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LET REVIEWER
Sociology
1. The adoption of scientific techniques to control
and manipulate environment such
from
local fruits and vegetables. What cultural
transmission
It was the first day of school . Miss Dale Rosa
prepared activities which will make her Grade III
children sing, play, talk, learn and introduce
themselves to the class.
B. indoctrination
family and friends. This punishment is a form of
_____________.
shows that:
12. Which of the following situations presents a
value conflict?
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live, most of them
chose Australia.
chose "chocnut."
"Titanic."
15. Which statement best indicates a balance
between responsibility and authority? Miss Soriano
has just provided a group activity to her class.
While the class is at it, she says...
C. I'll send you out of the room if you so much
create noise.
D. You can talk provided you finish the work on
time and do not disturb the other group
16. Which of the following behaviors bespeaks of
a professional teacher?
of
people?
A. Mrs. Magsino, a newly-assigned principal to
Barangay San Andres, calls on the
of
his students. He declined.
consult the
council even if there is a need for it.
D. The principal does her own way of campaigning
for cleanliness in and outside the school; she never
gets involved with the same campaign of the
barangay officials.
C. Let the boy scouts do the scheduled activities
during the camping while he had a drinking spree
with the other scout masters.
D. Prepare structured activities that allow
independent work among the boy scout groups and
rate them according to the agreed criteria.
D. Man's way of life must be characterized by
harmony.
specific privileges from the government
B. Does his job without getting favors from the
client he serves.
C. Reverts back to the public coffers the 10%
commission due him.
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REVIEWER
[SET 2]
1. Which assumption underlies the teacher's use of
performance objectives?
A. Not every form of learning is observable.
B. Performance objectives assure the learrier of
learning.
C. Learning is defined as a change in the learner's
observable performance.
D. The success of learner is based on teacher
performance.
2. In the parlance of test construction what does
TOS mean?
A. Table of Specifics
B. Table of Specifications
C. Table of Specific Test Items
D. Team of Specifications
3. A student passes a research report poorly written
but ornately presented in a folder to make up for
the poor quality of the book report content. Which
Filipino trait does this practice prove? Emphasis on
__________.
A. art over academics
B. substance overporma
C. art over science
D. pormaover substance
4. In a criterion-referenced testing, what must you
do to ensure that your test is fair?
A. Make all of the questions true or false.
B. Ask each student to contribute one question.
C. Make twenty questions but ask the students to
answer only ten of their choice.
D. Use the objectives for the units as guide in your
test construction.
5. Which does Noam Chomsky, assert about
language learning for children?
I. Young children learn and apply grammatical
rules and vocabulary as they are exposed to them.
II. Begin formal teaching of grammatical rules to
children as early as possible.
III. Do not require initial formal language teaching
for children.
A. I and III
B. II only
C. I only
D. I and II
6. Which Filipino trait works against the shift in
teacher's role from teacher as a fountain of
information to teacher as facilitator?
A. Authoritativeness
B. Authoritarianism
C. Hiya
D. Pakikisama
7. If a teacher plans a constructivist lesson, what
will he most likely do? Plan how he can
A. do evaluate his students' work
B. do reciprocal teaching
C. lecture to his students
D. engage his students in convergent thinking
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. 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
10. Which types of play is most characteristic of a
four to six-year old child?
A. Solitary and onlooker plays
B. Associative and coooperative plays
C. Associative and onlooker plays
D. Cooperative and solitary plays
11. A teacher's summary of a lesson serves the
following functions, EXCEPT
A. it links the parts of the lesson
B. lt 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.
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12. All of the following describe the development
of children aged eleven to thirteen EXCEPT
__________.
A. they shift from impulsivity to adaptive ability
B. sex differences in IQ becomes more evident
C. they exhibit increase objectivity in thinking
D. they show abstract thinking and judgement
13. Teacher T taught a lesson denoting ownership
by means of possessives. He first introduced the
rule, then gave examples, followed by class
exercises, then back to the rule before he moved
into the second rule. Which presenting technique
did he use?
A. Combinatorial
B. Comparative
C. Part-whole
D. Sequence
14. "In the light of the facts presented, what is
most likely to happen when ... ?" is a sample
thought question on
A. inferring
B. generalizing
C. synthesizing
D. justifying
15. Teacher E discussed how electricity flows
through wires and what generates the electric
charge. Then she 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 contructivist
C. It helped students understand scientific
methodolgy
D. It used cooperative learning
16. Teacher B uses the direct instruction strategy.
Which sequence of steps will she follow?
I. Independent practice
II. Feedback and correctiveness
III. Guided student practice
IV. Presenting and structuring
V. Reviewing the previous day's work
A. V-II-IV-III-I
B. III-II-IV-I-V
C. V-lV-III-II-I
D. I-V-II-III-IV
17. Which are direct measures of competence?
A. Personality tests
B. Performance tests
C. Paper-and-pencil tests
D. Standardized test
18. Under which program were students who were
not accommodated in public elementary and
secondary schools because of lack of classroom,
teachers, and instructional materials, were enrolled
in private schools in their respective communities
at the government's expense?
