Professional Education - Practice Test 1

 

1. Teacher Y wants to measure student’s ability to organize thoughts and ideas. Which type of test is most appropriate?
   1.   Objectives test
   2.   Limited response essay
   3.   Extended response essay
   4.   Short answer type of test
2. Which of the following refers to organized services specially designed to improve the adjustment of students?
   1.   Group growth sessions
   2.   Test profiles
   3.   Cumulative records
   4.   Guidance program
3. Which tests survey existing problems of academic progress?
   1.   Achievement tests
   2.   Interest inventories
   3.   Problem checklist
   4.   Aptitude tests
4. Which of the following statements about guidance is NOT true?
   1.   Guidance is a continuous process
   2.   Guidance is concerned with “ Whole” student, not only with his or her intellectual and academic aspect
   3.   Guidance is telling a student what is best for him, and advising him about what he should do
   4.   Guidance is primary concerned with prevention rather than cure
5. Which of the following is NOT a guidance service?
   1.   Psychological testing
   2.   Counseling
   3.   Observation
   4.   Education placement
6. Which of the following tests is given at the end of instruction?
   1.   Summative
   2.   Placement test
   3.   formative test
   4.   diagnostic test
7. Special or exceptional students are such in certain aspects, Except for one:
   1.   Sensory abilities
   2.   Gender orientation
   3.   Mental characteristics
   4.   Communication abilities
8. Information from achievement tests can be used in the following, Except in
   1.   Grading a student
   2.   Labeling pupils
   3.   Establishing proficiency
   4.   Giving feedback regarding effectiveness of learning
9. Which of the following occurs when the teachers have a general tendency to rate all individuals’ performance at approximately the same position on the rating scale?
   1.   Personal bias error
   2.   Halo effect
   3.   Logical error
   4.   Severity error
10. Read and analyze the matching type of test given below: Directions: Match column A with column. Write only the letter of your answer at the left blank column.
    
                Column A                          Column B
    _____1. Jose Rizal                         A. Considered the 8Thwonder of the world
    _____2. Ferdinand Marcos             B. The National hero of the Philippines
    _____3. Corazon Aquino                C. National Heroes’ day
    _____ 4. Manila                              D. The first woman President of the Philippines
    _____5. November 30                    E. The capital of the Phil.
    _____ 6. Banawe Rice Terraces     F. The President of the Philippines who served the longest
    
    What Does the Test Lack?
    1.   Options
    2.   Distraction
    3.   Response
    4.   Premise
11. When teachers, administrators and counselors come together to synthesize or coordinate in interpreting data about a student for the purpose of a more intensive study, this is called:
    1.   Longitudinal study
    2.   Case study
    3.   Case conference
    4.   Case analysis
12. Which type of test can help teachers predict the probability of success of students in certain areas or endeavors?
    1.   Achievement
    2.   Intelligence
    3.   Aptitude
    4.   Personality
13. Which of the following correctly describes dyslexia?
    1.   It is a developmental expressive writing disorder
    2.   It is a developmental arithmetic disorder
    3.   It is a developmental reading disorder
    4.   It is a developmental articulation disorder
14. Here is a sample multiple choice type of test item:
    
    Man is to woman as boy is to:
    A) Father
    B) Mother
    C) Girl
    D) Boy
    
    The above Test item makes use of
    1.   A cause-effect relationship
    2.   A comparison
    3.   An analogy
    4.   Part-whole relationship
15. Readiness pretests is given at the beginning of an instructional unit is a:
    1.   Summative tests
    2.   Formative test
    3.   Placement test
    4.   Diagnostic test
16. The distribution of the scores is negatively skewed. This means that:
    
