INTEGRATED PREBOARD A

LET SEPTEMBER 2018

GENERAL EDUCATION

1. The transferee speaks more fluently than _____.

A. me
B. I
C. mine
D. my

2. The circus audience _________ round of applause for the perfectly timed acrobatic stunt.
A. Received a well-deserved
B. Had given a well-deserved
C. Did give a well-deserved
D. Received a deserving

2.3. What type of error is shown in this sentence?

“Faster than a speeding bullet, the citizens of Metropolis saw Superman flying overhead.”
A. Faulty Coordination
B. Misplaced Modifier
C. Faulty Parallelism
D. Comma Splice

3.4. In English, you can tell whether a word is being used as a noun or a verb based on its placement in a sentence relative
to other word. This is a _____.
A. Syntax
B. Semantics
C. Morphology
D. Phonemes

4.5. Which of the following pairs of words contain dichotomy of ideas?

A. Arid-dry
B. Ameliorate-worsen
C. Bravado-boldness
D. Maudlin-sentimental

5.6. All appropriation, revenue or traffic bills, etc. shall originate exclusively in the:
A. House of Representatives
B. Sangguniang Panlalawigan
C. Senate
D. Supreme court

6.7. The event that implicated the three priests Burgos, Gomez and Zamora which resulted to their execution was the:
A. Cavite Mutiny
B. Cry of Pugadlawin
C. Ilocos Rebellion
D. Bacoor Massacre

7.8. Who is the last Spanish governor general in the Philippines?

A. Diego de los Rios
B. Guido de Lavezares
C. Ramon Blanco
 D. Camilo de Polavieja

8.9. In which poem did Rizal inspire every Filipino to offer one's life for one's country?
A. Mi Retire
B. Las Flores del Heidelberg
C. A La Juventud Filipina
D. Mi Ultimo Adios

9.10. Jose Rizal was considered the National Hero because of his efforts to bring about reforms in the lives of Filipinos
through his works in the:
A. Katipunan
B. Propaganda Movement
C. La Liga Filipina
D. 1896 Revolution

10.11. What does a nation experience if the supply of goods and services becomes smaller than the demand for them?
A. Recession
B. Boom
C. Inflation
D. Depression

11.12. What is the smallest positive integer that has 6, 8 and 10 as factors?
A. 80
B. 120
C. 240
D. 300

12.13. Simplify (3x – 9) / (x2 – 9):

A. 3/(x-3)
B. 3/(x+3)
C. 3/(x+1)
D. 3/(x-1)

13.14. Half of the teacher-applicants for a position were turned down on the basis of responses received in the mail. Ten
others were eliminated after personal interviews, leaving one-seventh of the total number of applicants for the
position. How many applicants were there for the position?
A. 14
B. 20
C. 28
D. 30

14.15. What is the 6th in the progression 1, 4, 16…

A. 64
B. 1024
C. 256
D. 2048

15.16. 40% of 35 is what percentage of 140?

A. 29%
B. 10%
C. 28%
D. 14%
16.17. There are 96 students in a class. 1/6 is enrolled in swimming, ½ in Karate and the rest in voice lesson. How many
are enrolled in voice lesson?
A. 16
B. 32
C. 48
D. 54

17.18. What is the dimension of a rectangle whose perimeter is 54m if the length is 3m less than twice its width?
A. 8m by 17m
B. 11m by 6m
C. 17m by 10m
D. 12m by 15m

18.19. Find (x, y) if (2x + 1, x + y) = ( -7, 2 )

A. (-4, -6)
B. (-1, 6)
C. (-4, 6)
D. (3, -1)

19.20. If a + b = 38, a + c = 44 and b + c = 52. What is the value of a + b + c?

A. 134
B. 67
C. 23
D. 29

20.21. Which of the following gives the sum of the polynomials (a2+b2+ab) and (3a2+4ab-2b2)?
A. 4a2-b2+5ab
B. 5a2+5b2+5ab
C. 3a2+5ab-2b2
D. 4a2+5ab-b2

21.22. A species of fish lived in a lake. When a dam was constructed in the areas a group of fish was separated and
populated a new pond. Then they developed differing characteristic and became a distinct species. Which of the
following concepts explains this speciation?
A. Geographical Isolation
B. Chronotropic isolation
C. Episodic isolation
D. Behavioral isolation

