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NTC Essential Skills (1) questions
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NTC Essential Skills (3) questions
TRIAL QUESTIONS: ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- A teacher always greets her students before starting the day’s lesson. The most likely reason for her action is to
A. establish rapport with the students.✔️
B. make her lesson interesting.
C. register her presence in class.
D. tell the students to get ready for the lesson.
- A teacher has discovered that a student in his class has brought a small bottle of alcoholic beverage to school.
Which of the following actions will be the best reaction of the teacher to this discovery?
A. Offer to work with the student at school.
B. Refer the student to the drug abuse centre.
C. Refer the student to the school head.✔️
D. Send a note home on this issue to the student’s parents.
- Which of the following factors is most frequently the underlying cause of children’s difficulty in early reading?
A. Inadequate knowledge of syntax.
B. Limited general background knowledge.
C. Poor spelling ability.
D. Weak phonological processing skills.✔️
- According to Vygotsky, social interaction is important for learning. This statement implies that children
A. are independent problem solvers.
B. in the crib do not interact and therefore cannot learn.
C. learn by passive presentation of information.
D. learn from adults and other children.✔️
5. Bloom (1956) proposed the taxonomy of cognitive objectives. Which of the following arrangement of his taxonomy is in the right order?
A. Application, knowledge, analysis, comprehension synthesis and evaluation.
B. Knowledge, analysis, comprehension, application synthesis and evaluation.
C. Knowledge, comprehension, analysis, application evaluation and synthesis.
D. Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation✔️
6. The physical development of students in the basic school years is generally characterized by
A. dramatic increase in calorie needs.
B. increased regularity in the sleep cycle.
C. rapid improvement in strength and muscle coordination.
D. significant enhancement of visual and auditory acuity.
7. Elaboration as a learning strategy is best used with learners to support their
A. ability to apply logical-reasoning processes to abstract concepts.✔️
B. evaluate the usefulness of information in relation to a particular need.
C. focus their mental processes on a particular environmental stimulus.
D. use their current knowledge to interpret and understand new material.
8. Which one of the following statements is a general principle of assessment?
A. Assessment procedure must be relevant to the unexpected results.
B. Assessment technique selected must conform to learning targets.
C. Use of a variety of instruments to obtain information about instructors.
D. Use of assessment techniques requires knowledge about user’s expertise.
9. The type of evaluation that monitors learning progress is known as, evaluation.
A. diagnostic
B. formative
C. outcome
D. summative
10. You have been assigned to a new class at the beginning of the academic year. Which one of the following documents will help you plan your activities to meet the needs of learners?
A. Previous scheme of work.✔️
B. Pupils’ previous year’s examination result.
C. Syllabus.
D. Textbooks for the class.
11. A professional teacher decided to engage in activities that would enable her to judge the quality of her teaching. Which of the following techniques will help her achieve her aim?
A. Asking other teachers to teach her class for her to observe.
B. Creating portfolios and going through them occasionally.✔️
C. Creating work samples to guide her teaching activities.
D. Planning her daily activities before engaging in them.
12. A teacher assigned learners to groups and asked them to appoint coordinators who would coordinate the group activities. Which of the following actions best explains the teacher’s intention?
A. Assigning responsibility to the group leaders.
B. Developing leadership skills in the learners.✔️
C. Encouraging competition among the groups.
D. Ensuring everybody’s participation in the activities.
12. Schools are required to ensure cordial relationship with the community. All the following practices can be adopted to achieve this except
A. allowing the community to use the school compound for social activities.
B. forming of clubs and societies by learners and teachers to enhance teaching and learning.✔️
C. forming parent teacher association (PTA) to discuss issues relating to the school.
D. inviting a resource person from the community to assist in teaching a particular topic.
13. A teacher who serves as a role model to his learners and mentees is most likely to perform all the following activities except
A. coming to school early to supervise learners.
B. disciplining learners harshly when they misbehave.✔️
C. using appropriate learning materials during teaching.
D. visiting parents at home and talking to them about their learners’ progress.
14. A professional teacher in a basic school takes alcohol to the extent of disrupting school activities. Which one of the following is the first action a headteacher should take to help the teacher overcome the problem?
