MCQ in Professional Education Part 12 | Licensure Exam for Teachers

(Last Updated On: August 11, 2023)

These is the Multiple Choice Questions in Professional Education Part 12 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 question 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

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⇐ MCQ in Professional Education Part 11 | Licensure Exam for Teachers

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

551. In a normal distribution curve, a T-score of 70 is:

A. Two SDs above the mean

B. Two SDs below the mean

C. One SD below the mean

D. One SD above the mean

552. Which one stifles student’s initiative?

A. “Bahala na”

B. “Utang na loob”

C. Rationalism

D. Extreme authoritarianism

553. The following are trends in marking and reporting system, except:

A. Supplementing subject grades with checklist on traits

B. Conducting parent-teacher conferences as often as needed

C. Raising the passing grade from 70 to 80

D. Indicating strong points as well as those needing improvement

554. Which is a type of graph in which lines represent each score or set of scores?

A. Histogram

B. Scatter gram

C. Scatter plot

D. Frequency polygon

555. Which is an example of a perfect duty?

A. Paying the worker the wages agreed upon

B. Donating an amount for a noble project

C. Giving alms to the needy

D. Supporting a poor but deserving student to school

556. In what way can instructional aides enhance learning?

A. Entertain student

B. Hold students in the classroom

C. Reinforce learning

D. Take the place of the teacher

557. The study on types of reading exercises gives practice in:

A. All sorts of study methods

B. Reading skills needed in other project

C. Recognizing the precise meaning of words

D. Picking out the man ideas

558. How students learn may be more important than what they learn. From this principle, which of the following is particularly important?

A. Knowing how to solve a problem

B. Solving a problem within time allotted

C. Getting the right answer to a word problem

D. Determining the given

559. Kiko is very attached to his mother and Sharon to her father. In what developmental stage are they according to Freudian’s psychological theory?

A. Phallic stage

B. Latent stage

C. Oedipal stage

D. Anal stage

560. A student dislikes Math due to traumatic experience in the past. Which law explains this?

A. Partial activity

B. Analogy

C. Vividness

D. Disposition/Mind set

561. Which illustrates vicarious punishment?

A. We feel so bad to a classmate who is punished for being tardy so we convince him go to school on time

B. Out of comparison, we volunteer to get punished in place of a friend

C. We charge to experience our being punished

D. See someone get punished for habitual tardiness. In effect, we are less likely to be tardy

562. In instructional planning, it is necessary that the parts of the plan from the first to the last have:

A. Symmetry

B. Coherence

C. Conciseness

D. Clarity

563. If Teacher Judith has to ask more higher-order questions, she has to ask more ________ questions.

A. convergent

B. closed

C. fact

D. divergent

564. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to avoid ______ questions

A. rhetorical

B. leading

C. divergent

D. informational

565. The military training requirements among students in the secondary and tertiary levels can be traced as a strong influence of the:

A. Greeks

B. Romans

C. Chinese

D. Athenians

566. Teacher Marissa wants to review and check on the lesson of the previous day? Which one will be most reliable?

A. Having students correct each other’s work

B. Having students identify difficult homework problems

C. Explicitly reviewing the task relevant information for the day’s lesson

D. Sampling the understanding of a few students

567. To promote effective practice, which guideline should you bear in mind? Practice should be ____.

A. Difficult for students to learn a lesson

B. Arranged to allow students to receive feedback

C. Done in an evaluative atmosphere

D. Take place over a long period of time

568. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early childhood years?

A. Separates reality from fantasy

B. Develops the upper and lower limbs

C. Develop competitive spirit

D. Increase imagination due to expanding knowledge and emotional range

569. Teacher Joel taught a lesson denoting ownership by means of possessives. He first introduced the rule, then gave examples, followed by class exercise, then back to the rule before he moved it the second rule. Which presenting technique did he use?

A. Sequential

B. Combinational

C. Comparative

D. Whole-Part-Whole

570. For which may you use the direct instruction method?

A. Use a microscope properly

B. Distinguish war from aggression

C. Appreciate Milton’s Paradise Lost

D. Become aware of the pollutants around us

571. By what name is indirect instruction or Socratic methods also known?

A. Questioning method

B. Morrison method

C. Indirect method

D. Mastery learning

572. Which does not belong to the group of alternative learning systems?

A. Multi-age grouping

B. Multi-grade grouping

C. Non-graded grouping

D. Graded education

573. Student Ben was asked to report to the Guidance Office. Student Ben and his classmates at once remarked. “What’s wrong?” What does this imply?

A. Reporting to a Guidance Office is often associated with misbehavior

B. Student Ben is a “problem” student

C. Guidance counselors are perceived to be “almighty and omniscient”

D. The parents of Students Ben must be of the delinquent type

574. A teacher combined several subject areas in order to focus on a single concept for interdisciplinary teaching. Which strategy/method did he use?

