BUILDING AND ENHANCING NEW LITERACIES 6.

It means “thinking-about-thinking” and

“thinking about-doing”. Psychologists call this
1. The vision of basic education is to “make every holistic understanding as _________.
Filipino functionally literate”. Which of the
following operationally defines functional a. Meta-orientation
literacy?
b. Meta-data
a. Able to read, write, and compute
c. Meta-action
b. Able to read, write letters, and solve problems
d. Meta-cognition
c. Able to read, write, compute, and apply these
skills in their daily lives 7. Participation in adult literacy programs
correlates with increased participation in trade
d. Able to read with understanding, write one’s unions, community action, and national political
thoughts and compute world problems life.

2. Global students learn with short bursts of a. Stronger economies

energy. To maintain concentration they require
_____________ b. Less poverty

a. frequent reminder that they need to c. Community involvement

concentrate d. Lower early mortality rates
b. frequent and intermittent breaks 8. It is the first pillar of literacy, so encourage
c. short and easy reading materials young learners to immerse themselves in it
frequently and deeply.
d. music while studying
a. writing b. reading c. arithmetic d. singing
3. The ability to understand and evaluate
meaning through reading and writing, listening 9. Literacy is the ability to identify, understand,
and speaking, viewing and representing. interpret, create, communicate, and compute,
using printed and written materials associated
a. Literacy with varying contexts. This definition is from?

b. Numeracy a. CHED b. DepEd c. TESDA d. UNESCO

c. Creativity 10. According to a study conducted by Philam

Life, 96 percent of Filipinos are concerned about
d. Learning their own and their family’s health, however,
4. It refers to all the actions, understandings, and only____ percent of them are prepared to pay for
misunderstandings of learners engaged in medical costs in case they are diagnosed with a
experiences that involve print creation or use. critical illness.

a. Literacy skills a. 16 b. 17 c. 19 d. 18

b. Literacy competence 11. An obstacle to savings wherein a person is

delaying savings or putting savings off for
c. Traditional Literacy another time.
d. Emergent Literacy a. Poor spending
5. Miller derives the conventional concept of b. Procrastination
literacy into sub-categories in _________.
c. “Bukas samakalawa”
a. 1974
d. Indifference
b. 1975
12. Literacy that talks about the ability to use
c. 1973 knowledge and principles to understand one’s
environment and test hypotheses.
d. 1976
a. Emotional b. Social c. Scientific d.
Environmental
13. Nicole can understand and apply conceptual C) Learning to play musical instruments.
and numerical aspects of finance in practice.
What literacy is being mentioned in the D) Writing and publishing scientific papers
statement? 20. Media literacy is essential because:
a. Social b. Environmental c. Cultural d. Financial A. It helps individuals to interpret, create, and
14. The ability to sustain interest and effort and evaluate media messages critically.
to persevere to accomplish a task or goal. B) It enhances one's ability to memorize large
A. Grit B. Curiosity C. Consistency D. Dedication amounts of data.

15. Justine has the ability and desire to undertake C) It improves skills in crafting handmade items.
a new task proactively. What literacy is being D) It assists in understanding historical
mentioned? documents
A. Collaboration 21. Financial literacy is closely related
B. Initiative to___________.

C. Creativity a. Financial expenditure

D. Curiosity b. Accounting

16. The ability to identify and evaluate situations, c. Financial investment

ideas, and information to formulate responses d. Financial management
and solutions.
22. Which of the following examples best
a. Critical thinking describes financial literacy?
b. Apologizing A. A regular employee in a company
c. Problem identifying B. A family on a vacation
d. Problem tasking C. A mother on a budget
17. Marisol has the desire to ask questions and D. A young man selling apples for tuition
demonstrate open-mindedness. She possesses
what ability? 23. Which two statements BEST describe a global
teacher?
a. Creativity
I. Thinks and acts both locally and globally
b. Problem-solving
II. Believes in education for sustainable
c. Curiosity development
d. Collaboration III. Wants to work abroad
18. Which of the following best exemplifies IV. Desires to live abroad
multicultural literacy?
A. II and III
A) Reading classic English literature.
B. I and II
B) Understanding and appreciating cultural
diversity in various contexts. C. I only

