Set 1 Soal Uji Pengetahuan PPG 2017
Set 1 Soal Uji Pengetahuan PPG 2017
Set 1 Soal Uji Pengetahuan PPG 2017
Pedagogy
Directions: To answer questions 1 – 20, Choose the one best answer – marked A, B, C, D, and E
– to each question.
1. Language proficiency includes the following aspects of language knowledge EXCEPT knowing how
to ....
A. produce and understand different text types
B. maintain communication despite limitations
C. use language for different functions
D. use different kinds of strategies
E. vary our use of language
2. Young children, especially those up to the ages of nine or ten, learn differently from older children
in the following ways EXCEPT ….
A. they respond to meaning
B. they can engage with abstract thought
C. they display an anthusiasm for learning
D. they often learn indirectly rather than directly
E. their understanding comes from what they see and hear
3. The principles of the Direct Method in languange learning include the following propositions
EXCEPT ....
A. only everyday vocabulary and sentences are taught
B. both speech and listening comprehension are taught
C. grammar iss carefully taught in deductive manner
D. correct pronunciation and grammar are emphasized
E. new teaching points are introduced orallym
4. The term "Notions" used in the area of notional-functional curriculum is referred both to abstract
concepts such as existence, space, time, and quality and ....
A. contexts or situations
B. natural circumstances
C. various different functions
D. communicative competence
E. travel, health, and education
5. A syllabus should identify the following aspects of language use in order to be able to develop the
learner’s communicative competence EXCEPT ....
A. the purposes for which the learner wishes
B. the setting in which they will want to use the target language
C. the communicative events in which the learners will participate
D. the functional characteristicsinvolved in various linguistic events
E. the socially defined role the learners will assume in the target language
6. An objective stating that “students will learn ‘passive voice’” is not testable because we do not know
whether ....
A. students are exposed to real or simulated situations in expressing it
B. students should be able to understand them in spoken or written language
C. both teachers and students are capable of providing communicative tasks
D. teachers are encouraged to supply thir students with varied examples
E. students are able to find out appropriate situations to apply it
7. An innovative teacher may apply a peer assessment scheme to test students in speaking skill.
Employing this scheme, he/she expects that the students are sincere and ….
a. use the scheme as a means of obtaining higher grades
b. compete against their colleages to obtain the best scores
c. are not motivated to achieve high scores in the subject
d. apply the scheme to enhance their oral proficiency
e. are able to measure their potential in speaking
8. The warm-up session mentioned in a lesson plan of should include the following activities EXCEPT
….
A. questions and answers you have written
B. a revision of the previous lesson linked to the new lesson
C. questions to elicit conversation using the new structures and functions
D. examples of what your students will learn in this particular lesson
E. a specifically designed game to trigger the students’ interest
9. In order to define your lesson's objectives, consider asking yourself the following questions
EXCEPT ….
A. what will the students accomplish during this lesson?
B. to what specific level will the students perform a given task?
C. how will the students show that they understood and learned the goals?
D. does the lesson's objective fit in with your state educational standards ?
E. will you ensure that you are making the most of your teaching time?
10. The presentation activities of a lesson plan focus on the learning objectives for the lesson. This is
the teacher guided section of the lesson in which we might do the following examples EXCEPT …
A. explaining grammar at the white board
B. identifying the learners’ attitude towards the lesson
C. showing a short video to introduce a topic of discussion
D. presenting new vocabulary making sure to provide lots of context
E. presenting written work for a class discussion of structure
11. Which learning resource is most suitable to teach a group of haptic students the focus of the
learning objective of which is describing a kite?
A. Outdoor activities in which the group has the chance to fly a kite
B. Worksheets with questions guiding the group to describe a kite
C. Inclass activities with a real kite on which the group can touch
D. A video recording showing the group pictures of kites to describe
E. Role play requiring the group members to share ideas of kite making
12. Ms. Ana wants her students to write an autobiography of a national figure. She wants her students
to get the data from not just written, spoken, but also pictographic materials. For the purpose, the
learning sources she can make use for her students to get the information needed would involve
them to….
A. browse the Internet
B. interview a historian
C. read historical books
D. do small library research
E. exchange ideas with classmates
13. Controlled yet contextual use of vocabulary items of a written descriptive text may be best practiced
through which of the following?
A. Minimal pairs
B. Cloze exercises
C. Simulated Dialogs
D. Substitution drills
E. Matching tasks
14. To get the most out of the potentials of extroverted students, Mr. Marzuki will set up learning
activities that allow them to do a lot of….
