Professional Education Set N
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
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
1) Mr. Santiago gave a chapter test.
In which competency did students find the greatest difficulty? In the item with
a difficulty index of ________.
a. 0.15
b. 1.0
c. 0.93
d. 0.51
2) Which statement about standard deviation is CORRECT?
a. The lower the standard deviation, the more spread the scores are.
b. The higher the standard deviation, the less spread the scores are.
c. The higher the standard deviation, the more spread the scores are.
d. It is a measure of central tendency.
3) The index of difficulty of a particular test item is .10. What does this mean? My students ________.
a. gained mastery over an item
b. performed very well against expectation
c. found that test item was either easy nor difficult
d. were hard up in that item
4) The mode of a score distribution is 25. This means that?
a. Twenty-five is the score that occurs least.
b. Twenty-five is the score that occurs most.
c. Twenty-five is the average of the score distribution.
d. There is no score of 25
5) After teaching lessons, Ms. Chavez gave a quiz to her class. Which does she give?
a. Diagnostic test
b. Summative test
c. Performance test
d. Formative test
6) The variance, standard deviation, and range are all measures of ________.
a. variability
b. central tendency
c. grouping
d. partition values
7) If a teacher gets a difference between the highest score and the lowest score, he obtains the ________.
a. range
b. standard deviation
c. mean
d. index off difficulty
8) Which applies when the score distribution is concentrated at the left side of the curve?
a. Bell curve
b. Positively skewed
c. Bimodal
d. Negatively skewed
9) In a normal curve distribution, about how many percent of the cases fall between -1SD to +1SD?
a. 34.13%
b. 68.26%
c. 15.73%
d. 49.86%
10) The scores of the students in a tutorial class are as follows: 82, 82, 85, 86, 87, 94, 98. The score 86 is the ________.
a. Mean
b. Mode
c. Median
d. Median & Mode
11) The discrimination index of a test item is -0.46. What does this imply?
a. More students from the upper group answered the item incorrectly.
b. More students from the upper group answered the item correctly.
c. More students from the lower group answered the item correctly.
d. The number of students from the lower group and upper group who answered the item correctly are equal.
12) Which statement is true when the value of standard deviation is small?
a. The scores are found at the extremes of the distribution.
b. The scores are spread out from the mean value.
c. The scores are concentrated around the mean value.
d. The shape of the distribution is a bell curve.
13) Which of the following statements is one of the characteristics of a normal curve distribution?
a. There are more high scores than low scores.
b. The scores are normally distributed.
c. Most of the scores are low.
d. There are more low scores than high scores.
14) The score distribution is 50, 49, 49, 49, 48, 48, 40, 39, 39, 39, 35, 30, 30, 30, 26, 25, 25, 24, 24, 20, 20, 20, 19, 15, 14, 13, 10, 10. Which is the best way to describe the given score distribution?
a. unimodal
b. bimodal
c. positively skewed
d. multimodal
15) Teacher Gerald gave a 50-item test where the mean performance of the class is 35 with a standard deviation of 7. Ace got a score of 41. What description rating should Teacher Gerald give to Ace?
a. Poor
b. Outstanding
c. Average
d. Above Average
16) Which of the following statements best describes negatively skewed distribution mean?
a. Most of the scores of the test-takers are above the mean.
b. Most of the scores of the test-takers are low.
c. The scores of the test-takers are normally distributed.
d. The mean and the median of the test-takers are equal.
17) What does positively skewed distribution mean?
a. The mean is less than the median.
b. The mean is greater than the median.
c. The mean is equal to the median.
d. The scores are normally distributed.
18) In the parlance of test construction, what does TOS mean?
a. Test of Specifics
b. Term of Specifications
c. Table of Specifications
d. Table of Specific Item Test
19) Raul obtained a NSAT percentile rank of 98. This implies that ________.
a. Raul answered 98 items correctly.
b. Raul got score of 98.
c. Raul performed better than 2% of his fellow examinees.
d. Raul performed better than 98% of his fellow examinees.
20) Which of the following measures of variation is easily affected by extreme scores?
a. range
b. inter-quartile range
c. variance
d. standard variation
21) Which of the following measures of central tendency is easily affected by extreme scores?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. quartile
22) The computed r for the scores in Math and English is 0.95. What does this imply?
a. The English score is not related to the Math score.
b. The Math score is not related to the English score.
c. The Math score is positively related to the English score.
d. The lower the score in English, the higher the score in Math.
