This is the Multiple Choice Questions in Professional Education part 1 as one coverage of Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET). The exam is divided into two classifications. First is the elementary level exam which covers topics from General Education (GenEd) 40% and Professional Education (ProfEd) 60%. Secondly is the secondary level which covers GenEd 20%, ProfEd 40% and area of specialization 40%. I assume you are looking for a reviewer that will help you achieve your goal to become a professional License teacher very soon. Yes, you are in the right place to make your dream come true. Make sure to familiarize each and every questions to increase the chance of passing the Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET).
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (Elementary and Secondary) Coverage
- Teaching Profession, Social Dimensions of Education
- Principles of Teaching, Educational Technology, Curriculum Development
- Facilitating Learning, Child and Adolescent Development
- Assessment of Student Learning, Developmental Reading
- Field Study, Practice Teaching
Practice Exam Test Questions
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.
1. When asked, students of Teacher Joel described him as someone who is in authority to discuss thoroughly a subject in Research. Teacher Joel therefore exhibits a power known as _____.
A. Expert power
B. Reward power
C. Referent power
D. Legitimate power
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Option A
2. Which of the following is the focus of the Japanese Education in the Philippines?
A. Democratic ideals and nationalism
B. Socio-cultural and religious education
C. Patriotism
D. Vocational and health education
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Option D
3. If a teacher believes in the concept of education that makes every individual a useful citizen to the state, then he is influenced by the concept of ________.
A. Socialism
B. Totalitarianism
C. Humanitarianism
D. Utilitarianism
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Option D
4. Teacher L says, “If it is billiard that brings students out of the classroom, let us bring it in the classroom. Perhaps, I can use it to teach Math.”To which philosophy does Teacher L adhere?
A. Reconstructionism
B. Essentialism
C. Existentialism
D. Progressivism
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Option B
5. Which is TRUE about “assessment for learning”?
A. It is conducted after a period or unit of learning.
B. It provides evidence of achievement for grading or reporting purposes.
C. It includes periodical exam and portfolios.
D. It includes assessment to identify weaknesses and proper placement or sectioning of students.
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Option D
6. It is a process designed to provide information that will help us to make judgement about a particular situation.
A. Measurement
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Item Analysis
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Option B (clue: make judgement)
Explanation
empty
7. What type of test is given every end of the lesson?
A. Achievement
B. Diagnostic
C. Formative
D. Summative
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Option C
Explanation
End of a lesson which can be a quiz or post-test
8. As a teacher, you are an idealist. Which among these will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything.
B. I must teach the child to develop his mental powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child to be an agent of change.
D. I must teach the child to replicate good deeds and words.
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Option D
Explanation
Idealism promotes modeling “good deeds”
9. The University wants to ensure that incoming students will succeed in their chosen field of endeavor. The Guidance Center will conduct what kind of test?
A. Achievement test
B. Aptitude test
C. Diagnostic test
D. Intelligence test
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Option B
Explanation
Aptitude test is used to identify the occupational success of a student/person.
10. School B’s curriculum puts emphasis on the classics. School B’s curriculum is predominantly _____.
A. Perennialist
B. Progressivist
C. Reconstructionist
D. Essentialist
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Option A
Explanation
Perennialism uses curriculum that are classical, time-tested and life-time
11. To ensure that all Filipino children are functionally literate, which mechanism is meant to reach out to children who are far from a school?
A. Multi-grade classroom
B. A school in every barangay
C. Mobile Teaching
D. Sineskwela
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Option C
Explanation
Reach out to students who are far from schools; mobile teachers are moving from one place to another.
12. Schools focus on enhancing learners’ critical thinking, cultural awareness and emotional intelligence. Which pillar of learning this is anchored?
A. Learning to know
B. Learning to do
C. Learning to live together
D. Learning to be
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Option D
Explanation
LEARNING to BE is a holistic development which includes critical thinking, cultural awareness and emotional intelligence
13. Many local schools in the Philippines are established as “academy”. Who is the founder of such institution?
A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Socrates
D. Socrates
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Option B
Explanation
Plato founded the Academy while Aristotle founded the Lyceum.
14. Teacher Apple is using a signal interference for classroom discipline. Which is the best to convey that you disapprove a student’s behavior?
A. Wink
B. Raise eyebrow
C. Clap hands once
D. Put a hand on her throat
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Option B
15. Teacher Andrew asked questions that encourage many answers and generate greater participation from students. What type of question was utilized by Teacher Andrew?
