LET Reviewer - PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Part-28 (50 Items)
PROF ED (28)
1) Which of the following test items can effectively measure HOTS cognitive learning objectives?
a. Objective test
b. Achievement test
c. Completion test
d. Extended essay test
2) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an objective test?
a. can cover a large sampling of content areas
b. time-consuming to prepare
c. there is a single or best answer
d. can measure higher-order thinking skills
3) Teacher Gabby computed the mean score of his students, and he wants to get more information about the dispersion of the scores. Which measure of the variability is the most appropriate?
a. Mean
b. Inter-quartile Range
c. Variance
d. Standard Deviation
4) With grading practice in mind, what is meant by teacher's severity error? a. He uses tests and quizzes for punishment.
b. He tends to favor high-performing students.
c. He tends to give lower grade than what is supposed to be.
d. He gives way to students' who ask for reschedule of the test.
5) About how many percent of the scores fall between -2SD and +2SD units of its mean?
a. 34%
b. 68%
c. 95%
d. 98%
6) Which of the following can measure the internal consistency of the test results?
I. Test-retest method
II. Split-half method
III. Parallel method
IV. Kuder-richardson formula
a. II only
b. II & IV
c. I & III
d. III only
7) Which of the following can measure the stability of the test results?
I. Test-retest method
II. Split-half method
III. Parallel method
IV. Kuder-richardson formula
a. I only
b. II only
c. I & III
d. II & IV
8) Who among the following needs less verbal counseling but needs more concrete and operational forms of assistance? The child who ________.
a. has mental retardation
b. has attention-deficit disorder
c. has learning disability
d. has conduct disorder
9) A teacher's summary of a lesson serves the following functions, EXCEPT: a. It links the parts of the lesson.
b. It brings together the information that has been discussed.
c. It makes provisions for full participation of students.
d. It clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson.
10) All of the following describe the of children aged eleven to thirteen, EXCEPT:
a. They shift from impulsivity to adaptive ability.
b. Sex difference in IQ becomes more evident.
c. They exhibit increase objectivity in thinking.
d. They show abstract thinking and judgement.
11) Teacher Dian taught a lesson denoting ownership by means of possessives. She first introduced the rule, then gave examples, followed by class exercises, then back to the rule before she moved into the second rule. Which presenting technique did she use?
a. Combinational
b. Comparative
c. Part-whole
d. Sequence
12) Mr. Lopez discussed how electricity flows through wires and what generates the electric charge. The he gave the students wires, bulbs, switches, and dry cells and told the class to create a circuit that will increase the brightness of each bulb.
Which one best describes the approach used?
a. It used a taxonomy of basic thinking skills.
b. It was constructivist.
c. It helped students understand scientific methodology.
d. It used cooperative learning.
13) Which is a direct measure of competence?
a. Personality tests
b. Performance tests
c. Paper-and pencil tests
d. Standardized tests
14) An effective classroom manager uses low-profile classroom control. Which is a low-profile classroom technique?
a. Note to parents
b. After-school detention
c. Withdrawal of privileges
d. Raising the pitch of the voice
15) To come closer to the truth we need to go back to the things themselves. This is the advice of the ________.
a. Behaviorists
b. Phenomenologists
c. Idealists
d. Pragmatists
16) Test norms are established in order to have a basis for ________.
a. establishing learning goals
b. interpreting test results
c. computing grades
d. identifying students' difficulties
17) Who among the following puts more emphasis on core requirements, longer school day, longer academic year and more challenging textbooks?
a. Perennialists
b. Essentialists
c. Progressivists
d. Existentialists
18) With synthesizing skill in mind, which has the highest diagnostic value?
a. Essay test
b. Performance test
c. Completion test
d. Multiple-choice test
19) Which is NOT a sound purpose for asking questions?
a. To probe deeper after an answer is given.
b. To discipline a bully in class.
c. To remind students of a procedure.
d. To encourage self-reflection.
20) The main purpose of compulsory study of the Constitution is to ________.
a. Develop students into responsible and thinking citizens.
b. Acquaint students with the historical development of the Philippine Constitution.
c. Make students Constitutional experts.
d. Prepare students for law-making.
21) How can you exhibit expert power on the first day of school?
a. By making students feel you know what you are talking about.
b. By making students realize the importance of good grades.
c. By reminding students your authority over them.
d. By giving your students a sense of belongingness and acceptance.
22) In self-directed learning, to what extent should a teacher's scaffolding be?
a. To a degree to which the student needs it.
b. None, to force the student to learn by himself.
c. To the minimum, to speed up development of student's sense of independence.
d. To the maximum, in order to extend to the student all the help he needs.
23) Which guideline must be observed in the use of prompting to shape the correct performance of your students?
a. Use the least intrusive prompt first.
b. Use all prompts available.
c. Use the most intrusive prompt first.
d. Refrain from using prompts.
24) Which is a true foundation of the social order?
a. Obedient citizenry
b. The reciprocation of rights and duties
c. Strong political leadership
d. Equitable distribution of wealth
25) As a teacher, what do you do when you engage yourself in a major task analysis?
a. Test if learning reached higher level thinking skills.
b. Breakdown a complex task into sub-skills.
c. Determine the level of thinking involved.
d. Revise lesson objectives.