C) Solving complex mathematical equations. D. III only

D) Creating digital art.. 24. Which one describes one responsibility of a

teacher in a school dominated by Indigenous
19. Social literacy involves: people (IP) children?
A. Developing strong interpersonal skills and I. Point out the negative elements of their
understanding social dynamics. culture to help them improve
B) Designing and constructing buildings.
II. Help them realize the positive elements a. Patience
of their cultures and make them feel proud
about them b. Independence

III. Teach basic concepts in the context of c. Peace

the IP culture d. Individuality
IV. Show them other peoples’ cultures 29. He/she suggests that issues of discrimination
a. I, II, III and IV in all its forms (racial, religious, tribal,
cultural,etc.) are issues of hatred, which she
b. I, III and IV defines in an educational settings as “the lack of
compassion and lack of respect for the rights of
c. II, III and IV other”
d. II and IV a. Boutte (2008)
25. As a community leader, which should be b. Dawkins (2016)
AVOIDED by a teacher?
c. Banks (1991)
a. Solicits donations from philanthropists in the
community d. Friere (2000)

b. Plays an active part in the community 30. He/she posits that the first step to teaching
multiculturalism is knowing about cultures that
c. influenced by community politics Supports the are not your own.
effort of the community to improve their status in
life a. Friere (2000)

d. Makes herself aloof to ensure that her b. Banks (1991b)

decisions will not be
c. Dawkins (2016)
26. Alvin Toffler said:” The illiterate of the 21st
century will not be those who cannot read and d. Boutte (2008)
write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and 31. “The more two individuals are genetically
relearn”. Based on this statement, what are the similar to one another, the more sense it makes
important responsibilities of the teacher? to behave selflessly toward one another and
I. To enable learners to adapt to change selfishly toward others who are different”. This is
a concept of _____________.
II. To teach learners the basics
A. watered-down
III. To equip them with skills to learn
B. Good common sense
A. II and III
C. Selfish-gene
B. I and III
D. Globalization
C. I and II
32. It creates a knowledge and awareness that
D. I, II and III brings distinct commitment to social justice,
responsibility to defend human dignity, respect
27. The following are the current issues in for cultures and languages associated with
multicultural literacy in the Philippines, EXCEPT? different nations and lifestyle.
a. Conflicting Requirements for Peace A. Dona Victorina Syndrome
b. The Persistence of the Problem B. Cultural literacy
c. Economic dependence/Interdependence C. Philippine Cultural Education Program (PCEP)
d. Nationalistic and Regionalistic Pushback D. National Commission for Culture and the Arts
28. The heart of multicultural literacy is ________ (NCCA)
among the different cultures that are productive 33. Which is NOT a reason of Expanded Flow of
and non-violent interaction. People among Societies?
A. Socio-economic migration supported by information technology. This is
according to ________.
B. Political expulsion
a. Levin-Institute, 2017
C. Travel/tourism
b. Levin-Institute, 2019
D. Work Opportunity
c. Levin-Institute, 2020
34. It is a manner of interaction where you need
to walk away, accept and change your purpose in d. Levin-Institute, 2021
Multicultural Literacy.
39. It explains the Philippines’ OFW phenomenon.
a. Be selfless Filipinos travel abroad to find better economic
opportunities for themselves and their families for
b. Know that good and useful things can (and do) lack of said opportunities here.
come from those different form us
A. Socio-economic migration
c. Be willing to compromise
B. Political expulsion
d. Accept that there are limits Work opportunity
C. Travel/Tourism
35. Reciprocal adjustment of demands and
expectations to accommodate what the other D. Work opportunity
party is willing to give.
40. It is defined as a set of skills and knowledge
A. Be selfless that allow individuals to understand, appreciate,
and interact with people from different cultures.
b. Know that good and useful things can (and do)
come from those different form us A. Multicultural literacy

