Professional Education

Pre-Licensure Examination for Teachers

1.
Which of the following group of materials is considered to have the highest
degree of abstraction?
A.

pictures, posters, and slides

B.

plants, insects, and other specimens

C.

educational televisions, film, and video clips

D.

friendly and business letters, novels, newspaper clips

2.
Which of the following factors should Mr. Bautista primarily consider in his
determination of his teaching and learning objectives and in his utilization of
instructional materials?
A.

assessment tools

B.

nature of the learners

C.

modes of material presentation

D.

instructional activity and experiences

3.
In instructional development, teachers state objectives first because it helps
them best in
A.

operating the equipments to be used for instruction.

B.

securing available instructional materials.

C.

selecting which media to use best.

D.

preparing materials beforehand.

4.
Mrs. Gavina ensures that the illustrations she is preparing for her class do
not suggest messages that can be interpreted in variety of ways. Which of the

following principles in media selection and utilization guides her development of

instructional materials?
A.

communication effectiveness

B.

meaningfulness

C.

authenticity

D.

interest

5.
The following statements are examples of good practices in the use of
printed visuals like charts, graphs, and drawings EXCEPT for
A.

Present the material one by one.

B.

Students should pass the material around for everyones benefit.

C.

Print visuals should be seen by everyone in a single presentation.

D.
Provide written or verbal cues to support important information that is to be
clearly understood in the visuals.
6.
Prof. Balagtas plans to utilize audiocassettes in his Literature class the next
day. Which of the following competencies does he want to develop in his students?
A.

Literary criticism

B.

Literary appreciation

C.

Short story composition

D.

Auditory comprehension

7.
Hector is asked to present a report regarding the expedition of Christopher
Columbus. He is planning to deliver his report by making the parts of his
presentation partly hidden to make it more interesting and exciting. Which of the
following materials should he probably use?
A.

Video

C. realia

B.

Slides

D. models

8.
Ms. Runduin plans to tell a tall tale to her students. She is planning to tell it
in an exciting progressing presentation by using a group of transparent sheets
placed over a base transparency. Which of the following materials is she planning
to use for her storytelling?

A.

MarionettesC. silhouettes

B.

Puppets

D. overlay

9.
Mr. Delos Santos, a fresh graduate elementary teacher is asked by the
principal to help the school develop resources for instruction so that the school
would have available materials for the teachers to use. The principal described the
learners and the teachers in the school in terms of abilities and attitudes. Which of
the following processes would you suggest him to do so that he may be well
guided in his development process?
A.

development utilization evaluation design

B.

development design utilization evaluation

C.

design development utilization evaluation

D.

design utilization evaluation development

10. Ms. Henson wants to determine her teaching and learning objectives for her
science class the next day. She also plans to think of a material to use so that she
could deliver her lesson with efficiency. Which of the following factors should Ms.
Henson primarily consider?
A.

instructional strategy

B.

instructional activity

C.

assessment tools

D.

the learner

11. Mr. Binangonan brought real samples of leaves when he discussed about
differences of plants through the leaves. Which of the following principles BEST
reflects his decision in the selection of instructional media?
A.

Interest

C. responsiveness

B.

Authenticity

D. cost effectiveness

12. Prof. Duque would like to create a presentation material for his lecture on the
normal curve distribution in statistics. To make his presentation more efficient and
effective, which of the following tools should he utilize?
A.

communicative tool

B.

productivity tool

C.

informative tool

D.

situating tool

13. You grouped your students and asked them to make a trailer for the novel
they have read in your Literature class. What tool could possibly help the students
in their project?
A.

communicative tool

B.

productivity tool

C.

informative tool

D.

situating tool

14. Teacher Silva used video excerpts in teaching new economic concepts to her
4th year high school class. However, as the clips are viewed, the students seemed
to have blank responses to them. Students yawn and feel sleepy. There is an
ineffective utilization of the instructional media in the classroom. In this situation,
educational technology is considered ineffective because it
A.

does not provide vicarious experiences for the learners.

B.

does not help attain the objectives of the lesson.

C.

induces alienation on the part of the learners.

D.

promotes passive reception of the message.

15. Mr. Bautista wants to increase the proficiency of his students in a newly
learned skill and he wants to refresh an existing skill in the learners. Which of the
following categories of computer-assisted instruction or CAI should he use to
achieve his teaching objective?
A.

instructional games

B.

drill and practice

C.

simulation

D.

tutorial

16. Mr. Malaya is teaching a 3rd year high school class in world history. The
students need note taking, outlining, and study skills. Which strategy should she
start to model, teach, and have students practice first?
A.

main idea

B.

sequencing

C.

reciprocal teaching

D.

rhetorical patterns of expository texts

17. Teacher Sheila does a read-aloud and think-aloud modeling several times a
week in her first and second grade classroom. Which of the following strategies is
she NOT modeling?
A.