A. Convergent
B. Reflective
C. Behavioral
D. Divergent
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Option D
Explanation
Divergent questions generate varied ideas from students while convergent questions generate specific answers like “yes” or “no”
16. Which part of the lesson is involved when students bring information together from a variety of sources and forming new ideas about the topics?
A. Constructivism
B. Synthesis
C. Application
D. Formulation
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Option B
Explanation
Forming parts into a new whole; synthesis is also referred as generalization.
17. Teacher is using didactic approach to cover wide range of topics. Which method is being referred?
A. Inductive Method
B. Expository Method
C. Project Method
D. Laboratory
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Option B
Explanation
Didactic is done when a teacher does more of the talking to cover wide range of topics.
18. Teacher Divine is assigned in a rural area near a lake; Teacher Ellen in a depressed community; Teacher Fina in a hostile area yet abundant in resources; and Teacher Ginger in a place where standard of living is high. Who among the Public School Teachers is entitled to a special hardship allowance?
A. Teacher Diving
B. Teacher Ellen
C. Teacher Fina
D. Teacher Ginger
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Option C
Explanation
Hardship allowance is given when teacher is assigned in hazardous or hostile areas.
19. To settle issues with insurgents, which pillar of learning should be uphold?
A. Learning to be
B. Learning to live together
C. Learning to do
D. Learning to know
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Option B
20. Mr. Santos plans of applying direct instruction strategy. Which will he first do?
A. Independent practice
B. Review the previous day’s work
C. Guided student practice
D. Project method
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Option B
Explanation
Direct instruction = teacher-centered or driven
21. Which is implied by “skewed to the left” scores distribution?
A. Most of the students are academically challenged
B. Most of the students are remarkable
C. Most of the students are thick-witted
D. Most of the teachers are passive and spend more time in administrative than instruction tasks.
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Option B
Explanation
Skewed to the left means students are bright and well supported by teachers and parents.
22. Mr. Cruz observes and gives oral recitations, term paper, projects, reflections papers and different kinds of tests to his students in Educ. 6. What principle of assessment best explains this practice? Effective assessment requires:
A. A clear concept of all intended learning outcomes
B. A variety of assessment procedures should be used
C. An Instructional relevance of the procedure should be considered
D. The specifications of criteria for judging successful performance
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Option B
23. Which characteristics of a good test measures what it is suppose to measure?
A. Adequacy
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Validity
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Option D
Explanation
Validity is to measuring what it is to measure, whereas Reliability is to consistency of the test results.
24. A Prelim test was administered twice to 3rd year BEED students and the test results are consistent. What type of reliability was used?
A. Pearson-R test
B. Kuder-Richardson Formula
C. Split-half Method
D. Test-Retest Method
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Option D
Explanation
Test-retest = gives the same test to the same individuals on two occasions and correlate the scores
25. _______ is an example of fish. What makes the test item poor?
A. The test item is very easy
B. The test item is not significant
C. The question is short and incomplete
D. The blank is at the beginning of the sentence
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Option D
26. Which of the following group of score distribution is less spread?
A. sd = 1.5
B. sd = 1.65
C. sd = 1.75
D. sd = 2.0
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Option A
Explanation
The smaller the standard deviation (SD), the less spread the scores are.
27. A performance standard in the K-12 curriculum states that students should be able to “practice healthful habits in taking care of the sense organs”.
A. Taking care of the self
B. Diligence in studying
C. Practicing consistently
D. Being sensible most of the time
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Option A
28. Which is a limitation of a matching type test?
A. It measures lower order thinking skills
B. It can only be used for homogenous content
C. It is ideal only for lower grade levels
D. It is prone to guessing
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Option D
29. Why is there a need to provide a high- quality feedback?
A. It tones down the emotion of the students.
B. It gives sufficient details on what students understand.
C. It gives negative and critical comments for improvement
D. It provides details on what students understand and what to do next.
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Option D
30. The distributions will most likely be ___________ if a class is composed of brilliant students.
A. very normal
B. platykurtic
C. skewed to the right
D. skewed to the left
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Option B
Explanation
Skewed to the left = scores are high or students are bright/brilliant
31. Which psychological theory states that the mind insists on finding patterns in things that contribute to the development of insight?