c. Be willing to compromise B. Globalization

d. Accept that there are limits C. Cultural Literacy

36. Under this issue, it states that multicultural D. Literacy

literacy might seem to just be a matter of “good
common sense”. 41. Which of the following could be a reason to
justify peace education as a series of “teaching
a. The Persistence of the Problem encounters" or teaching learning process?

b. Nationalistic and Regionalistic Pushback A. Desire for peace

c. Conflicting Requirements for Peace B. Nonviolent alternatives for managing conflict

d. The Question of Value C. Skills for critical analysis of structural

arrangements that produce and legitimize
37. It has been designated as the body, together injustice and inequality
with the Department of Education (DepEd),
tasked to “formulate the cultural heritage D. All of the above
education programs both for local and overseas
Filipinos” that are to be an integral part of 42. Which of the following literacies refers to the
Philippine education in all its aspects. ability to understand the meaning of what is
being read?
A. National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) A. Basic literacy

B. Philippine Cultural Education Program (PCEP) B. Comprehension literacy

C. Cultural Literacy C. Functional literacy

D. Dona Victorina Syndrome D. Literacy

38. Globalization is the process of interaction and 43. Which statement on globalization is incorrect?
integration between people, business entities,
governments, and cultures from other nations,
driven by international trade and investment and
a. Globalization results in economic, political, and A. Students must be able to make meaning of
military dependence and interdependence various kinds of media
between nations
B. Students must be able to understand the
b. Globalization results in the expanded flow of mechanics of letters and phonemes
individual people among societies
C. Students must be able to identify various kinds
c. Globalization results in the interdependence of of media
expressive culture among nations
D. Students must be able to read and write
d. Globalization results in limited flow of effectively for various purposes.
instrumental culture around the world
49. In a multicultural education, much emphasis
44. The following are skills and knowledge is given on____________.
required to be culturally literate EXCEPT:
A. Perspective
A. Selflessness
B. Curriculum
B. Unwillingness to compromise
C. Achievement
C. Acceptance that there are limits
D. Environment
D. Idea that we can be friends with everyone
50. Which of the following situations displays a
45. Which of the following social skills is Doña Victorina Syndrome?
manifested by a person that can feel what other
person feels? A. Dodong enjoys listening to foreign music as
much as he enjoys OPM
A. Greeting
B. Inday takes pride of choosing and using foreign
B. Empathizing products

C. Initiating conversation C. Clara marries a foreigner whom she really love

D. Problem-solving D. Juan grabs the opportunity to study abroad to

pursue his dream
46. How do frugal people seek and spend money?

A. Frugal people seek financial luxury by living

below their means and saving money

B. Frugal people seek and use money to bring

pleasure to themselves and to others

C. Frugal people seek and use money to express

their social status

D. Frugal people seek money to express power or

control over others.

47. To enable learners to respond to the demands

of the present world, which should schools do?