A. Government Assistance Program
B. Study Now-Pay Later
C. Educational Service Contract System
D. National Scholarship Program
19. Which activity should a teacher have more for
his students if he wants them to develop logical-
mathematical thinking?
A. Problem solving
B. Choral reading
C. Drama
D. Storytelling
20. 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
21. Your teacher is of the opinion that the world
and everything in it are ever changing and so
teaches you the skill to cope with change. What is
his governing philosophy?
A. Idealism
B. Existentalism
C. Experimentalism
D. Realism
22. To come closer to the truth we need togo back
to the things themselves.This is the advice of the
A. behaviorists
B. phenomenologists
C. idealists
D. pragmatists
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23. Test norms are established in order to have a
basis for __________.
A. establishing learning goals
B. interpreting test results
C. computing grades
D. identifying pupils' difficulties
24. A stitch on time saves nine, so goes the adage..
Applied to classroom management, this means that
we __________
A. may not occupy ourselves with disruptions
which are worth ignoring because they are minor
B. must be reactive in our approach to discipline
C. have to Jesolve minor disruptions before they
are out of control
D. may apply 9 rules out of 10 consistently
25. Which criterion should guide a teacher in the
choice of instructional devices?
A. Attractiveness
B. Cost
C. Novelty
D. Appropriateness
26. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher
provide for children in the sensimotor stage?
A. Games and other physical activities to develop
motor skill.
B. Learning activities that involve problems of
classification and ordering.
C. Activities for hypothesis formulation.
D. Stimulating environment with ample objects to
play with.
27. Who among the following puts more emphasis
on core requirements, longer school day, longer
academic year and more challenging textbooks?
A. Perennialist
B. Essentialist
C. Progressivist
D. Existentialist
28. The search for related literature by accessing
several databases by the use of a telephone line to
connect a computer library with other computers
that have database is termed __________.
A. compact disc search
B. manual search
C. on-line search
D. computer search
29. With synthesizing skills in mind, which has the
highest diagnostic value?
A. Essay test
B. Performance test
C. Completion test
D. Multiple choice test
30. Based on Piaget's theory, what should a teacher
provide for children in the concrete operational
stage?
A. Activities for hypothesis formulation.
B. Learning activities that involve problems of
classification and ordering.
C. Games and other physical activities to develop
motor skills.
D. Stimulating environment with ample objects to
play with.
31. Read the following then answer the question:
TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN
THE PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT
THE UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
BOBBY: WE COULD GO TOTHE MOON AND
SEE IF THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE
WE DON'T HAVE.
BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN TO THE
CENTER OF THE EARTH AND SEE IF WE
FIND ANY OF THE MISSING ELEMENTS.
RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM
THE METEORITES IF WE CAN FIND ANY.
TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD
ANSWERS BUT WHAT IF THOSE,
EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON, TO THE
CENTER OF THE EARTH, OR TO FIND
METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND
TIME CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE USE
THE ELEMENTS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE
ON EARTH TO FIND SOME NEW ONES?
Question: Which questioning strategy/ies does/do
the exchange of thoughts above illustrate?
A. Funneling
B. Sowing and reaping
C. Nose-dive
D. Extending and lifting
32. 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.
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33. The main purpose of compulsory study of the
Constitution is to __________
A. develop students into responsible, thinking
citizens
B. acquaint students with the historical
development of the Philippine Constitution
C. make constitutional experts of the students
D. prepare students for law-making
34. A child who gets punished for stealing candy
may not steal again immediately. But this does not
mean that the child may not steal again. Based on
Thorndike's theory on punishment and learning,
this shows that __________
A. punishment strengthens a response
B. punishment removes a response
C. punishment does not remove a response
D. punishment weakens a response
35. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist.
Which among these will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill,
and value that he needs for a better future.
B. I must teach the child to develop his mental
powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of
heaven.
D. I must teach the child that we can never have
real knowledge of anything.
36. How can you exhibit expert power on the first
day of school?
A. By making them feel you know what you are
talking about.
B. By making them realize the importance of good
grades.
C. By reminding them your students your authority
over them again and again.
D. By giving your students a sense of belonging
and acceptance.
37. A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from
a dysfunctional family and has been abused and
neglected. He has been to two orphanages and
three different elementary schools. The student can
decode on the second grade level, but he can
comprehend orally material at the fourth or fifth
grade level. The most probable cause/s of this
student's reading problem is/are __________.
A. emotional factors
B. poor teaching
C. neurological factors
D. immaturity
38. Teacher Q does not want Teacher B to be
promoted and so writes an anonymous letter
against Teacher B accusing her of fabricated lies
Teacher Q mails this anonymous letter to the
Schools Division Superintendent. What should
Teacher Q do if she has to act professionally?
A. Submit a signed justifiable criticism against
Teacher B, if there is any.
B. Go straight to the Schools Division
Superintendent and gives criticism verbally.
C. Hire a group to distribute poison letters against
Teacher B for information dissemination.
D. Instigate student activists to read poison letters
over the microphone.
