
and classroom structures?
a. Teaching Model
b. Teaching Strategy
c. Teaching Method
d. Teaching Principle
43. To encourage class participation, which should the
teacher NEVER do?
a. Call on non-volunteers to recite
b. Ask non-directed questions
c. Pose high-level questions
d. Reject a student’s response at once
44. 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
45. The teacher’s first task in the selection of media in
teaching is to determine the ___.
a. choice of the students
b. availability of media
c. objectives of the lesson
d. technique to be used
46. 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
47. Proactive classroom management refers to ___.
a. handling student issues in the classroom
b. contacting deans or campus police about
classroom issues
c. communicating classroom policies and
consequences at the beginning of each quarter
d. all of the above
48. Discipline problems are more likely to occur during
___.
a. lecture and seatwork
b. questioning
c. transitions
d. wait time
49. Which among the following in NOT a crucial aspect of
instruction?
a. Learner’s mind must work in the right context.
b. Learner must function in the right kind of social
relationship.
c. Learners and other people need to know how
they are getting along.
d. Learner must always work in his own individual
way.
50. Ms. Cecil wants to ensure that 100 percent of her
students will clearly understand, remember, and
apply a specific mathematical formula, hence, after
presenting it to the class she gives them several
problems where they will apply it. What method of
teaching is employed?
a. Inductive method
b. Lecture method
c. Direct instruction
d. Deductive method
51. Ms. Rice, a Grade V EPP teacher is afraid that her
students may misoperate the sewing machine which
may either harm them or cause damage to the
machine. To eliminate this fear, what teaching
method must she use?
a. Simulation
b. Direct instruction
c. Cooperative learning
d. Laboratory method
52. Ms. Beno aims to train her students to formulate rules
or generalization based on careful studying,
observing, comparing, analyzing of cases or examples
presented. What method should she use?
a. Inductive method
b. Lecture-discussion method
c. Inquiry method
d. Concept-attainment method
53. Who among the following teachers will likely be able
to cater to the different needs, abilities, and learning
styles of his/her students?
a. Ms. Arroyo who has a long experience in
teaching.
b. Mr. Marcos who knows different approaches
and methods of teaching.
c. Mr. Ramos who has strong grasp of the lesson
content.
d. Ms. Aquino who loves children and teaching.
54. Ms. Reyes was having discipline problem with her
Biology class. What questioning techniques showed
she considered to sustain students’ attention?
a. ask low-level thinking questions
b. ask difficult questions
c. ask varied questions
d. ask stimulating questions
55. Teacher Arlex is partial to experiential or learner-
centered teaching. Which of the following strategies
will he LEAST engage in?
 a. deductive discovery
b. problem solving
c. lecture-discussion
d. laboratory

56. What method do you apply when you begin your

lesson with concrete life experiences then lead your
students to abstract teaching?
a. Interactive
b. Deductive
c. Inductive
d. Transductive

57. Which of the following situation would indicate that

you, as teacher, had been effective in instilling
discipline among your students?
a. Students behave because an award awaits them.
b. Your presence results in their being behave.
c. Students have developed concern for each
other.
d. Fear and fright resulting in good behavior.

58. A Physical education teacher is strict in the classroom,

yet during off periods he smokes within the campus
whenever he wants, drinks liquor and is often seen
with his “barkadas” by the students. As the Principal,
how will you deal with this teacher?
a. “Barkadas” are OK for adults.
b. Just ignore his behavior as long as he does it
discreetly.
c. Reprimand him every time you see him smoke.
d. Call his attention regarding consistency of one’s
actions with the rules of discipline in the
classroom.

59. Which if the following style or technique would make

you the teacher a GOOD classroom manager –
“teacher with eyes on the back of his/her head?”
a. Uses eye contact technique with your students.
b. Being aware of all the actions and activities in
the classroom.
c. Give your students the head to foot look when
angry.
d. Fear and fright dominates the classroom
atmosphere.

60. You are a teacher who uses techniques which allow

your students to experience “hands-on-minds-on”
learning. What teaching method makes this possible?
a. Demonstrative
b. Projective
c. Integrative
d. Inquisitive