A. Unit method

B. Thematic instruction

C. Problem entered learning

D. Reading-writing method

575. Which is a major advantage of curriculum-based assessment?

A. It tends to focus on anecdotal information on student’s progress

B. It is based on a norm referenced measurement model

C. It is informal in nature

D. It connects testing with teaching

576. A school Division Superintendent was enthusiastically lecturing on the Accreditation Program for Public Elementary Schools (APPES), its benefits and demands. Thinking of its many demands, most of the school heads were not very happy about it and the older one were whispering “we have very reason to retire soon.”

What does this tell about the change process?

A. People resist change for no reason

B. People tend to resist change

C. Resistance to change is insurmountable

D. Leadership can affect the desired change in persons despite opposition from the persons themselves.

577. In the problem solving method of teaching, which is the primary role of the teacher?

A. Clarifier

B. Judge

C. Observer

D. Director

578. To educate the child for freedom is to educate him/her to:

I. Respond to others
II. Respond to himself/herself
III. Do as he/she pleases
IV. Live as he/she desires

A. II and III

B. I and III

C. I and II

D. I and IV

579. I want to engage my students in small group discussion. Which topic lends itself to a lively discussion?

A. The meaning of the law of supply and demand

B. Rules on subject-verb agreement

C. The law of inertia

D. The exclusion of Pluto as a planet

580. In which of the following would programmed learning to be most likely to be found?

A. In a class divided into small groups

B. Independent study

C. In dyadic groups

D. In a class where teacher tries to individualized instruction

581. A master teacher, the resource speaker in an in-service training, presented the situated learning theory and encouraged her colleagues to apply the same in class. Which did she not encourage her colleagues to do?

A. Apprenticeship

B. Learning as it normally occurs

C. Authentic problem solving

D. Decontextualized teaching

582. Which is the ultimate aim of classroom management?

A. To set up condition that brings about effective teaching and learning

B. To secure conformity to rules with ease

C. To make children realize that they cannot do everything they want

D. To remove the physical condition in the room

583. Under which teaching strategy does a School’s division practice of assigning a Girl Scout to serve as Superintendent of the Day or Mayor of the Day for leadership training fall?

A. Panel discussion

B. Symposium

C. Simulation

D. Dramatization

584. Which approach makes you think of your thinking?

A. Constructivist

B. Metacognitive

C. Cognitive

D. Integrative

585. The grades make valid indicators of students’ achievements. Which process should be observed?

A. Explaining the meaning of marks and grades

B. Defining the course objective as intended learning outcomes

C. Adopting letter grades such as A, B, C and D

D. Giving objective type of tests

586. Who are not covered by the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers?

A. All full time or part time public and private school teacher and administrator

B. Teachers of academic, vocational, special, technical or non-formal institution

C. Teacher in the tertiary level

D. Teacher in all educational institutions at all levels

587. Which of the UNESCO’s four pillars of education is most related to peace education?

A. Learning to do

B. Learning to know

C. Learning to live

D. Learning to be

588. The failure of independent study with most Filipino students may be attributed to students’ ______.

A. high degree of independence

B. ambiance

C. unpreparedness for schooling

D. high degree of dependence on authority

589. When you use the overhead projector for topic presentation, point to the ______.

A. OHP slide

B. OHP light

C. OHP screen

D. Projection wall

590. Where do you make the correction of your notes while using the overhead projector?

A. On the slide

B. On the overhead projector

C. On the projector wall

D. On the screen

591. Authority comes from God and is meant to:

A. Help those given the authority to do their task

B. Distinguish those with authority from those without

C. Be lorded over others

D. Make the subjects of authority recognize their superiors

592. For a discussion of a topic from various perspectives, it is best to hold a/an ______.

A. Brainstorming

B. Symposium

C. Debate

D. Panel discussion

593. A Principal tells her teacher that training in the humanities is most important. To which educational philosophy does he adhere?

A. Perennialism

B. Existentialism

C. Essentialism

D. Progressivism

594. Jonna, a principal, shares this thought with her teachers. “Subject matter should help students understand and appreciate themselves as unique individuals who accept complete responsibility for their thoughts, feelings and action.” From which philosophy is this though based?

A. Essentialism

B. Perennialism

C. Progressivism

D. Existentialism

595. Who stressed the idea that students cannot learn if their basic needs are not first met?

A. Maslow

B. Miller

C. Wertheimer

D. Thorndike

596. A person, who has had painful experiences at the dentist’s office, may become fearful at the mere sight of the dentist’s office building. Which theory can explain this?

A. Classical conditioning

B. Generalization

C. Operant conditioning

D. Attribution theory

597. One strength of an autobiography as a technique for personality appraisal is that ________.

A. It may be read by unauthorized people

B. It can replace data obtained from other data-gathering technique

C. It makes possible the presentation of intimate experiences

D. It gives complete data about the author

598. Which Millennium Development Goal (MDG) goal is related to the state’s goal for quality education?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

599. All of the following describe the development of children aged eleven to thirteen, except:

A. Sex differences in IQ become more evident

B. They exhibit increased objectivity in thinking

C. They shift from impulsivity to adaptive ability

D. They show abstract thinking and judgment

600. One learns Math by building on the Math concepts previously learned. This is an application of:

A. Constructivist

B. Humanist

C. Physiological

D. S-R

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