22.23. In 4 basic morphologies, what is the shape of vibrio cholerae?

A. Rod-shaped
B. Spirochete
C. Spiral
D. Comma

23.24. Which of the following is a mis-match?

A. Chick and hawk – Predation
B. Eagle and hawk – Competition
C. Orchids and tree – Commensalism
D. Dog and ticks – Mutualism

24.25. What is the flap-like structure that prevents the food from going the wrong way during swallowing?
A. Epiglottis
 B. Larynx
C. Esophagus
D. Pharynx

25.26. Which of the following is an omnivore?

A. Lion
B. Rabbit
C. Rat
D. Sheep

26.27. What do you call a mixture that scatters light passing through it?
A. Solution
B. Colloid
C. Suspension
D. All of them

27.28. Why does the level of water in a beaker rise after a stone is placed in it?
A. The stone and water occupy the same space
B. The stones takes the place occupied by water
C. The stone has more mass than water
D. The water weighs less than the stone

28.29. Which of the following is true about heat transfer?

A. Heat flows from an object with higher temperature to an object with lower temperature.
B. Transfers heat directly to a material.
C. Heat flows from an object with lower temperature to an object with higher temperature.
D. Transfer of heat through movement of fluid.

29.30. Which of the following statements best defines the weight of an object?
A. It is equal to the inertia of the object
B. It is the same as the mass of the object
C. It is the quantity of matter in an objects
D. It is the result of the gravitational force acting on the object.

30.31. What causes high and low tides?

A. Earth’s rotation on it’s axis
B. Sun’s solar energy
C. Moon’s gravitational pull
D. Earth’s gravitational pull

31.32. In which rock layer are remains of aquatic organisms commonly found?
A. Igneous
B. Sedimentary
C. Metamorphic
D. Granite

32.33. Upang mapalaganap, mapaunlad at mapanatili ang Filipino at iba pang wika. Ano ang pangkalahatang layunin ng
Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino.
A. Makipag-ugnayan sa ibat’-ibang departamento
B. Magsagawa ng seminar
C. Magsagawa, mag-ugnay
D. Maglimbag ng mga aklat at diksyunaryo
33.34. Ang tao’y napapabulalas sa sakit na maaaring mapa-ouch o mapa-aray. Ito ay ayon sa ____________.
A. Teoryang Bow-wow
B. Teoryang Ding-dong
C. Teoryang Pooh-pooh
D. Teoryang Tara-ra-boom-de-ay

34.35. Sikapin mong makatapos sa pag-aaral kahit magtrabaho ako sa gabi.

A. Payak
B. Tambalan
C. Hugnayan
D. Langkapan

35.36. Ang imam ay salitang ______________.

A. Tausug
B. Hiligaynon
C. Tagalog
D. Cebuano

36.37. Bakit ganoon si Lolo Indo? Amoy-beha.

A. Amoy tabako
B. Amoy lupa
C. Amoy babae
D. Amoy kalan

37.38. “She is vision of feminine PULCHRITUDE”. The capitalized word means__________


A. Homeliness

B. Loveliness 

C. Plain 

D. Ugliness 


38.39. He is a Filipino poet known in using punctuation marks extensively in his pieces-most specially “commas.”
A. Paz Marquez Benitez
B. Nick Joaquin
C. Jose Garcia Villa
D. Edilberto Tiempo

39.40. The fundamental right invoked by filling the “writ of amparo” is __________.
A. The right to due process
B. The right to self-defense
C. The right to be defended by a public attorney
D. The right to life, liberty and security

40.41. Which best describes the division of the legislature into the Senate and the House of Representatives?
A. Bicameralism
B. Bipartisanship
C. Unicameralism
D. Co-legislative powers

41.42. The government wants a piece of private land for a government project. The owner resisted the government’s
demand. How may the government own the land?
 A. Right of eminent domain 

B. Right of government ownership 

C. Right of habeas corpus 

D. Right of a sovereign over the governed 


42.43. Who among our Presidents promised to “make this country great again”?
A. Garcia
B. Magsaysay 

C. Marcos 

D. Macapagal 


43.44. Which of the following is a segmented worm that can be used to facilitate anticoagulation?
A. Bloodworms
B. Earthworms
C. Maggots
D. Leeches

44.45. The following organs have specific functions except:

A. Intestine
B. Liver

C. Pancreas
D. Appendix

45.46. Sound travels fastest in which of the following medium?

A. Air
B. Solid
C. Vacuum
D. Water

46.47. Which of the following planets is considered to be closes to the Earth, with an approximate distance of 41 million
kilometers?
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Mercury
D. Jupiter

47.48. Ang mga sumusunod, maliban sa isa, ay ilan sa mga akdang pampanitikang nagdala ng malaking impluwensya sa
buong daigdig.