A. Teach application-based, creative, critical, and

innovative thinking

B. Teach information and concepts

C. Offer a fixed curriculum

D. Prepare students for the present THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL
CURRICULUM
48. What is the heart of the approach to literacy
in Literacy for the 21st Century? 1. It refers to the sum total of experiences, both
directed and undirected, concerned with the
unfolding of individuals. It also refers to the
course outline and the way to quality education b. Curriculum evaluation
which can be attained through educational goals.
What do we call this very important concept in c. Curriculum organization
education?? d. Curriculum implementation
a. Lesson Plan 7. Teacher Christine would like to take part in
b. Curriculum developing a subject centered curriculum
because she believes that all subjects in this type
c. Educational Goal of curriculum are geared towards the holistic
development of the learner. Is her belief about
d. Philosophy the subject-centered curriculum true?
2. Which type is applied in the teaching-learning a. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum
process among the curricula that operate in the focuses on the learner’s needs, interests, and
classroom? abilities.
a. Hidden curriculum b. No, because it is the experience-centered
b. Taught curriculum curriculum that emphasizes the teaching of facts
and knowledge for future use.
c. Written curriculum
c. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum
d. Recommended Curriculum involves cooperative control
3. ____________ refers to what the teacher needs d. No, because it is the experience-centered and
to prepare and be written for day-to-day teaching not the subject-centered curriculum that
aligned with curriculum requirements. emphasizes integration of habits and skills in
learning the knowledge component of subject
a. Learning Program
areas.
b. Daily Learning Activities
8. What refers to the matching between
c. Lesson Plan curriculum and test to be used to assess the
learners?
d. Learning Sequence
a. Alignment b. Auditing c. Articulation d. Delivery
4. In the four phases of the curriculum
development process, which would indicate that 9. Mr. Justin, a new teacher believes that
you have succeeded? education is a process of development and is life
itself; therefore, experience related to the child’s
a. Curriculum planning needs and interests should be given primary
consideration. What educational philosophy is
b. Curriculum designing
being exhibited by Mr. Justin?
c. Curriculum implementing
a. Idealism
d. Curriculum evaluating
b. Reconstructionism
5. As a teacher, how would you approach a school
c. Progressivism
curriculum?
d. Realism
a. As a product of learning
10. Teacher Maureen believes that respect for the
b. As a process of achieving the content
child is fundamental in the curriculum. Thus, all
c. As a body of knowledge activities in the classroom are geared towards the
development of the child the center of the
d. A, B, and C educative process. To which approach in the
6. This phase of curriculum development involves curriculum does Teacher Maureen adhere?
decisions, among other things, on grade a. Learner-centered
placement and sequencing of content. Which is
this phase? b. Subject-centered

a. Curriculum planning c. Problem- centered

d. Pragmatic b. Lev Vygotsky

11. Mrs. Lopez, the principal of Daet High School c. Howard Gardner
invited the Brgy Captain in the school to solicit
inputs for a new curriculum in Araling Panlipunan d. Jean Piaget
which highlights indigenous knowledge in the 16. Who controls the subject- centered
community. What is shown in this situation? curriculum?
a. Community members as supporters of a. Learner
curriculum
b. Teacher
b. Community members as curriculum sources
c. Parent
c. Community members as managers of
curriculum d. Teacher and parent

d. Community members as beneficiaries of the 17. To ensure success in curriculum development,

curriculum which of the following specific actions should a
curriculum leader avoid?
12. Teacher Danica puts emphasis on the
immediate felt interest and needs of her students a. Work with people
and not on the anticipated needs and interests.
b. Use your status frequently to establish
What type of curriculum does teacher Aila adhere
discipline
to?
c. Keep channels of communication open
A. Subject-centered
d. Show that you too desire to improve
B. Learner-centered
18. If the school acts as an agent of change, what
C. Experience- centered
is it expected to do?
D. Culture-based
a. Implements a curriculum that will perpetuate
13. Among curriculum theorists and reformists, the entire culture of the community
who introduced the Inductive Method that
b. Supplants the community culture with a new
required organizing data prior to generalization?
one perceived to be superior to the community
A. John Henry culture community

B. Ivan Pavlov c. Enhances curriculum by localizing and

indigenizing it with the help of community
C. Hilda Taba
d. Let teachers indigenize curriculum on their own
D. Ralph Tyle Show that you too desire to improve