    1.   Most of the score are low
    2.   Most of the scores are high
    3.   The score are concentrated on the left of the distribution curve and most of the score are low
    4.   The scores are concentrated on the left of the distribution curve
17. Aside from professional competence, what other important qualification must a teacher have for guidance work?
    1.   Similar cultural background with the students
    2.   Personal qualities, such as warmth, open-mindedness, interest in people
    3.   Affiliation with a professional group
    4.   Several year of experience as teacher
18. Which of the following is meant to determine student performance at that beginning of instruction?
    1.   Diagnostic assessment
    2.   Placement assessment
    3.   Summative assessment
    4.   Summative assessment
19. Mean is to central tendency as standard deviation is to:
    1.   Discrimination
    2.   Level of difficulty
    3.   Correlation
    4.   Variability
20. The following characterize school guidance programs, Except one:
    
    1.   A part of every school activity
    2.   Separate from the general life of the school
    3.   A function sheared by all
    4.   Located in every part of the school
21. Which factor is most likely to make a school’s guidance program succeed?
    
    1.   Administrative support
    2.   The availability of the specialist
    3.   The favorable attitude of teachers toward guidance
    4.   Located in every part of the school
22. The results if this type of test serve as basis for remedial instruction. What is the type of test referred to?
    
    1.   Prognotic test
    2.   Speed test
    3.   Diagnostic test
    4.   Achievement test
23. The difficulty index of a test item is 1. This implies that:
    1.   The test item must be moderate in difficulty because 50% got the item correctly and 50% got it wrongly
    2.   The test item must be very difficult because nobody got the item correctly
    3.   The test item must be neither difficult because nor easy because this depends on the ability of the students
    4.   The test item must be very easy because everybody got the item correctly
24. In his conduct of item analysis Mr. Milanes discovered that a significant greater number from the lower group of the class that from
    the upper group got item number 10 correctly. This implies that
    1.   The test item is reliable
    2.   The test item has a negative discriminating power
    3.   The item has a positive discrimination power
    4.   The tests item is valid
25. Guidance is concerned with
    1.   All students, even if some seem not to have problems
    2.   Students who manifests undesirable behavior only
    3.   Underachieving students only
    4.   Students with emotional problems only
26. Which statement explains the primary focus of the non-directive approach in counseling?
    1.   It focuses in the person’s responsibility and capacity to discover more appropriate behavior
    2.   It places confidence in a person’s ability to deal with his or her needs through a realistic process
    3.   it helps confidence to develop a more rational to deal with his or her needs through a realistic process
    4.   it modifies behavior by providing appropriate learning conditions and experiences
27. An algebra test was designed to measure what the students learned at the end of the course. It was also to predict success in future mathematics subjects. This algebra test functioned as
    1.   Diagnostic and placement test
    2.   An aptitude test
    3.   An achievement test
    4.   An aptitude and an achievement test
28. Giftedness is a form of exceptionality. Students who fall under this category demonstrate high performance in special areas, such as those below
    1.   Athletic prowess
    2.   Creative thinking
    3.   General intellectual ability
    4.   Visual and performing arts
29. Which of the following is the least stable measure of central tendency?
    1.   Median and mode
    2.   Mode
    3.   Median
    4.   Mean
30. Which assessment concerned with identifying learning difficulties during instruction
    1.   Summative assessment
    2.   Placement assessment
    3.   Formative assessment
    4.   Visual and performing arts
31. These are significant information about a student, gathered through the use of various techniques, assembled, summarized and organized in such a way that they may be used effectively:
    1.   Cumulative records
    2.   Test profile
    3.   Personal inventories
    4.   Case studies
32. Research findings show that autism is
    1.   Either more prevalent among girls or among boys depending on their nationality
    2.   Equally prevalent among boys and girls
    3.   More prevalent among boy than among girls
    4.   More prevalent among girls than among boys
33. In interpreting test results which statements are true?
    