39. In self-directed learning, to what extent should
a teacher's scaffolding be?
A. To a degree 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.
40. If your Licensure Examination Test (LET)
items sample adequately the competencies listed in
the syllabi, it can be said that the LET possesses
__________ validity.
A. concurrent
B. construct
C. content
D. predictive
41. 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.
42. It is not wise to laugh at a two-year old child
when he utters bad word because in his stage he is
learning to __________.
A. consider other's views
B. distinguish sex differences
C. socialize
D. distinguish right from wrong
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43. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was made
to drink an alcoholic beverage and then made to
ingest a drug that produces nausea. Eventually, he
was nauseated at the sight and smell of alcohol and
stopped drinking alcohoL Which theory explains
this?
A. Operant conditioning
B. Social Learning Theory
C. Associative Learning
D. Attribution Theory
44. 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
45. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage
yourself in 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.
46. In instructional planning it is necessary that the
parts of the plan from the first to the last have
__________.
A. clarity
B. symmetry
C. coherence
D. conciseness
47. In a study conducted, the pupils were asked
which nationality they preferred, if given a choice.
Majority of the pupils wanted to be Americans. In
this case, in which obligation relative to the state,
do schools seem to be failing? In their obligation to
__________.
A. respect for all duly constituted authorities
B. promote national pride
C. promote obedience to the laws of the state
D. instill allegiance to the Constitution
48. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin
to develop study skills and habits in
underachieving student would be to __________.
A. have these underachieving students observe the
study habits of excelling students
B. encourage students to talk about study habits
from their own experiences
C. have them view film strips about various study
approaches
D. give out a list of effective study approaches
49. What is most likely to happen to our economy
when export continuously surpasses importis a
thought question on __________.
A. creating
B. relating cause-and-effect
C. synthesizing
D. predicting
50. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions
as indirect instruction is for __________,
__________, __________.
A. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions
B. concepts, patterns and abstractions
C. concepts, processes and generalizations
D. guesses, data and conclusions
51. 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.
52. The principle of individual differences requires
teachers to __________.
A. give greater attention to gifted learners
B. provide for a variety of learning activities
C. treat all learners alike while in the classroom
D. prepare modules for slow learners in class
53. Which questioning practice promotes more
class interaction?
A. Asking the question before calling on a student.
B. Focusing on divergent question
C. Focusing on convergent questions.
D. Asking rhetorical questions.
54. Teacher F 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
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55. The attention to the development of a deep
respect and affection for our rich cultural past is an
influence of __________.
A. Confucius
B. Hegel
C. Teilhard de Chardin
D. Dewey
56. How can you exhibit legitimate power on the
first day of school?
A. By making your students feel they are accepted
for who they are.
B. By informing them you are allowed to act in
loco parentis.
C. By making them realize the importance of good
grades.
D. By making them feel you have mastery of
subject matter.
57. Study this group of tests which was
administered with the following results, then
answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most
poorly in relation to the group's performance?
A. English
B. English and Math
C. Math
D. Physics
58. 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
59. Study this group of tests which was
administered with the following results, then
answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) were the scores most
homogenous?
A. Math
B. English
C. Physics
D. Physics and Math
60. What can be said of Peter who obtained a score
of 75 in a Grammar objective test?
A. He answered 75 items in the test correctly.
B. He answered 75% of the test items correctly.
C. His rating is 75.
D. He performed better than 5% of his classmates.
61. Quiz is to formative test while periodic is to
__________
A. criterion-reference test
B. summative test
C. norm-reference test
D. diagnostic test
62. Which applies when skewness is zero?
A. Mean is greater than the median
B. Median is greater than mean
C. Scores have three modes
D. Scores are normally distributed
63. Value clarification as a strategy in Values
Education classes is anchored on which
philosophy?
A. Existentialism
B. Christian philosophy
C. Idealism
D. Hedonism
64. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test
item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose D as
answer. This implies that D is __________
A. an ineffective distracter
B. a vague distracter
C. an effective distracter
D. a plausible distracter
65. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by
custom that they are set apart, said one Oriental
philosopher. Where can this thought be most
inspiring?
A. In a multi-cultural group of learners
B. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of
learners and indigenous peoples' group
C. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
D. In heterogeneous class of learners
66. Which group of philosophers maintain thattruth
exists in an objective order that is independent of
the knower?
A. Idealists
B. Pragmatists
C. Existentialists
D. Realists
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67. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the
cultural and educational heritage of the nation and
is, under obligation to transmit to learners such
heritage. Which practice makes him fulfill such
obligation?
A. Use the latest instructional technology.
B. Observe continuing professional education.
C. Use interactive teaching strategies.
D. Study the life of Filipino heroes.
68. Teacher B engages her students with
information for thorough understanding for
meaning and for competent application. Which
principle governs Teacher B's practice?
A. Contructivist
B. Gestalt
C. Behaviorist
D. Cognitivist
69. In which competency do my students find the
greatest difficulty? In the item with a difficulty
index of __________.
A. 0.1
B. 0.9
C. 0.5
D. 1.0
70. Rights and duties are correlative. This means
that __________.
