CPD

Question 1

Act shall be known as the “Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016”

Answer 1

RA 10912

Question 2

Formal or official approval granted to a person, a program or an organization, upon meeting essential requirements of achievement standards, including qualifications or unit(s) of a qualification, usually for a particular period of time, as defined by an accrediting agency;

Answer 2

Accreditation

Question 3

Device that enables comparisons of qualifications across ASEAN Member States;

Answer 3

ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework or AQRF

Question 4

Regional arrangement entered into by the ASEAN Member States, predicated on the mutual recognition of qualifications, requirements met, licenses and certificates granted, experience gained by professionals, in order to enhance mobility of professional services within the region;

Answer 4

ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement or ASEAN MRA

Question 5

Ability that extends beyond the possession of knowledge and skills, which include cognitive, functional, personal and ethical competence;

Answer 5

Competence

Question 6

Inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills and ethical values in a post-licensure specialization or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of study, for assimilation into professional practice, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning;

Answer 6

Continuing Professional Development or CPD

Question 7

Body created to promote and ensure the continuous improvement of professionals, in accordance with national, regional and international standards of practice;

Answer 7

CPD Council

Question 8

Value of an amount of learning that can be transferred to a qualification achieved from formal, informal or nonformal learning setting, wherein credits can be accumulated to predetermined levels for the award of a qualification;

Answer 8

CPD credit unit

Question 9

Set of learning activities accredited by the CPD Council such as seminars, workshops, technical lectures or subject matter meetings, nondegree training lectures and scientific meetings, modules, tours and visits, which equip the professionals with advanced knowledge, skills and values in specialized or in an interor multidisciplinary field of study, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning;

Answer 9

CPD Program

Question 10

Natural or juridical person accredited by the CPD Council to conduct CPD Programs;

Answer 10

CPD Provider

Question 11

Educational arrangements such as curricular qualifications and teaching-learning requirements that take place in education and training institutions recognized by relevant national authorities, and which lead to diplomas and qualifications;

Answer 11

Formal learning

Question 12

Learning that occurs in daily life assessed, through the recognition, validation and accreditation process, and which can contribute to a qualification;

Answer 12

Informal learning

Question 13

What a learner can be expected to know, understand and/or demonstrate as a result of a learning experience;

Answer 13

Learning outcomes

Question 14

Learning activities undertaken throughout life for the development of competencies and qualifications of the professional;

Answer 14

Lifelong learning

Question 15

Learning that has been acquired in addition or alternatively to formal learning, which may be structured and made more flexible according to educational and training arrangements;

Answer 15

Nonformal learning

Question 16

Structured or unstructured learning initiatives, which make use of the internet and other web-based Information and Communications Technology solutions;

Answer 16

Online learning activities

Question 17

Mechanisms that provide access to qualifications and assist professionals to move easily and readily between the different education and training sectors, and between these sectors, and the labor market, through the Philippine Credit Transfer System;

Answer 17

Pathways and Equivalencies

Question 18

Quality assured national system for the development, recognition and award of qualifications at defined levels, based on standards of knowledge, skills and values, acquired in different ways and methods by learners and workers;

Answer 18

Philippine Qualifications Framework or PQF

Question 19

Person’s skills, knowledge and competencies that have been acquired through work experience, training, independent study, volunteer activities and hobbies, that may be applied for academic credit, as a requirement of a training program or for occupational certification;

Answer 19

Prior learning

Question 20

Person who is registered and licensed to practice a regulated profession in the Philippines and who holds a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card (PIC) from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC);

Answer 20

Professional

Question 21

Status gained after a person has been assessed to have achieved learning outcomes or competencies in accordance with the standard specified for a qualification title, and is proven by a document issued by a recognized agency or body;

Answer 21

Qualification

Question 22

Planned and systematic processes that provide confidence in the design, delivery and award of qualifications within an education and training system, and is a component of quality management that is focused on ensuring that quality requirements will be fulfilled;

Answer 22

Quality assurance

Question 23

Learning activities such as online training, local/international seminars/nondegree courses, institution/company-sponsored training programs, and the like, which did not undergo CPD accreditation but may be applied for and awarded CPD units by the respective CPD Council.

Answer 23

Self-directed learning

Question 24

Every CPD Council shall be composed of

Answer 24

A chairperson and two (2) members.

Question 25

The _________ of the CPD Council shall be the member of the PRB so chosen by the PRB concerned to sit in the CPD Council.

Answer 25

Chairperson

Question 26

The first member shall be the __________ duly authorized by its Board of Govemors/Trustees. In the absence of the AIPO/APO, the PRB concerned shall submit within _________ from notification of such absence, a list of three (3) recommendees from the national professional organizations. The PRC shall designate the first member within __________ from receipt of the list.

Answer 26

President or officer of the AIPO/APO
Ten (10) working days
Thirty (30) days

Question 27

The second member shall be the president or officer of the national organization of deans or department chairpersons of schools, colleges or universities offering the course requiring the licensure examination. In the absence of such organization, the PRB concerned shall submit, within __________ from notification of such absence, a list of three (3) recommendees from the academe. The PRC shall designate the second member within __________ from receipt of the list.

Answer 27

Ten (10) working days
Twenty (20) working days

Question 28

Created at the PRC Central and Regional Offices to provide technical, administrative and operational support to the CPD Councils and the PRBs in the implementation of the CPD Programs.
Shall be headed by an _________ to be appointed by the PRC.

Answer 28

CPD Council Secretariat
Executive Director

Question 29

The __________ shall review and approve the proposed budget for each CPD Council, taking into consideration the reasonable expenses that will be incurred for travel, honorarium/allowances, and per diems, when attending official CPD Council meetings or performing other related functions assigned to them.

Answer 29

PRC

Question 30

The __________, in consultation with the AIPO/APO and other stakeholders, shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) within __________ from the effectivity of this Act. However, a _________ may prescribe its own requirements or procedure relating to the CPD as may be pertinent and applicable to the specific profession:

Answer 30

PRC and the PRBs
Six (6) months
PRB