A. listening and reading
B. speaking and listening
C. reading and writing
D. writing and speaking
E. speaking and reading
15. In a reading class, Janet is at loss when Mr. Rohanda asks her a question about the topic of the
passage they are dealing with. The appropriate emphatetic communication strategy Mr. Rohanda
should hold is….
A. ask her classmate next to her to help her answer the question
B. repeat the question to help her answer the question correctly
C. make her read the whole passage once again more carefully
D. ask her questions for not being able to answer his question
E. tell her to pay attention to him more seriously in his class
16. At the pre-reading phase, Mr. Mahmud raises a leading question about the theme of the day’s
discussion. Sarah answers the question incorrectly. Mr. Mahmud’s emphatetic communication
response should be….
A. “Why is that your answer? Please let us know!”
B. “You answer wrongly Sarah. Please try again!”
C. “That’s not the answer Sarah. Listen to me”
D. “Sarah, you do not answer my question.”
E. “Anyone, is it the correct answer?”
18. With reference to the condition element in the indicator, the authentic assessment type that is
appropriate to measure the indicator that follows:
Based on two contexts: online sources and observations, students make a
report on an extended account explaining reasons for a kite to fly in the sky.
has the basic format that is called….
A. extended response
B. performance
C. interview
D. portfolio
E. project
19. Ms. Nastiti observed that her class was below the mastery learning criterion in writing on how to do
things. The reason is not due to language problems, but is more on generating ideas to be written.
To solve the problem, she designs an innovative strategy through classroom action research the
steps of which have the elements of….
A. think-pair-share
B. mind mapping
C. jigsaw
D. SQ3R
E. KWLH
20. A research title for classroom action research encompasses these components: focus, locus, and
modus as suggested in which of the following?
A. Effectiveness of mind mapping to improve descriptive writing of first graders of SMPN 5
B. Mind mapping for improving teaching descriptive texts of first graders of SMPN 5
C. Using mind mapping to improve descriptive writing of first graders of SMPN 5
D. The effect of mind mapping on descriptive writing of first graders of SMPN 5
E. Mind mapping as a strategy for descriptive writing of first graders of SMPN 5
Professional
Directions:
To answer the following test items, you will have to read the related short texts. Each is followed
by one or more questions. Choose the one best answer – marked A, B, C, D, and E – to each
question.
23. The following are the conditions of the stuff exposed by the advertiser EXCEPT ….
A. easy parking
B. completely furnished
C. close to public transport
D. inexpensive shopping
E. near grocery stores
25. How does the shaving cream work in breaking down follicles?
A. It reacts with the hair protein structure.
B. It takes approximately ten minutes.
C. It depends on the hair coarseness.
D. It is quicker and much less messy.
E. It gives your skin a chance to recover.
31. The purpose of cooking the onion, carrot, celery and garlic in butter over heat is to ….
A. make the ingredients soft
B. mixed them altogether
C. change their color to brown
D. make them warm before serving
E. give a particular taste to food
37. The chart shows that the frequency range of bat is around … wider than that of grasshopper.
A. 25 times
B. 100 times
C. 400 times
D. 1000 times
E. 100000 times
48. It is implied in the text that cinnamon provides a number of benefits for ….
A. human health
B. diabetes care
C. proper fitness
D. cancer sufferers
E. heart disease
Once a new idea becomes a buzzword, pinning down the definition can become a little more (55) ….
The flipped learning network has developed what they hope will be seen as the definitive definition.
55. The word that best completes the blank spaces in (55) is….
A. challenging
B. challenged
C. challenge
D. challenger
E. challenges
Suppose we want to build a machine that understands or generates linguistic communication between
humans. So, we need models and processes for (58) getting chunks of information from voice or textual
utterances and manipulating them inside a computer. These models’ catch-all name is natural language
processing.
58. The underlined part getting chunks of information in the passage may be best rephrased as….
A. obtaining portions of materials
B. collecting bits of evidence
C. synthesizing facts of news
D. receiving reports of facts
E. attaining pieces of data
The K-W-L-H learning strategy is one of the most popular strategies that have been used by the
learning community to read and understand texts as well as work on different school projects. This
strategy that was developed by Donna Ogle in 1986 was originally developed for studying literature. K-
W-L-H is an acronym.
59. The underlined part that was developed by Donna Ogle in the passage may be best rephrased
as….
A. Donna Ogle invented
B. Donna Ogle was found
C. discovered Donna Ogle
D. to be created by Donna Ogle
E. was Donna Ogle constructed
Assessment is an essential component of the teaching and learning cycle. Assessment for, assessment
as and assessment of learning are approaches that enable teachers to gather evidence and make
judgments about student achievement. (60) These are not necessarily discrete approaches Also, they
may be used individually or together and formally or informally. The principles of assessment for
learning and assessment as learning strategies have some common elements.