19. Dr. Judelin Ramos is a curriculum and

14. Models of Tyler, Taba, and Saylor all followed education specialist from the Department of
a similar pattern- planning, designing, Education Central Office. She stressed on Rizal as
implementing, and evaluating. However, Taba’s a patriot rather than a literacy genius. For
model begins with_________ curriculum change, what occurs when decide to
change certain elements with other elements?
a. Knowing the learners’ interest
a. Perturbation
b. Establishing objectives
b. Substitution
c. Diagnosing the learners’ needs
c. Alteration
d. Organization of experiences
d. Reconstructing
15. All of the following persons contribute to the
foundations in the curriculum development 20. In education 4.0, which teaching-learning
EXCEPT for? strategies apply?

a. William Kilpatrick I. Problem-based learning (PBL)

II. Project-based learning (PrBL) considering all stakeholders, whom should the
teacher consider with primary importance?
III. Service-learning Immersion
a. Teachers b. Principal c. Learners d. Parents
IV. Shadowing
26. Which of the following is NOT a reason why
A. I, II and III we need to evaluate the curriculum?
B. I, III and IV A. To recruit new teacher for the new curriculum
C. I, II, III and IV B. To identify the strengths and weaknesses of
D. II, III and IV the existing curriculum

21. What in the curriculum comprises the body of C. To monitor the progress of the implementation
knowledge? D. To determine if the outcomes are achieved
A. Learning content 27. Which of the following best defines curriculum
B. Learning process development?

C. Learning Strategies a. The total mental phenomena directly received

at any given time
D. Learning methods
b. The planning of learning opportunities intended
22. In designing a curriculum, the different to bring about certain desired changes in pupils
components such as desired learning outcomes, and the assessment of the extent to which these
subject matter, teaching-learning strategies, and changes have taken place
assessment should be?
c. A continuous cycle of activities in which all
A. Always have relevance elements of curriculum are considered
B. Should be reviewed at the beginning d. Education is aiding each child to be socially
creative individuals
C. Be constructively aligned
28. To build a sense of pride among Filipino youth,
D. Have expensive resources
which should be done in the curriculum?
23. Which instructional material is the best self
a. Re-study our history and stress our
directed means of attaining functional literacy?
achievements as a people
a. Audio-visual tools and resources
b. Re-study our history from the perspective of
b. Simulation laboratory apparatuses our colonizer

c. Research based data c. Replace the study of folklore and myths with
technical subjects
d. Community resources and real-life tasks/fields
d. Set aside the study of local history
24. The threat of COVID 19 virus forced the
educational system to make curricular reforms to 29. What do you call the curriculum when the
avoid the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Which teacher puts into action all the different planned
approach in the teaching and learning delivery activities in the classroom?
was avoided during the pandemic?
a. Recommended curriculum
a. Flexible learning
b. Written curriculum
b. Face-to-face learning
c. Taught curriculum
c. Remote learning
d. Supported curriculum
d. Blended learning
30. Schools divide the school hours to different
25. Every school is a community. It is composed subjects such as reading, grammar, literature,
of several stakeholders who influence what math, science, history, and geography. What
school curriculum implementation would be. In curriculum design is referred to here?
a. Problem-centered historical period is being studied as well. What
curriculum design is shown here?
b. Learner-centered
a. Separate subject design
c. Subject-centered
b. Correlation design
d. Culture-based
c. Discipline design
31. Which is NOT a description of the learner-
centered curriculum? d. Broad field design

A. Emphasis is on the total growth and 36. One example of this design of subject-
development of the learners centered curriculum is that which shows social
studies being combined with geography, civics
B. Cooperatively directed by learners, teachers and culture, and history to comprise one subject
and parents area. Which design is this?
C. Education is a means to develop social creative a. Correlated
individual
b. Broadfields
D. Emphasis upon facts and knowledge for future
use c. Separate Subjects

32. The K to 12 curriculum is otherwise called as d. Core

______________.
37. Which of the following is a reason for the
A. 2002 Basic Education Curriculum continuous appraisal of the existing curriculum at
all levels?
B. Revitalized Basic Education Curriculum
A. New national policies in government
C. Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum
B. Changing needs and condition of society
D. Extended Basic Education Curriculum
C. Economic status of the people
33. What refers to an individual or group of
individuals who have direct and indirect influence D. Political trust of the country
on curriculum development?
38. To provide for individual differences in the
A. Stockholders classroom, how is curriculum designed?