A. rights and duties regulate the relationship of
men in society
B. rights and duties arise from natural law
C. each right carries with it one or several
corresponding duties
D. rights and duties ultimately come from God
71. Which describes norm-referenced grading?
A. The performance of the group
B. What constitutes a perfect score
C. The students' past performance
D. An absolute standard
72. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is
not the highest good. Teacher's teaching is against
what philosophy?
A. Realism
B. Hedonism
C. Epicureanism
D. Empiricism
73. Standard deviation is to variability as mode to
__________.
A. level of difficulty
B. discrimination
C. correlation
D. central tendency
74. Which test has broad sampling of topics as
strength?
A. Objective test
B. Short answer test
C. Essay test
D. Problem type
75. I combined several subject areas in order to
focus on a single concept for inter-disciplinary
teaching. Which strategy/method did I use?
A. Problem-entered learning
B. Thematic instruction
C. Reading-writing activity
D. Unit method
76. Which teaching activity is founded on
Bandura's Social Learning Theory?
A. Lecturing
B. Modeling
C. Questioning
D. Inductive Reasoning
77. For which may you use the direct instruction
method?
A. Become aware of the pollutants around us.
B. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
C. Use a microscope properly.
78. We encounter people whose prayer goes like
this: "O God, if there is a God; save my soul, if I
have a soul" From whom is this prayer?
A. Stoic
B. Empiricist
C. Agnostic
D. Skeptic
79. What measure of central tendency does the
number 16 represent in the following data: 14, 15,
17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, 16?
A. Mode
B. Median
C. Mode and median
D. Mean
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80. Availment of the Philippine Education
Placement Test (PEPT) for adults and out-of-
school youths is in support of the goverriment'S
educational program towards __________.
A. equitable access
B. quality
C. quality and relevance
D. relevance
81. Which one can best evaluate students'
attitudinal development?
A. Essay test
B. Portfolio
C. Observation
D. Short answer test
82. Which is a form of direct instruction?
A. Discovery process
B. Problem solving
C. Programmed instruction
D. Inductive reasoning
83. History books used in schools are replete with
events portraying defeats and weaknesses of the
Filipino as a people. How should you tackle them
in the classroom?
A. Present them and express your feelings of
shame.
B. Present facts and use them as means in inspiring
your class to learn from them.
C. Present them and blame those people
responsible or those who have contributed.
D. Present them as they are presented,and tell the
class to accept reality.
84. Standard deviation is to variability as mean is
to __________.
A. coefficient of correlation
B. central tendency
C. discrimination index
D. level of difficulty
85. A mother gives his boy his favorite snack
everytime the boy cleans up his room. Afterwards,
the boy cleaned his room everyday in anticipation
of the snack. Which theory is illustrated?
A. Associative Learning
B. Classical Conditioning
C. Operant Conditioning
D. Pavlonian Conditioning
86. 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
87. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very
good in dramatizing. Which tool must have helped
him discover his pupils' strength?
A. Portfolio assessment
B. Performance test
C. Journal entry
D. Paper-and-pencil test
88. Which one can enhance the comparability of
grades?
A. Using common conversion table for translating
test scores in to ratings
B. Formulating tests that vary from one teacher to
another
C. Allowing individual teachers to determine
factors for rating
D. Individual teachers giving weights to factors
considered for rating
89. In the Preamble of the 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
90. Which is the first step in planning an
achievement test?
A. Define the instructional objective.
B. Decide on the length of the test.
C. Select the type of test items to use.
D. Build a table of specification.
91. A teacher who equates authority with power
does NOT __________.
A. shame
B. develop self-respect in every pupil
C. retaliate
D. intimidate
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92. 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.
93. Which does NOT belong to the group of
alternative learning systems?
A. Multi-grade grouping
B. Multi-age grouping
C. Graded education
D. Non-graded grouping
94. Theft of school equipment like tv, computer,
etc. by teenagers in the community itself is
becoming a common phenomenon. What does this
incident signify?
A. Prevalence of poverty in the community.
B. Inability of school to hire security guards.
C. Deprivation of Filipino schools.
D. Community's lack of sense of co-ownership.
95. Which can effectively measure students'
awareness of values?
A. Projective techniques
B. Moral dilemma
C. Likert scales
D. Anecdotal record
96. Based on Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience,
which activity is closest to the real thing?
A. View images
B. Attend exhibit
C. Watch a demo
D. Hear
97. Teacher B is a teacher of English as a Second
Language. She 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 hierachy of
cognitive learning.
C. The teacher wants to do less talk.
D. The teacher is emphasizing listening and
speaking skills.
98. Helping in the development of graduates who
aremaka-Diyosis an influence of
A. naturalistic morality
B. classical Christian morality
C. situational morality
D. dialectical morality
99. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive
interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
A. Plato
B. Scorates
C. Aristotle
D. Pythagoras
100. 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 nativeabilty.
C. Every child is a potential genius.
D. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they
have learned everything.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REVIEWER
[SET 1]
1. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and
early childhood years?