23) Teacher Ara gave a test in Science. Item no. 18 has a difficulty index of 0.85 and discrimination index of -0.10. What should Teacher Ara do?
a. retain the item
b. make the item bonus
c. reject the item
d. reject it and make the item bonus
24) Which of the following measures of central tendency can be determined by mere inspection?
a. median
b. mode
c. mean
d. mode and median
25) Which of the following is true about rubrics?
a. It is analytical
b. It is holistic
c. It is developmental
d. It is both analytical and holistic
26) Which of the following considerations is/are important in developing a scoring rubric?
I. Description of each criteria to serve as standard
II. Very clear descriptions of performance in each level
III. Rating scale
IV. Mastery levels of achievement
a. I only
b. I, II & III
c. I & II
d. I, II, III & IV
27) Which is the most reliable tool for seeing the development in your pupil's ability to write?
a. Interview of pupils
b. Self-assessment
c. Scoring rubric
d. Portfolio assessment
28) Which statement about performance-based assessment is FALSE?
a. They merely emphasize process.
b. They also stress on doing, not only knowing.
c. Essay tests are example of performance-based assessment.
d. They accentuate on process as well as product.
29) Which of the following can measure awareness of values?
a. Rating scales
b. Projective technique
c. Role playing
d. Moral dilemma
30) Which of the following does NOT belong to the group when we are talking about projective personality test?
a. Sentence completion test
b. Word association test
c. Interview
d. Thematic Apperception test
31) Teacher Julie wrote of JM: "When JM came to class this morning, he seemed very tired and slouched into his seat. He took no part in his class discussion and seemed to have no interest in what was being discussed. This was very unusual for he has been eager to participate and often monopolized the class discussion." What Teacher Julie wrote is an example of a/an ________.
a. incident report
b. observation report
c. personality report
d. anecdotal report
32) Student Louie was asked to report to the Guidance Office. Student Louie and his classmates at once remarked: "What's wrong?" What does this mean?
a. Reporting to a Guidance Office is often associated with misbehavior.
b. The parents of student Louie must be of the delinquent type.
c. Student Louie is a "problem student".
d. Guidance counselors are perceived to be "almighty and omniscient".
33) Which of the following statements talks about one of the strengths of an autobiography as a technique for personality appraisal?
a. It can replace data obtained from other data gathering techniques.
b. It may be read by unauthorized people.
c. It gives complete data about the author.
d. It makes the presentation of intimate experiences possible.
34) Carl Roger is considered the main proponent of ________ counseling?
a. Non-directive
b. Directive
c. Rational Emotive
d. Psychotherapy
35) Counselor Ria shares the secrets of his counselee with other members of the faculty. The counselor violates the principle of?
a. secrecy
b. confidentiality
c. ethics
d. promises
36) He is considered the father of counseling in the Philippines?
a. Father Bulatao
b. Sinfroso Padilla
c. Dean Rose Clemenia
d. Sigmund Freud
37) The counselee revealed that she will commit suicide over the weekend. Can the counselor reveal the secret to the parents?
a. Yes, it is mandatory that in cases involving suicide, confidentiality is superseded.
b. Yes, as long as he tells the parents that he is not the source.
c. No, the counselor has no right.
d. No, because it is unethical.
38) This is the pre-planned collection of samples of student works, assessed results and other output produced by the students.
a. diary
b. observation report
c. portfolio
d. anecdotal record
39) Assessment is said to be authentic when the teacher ________.
a. considers students' suggestions in testing
b. gives valid and reliable paper-and-pencil tests
c. includes parents in the determination of assessment procedures
d. gives students real-life tasks to accomplish
40) What is the main purpose if a teacher uses a standardized test?
a. to compare her students to national norms
b. to serve as a final examination
c. to serve as a unit test
d. to engage in easy scoring
41) Teacher Dan gave a pretest and most of his students passed the pretest. What should Teacher Dan do?
a. Go on to the next unit.
b. Go through the lesson quickly in order not to skip any.
c. Go through the unit as usual because it is part of the syllabus.
d. Administer the post test.
42) "_____________________ is an example of mammal."
Why is this test item poor?