A. Arraign him before the disciplinary committee.
B. Counsel him on the effects of drug and substance abuse.✔️
C. Recommend him for transfer to a village school.
D. Send him to a rehabilitation centre.
15. The following are some of the aims of the National Teachers’ Standards (NTS) except
A. improving the quality of teacher delivery and learners’ performance.
B. registering teachers and giving them licenses.✔️
C. setting a basis for assessing teachers against the NTS.
D. setting expectations for professional knowledge, practice, and attitude.
NB: National Teachers’ Standards (NTS) do not register and license teachers but NTC does that.
16. Differentiated instruction is likely to be the most effective method for promoting all learners’ learning when
A. learners actively engage in learning during small-group activities.
B. learners demonstrate a wide range of interests and abilities within a given content area.✔️
C. learners have limited background knowledge about the topic of an upcoming unit.
D. pre-assessment results indicate that learners as a group show similar gaps in their content-area learning.
17. A professional teacher decides that she wants to identify her learners’ entry behaviour before starting a new lesson.
Which one of the following activities is she most likely to engage in?
A. Ask learners questions about the new lesson.
B. Develop a comprehensive lesson plan for teaching.
C. Let the learners sing a song about the new lesson.
D. Relate lesson objectives to learners’ previous knowledge.✔️
18. A teacher with a strong sense of self-efficacy in a specific subject area is most likely to demonstrate which one of the following behaviour in that subject area?
A. Evaluation of her performance according to external criteria.
B. Mastery of content and skills at a faster rate than an average pace.✔️
C. Persistence in the completion of challenging tasks.
D. Preference for self-directed learning activities.
19. A child always moves from his seat to the front of the class during teaching and learning activities. The teacher always insists he moves and sits at the back of the class.
What advice will you give to this teacher concerning this learner?
A. Find out why the learner always wants to sit in front.✔️
B. Punish him to serve as a deterrent to other learners who do that.
C. Report the learner to the school head for his disobedience.
D. Tell the learner’s parents to advise him to obey rules and regulations.
20. All the following grouping will encourage inclusive learning except when it is
A. ability based.
B. gender based
C. interest based.
D. mixed ability.
Guide: Ability based would involve both boys and girls
Gender based would separate the boys from the girls.
Interest based would involve both boys and girls
Mixed ability would involve both boys and girls
SAMPLE QUESTIONS UNDER ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENT
1. How many assessments are carried Out under school base assessment?
A. 33
B. 21
C. 12
D. 4
- The process by which the attributes or dimensions of some physical object are determined is
A. measurement
B. assessment
C. evaluation
D. test - ……..is a process by which information is obtained relative to some known objective or goal.
A. test
B. assessment
C. evaluation
D. measurement - A specific criteria used to gauge skills development or progress.
A. Checklists
B. Inventories
C. Rating scales
D. Rubrics - …………is a set of categories designed to elicit information about quantitative or qualitative attributes.
Rubrics
B. Checklists
C. Inventories
D. Rating scales
6.The………….. is a measure of how spreads out point are from the mean?
A. variance
B. arithmetic mean
C. geometric mean
D. standard deviation
- A process of looking at what is being assessed is called?
A. rubrics
B. evaluation
C. assessment
D. measurement - An assessment that is carried out through the course is called?
A. initial assessment
B. formative assessment
C. diagnostic assessment
D. summative assessment - An assessment that is generally carried out at the end of a course to assign
students a course grade is called?