A. Ang Koran

B. Ang Divina Comedia
C. Ang Banal na Kasulatan
D. Ang Romeo at Julieta


48.49. Ang Wikang Pambansa ay wikanng pinagtibay ng batas na gagamitin ng pamahalaan sa pakikipagtalastasan sa
kanyang mga mamamayang nasasakupan sa larangan ng edukasyon pananaliksik at pangangalakal. Alin ang
nagtakda sa paglinang ng isang wikang pambansa.
A. Kautusang Tagaganap Blg. 263
B. Artikulo IV Pangkat 3 ng Saligang Batas 1935
 C. Batas Komonwelt Blg. 570
D. Batas Komonwelt Blg. 184

49.50. Tukuyin ang salitang naiiba sa kahulugan: kinain, nilapa, sinibasib, inumin
A. Nilapa

B. Kinain

C. Sinibasib
D. Inumin

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

50.51. A leptokurtic distribution signifies that:

A. All scores are average
B. Most scores are average, very few are high and low
C. Scores are heterogeneous
D. The distribution has two modes

51.52. Which of the following does not describe a holistic rubric in scoring?
A. It utilizes a single criterion
B. The student is assessed based on a specific target
C. It uses at least 3 or more basis
D. Both B and C

52.53. Kylie scored 74.80 from the recent LET. According to the law, she can be referred to as a para-teacher. Which of the following
is not correct about para-teachers?
A. They will be assigned mostly to areas that are underserved, depressed, or isolated.
B. These teachers failed to reach the minimum GWA of 75 but have grades below 75.
C. They will be allowed to teach under certain circumstances based on RA 9293.
D. They are covered by the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers.

53.54. Teacher Mae makes sure that she checks understanding to ensure that the students are following the lesson. Of what part of
assessment is she occupied with?
A. Assessment of learning
B. Assessment for learning
C. Assessment as learning
D. Assessment for and as learning

54.55. Of types of the curriculum, which comes from policy, standards and guidelines from national organizations or international
bodies such as UNESCO?
A. Recommended curriculum
B. Learned curriculum
C. Assessed curriculum
D. Written curriculum

55.56. Which program directly embodies both the pre-service and in-service programs for Teachers?
A. Teacher Education Development Program (TEDP)
B. Basic Education Curriculum (BEC)
C. Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA)
D. K-12 Program

56.57. Teacher Anna dealt effectively with a minor infarction of whispering by a student to a neighbor during class. Which of
the following did she do?
A. Use nonverbal signals (gesture or facial expression)
B. Continue to teach and ignore infarction
C. Reprimand student after class
 D. Reprimand quietly

57.58. Which of the following is considered the most important characteristic of a good test?
A. Administrability
B. Reliability
C. Validity
D. Usability

58.59. To determine student’s entry knowledge and skills which test should be given?
A. Diagnostic
B. Aptitude
C. Placement
D. Standardized

59.60. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under __________.
A. Intelligence test
B. Aptitude test
C. Criterion-referenced test
D. Norm-referenced test

60.61. Which of the following is a restricted essay test?

A. What should the Department of Education do to solve the perennial problems of poor quality of basic education? Give and
justify your proposals.
B. If you were president of the Philippines, what would you do to spur the nation’s economic growth?
C. What conditions must be present for photosynthesis to take place? Explain each factor in not more than three sentences.
D. Why are more and more people sick of Alzheimer’s disease?

61.62. You give a 100-point test; three students make scores of 95, 92 and 91, respectively; and the other 22 students in the class
make scores ranging from 33 to 67. The measure of the central tendency which is apt to best describe for this group of 25 students
is
A. The mean
B. The mode
C. Average of the median and mode
D. The median

62.63. It is advisable to promote manipulative materials to a child in his early childhood to develop:
A. Numerical skills
B. Social skills
C. Reading readiness skills
D. Pre-handwriting skills

63.64. Piagetian tasks state that thinking becomes more logical and abstract as children reach the formal operations sage. What is
an educational implication of this finding?
A. Expect hypothetical reasoning from learners between 12 to 15 years of age.
B. Engage children in analogical reasoning as early as preschool to train them for HOTS.
C. Learners who are not capable of logical reasoning from ages 8 to 11 lag behind in their cognitive development.
D. Let children be children.