I. The language used in the question is not precise.
II. The test item does not pose a problem to the examinee.
III. The blank is near the beginning of a sentence.
IV. There are many possible correct answers to this item.
a. II & IV
b. I & II
c. I & III
d. III & IV
43) Teacher Ian gave a test in English to all grade VI pupils to determine the contestants for English Quiz Bee. To identify the Top 10 who will participate in the said quiz bee, which statistical measure should be considered?
a. Percentile Rank
b. Percentage Score
c. Quartile
d. Mean
44) Which of the following statements is true about marking on a normative basis?
a. Most of the students get low scores.
b. Most of the students get high scores.
c. The grading should based from the present criteria.
d. The normal distribution curve should be followed.
45) Which must go with self-assessment for it to be effective?
a. Consensus of evaluation results from teacher and student
b. Scoring rubric
c. External monitor
d. Public display of results of self-evaluation
46) Which assessment activity is most appropriate to measure the objective "to explain the meaning of molecular bonding" for the group with strong interpersonal intelligence?
a. Write down chemical formulas and show how they were derived.
b. Build several molecular structures with multi-colored pop beads.
c. Draw diagrams that show different bonding patterns.
d. Demonstrate molecular bonding using students as atoms.
47) Which goes with the spirit of "assessment for learning"?
a. emphasis on grades and honors
b. emphasis on self-assessment
c. absence of formative tests
d. stress on summative tests
48) Here are computed means of a 100-item test: Science - 38; Math - 52; English - 33. Based on the data, which of the following statement is true?
a. The Math test appears to be the easiest among the three.
b. The examinees seem to be very good in Science.
c. The examinees seem to excel in English.
d. The English test appears to be the easiest among the three.
49) The difficulty index of test item no. 20 is 1. What does this imply?
a. The test is very difficult
b. The test is very easy
c. The test item is a quality item
d. Nobody got the item correctly
50) What is the mastery level of a score division in a 100-item test with a mean of 55?
a. 42%
b. 55%
c. 45%
d. 50%
ANSWERS:
a. 0.15
b. 1.0
c. 0.93
d. 0.51
2) Which statement about standard deviation is CORRECT?
a. The lower the standard deviation, the more spread the scores are.
b. The higher the standard deviation, the less spread the scores are.
c. The higher the standard deviation, the more spread the scores are.
d. It is a measure of central tendency.
3) The index of difficulty of a particular test item is .10. What does this mean? My students ________.
a. gained mastery over an item
b. performed very well against expectation
c. found that test item was either easy nor difficult
d. were hard up in that item
4) The mode of a score distribution is 25. This means that?
a. Twenty-five is the score that occurs least.
b. Twenty-five is the score that occurs most.
c. Twenty-five is the average of the score distribution.
d. There is no score of 25
5) After teaching lessons, Ms. Chavez gave a quiz to her class. Which does she give?
a. Diagnostic test
b. Summative test
c. Performance test
d. Formative test
6) The variance, standard deviation, and range are all measures of ________.
a. variability
b. central tendency
c. grouping
d. partition values
7) If a teacher gets a difference between the highest score and the lowest score, he obtains the ________.
a. range
b. standard deviation
c. mean
d. index off difficulty
8) Which applies when the score distribution is concentrated at the left side of the curve?
a. Bell curve
b. Positively skewed
c. Bimodal
d. Negatively skewed
9) In a normal curve distribution, about how many percent of the cases fall between -1SD to +1SD?
a. 34.13%
b. 68.26%
c. 15.73%
d. 49.86%
10) The scores of the students in a tutorial class are as follows: 82, 82, 85, 86, 87, 94, 98. The score 86 is the ________.
a. Mean
b. Mode
c. Median
d. Median & Mode
11) The discrimination index of a test item is -0.46. What does this imply?
a. More students from the upper group answered the item incorrectly.
b. More students from the upper group answered the item correctly.
c. More students from the lower group answered the item correctly.
d. The number of students from the lower group and upper group who answered the item correctly are equal.
12) Which statement is true when the value of standard deviation is small?
a. The scores are found at the extremes of the distribution.
b. The scores are spread out from the mean value.
c. The scores are concentrated around the mean value.
d. The shape of the distribution is a bell curve.
13) Which of the following statements is one of the characteristics of a normal curve distribution?
a. There are more high scores than low scores.
b. The scores are normally distributed.
c. Most of the scores are low.
d. There are more low scores than high scores.