26) What is most likely to happen to our economy when export continuously surpasses imports, a thought question on ________.
a. Creating
b. Synthesizing
c. Predicting
d. Relating cause-and-effect
27) Why should a teacher NOT use direct instruction all the time?
a. It requires much time.
b. It requires use of many supplementary materials.
c. It is generally effective only in the teaching of concepts and abstractions.
d. It reduces students engagement in learning.
28) Which questioning practice promotes more class interaction?
a. Asking question before calling a student.
b. Focusing on divergent questions.
c. Focusing on convergent questions.
d. Asking rhetorical questions.
29) Mrs. Salgado wanted to teach the pupils the skill to do cross-stitching. Her check-up quiz was a written test on the steps of cross-stitching. Which characteristic of a good test does it lack?
a. Scorability
b. Reliability
c. Objectivity
d. Validity
30) Which holds true to standardized tests?
a. They are used for comparative purposes.
b. They are administered differently.
c. They are scored according to different standards.
d. They are used for assigning grades.
31) Quiz is to formative test while Periodic is to ________.
a. Criterion-reference test
b. Summative test
c. Norm-reference test
d. Diagnostic test
32) Which applies when skewness is zero?
a. Mean is greater than the median.
b. Median is greater than the mean.
c. Scores have three modes.
d. Scores are normally distributed.
33) Which group of philosophers maintain that truth exists in an objective order that is independent of the knower?
a. Idealists
b. Pragmatists
c. Existentialists
d. Realists
34) Which describes norm-reference grading?
a. The performance of the group.
b. What constitutes a perfect score.
c. The students' past performance.
d. An absolute standard.
35) Ms. Hidalgo teaches her students that pleasure is not the highest good. Ms. Hidalgo's teaching is against what philosophy?
a. Realism
b. Hedonism
c. Epicureanism
d. Empricism
36) Which test has broad sampling of topics as strength?
a. Objective test
b. Short answer test
c. Essay test
d. Problem type
37) We encounter people whose prayer goes like this: "O God, if there is a God; save my soul, of I have a soul." From whom is this prayer?
a. Stoic
b. Empiricist
c. Agnostic
d. Skeptic
38) Which is a form of direct instruction?
a. Discovery process
b. Problem solving
c. Programmed instruction
d. Inductive reasoning
39) Bruner's theory on intellectual development moves from enactive to iconic and symbolic stages. In which stage/s are diagrams helpful to accompany verbal information?
a. Enactive and iconic
b. Symbolic
c. Symbolic and enactive
d. Iconic
40) Which one can enhance the comparability of grades?
a. Using common conversion table for translating test scores into ratings. b. Formulating tests that vary from one teacher to another.
c. Allowing individual teachers to determine factors of rating.
d. Individual teachers giving weights to factors considered for rating.
41) In the Preamble of Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers, which is NOT said of teachers?
a. LET passers
b. Duly licensed professionals
c. Possess dignity and reputation
d. With high moral values as well as technical and professional competence
42) A teacher who equates authority with power does NOT ________.
a. shame
b. develop self-respect in every pupil
c. retaliate
d. intimidate
43) Which is a major advantage of a curriculum-based assessment?
a. It is informal in nature.
b. It connects testing with teaching.
c. It tends to focus on anecdotal information on student progress.
d. It is based on a norm-referenced measurement model.
44) Teacher Miko is a teacher of English as a Second Language. He uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences, dictation and writing exercises in teaching a lesson about grocery shopping. Based on this information, which of the following is a valid conclusion?
a. The teacher is reinforcing learning by giving the same information in a variety of methods.
b. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierarchy of cognitive learning.
c. The teacher wants to do less talk.
d. The teacher is emphasizing listening and speaking skills.
45) Helping in the development of graduates who are maka-Diyos is an influence of?
a. naturalistic morality
b. classical Christian morality
c. situational morality
d. dialectal morality
46) From whom do we owe the theory of deductive interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
a. Aristotle
b. Socrates
c. Pythagoras
d. Plato
47) Studies in the areas of neurosciences disclosed that the human brain has limitless capacity. What does this imply?
a. Some pupils are admittedly not capable of learning.
b. Every pupil has his own native ability and his learning is limited to this nativeability.
c. Every child is a potential genius.
d. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned everything.
48) Which assumption underlies the teacher's use of performance objectives? a. Not every form of learning is observable.
b. Performance objectives assure the learner of learning.
c. Learning is defined as a change in the learner's observable performance. d. The success of the learner is based on the teacher's performance.
49) How would you select the most fit in government positions? Applying Confucius teachings, which would be the answer?
a. By course accreditation of an accrediting body
b. By merit system and course accreditation
c. By merit system d. By government examinations
50) "In the light of the facts presented, what is most likely to happen when....?" is an example thought question on?
a. inferring
b. generalizing
c. synthesizing
d. justifying
PROF ED (28) ANSWERS:
1. D - The extended essay test is the most effective measure of higher order thinking skills. The essay tests, whether restricted or extended, assess the students' ability to organize and present their original ideas.
2. D - A,B, and C are characteristics of an objective test.
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. C
13. D
14. D
15. B
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. B
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. A
24. B
25. B
26. D
27. C
28. B
29. A
30. C
31. B
32. D
33. D
34. A
35. B
36. C
37. C
38. C
39. B
40. A
41. A
42. B
43. D
44. A
45. B
46. D
47. C
48. C
49. C
50. A
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