    I. A raw score itself is meaningless but becomes meaningful once it is interpreted
    II.An analysis of test results is useless without interpretation
    III. Test result interpretation is possible without analysis
    IV. The use of statistical techniques gives meaning to student’s scores
    1.   I, II, IV
    2.   I, II, III
    3.   I, III, IV
    4.   II, III, IV
34. This guidance service to help students carry out their plans and act on their choices so that they become adjusted to their chosen field or career is called:
    1.   Counseling
    2.   Information
    3.   Placement
    4.   Follow-up
35. The tendency for the rather to use only the lower end of rating scale in rating performance is referred to as
    1.   Personal bias error
    2.   Severity error
    3.   Generosity error
    4.   logical error
36. What must be employed to continuously strengthen a school guidance program
    1.   Assignment of responsibilities
    2.   Research
    3.   Evaluation
    4.   Program Planning
37. Which tests are given before instruction?
    1.   Placement
    2.   Formative
    3.   Summative
    4.   Achievement
38. Which tests are given choice type of test:
    1.   Readiness and placement test
    2.   Diagnostic and achievement
    3.   Formative and summative tests
    4.   Diagnostic and readiness tests
39. In this multiple choice of test item. US Grant was "AN"
    
    a.President
    b. Man
    c. alcoholic
    d. General
    
    The article AN is called:
    1.   Foil
    2.   Premise
    3.   stem
    4.   specific determiner
40. The following are computed difficulty indices: 1, . 80, .50, .30 which one indicates the most difficulty item?
    
    1.   30
    2.   50
    3.   1
    4.   80
41. What follows is a multiple-choice type of tests. Some test items:
    
    a.Are too difficult
    b.Are poorly constructed
    c. Are objective
    d.Have multiple defensible answer
    
    WHAT MAKES THE ABOVE MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE OF TEST POOR?
    1.   The options are not parallel
    2.   The stem fails to present a problem
    3.   The options are not grammatically connected to the stem
    4.   There are grammatical clues
42. All are components of remedial guidance in the classroom, Except
    1.   Dealing with discipline problems
    2.   Dealing with poor study habits and skills
    3.   Dealing with underachievement
    4.   Dealing with career choices or vocational plans
43. Which method provides a more or less objectives assessment of different aspects of an individual?
    1.   Home visits
    2.   Counseling interview
    3.   Observations
    4.   Standardized testing
44. What follows is a multiple choice type of test: US Grant was an:
    
    a.President
    b.Composer
    c. Alcohol
    d. General
    
    WHAT MAKES THE ABOVE MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE OF TEST POOR?
    1.   The article eliminates options A, B and D immediately
    2.   The options are not parallel
    3.   The item is quite short
    4.   The content is not Filipino
45. A school guidance program should arise mainly out of
    1.   The curriculum and other programs of the school
    2.   The school administrator’s directives from his/her perceptions
    3.   The students’ needs and the problems
    4.   The availability of guidance resources in the schools
46. A test in which the options are dependent upon a foundation of some sort such as graphical representation, paragraph, and pictures is:
    1.   Contained-options test
    2.   Setting-and-options test
    3.   Structured-response
    4.   Stem-and-options test
47. In the scoring of essay tests, experts advise teachers to score all answer to an easy question before going to the next question for which reason?
    1.   It reduce the chances that ratings will be influenced by a halo effect
    2.   It is more convenient
    3.   It is easier to apply the criteria more uniformly when considering only a single task at a time when going from task to task for each student
    4.   Checking is faster this way
48. Whose performance does stanine of 5 represent?
    1.   Performance of the upper 40%
    2.   Performance of the upper 20%
    3.   Performance of the lower 20%
    4.   Performance of the middle 20%
49. In making and reporting observations of students’ behavior, which ones should be avoided?
    1.   Descriptions of student’s gestures and expressions
    2.   The names of other students with whom the one being observed interact
    3.   Opinions and judgment about a students
    4.   Direct quotations of student’s statements
50. All are basic functions of psychological tests EXCEPT ONE.
    1.   For selection or admission
    2.   Identification of students who need special attention
    3.   For promotion or acceleration Integration of life experiences and future directions of students
51. Upon what shall a teacher base the evaluation of the learner’s scholarship
    