14) The score distribution is 50, 49, 49, 49, 48, 48, 40, 39, 39, 39, 35, 30, 30, 30, 26, 25, 25, 24, 24, 20, 20, 20, 19, 15, 14, 13, 10, 10. Which is the best way to describe the given score distribution?
a. unimodal
b. bimodal
c. positively skewed
d. multimodal
15) Teacher Gerald gave a 50-item test where the mean performance of the class is 35 with a standard deviation of 7. Ace got a score of 41. What description rating should Teacher Gerald give to Ace?
a. Poor
b. Outstanding
c. Average
d. Above Average
16) Which of the following statements best describes negatively skewed distribution mean?
a. Most of the scores of the test-takers are above the mean.
b. Most of the scores of the test-takers are low.
c. The scores of the test-takers are normally distributed.
d. The mean and the median of the test-takers are equal.
17) What does positively skewed distribution mean?
a. The mean is less than the median.
b. The mean is greater than the median.
c. The mean is equal to the median.
d. The scores are normally distributed.
18) In the parlance of test construction, what does TOS mean?
a. Test of Specifics
b. Term of Specifications
c. Table of Specifications
d. Table of Specific Item Test
19) Raul obtained a NSAT percentile rank of 98. This implies that ________.
a. Raul answered 98 items correctly.
b. Raul got score of 98.
c. Raul performed better than 2% of his fellow examinees.
d. Raul performed better than 98% of his fellow examinees.
20) Which of the following measures of variation is easily affected by extreme scores?
a. range
b. inter-quartile range
c. variance
d. standard variation
21) Which of the following measures of central tendency is easily affected by extreme scores?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. quartile
22) The computed r for the scores in Math and English is 0.95. What does this imply?
a. The English score is not related to the Math score.
b. The Math score is not related to the English score.
c. The Math score is positively related to the English score.
d. The lower the score in English, the higher the score in Math.
23) Teacher Ara gave a test in Science. Item no. 18 has a difficulty index of 0.85 and discrimination index of -0.10. What should Teacher Ara do?
a. retain the item
b. make the item bonus
c. reject the item
d. reject it and make the item bonus
24) Which of the following measures of central tendency can be determined by mere inspection?
a. median
b. mode
c. mean
d. mode and median
25) Which of the following is true about rubrics?
a. It is analytical
b. It is holistic
c. It is developmental
d. It is both analytical and holistic
26) Which of the following considerations is/are important in developing a scoring rubric?
I. Description of each criteria to serve as standard
II. Very clear descriptions of performance in each level
III. Rating scale
IV. Mastery levels of achievement
a. I only
b. I, II & III
c. I & II
d. I, II, III & IV
27) Which is the most reliable tool for seeing the development in your pupil's ability to write?
a. Interview of pupils
b. Self-assessment
c. Scoring rubric
d. Portfolio assessment
28) Which statement about performance-based assessment is FALSE?
a. They merely emphasize process.
b. They also stress on doing, not only knowing.
c. Essay tests are example of performance-based assessment.
d. They accentuate on process as well as product.
29) Which of the following can measure awareness of values?
a. Rating scales
b. Projective technique
c. Role playing
d. Moral dilemma
30) Which of the following does NOT belong to the group when we are talking about projective personality test?
a. Sentence completion test
b. Word association test
c. Interview
d. Thematic Apperception test
31) Teacher Julie wrote of JM: "When JM came to class this morning, he seemed very tired and slouched into his seat. He took no part in his class discussion and seemed to have no interest in what was being discussed. This was very unusual for he has been eager to participate and often monopolized the class discussion." What Teacher Julie wrote is an example of a/an ________.
a. incident report
b. observation report
c. personality report
d. anecdotal report
32) Student Louie was asked to report to the Guidance Office. Student Louie and his classmates at once remarked: "What's wrong?" What does this mean?
a. Reporting to a Guidance Office is often associated with misbehavior.
b. The parents of student Louie must be of the delinquent type.
c. Student Louie is a "problem student".
d. Guidance counselors are perceived to be "almighty and omniscient".
33) Which of the following statements talks about one of the strengths of an autobiography as a technique for personality appraisal?
a. It can replace data obtained from other data gathering techniques.
b. It may be read by unauthorized people.
c. It gives complete data about the author.
d. It makes the presentation of intimate experiences possible.