A. Develops competitive spirit.
B. Separates reality from fantasy.
C. Increases imagination due to expanding
knowledge and emotional range.
D. Develops the upper and lower limbs.
2. Student Z does not study at all but when the
Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) comes,
before he takes the LET, he spends one hour or
more praying for a miracle, i.e. to pass the exam.
Which attitude towards religion or God is
displayed?
A. Religion as fake
B. Religion as magic
C. Religion as authentic
D. Religion as real
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3. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which among
these will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child that we can never have
real knowledge of anything.
B. I must teAch the child to develop his mental
powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of
heaven.
D. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill,
and value that he needs for a better future.
4. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by
custom that they are set apart, said one Oriental
philosopher. Where can this thought be most
inspiring?
A. In a multi-cultural group of learners
B. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of
learners and indigenous peoples' group
C. In a class composed of indigenous peoples
D. In heterogeneous class of learners
5. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very
good in dramatizing. Which tool must have helped
him discover his pupils' strength?
A. Portfolio assessment
B. Performance test
C. Journal entry
D. Paper-and-pencil test
6. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against
set mastery level. This means that NSAT and
NEAT fall under __________.
A. intelligence test
B. aptitude test
C. criterion-referenced test
D. norm-referenced test
7. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a
morally ambiguous situation and asks his students
what they would do. On whose theory is Teacher
I's technique based?
A. Kohlberg
B. Bandura
C. Piaget
D. Bruner
8. Which is a sound classroom management
practice?
A. Avoid establishing routines
B. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks.
C. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.
D. Apply reactive approach to discipline.
9. A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from a
dysfunctional family and has been abused and
neglected. He has been to two orphanages and
three different elementary schools. The student can
decode on the second grade level, but he can
comprehend orally material at the fourth or fifth
grade level. The most probable cause/s of this
student's reading problem is/are __________.
A. emotional factors
B. poor teaching
C. neurological factors
D. immaturity
10. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is
not the highest good. Teacher's teaching is against
what philosophy?
A. Realism
B. Hedonism
C. Epicureanism
D. Empiricism
11. With which goals of educational institutions as
provided for by the Constitution is the
development of work skills aligned?
A. To develop moral character
B. To teach the duties of citizenship
C. To inculcate love of country
D. To develop vocational efficiency
12. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions
as indirect instruction is for __________,
__________, __________.
A. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions
B. concepts, patterns and abstractions
C. concepts, processes and generalizations
D. guesses, data and conclusions
13. To elicit more student's response, Teacher G
made use of covert responses. Which one did she
NOT do?
A. She had the students write their response
privately.
B. She showed the correct answers on the overhead
after the students have written their responses.
C. She had the students write their responses
privately then called each of them.
D. She refrained from judging on the student's
responses.
14. What should you do if a parent who is
concerned about a grade his child received
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compared to another student's grade, demands to
see both students' grades?
A. Refuse to show either record.
B. Show both records to him.
C. Refuse to show any record without expressing
permission from principal.
D. Show only his child's records.
15. John Watson said:Men are built not born.What
does this statement point to?
A. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's
development.
B. The effect of environmental stimulation on a
person's development.
C. The absence of genetic influence on a person's
development
D. The effect of heredity.
16. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his
audience: "Reminder, you are what you choose to
be." The guest speaker is more of a/an
__________.
A. realistic
B. pragmatist
C. idealist
D. existentialist
17. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin
to develop study skills and habits in
underachieving student would be to __________.
A. have these underachieving students observe the
study habits of excelling students
B. encourage students to talk about study habits
from their own experiences
C. have them view film strips about various study
approaches
D. give out a list of effective study approaches
18. Principal C shares this thought with his
teachers:Subject matter should help students
understand and appreciate themselves as unique
individuals who accept complete responsibility for
their thoughts, feelings, and actions.From which
philosophy is this thought based?
A. Perennialism
B. Essentialism
C. Existentialism
D. Progressivism
19. The search for related literature by accessing
several databases by the use of a telephone line to
connect a computer library with other computers
that have database is termed __________.
A. compact disc search
B. manual search
C. on-line search
D. computer search
20. Teacher W wants to review and check on the
lesson of the previous day? Which one will be
most reliable?
A. Having students identify difficult homework
problems.
B. Having students correct each other's work.
C. Sampling the understanding of a few students.
D. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant
information necessary for the day's lesson.
21. During the Spanish period, what was/were the
medium/media of instruction in schools?
A. The Vernacular
B. English
C. Spanish
D. Spanish and the Vernacular
22. With indirect instruction in mind, which does
NOT belong to the group?
A. Problem solving
B. Lecture-recitation
C. Inductive reasoning
D. Discovery
23. I combined several subject areas in order to
focus on a single concept for inter-disciplinary
teaching. Which strategy/method did I use?
A. Problem-entered learning
B. Thematic instruction
C. Reading-writing activity
D. Unit method
24. Read the following then answer the question TEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE
PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THE UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?
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BOBBY: WE COULD GOTO THE MOON AND SEE IF
THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE WE DON'T
HAVE. BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF
THE EARTH AND SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF THE
MISSING ELEMENTS.
RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE METEORITES IF WE CAN FIND ANY.
TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS. BUT
WHAT IF THOSE EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON, TO
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, OR TO FIND METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND TIME
CONSUMING? HOW MIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS
WE ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH TO FIND SOME
NEW ONES?
Question: The Teacher's questions in the above
exchange are examples of __________ questions.
A. fact
B. concept
C. direct
D. closed
25. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found
out that more from the lower group got the test
item # 6 correctly. This means that the test item
__________.
A. has a negative discriminating power
B. has a lower validity
C. has a positive discriminating power
D. has a high reability
26. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to
avoid __________ questions.
A. informational
B. rhetorical
C. leading
D. divergent
27. The teacher's first task in the selection of media
in teaching is to determine the ______.
A. choice of the students
B. availability of the media
C. objectives of the lesson
D. technique to be used
28. Principal B tells her teachers that training in the
humanities is most important. To which
educational philosophy does he adhere?
A. Existentialism
B. Perennialism
C. Progressivism
D. Essentialism
29. 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
30. After giving an input on a good paragraph,
Teacher W asks her students to rate a given
paragraph along the elements of a good paragraph.
The students' task is in level of __________
A. application
B. analysis
C. evaluation
D. synthesis
31. In the Preamble of the 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
32. Study this group of tests which was
administered with the following results, then
answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
In which subject(s) did Ronnel perform most
poorly in relation to the group's performance?
A. English
B. English and Math
C. Math
D. Physics
33. Teacher G's lesson objective has something to
do with the skill of synthesizing? Which
behavioral term is most appropriate?
A. Test
B. Assess
C. Appraise
D. Theorize
34. Standard deviation is to variability as mean is
to __________.
A. coefficient of correlation
B. central tendency
C. discrimination index
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D. level of difficulty
35. If you agree with Rizal on how you can
contribute to our nation's redemption, which
should you work for?
A. Opening our doors to foreign influence
B. Upgrading the quality of the Filipino through
education
C. Stabilizing the political situation
D. Gaining economic recovery
36. Teacher T taught a lesson denoting ownership
by means of possessives. He first introduced the
rule, then gave examples, followed by class
exercises, then back to the rule before he moved
into the second rule. Which presenting technique
did he use?
A. Combinatorial
B. Comparative
C. Part-whole
D. Sequence
37. Theft of school equipment like tv, computer,
etc. by teenagers in the community itself is
becoming a common phenomenon. What does this
incident signify?
A. Prevalence of poverty in the community.
B. Inability of school to hire security guards.
C. Deprivation of Filipino schools.
D. Community's lack of sense of co-ownership.
38. As a teacher, what do you do when you engage
yourself in 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.
39. With-it-ness, according to Kounin, is one of the
characterestics of an effective classroom manager.
Which phrase goes with it?
A. Have hands that write fast.
B. Have eyes on the back of your heads.
C. Have a mouth ready to speak.
D. Have minds packed with knowledge.
40. Ruben is very attached to his mother and Ruth
to her father. In what developmental stage are they
according to Freudian psychological theory?
A. Oedipal stage
B. Latent stage
C. Anal stage
D. Pre-genital stage
41. Teacher Y does norm-referenced interpretation
of scores. Which of the following does she do?
A. She describes group performance in relation to
a level of mastery set.
B. She uses a specified content as its frame of
reference.
C. She compares every individual students' scores
with others' scores.
D. She describes what should be their
performance.
42. As a teacher, you are a reconstructionist.
Which among these will be your guiding principle?
A. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill,
and value that he needs for a better future.
B. I must teach the child to develop his mental
powers to the full.
C. I must teach the child so he is assured of
heaven.
D. I must teach the child that we can never have
real knowledge of anything.
43. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive
interference as illustrated in syllogisms?
A. Plato
B. Scorates
C. Aristotle
D. Pythagoras
44. Teacher B engages her students with
information for thorough understanding for
meaning and for competent application. Which
principle governs Teacher B's practice?
A. Contructivist
B. Gestalt
C. Behaviorist
D. Cognitivist
45. What was the most prominent educational issue
of the mid 1980s?
A. Bilingual Education
B. Values Education
C. Accountability
D. Mainstreaming
46. A teacher/student is held responsible for his
actions because s/he __________.
A. has instincts
B. is mature
C. has a choice
D. has reason
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47. For which may you use the direct instruction
method?
A. Become aware of the pollutants around us.
B. Appreciate Milton's Paradise Lost.
C. Use a microscope properly.
D. Distinguish war from aggression.
48. The concepts of trust vs. maturity, autonomy
vs. self-doubt, and initiative vs. guilt are most
closely related with the works of __________.
A. Erikson
B. Piaget
C. Freud
D. Jung
49. What measure of central tendency does the
number 16 represent in the following data: 14, 15,
17, 16, 19, 20, 16, 14, 16?
A. Mode
B. Median
C. Mode and median
D. Mean
50. The principle of individual differences requires
teachers to __________.