    1.   Merit, learner’s scholarship
    2.   Merit, quality of performance
    3.   Merit, attendance
    4.   Quality of performance, learner’s scholarship
52. The following are some of what a professional teachers may NOT do EXCEPT:
    1.   Accept remuneration from tutorials other than what is authorized for such service
    2.   Make deductions from student’s scholastic ratings as a punishment
    3.   Base the evaluation of the learner’s work on merit and quality of academic performance
    4.   Inflict corporal punishment an offending learners
53. The value of education, deference to authority, and filial piety in the Philippines in an influenced of:
    1.   Taoist tradition
    2.   Confucianist tradition
    3.   Buddhist tradition
    4.   Hindu tradition
54. Which statement regarding teacher’s ethical behavior is wrong?
    1.   A teacher may not fall in love with his/her students
    2.   Teachers shall support one another at all times when the best interest of the learners, the school, or the profession at stake
    3.   A teachers may submit to the proper authorities any justifiable criticisms against an associate
    4.   It is every teacher’s responsibility to seek correctives for any unprofessional and unethical conduct of any associate
55. Which is the first and foremost concern of a teacher? The interest and welfare of
    1.   Learners
    2.   Colleagues
    3.   Parents
    4.   The teaching profession
56. The ideal society in the context of Plato is one where:
    1.   There is hope
    2.   Love prevails
    3.   Justice reigns
    4.   Faith matters
57. The survivors of a shipwreck are now packed in a lifeboat which may capsize unless partly deloaded. Which of the following acts will be morally justifiable?
    1.   Pushing the young and old ones and leaving them behind to drown
    2.   Trying to save everyone as much as possible
    3.   Shooting some passengers and leaving them behind
    4.   Doing nothing and waiting for the boat to capsize
58. For the advocates of value clarification, values are
    1.   Universal
    2.   Personal
    3.   Objective
    4.   Unchanging
59. With regard to business, which does the Code of Ethics NOT say about teachers?
    1.   A teacher shall maintain a good reputation with respect to debts loans and other financial matters
    2.   .No teachers shall be financially interested in any commercial venture involving textbooks and other school commodities where he/she can exercise official influence
    3.   No teacher shall act as agent of textbooks and other school commodities where he/she can exercise official influence
    4.   a teacher may not engage in any kind of business
60. The more consumeristics a person is, the more he/she gets attached to this material world, the father he is from the universal self, the more miserable he/she becomes. This is a teaching of
    1.   Confucianism
    2.   Taoism
    3.   Hinduism
    4.   Buddhism
61. Who believed that there should be less reliance on the school, and the world of work?
    1.   Paolo Freire
    2.   Ivan Illich
    3.   Paul Goodman
    4.   Jean Paul Sartre
62. Human dignity is inherent in every person. This means that
    1.   The inner worth of a person depends on what he has
    2.   The inner worth of a person depends on how he/she looks
    3.   The inner worth of a person depends on what he can do
    4.   The inner worth of a person is in him/her she looks
63. Which of the following runs counter runs counter to the development of honesty and accountability?
    1.   Being vigilant about weights and measures used in the markets
    2.   Equal payment of government employee’s productivity pay
    3.   Payment of just wages to workers and employees
    4.   Transparent in operations of the barangay and other organizations through public reporting
64. Which are said to be our wellspring of excellence
    1.   Third largest English-speaking nation, tiger economy, inventor of people’s power revolution
    2.   Tiger economy, superior human resources
    3.   Tiger largest English-speaking nation, superior human resources, inventor of people’s power revolution
    4.   Tiger economy, the inventor of people’s power revolution, superior, human resources
65. Which among these goals for change was proposed by the moral Recovery Program?
    1.   A sense of justice and outrage over its violation, a sense of national pride, a sense of seriousness
    2.   A sense of national guide, a sense of seriousness, sense of common good
    3.   A sense of national guide, a sense of seriousness, sense of national justice and outrage over its violation
    4.   A sense of seriousness, a sense of the common good, a sense of justice and outrage over its violation
66. The code of ethics for teachers states that school officials shall encourage and attend to the professional growth of all teachers.
    