34) Carl Roger is considered the main proponent of ________ counseling?
a. Non-directive
b. Directive
c. Rational Emotive
d. Psychotherapy
35) Counselor Ria shares the secrets of his counselee with other members of the faculty. The counselor violates the principle of?
a. secrecy
b. confidentiality
c. ethics
d. promises
36) He is considered the father of counseling in the Philippines?
a. Father Bulatao
b. Sinfroso Padilla
c. Dean Rose Clemenia
d. Sigmund Freud
37) The counselee revealed that she will commit suicide over the weekend. Can the counselor reveal the secret to the parents?
a. Yes, it is mandatory that in cases involving suicide, confidentiality is superseded.
b. Yes, as long as he tells the parents that he is not the source.
c. No, the counselor has no right.
d. No, because it is unethical.
38) This is the pre-planned collection of samples of student works, assessed results and other output produced by the students.
a. diary
b. observation report
c. portfolio
d. anecdotal record
39) Assessment is said to be authentic when the teacher ________.
a. considers students' suggestions in testing
b. gives valid and reliable paper-and-pencil tests
c. includes parents in the determination of assessment procedures
d. gives students real-life tasks to accomplish
40) What is the main purpose if a teacher uses a standardized test?
a. to compare her students to national norms
b. to serve as a final examination
c. to serve as a unit test
d. to engage in easy scoring
41) Teacher Dan gave a pretest and most of his students passed the pretest. What should Teacher Dan do?
a. Go on to the next unit.
b. Go through the lesson quickly in order not to skip any.
c. Go through the unit as usual because it is part of the syllabus.
d. Administer the post test.
42) "_____________________ is an example of mammal."
Why is this test item poor?
I. The language used in the question is not precise.
II. The test item does not pose a problem to the examinee.
III. The blank is near the beginning of a sentence.
IV. There are many possible correct answers to this item.
a. II & IV
b. I & II
c. I & III
d. III & IV
43) Teacher Ian gave a test in English to all grade VI pupils to determine the contestants for English Quiz Bee. To identify the Top 10 who will participate in the said quiz bee, which statistical measure should be considered?
a. Percentile Rank
b. Percentage Score
c. Quartile
d. Mean
44) Which of the following statements is true about marking on a normative basis?
a. Most of the students get low scores.
b. Most of the students get high scores.
c. The grading should based from the present criteria.
d. The normal distribution curve should be followed.
45) Which must go with self-assessment for it to be effective?
a. Consensus of evaluation results from teacher and student
b. Scoring rubric
c. External monitor
d. Public display of results of self-evaluation
46) Which assessment activity is most appropriate to measure the objective "to explain the meaning of molecular bonding" for the group with strong interpersonal intelligence?
a. Write down chemical formulas and show how they were derived.
b. Build several molecular structures with multi-colored pop beads.
c. Draw diagrams that show different bonding patterns.
d. Demonstrate molecular bonding using students as atoms.
47) Which goes with the spirit of "assessment for learning"?
a. emphasis on grades and honors
b. emphasis on self-assessment
c. absence of formative tests
d. stress on summative tests
48) Here are computed means of a 100-item test: Science - 38; Math - 52; English - 33. Based on the data, which of the following statement is true?
a. The Math test appears to be the easiest among the three.
b. The examinees seem to be very good in Science.
c. The examinees seem to excel in English.
d. The English test appears to be the easiest among the three.
49) The difficulty index of test item no. 20 is 1. What does this imply?
a. The test is very difficult
b. The test is very easy
c. The test item is a quality item
d. Nobody got the item correctly
50) What is the mastery level of a score division in a 100-item test with a mean of 55?
a. 42%
b. 55%
c. 45%
d. 50%
ANSWERS:
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. C
26. D
27. D
28. A
29. D
30. C
31. D
32. A
33. D
34. A
35. B
36. B
37. A
38. C
39. D
40. D
41. C
42. A
43. B
44. D
45. B
46. D
47. A
48. A
49. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. C
26. D
27. D
28. A
29. D
30. C
31. D
32. A
33. D
34. A
35. B
36. B
37. A
38. C
39. D
40. D
41. C
42. A
43. B
44. D
45. B
46. D
47. A
48. A
49. B
50. B
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
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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