B. Stakeholders a. Minimum learning competencies are included

C. Promoters b. Realistic and meaningful experiences are

provided
D. Incorporators
c. Some degree of flexibility is provided
34. Which is NOT a provision for the development
of each learner in a good curriculum? d. Social skills are emphasized

a. Extensive arrangements are made for the 39. Which of the following statements is NOT
educational diagnosis of individual learners acceptable?

b. Self-directed, independent study is encouraged A. Instruction is the actual engagement of

wherever possible and advisable learners in the planned learning activities

c. Self-motivation and self-evaluation are B. Curriculum determines what assessment

stimulated and emphasized through learning should be done, and how to do it
opportunities of the school
C. Instructions require teachers to use a variety of
d. The program provides a wide range of actions to accomplish a variety of functions
opportunities for individuals with same abilities,
needs, and interest. D. Assessment establishes what is to be
accomplished in teaching and learning
35. In the elementary level, English literature and
social studies relate well. While history is being 40. Which characteristics of a good curriculum
studied, different literary pieces during the highlight the psychological nature of the learner?
A. Provisions are made for the smooth transition 45. Which curriculum is concerned with materials
and continuing achievement of pupils that should support or help in the implementation
of the written curriculum?
B. Curriculum plans in areas which extend over
several years are developed vertically A. Recommended curriculum

C. Classroom practices give attention to the B. Taught curriculum

maturity and learning problems of each pupil
C. Written curriculum
D. Cooperative planning and teaching provide for
exchange of information about pupil’s learning D. Supported Curriculum
experiences. 46 What characterizes a school as a learning
41. Objectives must be evaluated in the light of community?
practical considerations, including teacher I. Shared mission/vision, goals and values
competence, availability of instructional
materials, time allotment, etc. What II. Focused on co-curricular activities
characteristics of educational objectives are
III. Commitment to continuous improvement
defined by the aforementioned statement?
IV. Centralized governance
A. Comprehension
V. Collective inquiry into best practices
B. Attainability
A. II, III,IV and V
C. Consistency
B. I, III, IV and V
D. Feasibility
C. II, III, IV
42. “Knowledge is true if it is workable”. What
philosophical foundation supports this statement? D. I, III, V
A. Idealism 47. The vision of basic education in BESRA is to
“make every Filipino functionally literate”, Which
B. Realism
of the following operationally defines functional
C. Pragmatism literacy?

D. Essentialism. A Able to read, write, and compute

43. As a member of the curriculum committee, B. Able to read, write letters, and solve problems
your chief concern is to give the child freedom to word problems
choose what to learn and believe, as you allow
C. Able to read, write, compute and apply these
them to set their own identities and standards.
skills in their daily lives
What philosophy will you consider?
D. Able to read with understanding, write one’s
a. Existentialism
thoughts and compute
b. Realism
48. The school is there for society. Which
c. Idealism philosophy states this?

d. Pragmatism A Reconstructionism

44. What do we call the curriculum that are B. Existentialism

proposed by scholars and professionals
C. Progressivism
organizations?
D. Behaviorism
A. Recommended curriculum
49. Teacher Joy asserts that she needs to make
B. Taught curriculum
her students get interested in the subject
C. Written curriculum whether they like it or not get interested at all.
This is more the thinking of a/an __________.
D. Supported curriculum
A reconstructionist
B. essentialist

C. perennialist

D. behaviorist

50. Who is more likely to advise you to modify

your classroom environment in such a way that
your pupils will be motivated to learn?

A The behaviorist

B. The humanist

C. The cognitivist

D. The social cognitivist