64.65. Elvin lost his job and not long after, his job met an accident and was in critical condition. Elvin tried to borrow money from
relatives and friends but came up short for a very critical operation needed to save his child’s life. Stealing became an option.
What would a person in the conventional stage say?
A. “Elvin has the right to steal since nobody wants to help him.”
B. “Elvin should not steal because he will go to jail.”
C. “Stealing is morally wrong but Elvin has to save his son’s life. It is a choice he has to make but he has to be ready for the
consequences of his action.”
D. “Elvin should not steal because it is wrong and against the law.”

65.66. A school curriculum should include a common body of knowledge that all students should know.
 A. Essentialism
B. Progressivism
C. Perennialism
D. Reconstructionism

66.67. While having supper, Mrs. Garcia asks her two children what they learned in school earlier that day. Which level of curriculum
is shown in this situation?
A. Institutional
B. Experiential
C. Societal
D. Instructional

67.68. Mrs. Garcia would like to take part in developing a subject-centered curriculum because she believes that all subjects in this
curriculum are geared towards the holistic development of the learner. Is her belief about the experience-centered curriculum
true? Why?
A. No, because the experience-centered curriculum focuses on the learners needs, interests, and abilities.
B. Yes, because the experience-centered curriculum emphasizes the teaching of facts and knowledge for future use.
C. Yes, because the experience-centered curriculum involves cooperative control.
D. No, because it is the experience centered curriculum that emphasizes integration of habits and skills in learning the
knowledge component of a subject areas.

68.69. What refers to the authenticity of the content selected by the curriculum developers?
A. Feasibility
B. Learnability
C. Significance
D. Validity

69.70. Which of the following school activities is closely related and has greater impact to curriculum development?
A. Principal’s performance evaluation of the teachers.
B. Monthly meeting with the barangay officials.
C. Review of the textbooks and reference materials.
D. School visit of visitors from other places.

70.71. All of the following statements are true descriptions of bottom-up theory or model of the reading process EXCEPT:
A. Even though a reader does not recognize each word, he may be able to comprehend a selection.
B. The meaning exists in the printed page and is interpreted by the reader.
C. The meaning of the text is expected to come naturally as the code is broken based on the reader’s prior knowledge of words.
D. The reader matches letters with sounds in a defined sequence.

71.72. What is a limitation of the word-attack strategy the teacher is using?

A. This strategy is only useful when reading narratives or stories, not other literature forms.
B. The strategy can only be used when a text is written below the student’s reading level.
C. The text may not contain the necessary information to supply the definition being sought.
D. There are irregular pronunciations of consonant blends.

72.73. Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is based on the common underlying principle that successful language learning occurs when
students are presented with target language material in a meaningful, contextualized form, with the primary focus on _____.
A. Understanding the lessons
B. Acquiring information and knowledge
C. Making connections between what they learn at school and what they learn outside the school
D. Making meaning from what they learn

73.74. An example of vicarious experience is __________.

A. Watching a video
B. Taking a field trip
C. Making a class book
D. Making vegetable soup
74.75. Which must be primarily considered in the choice of instructional aid?
A. Must be updated and relevant to Filipino setting
B. Must stimulate and maintain student interest
C. Must be suited to the lesson objective
D. Must be new and skillfully made

75.76. A teacher used the materials like TV, radio and radio recordings, and pictures for his lectures. Which of the following
classification do the materials he used?
A. Abstract
B. Enactive
C. Continuum
D. Iconic

76.77. Which software is needed when one wants to perform automatic calculations on numerical data?
A. Spreadsheet program
B. Database
C. Microsoft powerpoint
D. Word processing

77.78. A student who has difficulty concentrating and has a low tolerance for frustration is planning a science research project that will
include a final presentation. Which of the following educational technologies is most likely to benefit this student?
A. An assistive listening device
B. Text-to-speech software
C. A large keyboard for input
D. Graphic organizer software

78.79. Which of the following develops critical thinking skill among the students?
A. Asking low level questions
B. A willingness to suspend judgment until sufficient evidence is presented
C. Asking convergent questions
D. Blind obedience to authority

79.80. Bruner’s theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages. Applying Bruner’s theory
how should the teacher teach?
A. Begin with the concrete
B. Begin with the abstract
C. Be interactive in approach
D. Do direct instruction

80.81. When a persons’ moral choices are determined by the direct consequences of action, he is most likely in the stage of:
A. Pre-conventional
B. Conventional
C. Concrete operational
D. Post-conventional

