LET Practice Test

1. LICENSURE EXAMINATION TEACHERS REVIEW
July 8, 2017
Focus: Techniques in Answering Multiple Choice
Question: The Smarter Way
Lecturer: POLEMER M. CUARTO

2. OUTLINE
1. Pre-test
2. Lecture on Answering Multiple Choice
Question: The Smarter Way
3. Post-test
4. More Tips for Passing the LET
5. Practice Exercises

3. Pre-Test

4. 1. 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.

5. 2. 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

6. 3. 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 are simple enough to be used
consistently.

7. 4. Teacher A is a teacher of English as a Second Language.
She uses vocabulary cards, fill-in-the-blank sentences,
dialogues, 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 applying Bloom's hierarchy 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 her teaching easier by having
less talk.
• D. The teacher is emphasizing reading and writing skills.

8. 5. If teacher has to ask more higher-order
questions, he has to ask more __________
questions.
• A. closed
• B. convergent
• C. concept
• D. divergent

9. 6. 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 for rating
• D. Individual teachers giving weights to factors
considered for rating

10. 7. 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

11. 8. Which test has broad sampling of topics as
strength?
• A. Objective test
• B. Short answer test
• C. Essay test
• D. Problem type

12. 9. Rodel is very aloof and cold in his relationships
with his classmates. Which basic goal must have
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

13. 10. 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.

14. 11. 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 native ability.
• C. Every child is a potential genius.
• D. Pupils can possibly reach a point where they
have learned everything.

15. 12. 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

16. 13. 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. 14. Which are direct measures of competence?
• A. Personality tests
• B. Performance tests
• C. Paper-and-pencil tests
• D. Standardized test

18. 15. 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. Existentialism
• C. Experimentalism
• D. Realism

19. 16. Which criterion should guide a teacher in
the choice of instructional devices?
• A. Attractiveness
• B. Cost
• C. Novelty
• D. Appropriateness

20. 17. The teacher would like to determine
whether the students are qualified to be
promoted to next grade level or retained. What
process should the teacher undertake?
A. measurement
B. assessment
C. evaluation
D. testing

21. 18. When teacher Kleng-kleng used the table
of specification in constructing his periodic test,
which of the following characteristics of a good
test will be assured to his students?
a. practicality b. construct validity
c. content validity d. reliability

22. 19. 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

23. 20. An alternative is a NOT a good distracter
when ____________________.
• a. it attracts those students who studied well.
• b. it attracts students who are merely
guessing.
• c. most of the students does not choose the
alternative.
• d. it discriminates properly between those
who know and those who are just guessing.