A. give greater attention to gifted learners
B. provide for a variety of learning activities
C. treat all learners alike while in the classroom
D. prepare modules for slow learners in class
51. Which of the following propositions is
attributed to Plato?
A. Truth is relative to a particular time and place.
B. Human beings create their own truths.
C. Learning is the discovery of truth as Iatent ideas
are brought to consciousness.
D. Sense perception is the most accurate guide to
knowledge.
52. Which is one characteristic of an effective
classroom management?
A. It quickly and unobtrusively redirects
misbehavior once it occurs.
B. It teaches dependence on others for self-control.
C. It respects cultural norms of a limited group
students.
D. Strategies aresimple enough to be used
consistently.
53. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test
item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose D as
answer. This implies that D is __________
A. an ineffective distracter
B. a vague distracter
C. an effective distracter
D. a plausible distracter
54. I drew learners into several content areas and
encouraged them to solve a complex question for
inter-disciplinary teaching. Which strategy did I
use?
A. Problem-centered learning
B. Unit method
C. Reading-writing activity
D. Thematic instruction
55. Value clarification as a strategy in Values
Education classes is anchored on which
philosophy?
A. Existentialism
B. Christian philosophy
C. Idealism
D. Hedonism
56. Teacher A is a teacher of English as a Second
Language. She uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-
blank sentences, dialogues, dictation and writing
excercises in teaching a lesson about grocery
shopping. Based on this information, which of the
following is a valid conclusion?
A. The teacher is applying Bloom's hierachy of
cognitive learning.
B. The teacher is teaching in a variety of ways
because not all students learn in the same manner.
C. The teacher wants to make herteachirig easier
by having less talk.
D. The teacher is emphasizing reading and writing
skills.
57. If teacher has to ask more higher-order
questions, he has to ask more __________
questions.
A. closed
B. fact
C. concept
D. convergent
58. Are percentile ranks the same as percentage
correct?
A. It cannot be determined unless scores are given.
B. It cannot be determined unless the number of
examinees is given.
C. No
D. Yes
59. Which method has been proven to be effective
in courses that stress acquisition of knowledge?
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A. Socratic method
B. Cooperative learning
C. Mastery learning
D. Indirect instruction
60. A teacher's summary of a lesson serves the
following functions, EXCEPT
A. it links the parts of the lesson
B. lt 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.
61. 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
62. Which one can enhance the comparability of
grades?
A. Using common conversion table for translating
test scores in to ratings
B. Formulating tests that vary from one teacher to
another
C. Allowing individual teachers to determine
factors for rating
D. Individual teachers giving weights to factors
considered for rating
63. Who among the following puts more emphasis
on core requirements, longer school day, longer
academic year and more challenging textbooks?
A. Perennialist
B. Essentialist
C. Progressivist
D. Existentialist
64. Which test has broad sampling of topics as
strength?
A. Objective test
B. Short answer test
C. Essay test
D. Problem type
65. Read this question:How will you present the
layers of the earth to your class?This is a question
that
A. directs
B. leads the student to evaluate
C. assesses cognition
D. probes creative thinking
66. In Krathwohl's affective domain of objectives,
which of the following is the lowest level of
affective behavior?
A. Valuing
B. Characterization
C. Responding
D. Organization
67. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his relationships
with his classmates. Which basic goal must haye
not been attained by Rodel during his
developmental years, according to Erikson's theory
on psychological development?
A. Autonomy
B. Trust
C. Initiative
D. Generativity
68. Two students are given the WISE II. One has a
full scale IQ of 91, while the other has an IQ of
109. Which conclusion can be drawn?
A. The second student has significantly higher
intellectual ability
B. The first student is probably below average,
while the second has above average potential
C. Both students are functioning in the average
range of intellectual ability
D. Another IQ test should be given to truly assess
their intellectual potential
69. To come closer to the truth we need togo back
to the things themselves.This is the advice of the
A. behaviorists
B. phenomenologists
C. idealists
D. pragmatists
70. Which guideline in test construction is NOT
observed in this test item: Jose Rizal wrote
__________.
A. The central problem should be packed in the
stem.
B. There must be only one correct answer.
C. Alternatives must have grammatical parallelism.
D. The alternates must be plausible.
71. In what way can teachers uphold the highest
possible standards of quality education?
A. By continually improving themselves
personally and professionally
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B. By wearing expensive clothes to change
people's poor perception of teachers
C. By working out undeserved promotions
D. By putting down other professions to lift the
status of teaching
72. Each teacher is said to be a trustee of the
cultural and educational heritage of the nation and
is, under obligation to transmit to learners such
heritage. Which practice makes him fulfill such
obligation?
A. Use the latest instructional technology.
B. Observe continuing professional education.
C. Use interactive teaching strategies.
D. Study the life of Filipino heroes.
73. 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 nativeabilty.
C. Every child is a potential genius.
D. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they
have learned everything.
74. In a treatment for alcoholism, Ramil was made
to drink an alcoholic beverage and then made to
ingest a drug that produces nausea. Eventually, he
was nauseated at the sight and smell of alcohol and
stopped drinking alcohoL Which theory explains
this?