A. Formative assessment
B. Summative assessment
C. Diagnostic assessment
D. Contemporary assessment - Summative assessment is an assessment………..learning?
of
B. to
C. by
D. for - An assessment is ………………..if it consistently achieves the same results with the same (or similar) students.
Valid
B. Invalid
C. Reliable
D. Unreliable - Which from the following is NOT a formal assessment?
A. Project
B. Quizzes
C. Interview
D. Observation - A scoring guide use to evaluate the quality of students is called
A. rubrics
B. checklists
C. inventories
D. rating scales - A/An………….. assessment is one which measures what it is intended to measure.
A. Valid
B. Invalid
C. Reliable
D. Unreliable - Which from the following is NOT an informal assessment
A. Project
B. Rubrics
C. Observation
D. Participation - An assessment use to determine a person’s ability in a particular field of studies is called.
A. evaluation
B. aptitude test
C. measurement
D. diagnostic test - Reliability of an assessment relates to the………….. of an assessment.
A. quality
B. relevance
C. usefulness
D. consistency - In education, …………. is used to make inference about the leaning and development of students.
A. diagnosis
B. evaluation
C. assessment
D. measurement - Validity of an assessment relates to the. ………….. of an assessment.
A. quality
B. relevance
C. usefulness
D. consistency - We calculate average marks of a student in the way as we calculate
A. variance
B. arithmetic mean
C. geometric mean
D. Standard deviation - An assessment that is conducted prior to the start of teaching or instruction is called.
A. initial assessment
B formal assessment
C. formative assessment
D. Summative assessment - Limited to quantitative description of pupil’s performance is?
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - The purpose of the evaluation is to make?
A. Opinion
B. Decision
C. Judgment
D. Prediction - The purpose of evaluation is to make judgment about educational?
A. Age
B. Quantity
C. Quality
D. Time period - Evaluation that monitors learning progress is?
A. Formative evaluation
B. Placement evaluation
C. Summative evaluation
D. Diagnostic evaluation - A formal and systematic procedure of getting information is?
A.Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - The process of obtaining numerical value is?
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - A sum of questions is?
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D, Measurement - The first step in measurement is?
A. Decision of what to measure
B. Development of the test
C. Administering the test
D. None - The purpose of formative evaluation is?
A. Monitoring progress of students
B. Decision of what to measure
C. Development of the test
D. Administering the test - To assess achievement at the end of instruction is?
A. Formative Assessment
B. Summative Assessment
C. Diagnostic Assessment
D. Placement Assessment - Vast of all in scope is?
A.Test
B. Assessment
C. Evaluation
D. Measurement - The least in scope is?
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - Permanent difficulties in learning are investigated in?
A. Diagnostic Assessment
B. Formative Assessment
C. Placement Assessment
D. Summative Assessment - Procedures used to determine person abilities is?
A. Norm performance test
B. Typical performance test
C. Criterion performance test
D. Maximum performance test - In norm referenced test the comparison is between?
A. Areas
B. Groups
C. Interest
D. Individuals - Limited to quantitative description of pupil’s performance is?
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - To assess achievement at the end of instruction is?
A. Formative Assessment
B. Summative Assessment
C. Diagnostic Assessment
D. Placement Assessment - The Analysis of items is necessary in?
A. Essay Type Test
B. Standardized Test
C. Objective type test
D. Norm referenced test - Objective type question have advantage over essay type because such
questions?
A. Are easy to mark
B. Are easy to solve
C. Are easy to prepare
D. None - The supply type test item is?
A. M.C.Q items
B. Matching items
C. True/False items
D. Completion items - The summative evaluation is used?
A. At the start of the program
B. At the middle of the program
C. At the end of the program
D. None - Test that measure learning outcome of students is?
A. Aptitude test
B. Achievement test
C. Norm referenced test
D. Criterion reverenced test - The process of obtaining numerical value
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - The quality of test to give same scores when administered at different occasions is?
A. Validity
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Differentiability - Procedures used to determine person abilities is?
A. Norm performance test
B. Typical performance test
C. Criterion performance test
D. Maximum performance test - Test item discriminates 100% when its value for discrimination is?
A. 0.3
B. 1
C. 0.30-1 - Value that divides the data into two equal parts is?
A. Mean
B. Mode
C. Median
D. None - Alternative response item is?
A. Right/wrong
B. True/False items
C. Correct/incorrect
D. All of the above - Which one is not the type of test of test by purpose?
A. Essay Type Test
B. Standardized Test
C. Objective type test
D. Norm referenced test - Test item is acceptable which its faculty index/difficulty level ranges from
A. 0.3
B. 0.7
C. 30-70 %
D. None - A formal and systematic procedure of getting information is?
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - The least in scope is?
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - Test involving the construction of certain patterns are called?
A. Scholastic test
B. Intelligence test
C. Performance tests
D. None - The number of scores Iying in a class interval is?
A. Frequencies
B. Quartiles
C. Mid-point
D. Class - Instrument used for measuring sample of behavior is?
A. Test
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Measurement - The purpose of formative evaluation is?
A. Monitoring progress of students
B. Decision of what to measure
C. Development of the test
D. Administering the test - