MCQ in Professional Education Practice Drills Part 32 | Licensure Exam for Teachers

(Last Updated On: August 15, 2023)

This is the ProfEd Practice Drills, Multiple Choice Questions in Professional Education part 32 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 Practice Drills Part 31 | Licensure Exam for Teachers

Choose the letter of the best answer in each question.

1551. In her tests, Teacher Tomden made tests that were either too difficult or too easy. What was wrong with her tests?

A. Unclear directions

B. Inappropriate level of difficulty of the test items

C. Ambiguity

D. Identifiable patterns of answers

1552. What is an alternative assessment tool that consists of a collection of work artifacts or in progress accomplishment by a targeted clientele?

A. Evaluation instrument

B. Rubric

C. Achievement test

D. Portfolio

1553. What computation did teacher Panny use in getting the difference between the highest and lowest scores in each class?

A. Mean

B. Range

C. Standard deviation

D. Median

1554. Which measure of central tendency is most reliable when scores are extremely high and low?

A. Cannot be identified unless individual scores are given

B. Median

C. Mode

D. Mean

1555. Which measure of central tendency is most reliable to get a picture of the class performance whose raw scores in a quiz are: 97, 95, 85, 86, 77, 75, 50, 10, 5, 2, 1?

A. Mode

B. None. It is best to look at individual scores

C. Mean

D. Median

1556. Self-evaluation has become an important kind of performance assessment among teachers, useful as an honest self-criticism and a starting point to removal evaluation by supervisors, peers, or students. How is self-evaluation described?

A. Evidence of teaching performance

B. Substitute to supervisor’s rating

C. Guide for self-adjustment

D. Tool for salary adjustment

1557. What is the common instrument used in measuring learning in the affective domain?

A. Multiple choice

B. Checklist

C. Scaling

D. Questionnaire

1558. On the test giver’s list of Do’s, which of the following is not relative to motivating students to do their best?

A. Read test directions

B. Reduce test anxiety, e.g. “Take a deep breath.”

C. Explain the purpose of the test

D. Tell students: “I will be proud of you if you perform well.”

1559. What is the range if the score distribution is: 98, 93, 93, 93, 90, 88, 87, 85, 85 , 85, 70, 51, 34, 34, 34, 20, 18, 51, 12, 9, 8, 6, 3, 1?

A. 93

B. 85

C. 97

D. Between 51 and 34

1560. What does the test mean if the difficulty index is 1?

A. Very difficult

B. Missed by everyone

C. Very easy

D. A quality item

1561. What is the meaning of a negative correlation between amount of practice and number of errors in tennis?

A. The increase in the amount of practices does not at all affect the number of errors

B. As the amount of practice increases, the number of errors decreases

C. The decrease in the amount of practice sometimes affects the number of errors

D. Decrease in the amount of practice goes with decrease in the number of errors

1562. An entering college would like to determine which course is best suited for him. Which test is appropriate for this purpose?

A. Aptitude test

B. Intelligence test

C. Achievement test

D. Diagnostic test

1563. Which of the following criteria is the basis for selecting tests that yield similar results when repeated over a period of time?

A. Efficiency

B. Validity

C. Usability

D. Reliability

1564. Facilities such as classrooms, fixtures, and equipment can often damage the morale of new teachers and become an obstacle for adapting well to the school environment. What should be the policy for assigning said physical facilities?

A. needs of student’s basis

B. position ranking basis

C. first-come, first-served basis

D. service seniority basis

1565. There are various functions a fellow teacher or peer coach can help new teachers. What role does a peer coach play by being present/available to share ideas, problems and success with a new teacher?

A. a provider of technical feedback

B. a facilitator of strategies

C. an analyzer of teaching job

D. a close peer or companion

1566. Teacher Nancy is directed to pass an undeserving student with a death threat. Which advise will a utilitarian give?

A. Don’t pass him. You surely will not like someone to give you a death threat in order

to pass

B. Pass the student. That will be off use to the student, his parents and you.

C. Pass the student. Why suffer the threat?

D. Don’t pass him. Live by your principle of justice. You will get reward, if not in this life, in the next!

1567. In what setting is differentiated and multi-lingual teaching most effective?

A. special children with classes

B. multi-grade classes

C. children with diverse cultural backgrounds

D. pre-school children

1568. After the embarrassing incident, Teacher Kevin vowed to himself to flunk the student at the end of the school term. What has Dante done that is against the guidelines for using punishment?

A. Punishing immediately in an emotional state

B. Using double standards in punishing

C. Doing the impossible

D. Holding a grudge and not starting with a clean slate

1569. Following the principles for punishing students, which of the following is the LEAST desirable strategy for classroom management?

A. Punishing while clarifying why punishment is done

B. Punishing while angry

C. Punishing the erring student rather than the entire class

D. Give punishment sparingly

1570. According to the guidelines on punishment, what does it mean that the teacher should give the student the benefit of the doubt?

A. Make sure facts are right before punishing

B. Doubt the incident really happened

C. Don’t punish and doubt effectiveness of punishment

D. Get the side of the students when punishing

1571. Which of the following guidelines for punishment may be done?

A. Don’t punish students outside of school rules on punishment

B. Don’t threaten the impossible

C. Don’t use double standards for punishing

D. Don’t assign extra homework

1572. For group guidance in classroom management, what element is lacking when there is too much competitiveness and exclusiveness with the teacher being punitive and partial to some students?

A. Dissatisfaction with classroom work

B. Poor interpersonal relations

C. Poor group organization

D. Disturbance in group climate

1573. To demonstrate here authority Teacher Kokeyni made an appeal to undisciplined students. What kind of appeal did she make by saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, don’t engage in that kind of behavior, you can do much better?”

A. Invoke peer reaction

B. Exert authority

C. Internalizing student’s image of themselves

D. Teacher-student relationship

1574. What is the term for the leap from theory to practice in which the teacher applies theories to effective teaching methods and theories?

A. Integration process

B. Informational process

C. Conceptualization process

D. Construction process

1575. Of subcategories of movement behavior, what is happening when the teacher ends an activity abruptly?

A. Thrust

B. Truncation

C. Stimulus-bounded

D. Flip-flop

1576. Of subcategories of teacher movement behavior, what is happening when the teacher goes from topic or activity to other topic or activities, lacking clear direction and sequence of activities?

A. Truncation

B. Dangle

C. Thrust

D. Flip-flop

1577. Of subcategories of teacher movement behavior, what is happening when the teacher is too immersed in a small group of students or activity, thus ignoring other students or activity?

A. Truncation

B. Flip-flop

C. Stimulus-bounded

D. Thrust

1578. From classroom management strategies applied on erring students, which of the following should not be done?

A. Surprise quiz

B. Communicating problems to parents

C. Parent-principal conference

D. Shaming erring student before the class

1579. Among mistaken goals in the Acceptance Approach to discipline, what happens when students defy adult by arguing, contradicting, teasing, temper tantrums, and low level hostile behavior?

A. Power seeking

B. Withdrawal

C. Revenge seeking

D. Attention getting

1580. Teacher Ann Patuan dealt effectively with a minor infraction of whispering by a student to a neighbor during class. Which of the following did she do?

A. Reprimand quietly

B. Continue to teach and ignore infraction

C. Reprimand student after class

D. Use nonverbal signals (gesture or facial expression)

1581. What mistake is teacher Senemin Basic trying to avoid by never ignoring any student or group of students in her discussions and other activities?

A. Non-direction

B. Dangled activity

C. Divided attention

D. Abrupt end

1582. Teacher Dra D Explorer is a great lecturer and so she is invited to speak and represent the school on many occasions. What is one quality of her lecturers when she follows a planned sequence, not diverting so as to lose attention of her listeners?

A. Explicit explanations

B. Continuity

C. Inclusion of elements

D. Fluency

1583. Teacher Aldub makes certain content interesting to his students. Focusing on learners, he also uses many simple examples, metaphors and stories. What is this quality of lesson content?

A. Interest

B. Feasibility

C. Self-sufficiency

D. Balance

1584. Teaching English, teacher Krizzy is careful about her lesson content. What quality of content did he achieve when she made certain her information came with the “information explosion” which she got in the Internet, such as how to effectively teach phonetics?

A. Learnability

B. Significance

C. Balance

D. Interest

1585. Teacher Kevin made certain his lesson content can be useful to his students, taking care of their needs in a student-centered classroom. What is this kind of quality content?

A. Utility

B. Balance

C. Self-sufficiency

D. Interest

1586. In the implementation of the curriculum at the classroom level, effective strategies are called “Green”. Which of the following belongs to the Green Flag?

A. Homogenous students grouping

B. Content delivery based on lessons

C. Excess in chalkboard talk

D. Student interest and teacher enthusiasm

1587. In the implementation of the curriculum at the classroom level, ineffective strategies are called “Red”. Which of the following belongs to the Red Flag?

A. Content applied to real-life situations

B. Overemphasis on drill and practice

C. Available enrichment activities

D. Integration of problem solving

1588. Teacher Maggie explains by spicing her lectures with examples, descriptions and stories. What is this quality in her lectures?

A. Planned sequence

B. Elaboration through elements

C. Use of audiovisuals

D. Simple vocabulary

1589. Can technology take the place of the teacher in the classroom? Select the most appropriate answer:

A. No. It is only an instrument or a tool

B. Yes, when they hire less teachers and acquire more computers

C. Yes. When teachers are not competent

D. Yes, such as in the case of Computer-assisted instruction (not teacher-assisted instruction)

1590. What kind of tool is technology as evidenced by its use in word processing databases, spreadsheets, graphics design and desktop publishing?

A. Analyzing tool

B. Encoding tool

C. Productivity tool

D. Calculating tool

1591. In avoiding implying sickness or suffering, which of the following is the most preferable way to refer to those with disabilities like polio?

a. “Is polio-stricken”

b. “Had polio”

c. “Polio victim”

d. “Suffers from polio”

1592. If threat of punishment is necessary on erring students, how should this best be done?

A. Make the threat and reinforce with warning

B. Make the threat with immediate punishment

C. Ward and threat at the same time

D. First a warning before the threat

1593. Among cognitive objectives, what is also known as an understanding and is a step higher than more knowledge of facts?

A. Comprehension

B. Analysis

C. Synthesis

D. Application

1594. What is the quality of teacher Pining Garcia’s lecture when she makes use of various pictures, charts, graphs, videos to support her lectures?

A. Simplified vocabulary

B. Enrichment through visual aids

C. Causal and logical relationships

D. Continuing sequence

1595. In determining the materials and media to use, what consideration did Teacher Ina A. Mag adopt when he chose materials that can arouse and sustain in curiosity?

A. Satisfaction

B. Interest

C. Expectancy

D. Relevance

1596. Which of the following is true of a democratic classroom?

A. Teacher acts as firm decision maker

B. Students decide what and how to learn

C. Consultation and dialogue

D. Suggestions are sent to higher officials for decisions

1597. This is appropriate use of technology which can unite people of the world rather than exploit them?

A. For pornography

B. For social media

C. For financial fraud

D. For propaganda

1598. From structures in Multifunctional Cooperative Learning, which involves each student writing in turn one answer as a paper and pencil is passed around the group?

A. Jigsaw

B. Inside-outside circle

C. Roundtable

D. Partners

1599. How does the “humaneness” of the teacher best described when he/she is full interest and enthusiasm in the work of teaching?

A. Responsiveness

B. Perceptiveness

C. Knowledge

D. Sensitivity

1600. Teacher Lester Cruz Valdez gets more information about how his students learn in order to upgrade his pedagogy. What principle is he following?

A. Teachers should keep track of learning outcomes

B. Teachers should value information

C. Teachers should document information data on students

D. Teachers should teach and test learning

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