asking questions of the text, the author, and self

B.

making connections with the text

C.

checking predictions

D.

phonetic analysis

18. Mr. Rodrigo has several students in his fifth grade class that need more
strategies for comprehension of texts. Which of the following is NOT an effective
strategy for him to model to the students?
A.

checking and modifying predictions while reading

B.

looking up vocabulary words during reading

C.

activating prior knowledge before reading

D.

using context clues for monitoring

19. Which of the following phonological and phonemic awareness activities is

considered to have the LEAST level of difficulty?
A.

substitutions, additions, and deletions

B.

segmentation

C.

blending

D.

rhyming

20. Mrs. Gutierrez has students who are weak in the use of structural analysis.
Which of the following words would BEST lend itself to the development of the skill
mentioned?
A.

Cough

B.

Decided

C. fountains
D. previewed

21. Mrs. Ilanan has a new kindergarten class and needs to obtain some baseline
data from her students. She deems it necessary to assess her students print
skills. Which of the following skills would NOT be included in this particular
assessment?
A.

recognition of a capital letter

B.

pointing the cover of a book

C.

left-to-right orientation

D.

word segmentation

22. Teacher A has found out that the results of the curriculum that was
implemented call for an alteration in the set of objectives and competencies.
Which of the following curriculum development stages does teacher A want to
happen?
A.

curriculum planning

B.

curriculum evaluation

C.

curriculum change

D.

curriculum improvement

23. Ms. Natividad, a classroom teacher, wants to try-out to her class another
strategy she has learned from a seminar-workshop she has attended. Which level
of curriculum is shown in this situation?
A.

Societal

C. instructional

B.

ExperientialD. institutional

24. Mr. Reyes, the principal of Bagumbato National High School, opted to use the
curriculum that employs the integration of Music, Arts, P.E., and Social Studies on a
longer time block. This situation clearly shows that the principal prefers to use
A.

core curriculum design.

B.

correlated subjects design.

C.

broad-fields curriculum design.

D.

single-subject curriculum design.

25. The sub-processes of curriculum planning, organization and designing,

implementation and evaluation sum up the process of
A.

curriculum and instruction.

B.

curriculum management.

C.

curriculum development.

D.

curriculum assessment.

26. When the aim of the curriculum is to provide the learners with the needed
skills in this ever-changing world, the curriculum reflects the belief that it should
A.

provide learners with the knowledge needed for social relevance.

B.

perpetuate cumulative tradition of organized knowledge.

C.

provide avenues for the students to do self-expression.

D.

allow learners self-actualization.

27. The following statements are characteristics of the subject-centered

curriculum EXCEPT for
A.

The main task is mastery learning.

B.

The teacher has full control of the lesson.

C.

There is a high level of cooperative interaction.

D.

It covers much of the content in a short span of time.

28. The phase of curriculum development which involves a survey of the current
needs of the learners and the demands of society is curriculum
A.

planning.

B.

evaluation.

C.

organization.

D.

implementation

29. Ms. Oliveros, a language teacher, has noticed that Bryan, a diagnosed
dyslexic child, has already improved in his reading, writing, gross, and fine motor
abilities. She recommended to her principal that Bryan should be learning in a
regular classroom. Which of the following does the teacher want to happen?
A.

Promotion

B.

Intervention

C. inclusion
D. exclusion

30. When developers try to obtain relevant information to be able to judge the
worth of an educational program, its product, procedures, and objectives, the
developers are in the process of curriculum
A.

planning.

C. evaluation.

B.

designing.

D. alignment.

31. Johnny, a junior high school student, connected his lesson on fractions with
his Social Studies lesson on land ownership during the time of Feudalism. Which
curriculum design element is reflected in Johnnys practice?
A.

Articulation

C. continuity

B.

Integration

D. balance

32. Teacher B wants to give his student the freedom to choose what to learn and
believe, and allow the student to set his own identity and standards. Teacher B
clearly shows that he believes in
A.

Realism.

C. Perennialism.

B.

Idealism.

D. Existentialism

33. A curriculum developer wants to combine geography, civics and culture, and
history to complete the subject area of Social Studies. The curriculum developer
clearly manifests favor for the
A.

correlated subjects curriculum design.

B.

broad fields curriculum design.

C.

fused curriculum design.

D.

core curriculum design.

34. Teacher C has found out that there was a mismatch between the content she
was teaching in the class and the competencies tested in the standards-based
assessment (SBA) given after a year of instruction. This situation calls for
curriculum
A.

planning.

C. alignment.

B.

designing. D. implementation.

35. The following are characteristics of the experience-centered curriculum

EXCEPT for
A.
The classroom activities are cooperatively controlled by the learner and the
teacher.
B.

The emphasis is on the holistic development of the individual learner.

C.

Education aims to develop a socially creative individual.

D.

Facts and knowledge are to be mastered for future use