    According to the Code school officials can do this by:
    1.   .Giving them due recognition for meritorious performance by allowing them to participate in conferences and training programs recommending teachers for promotion
    2.   Recommending teachers for promotion, organizing teachers in a professional organization
    3.   Allowing them to participate in conferences and training programs
    4.   Organizing teachers into a professional organization, giving them due recognition for meritorious performance and recommending teachers for promotion
67. Which thrust on value formation is intended to help the students identify and be aware of their values?
    1.   Analysis
    2.   Value clarification
    3.   Value inculcation
    4.   Moral development
68. The idea that there should be less reliance on the school and greater use of education potential of the community and the world of work is the essence of
    1.   Community-based education
    2.   Formal education
    3.   Multi-grade teaching
    4.   Mobile teaching
69. It is said that the big drama development is played out in small scenes. Which one does not serve as a further explanation of this statement?
    1.   Ordinary things done by ordinary people are the solid building blocks on which a nation develops
    2.   Details can make a significant difference
    3.   Much of our personal development and progress of the nation depends on how extraordinary well we do the ordinary things
    4.   Let us give attention to major things because they are the ones that matter
70. Which of the following characteristics does not apply to Plato’s just society?
    1.   The artists are creative
    2.   The leaders are wise
    3.   The soldiers are courageous
    4.   The working class are temperate
71. Martin Buber’s “ dialogic principle” requires as restructuring of society which can be achieved by:
    1.   Communism which cannot tolerate multiplicity and freedom
    2.   Fascism which cannot allow dialogue
    3.   Democracy which requires centralistic political set up
    4.   Democratic socialism which advocates a genuine dialogue life
72. Which of the following statements about society is TRUE?
    1.   Revolution produce the opposite of their goals
    2.   Ethnic cleansing leads to social unanimity
    3.   “ Social education “ leads to a mature society
    4.   Cooperative education is a means to Social education
73. Which of the following statements defines ethics?
    1.   The science of correct thinking
    2.   The study of being a general
    3.   The study of the nature of human knowledge
    4.   The study of rightness or wrongness of human knowledge
74. Which of the following dose not characterize fascism?
    1.   A government of laws and not of men
    2.   Rigid hierarchy and authority of single leader
    3.   Militarist, nationalist and dictatorial regime
    4.   It justifies any of its means by its end
75. Which of the following is not Anarchism?
    1.   Freedom and responsibility
    2.   Social organization without hierarchy
    3.   Extreme view of individual freedom
    4.   Destruction of the state and its supporting institution
76. In which of the following acts would you attribute responsibility?
    1.   A barkeeper sells liquor to a minor not knowing he is an adult
    2.   A barkeeper sells liquor to a minor not knowing it is illegal to do so
    3.   A barkeeper sells liquor to a client not knowing it is contaminated with poison
    4.   A barkeeper sells liquor not knowing it would cause the death of a diabetic person
77. The values of the people are revealed in the following approaches, Except One:
    