A. Gestalt psychology
B. Bruner’s theory
C. Piaget’s psychology
D. Kohlberg’s psychology
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Option A
32. A test item has a difficulty index of 0.51. What should the teacher do?
A. Make it a bonus item.
B. Retain the item.
C. Revise the item.
D. Reject the item.
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Option B
Explanation
33. Why is it sound to encourage our students to define terms in their own words? Because______
A. students remember information better when they mentally process it in some way
B. they ought to connect the terms that they learn with other terms
C. this is one opportunity to brush up with their English
D. defining the terms in their own words helps them memorize the definition faster
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Option A
34. Edgar Dale found out that people generally remember 10% of what they read but generally remember 90% of what they do. What does this imply to a teacher’s instructional planning?
A. Plan a detailed lecture and provide the students with your lecture outline.
B. Give many reading materials to the students
C. Plan for an activity where students can do the real thing
D. Outline the lesson on the board
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Option C
35. Which illustrates a proactive approach to discipline?
A. Teacher starts giving rule only after a violation of a rule
B. Teacher arranges the chairs to allow for a smooth traffic flow
C. Teacher brings to the principal two boys engaged in a fight
D. Teacher reprimands a misbehaving student.
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Option B
Explanation
Proactive means preventive discipline.
36. With preventive discipline in mind, which does NOT belong to the group?
A. Reactive
B. Anticipatory
C. Inventive
D. Proactive
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Option A
37. Which is a proactive management practice?
A. Tell them that you enforce the rules on everyone, no exception
B. Set and clarify your rules and expectations on Day 1
C. C.Punish the misbehaving pupils in the presence of their classmates
D. Stress on penalty for every violation
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Option B
38. Teacher D strives to draw participation of every student into her classroom discussion. Which student need is she trying to address? The need to___.
A. show their abilities to the rest of the class
B. feel fulfilled
C. feel significant and be part of a group
D. be creative
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Option C
39. Based on Edgar Dale’s Cone of experience, which activity is farthest from the real thing?
A. Watch a demo
B. View images
C. Listening to radio
D. Attend exhibit
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Option C
40. Interpreting assessment results considers consistency. Which is described when the results are consistent?
A. Validity
B. Reliability
C. Subjectivity
D. Objectivity
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Option B
41. Which activity is most appropriate if I want my students to get a graphic overview of the whole lesson on figures of speech before I discuss them one by one?
A. Topic outline
B. Venn diagram
C. Sentence outline
D. Advance organizer
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Option D
42. It is the process by which an organism inherits the characteristics/traits of the parents.
A. Fertilization
B. Heredity
C. Maturation
D. Development
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Option B
43. When the daughter is competing with the mother for the father’s attention, the daughter is said to be experiencing
A. Sexual deviation
B. Electra complex
C. Identity crisis
D. Oedipus complex
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Option B
44. Teacher Zany is an inspiration to almost all of the students. Her efficiency and effectiveness in the profession is truly outstanding. Which of the following describes this attitude toward her?
A. Naturalism
B. Progressivism
C. Idealism
D. Perennialism
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Option C
45. Teacher A finds teaching in a multi-cultural classes very challenging. Which among the following choices will alleviate the difficulty of addressing these challenges?
A. She must consider stereotyping rather than cultural identities and biased attitudes
B. She must nurture diversity rather than practicing domination and oppression
C. She must welcome one sided view rather than the recognition of biases
D. She must embody a curriculum rather than perspective
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Option B
46. A child who always fights with his /her classmates, who has a very short attention span, and who has frequent tantrums is believed to be suffering from
A. Mental retardation
B. Down syndrome
C. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
D. Learning disability
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Option C
47. Teacher Ana has been lecturing for more than an hour and she noticed that students are not anymore able to absorb additional information. This phenomenon is known as
A. Stagnation
B. Procrastination
C. Boredom
D. learning
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Option D
48. A foreigner who is studying here in the Philippines was turned off by the Filipinos way of eating Balut and Frogs since he didn’t experience it before.
A. Xenocentrism
B. Xenocentrism
C. Colonial mentality
D. Culture shock
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Option D
Explanation
Xenocentrism considers other culture superior that his own while Ethnocentrism considers own culture superior than others.
49. Who among the following claimed that children are natural learners and therefore must be taught in natural settings?
A. Kohlberg
B. Piaget
C. Montessori
D. Froebel
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Option C
Explanation
50. You arrange the rows of blocks in such a way that a row of 5 blocks is longer than a row of 7 blocks. If you ask which row has more, Grade 1 pupils will say that it is the row that makes the longer line. Based on Piaget’s cognitive development theory, what problem is illustrated?
A. Conservation problem
B. Assimilation problem
C. Accommodation problem
D. Egocentrism problem
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Option A