60. The underlined part These are not necessarily discrete approaches in the passage may be best
rephrased as….
A. these methods are as a whole to be linked
B. these strategies are similar to one another
C. they do not have to make any distinction
D. by system these practices are one notion
E. methodically these are one in system
61. The meaning that best expresses these two sentences: ‘The facilitator lent me his book.’ and ‘It
was very interesting to me.’ is….
A. The facilitator lent me his book that I found it very interesting
B. The facilitator lent me his book I found it was very interesting
C. The facilitator lent me his book, which I found it very interesting
D. The facilitator lent me his book that I found it was very interesting
E. The facilitator lent me his book, which was I found it very interesting
62. I never knew how wonderful life could be … I became an English teacher.
A. until
B. supposing
C. as much as
D. in so far as
E. in as much as
63. The meaning that best expresses these two sentences: ‘I do not know the steps of the PQRST
strategy.’ and ‘I cannot implement the strategy in my reading class.’ is….
A. If I know the steps of the PQRST strategy, I will implement it in my reading class
B. If I knew the steps of the PQRST strategy, I would implement it in my reading class
C. If I knew the steps of the PQRST strategy, I would implement it in my reading class
D. If I would knew the steps of the PQRST strategy, I would implement it in my reading class
E. If I did not know the steps of the PQRST strategy, I would not implement it in my reading class
64. … randomly out of the 5 classes as the accessible population, the subjects of the experiment
represented the students of high-level achievers
A. Drawn
B. Were drawn
C. Being drawn
D. Having drawn
E. They were drawn
65. Sentences in the active voice have energy and directness, … will keep your reader turning the
pages.
A. both of which
B. two of which
C. which they
D. which both
E. of which
66. When traveling by …. trains, we can not only arrive on time but also save our time to our
destination.
A. express
B. speedy
C. quick
D. rapid
E. swift
67. … riding a motorcycle or driving a car can be blamed as the main cause of accidents on the road.
A. Reckless
B. Hurried
C. Speedy
D. Quick
E. Rapid
68. Everyone present in the seminar was … petrified seeing that Raisha answered the examiner’s
questions brilliantly.
A. completely
B. massively
C. extremely
D. wholly
E. fully
69. Some birds do migrate in a particular season by flying … across continents in the sky.
A. high
B. in height
C. in altitude
D. at highness
E. highly
70. The issue of unemployment in many parts of the world has recently become ….
A. a burning question
B. a severe concern
C. a trending topic
D. a serious talk
E. a grave theme
71. Izal lost his laptop in which he kept his draft of his research instruments. There was anything he
could do to continue writing his draft, except that he needed to … with his research instruments.
A. turn over a new leaf
B. take it to his heart
C. work up a sweat
D. cross his mind
E. give a hand
72. He is still completely down upon the examiners’ feedback on his thesis proposal during the
seminar. But he will be … as soon as he reviews the feedback from the examiner and the audience
during the seminar.
A. dead in the water
B. back on his feet
C. on cloud nine
D. full of beans
E. in hot water
74. The sentence that best completes the blank spaces in (74) is….
A. The beans are dried in the sun for fermentation
B. Fermentation is a key process for the beans
C. While drying, the beans undergo fermentation
D. Dried beans are necessary for fermentation
E. Fermented beans become naturally dry
79. The sentence that best completes the blank spaces in (74) is….
A. A number of poor environmental conditions have worsened our wellbeing
B. Health hazards have become a common concern due to poor nutrition eating.
C. Health issues are related to not only poor food consumption but also life styles
D. The phenomenon ubiquitously visible related to health matters is eating junk foods
E. Several illnesses are caused by several factors, one of which is obviously overeating
80. The best arrangement of these sentences to make a logical paragraph is…
1. There is only one way to all dreams which is good education.
2. In such a competitive world, it is a must for all to have good education.
3. Sometimes parents dream for their kids to become a doctor, engineer and other high level
positions.
4. Proper education also creates lots of ways to go ahead in the future.
5. But, every kid has their own dream of doing something different in the life.
6. It makes us strong mentally, socially and intellectually by increasing our knowledge and
technical skills.
7. Sound education is important in increasing the chance in getting a good job and a position.
A. 1 – 7 – 4 – 3 – 6 – 5 – 2
B. 2 – 6 – 7 – 4 – 3 – 5 – 1
C. 2 – 7 – 4 – 6 – 3 – 5 – 1
D. 1 – 6 – 4 – 7 – 2 – 3 – 5
E. 3 – 5 – 7 – 4 – 6 – 2 – 1