    1.   When they are asked to choose freely among alternative
    2.   When they act out what they choose but for a short while and not repeatedly
    3.   When they act out what they choose
    4.   When they are asked to choose among alternatives
78. To attain harmony in society people must rule their subjects with benevolence . whose teaching was this?
    1.   Mohammad
    2.   Kung-fu-zu
    3.   Buddha
    4.   Lao Tzu
79. The concept that school failed to encourage positive learning and were opposed to the production of independently-minded adults was popularized by:
    1.   Paolo Freire
    2.   John Dewey
    3.   Paul Goodman
    4.   Ivan Illich
80. Which type of conscience is possessed by one who is extremely rigorous and is constantly afraid of committing evil?
    1.   Scrupulous
    2.   Lax conscience
    3.   Certain conscience
    4.   Certain conscience
81. The following EXCEPT ONE are the strength of Filipino character
    1.   Pakikipagkapwa-tao
    2.   Family orientation
    3.   Frankness
    4.   Joy of humor
82. Which of the following is the Aristotlelian definition of happiness?
    1.   One’s ultimate achievements in life
    2.   A state made perfectly the aggregation of good things
    3.   The satisfaction of all desires and the absence of pain
    4.   The experience of the fulfillment of possibilities
83. One of the following statements about passion is NOT TRUE?
    1.   Passion does not affect voluntariness
    2.   Passion may completely destroy freedom
    3.   Passion tends to blind the judgment of the intellect
    4.   Passion cannot affect freedom
84. Which does not characterize a non-violent society?
    1.   Solves problems in non-adversarial way
    2.   Prefers indigenous ways of solving problems
    3.   A passive society
    4.   Solves problems in a non-confrontational way
85. Which statement holds true of values clarification?
    1.   Values are objective; no person has the right set of values to pass on to others
    2.   It is meant to help students get at their own feelings, ideas, and belief’s; no person has the right set of values to pass on to others
    3.   No person has the right set of values to pass on to others; values are independent of time
    4.   Values are independent of time, place, and persons; meant to help students get at their own feelings and ideas
86. Based on the Code of Ethics for teachers, which of the following may teachers not do?
    1.   Welcomes the opportunity to lead in barangay
    2.   Studies and understands local customs and traditions
    3.   Deducts points from students scholastic ratings as a from of punishment
    4.   Attends church and worship of his choice joy and humor
87. Which type of justice implies the duty of one individual to give another what he is due?
    1.   International justice
    2.   Distributive justice
    3.   Social justice
    4.   Commutative justice
88. It is said that our level of achievement is always lower than our level of aspiration. This suggests that
    1.   We should aim high
    2.   We should not be over ambitious
    3.   We should think and act local
    4.   We should set over aspirations because it is damaging if we cannot realize them
89. John Dewey advocates which of the following?
    1.   Something is true if it works
    2.   Morality is for persons
    3.   Everything in this world is tentative, a series of means and ends
    4.   What is right or wrong depends on the situation
90. Which is NOT the goal of true authority?
    1.   To bring out the best in others
    2.   To set the examples for others
    3.   To coerce others to do what people in authority desire them to do
    4.   To help, from and guide others
91. In moral life, responsibility depends on one’s knowingly and freely doing an act. In which of the following situations would you attribute responsibility?
    1.   A nurse administers a medicine despite strong doubts about it
    2.   A four year old fires a loaded gun killing his own father
    3.   A person unknowingly passes counterfeit money
    4.   An insane person strikes someone’s head with a hammer
92. “ Life is what you make it”. What you become is up to you. This thought comes from the:
    1.   Existentialist
    2.   Realist
    3.   Idealist
    4.   Philosophical analyst
93. According to Plato, the good from of government is
    1.   Oligarchy
    2.   Aristocracy
    3.   Democracy
    4.   Monarchy
94. Which of the following ways of life refer to Taoism?
    1.   Practice an all-embracing love
    2.   Practice the golden rule
    3.   Love one another
    4.   Be natural
95. “Without a vision, a people perish.” Says the Book of Proverbs. This shows how important a vision is. What does a vision Not do to a person’s life?
    1.   It guides him/her to follow the most efficient route
    2.   It dilutes his/her attention
    3.   It keeps him/her focused on one direction
    4.   It keeps him/her inspired
96. Which lie is the worst of all lies?
    1.   An officious lie
    2.   A material lie
    3.   A malicious lie
    4.   A jocose lie
97. Which of the following does not refer to existentialism?
    1.   Each man shapes his own life and destiny
    2.   Existence means self-choice and self-determination
    3.   Existence means creativity and uniqueness
    4.   Social existence means anarchy and violence
98. Which is ethical for a teacher to do in a situation where she/he falls in love with a student or when a student falls in love with his/her teacher?
    1.   The teacher avoids that learner
    2.   The teacher exercise discretion to avoid scandal and gossip and preferential treatment of that learned
    3.   The teacher resigns from his/her teaching job
    4.   The teacher advises the student to discontinue with his/her studies
99. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE of an ideal social principle?
    1.   Restructure society to crates a union of communities
    2.   Advocate direct life-relations between men and men
    3.   De-emphasize centralization of power
    4.   Advocate an ethics of manipulation
100. If a ruler wants to maintain himself in power he must govern by moral power. Upon whose teaching is this based?
     1.   Kung-fu-zu
     2.   Lao Tzu
     3.   Buddha
     4.   Mohammad

 

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