81.82. The following are principles of Classical Conditioning Theory, except:

A. Continuous Recovery
B. Extinction
C. Excitation
D. Stimulus generalization

82.83. Ms. Unida started her science lesson by stating a generalization. Then she asked her pupils to undertake activities to prove
the correctness of the generalization before letting them give specific examples or cases. What method did she use?
A. Inductive
B. Deductive
C. Problem solving
D. Discovery
83.84. Prof. Perello, a physical education teacher would like to make her students know about different kinds of exercise and how
each affects their bodies. What is the focus of her concern?
A. Cognitive domain
B. Evaluation domain
C. Affective domain
D. Psychomotor domain

84.85. Lesson Planning is a teaching task ideally done on a daily basis. Which of the following lesson plans provide maximum
assistance and guide to experience teachers?
A. Detailed lesson plan
B. Semi-detailed lesson plan
C. Brief lesson plan
D. Outlined lesson plan

85.86. Which of the following is an ineffective way of presenting visuals?

A. Show visuals with an element of suspense.
B. Shut of the overhead projector when explaining lengthily.
C. Erase any writing on the chalkboard or whiteboard when you no longer need it.
D. Have as many visuals you can present simultaneously to hold the learners’ interest.

86.87. Which pillar of learning is aimed at the wholistic development of man and his complete fulfillment?
A. Learning to know
B. Learning to do
C. Learning to live together
D. Learning to be

87.88. What is the most appropriate characteristic of a globally competent individual?

A. Ability to become familiar with a new culture and work environment
B. Having an intercultural facility of effective two-way communication
C. Having an open mind while actively seeking to understand norms and work effectively outside one’s environment
D. Having the professional competence to speak foreign languages

88.89. John who is a son of a carpenter eventually learns the nature of his father’s job. This is an example of:
A. Assimilation
B. Enculturation
C. Acculturation
D. Culture pattern

89.90. A 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.” What practice makes him/her fulfill such obligation?
A. Use the latest educational technology
B. Practice integrative teaching process
C. Study the life of Filipino heroes
D. Pursue graduate education

90.91. As provided for in Article II, Sec 17 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, “to foster patriotism, accelerate social progress, and
promote total human liberation, the state shall give priority” to the following, except:
A. Education
B. Science and Technology
C. Arts, culture and sports
D. Value formation

91.92. With death threat over his head, Teacher Mayra is directed to pass an undeserving student. If she is a hedonist, which of the
following will she do?
A. Don’t pass him. Live by principle of justice. She will get reward, if not in this life, in the next.
B. Don’t pass him. She surely will not like someone to give you a death threat in order to pass.
C. Pass the student. That will be of use to her, the student, and his parents.
D. Pass the student. Why suffer the threat?
92.93. Article XIII of the Code of Ethics stipulates that the evaluation of the learner’s work should be based on merit and quality of
academic ________.
A. Marks
B. Evaluation
C. Performance
D. Results

93.94. Upon prior consent of parents and school authorities, religion may be taught in Philippine schools ____________.
A. Within regular class hours
B. After class
C. During vacant period
D. After recess

94.95. A teacher who believes in the progressivist theory of education would embrace certain reforms on methodology. Which
reform would be consistent with this theory?
A. Active participation of the learners
B. Formal instructional pattern
C. Strict external discipline
D. Teacher domination of class activities

95.96. Which NCBTS domain creates situations that encourage learners to use high order thinking skills (HOTS)?
A. Diversity of learner
B. Curriculum
C. Learning environment
D. Community linkages

96.97. One of the following quotations does not conform to the Christian doctrine of Education for Humanitarianism. Which one is
it?
A. Do unto others as you would like others do unto you.
B. Love thy neighbor as thyself
C. Not on bread alone is man to live but on every utterance that comes from the mouth of God.
D. Whatever good things we do to our poor, helpless brothers, we do it for God.

97.98. As positive correlation is to direct relation, to what relation is negative correlation?

A. Definite relation
B. Neutral relation
C. Inverse relation
D. Indefinite relation

98.99. Of the following questions, which relate to meta-cognition?

A. How is this done?
B. Am I learning well enough?
C. What facts did I know?
D. When did this event occur?

99.100. The class has become uncontrollable, and so teacher Yen decided to have some undisciplined students out of the room to
the counselor’s office. What did teacher Yen apply by way of preventive approach to discipline?
A. Removing seductive objects
B. Direct appeal
C. Antiseptic bouncing
D. Physical restraint