A. Operant conditioning
B. Social Learning Theory
C. Associative Learning
D. Attribution Theory
75. The following are used in writing performance
objectives, EXCEPT
A. delineate
B. diagram
C. integrate
D. comprehend
76. 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.
77. On whose philosophy was A. S. Neil's
Summerhill, one of the most experimental schools,
based?
A. Rousseau
B. Pestalozzi
C. Montessori
D. John Locke
78. "In the light of the facts presented, what is
most likely to happen when ... ?" is a sample
thought question on
A. inferring
B. generalizing
C. synthesizing
D. justifying
79. Which applies when skewness is zero?
A. Mean is greater than the median
B. Median is greater than mean
C. Scores have three modes
D. Scores are normally distributed
80. Whose influence is the education program that
puts emphasis on self-development. through the
classics, music, and rituals?
A. Buddha
B. Mohammed
C. Confucius
D. Lao Tsu
81. Which is an appropriate way to manage off-
task behavior?
A. Make eye contact.
B. Stop your class activity to correct a child who is
no longer on task.
C. Move closer to the child.
D. Redirect a child's attention to task and check his
progress to make sure he is continuing to work.
82. In Krathwohl's taxonomy of objectives in the
affective, which is most authentic?
A. Characterization
B. Organization
C. Responding
D. Valuing
83. Study this group of tests which was
administered with the following results, then
answer the question.
Subject Mean SD Ronnels's Score
Math 56 10 43
Physics 41 9 31
English 80 16 109
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In which subject(s) were the scores most
homogenous?
A. Math
B. English
C. Physics
D. Physics and Math
84. We encounter people whose prayer goes like
this: "O God, if there is a God; save my soul, if I
have a soul" From whom is this prayer?
A. Stoic
B. Empiricist
C. Agnostic
D. Skeptic
85. The test item "Group the following items
according to shape" is a thought test item on
__________.
A. creating
B. classifying
C. generalizing
D. comparing
86. Teacher B is a teacher of English as a Second
Language. She 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 hierachy of
cognitive learning.
C. The teacher wants to do less talk.
D. The teacher is emphasizing listening and
speaking skills.
87. What is the mean of this score distribution: 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10?
A. 7
B. 6
C. 8.5
D. 7.5
88. Teacher P wants to develop the skill of
synthesizing in her pupils. Which one will she do?
A. Ask her students to formulate a generalization
from the data shown in graphs.
B. Ask her students to answer questions beginning
withWhat if ...
C. Tell her pupils to state data presented in graphs.
D. Directs her students to ask questions on the
parts of the lesson not understood.
89. 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
90. 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
91. 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
92. Which type of report refers toon-the-
spotdescription of some incident, episode or
occurrence that is being observed and recorded as
being of possible significance?
A. Autobiographical report
B. Biographical report
C. Value and interest report
D. Anecdotal report
93. By what name is Indirect instruction the
Socratic method also known?
A. Mastery learning
B. Indirect Method
C. Morrison method
D. Questioning method
94. Teacher A knows of the illegal activities of a
neighbor but keeps quiet in order not to be
involved in any investigation. Which foundational
principle of morality does Teacher A fail to apply?
A. The end does not justify the means.
B. The principle of double-effect
C. Always do what is right.
D. Between two evils, do the lesser evil.
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95. What should a teacher do for students in his
class who are not on grade level?
A. Give them materials on their level and let them
work at a pace that is reasonable forthem, trying to
bring them up to a grade level.
B. Give them the same work as the other students,
because they will absorb as much as they are
capable of.
C. Give them the same work as the other students,
not much, so that they won't feel embarrassed.
D. Give them work on the level of the other
students and work a little above the classmates
level to challenge them.
96. A child who gets punished for stealing candy
may not steal again immediately. But this does not
mean that the child may not steal again. Based on
Thorndike's theory on punishment and learning,
this shows that __________
A. punishment strengthens a response
B. punishment removes a response
C. punishment does not remove a response
D. punishment weakens a response
97. Helping in the development of graduates who
aremaka-Diyosis an influence of
A. naturalistic morality
B. classical Christian morality
C. situational morality
D. dialectical morality
98. Teacher H gave her first-grade class a page
with a story in which pictures take the place of
some words. Which method did she use?
A. The whole language approach
B. The Spaulding method
C. The rebus method
D. The language experience approach
99. Soc exhibits fear response to freely roaming
dogs but does not show fear when a dog is on a
leash or confined to a pen. Which conditioning
process is illustrated
A. Generalization
B. Extinction
C. Acquisition
D. Discrimination
100. Teachers often complain of numerous non-
teaching assignments that adversely, affect their
teaching. Does this mean that teachers must be
preoccupied only with teaching?
A. Yes, if they are given other assignments, justice
demands that they be properly compensated.
B. Yes, because other community leaders, not
teachers, are tasked to leadin community activities.
C. NO, because every teacher is expected to
provide leadership and initiative in activities for
betterment of communities.
D. Yes, because teaching is enough full time job.
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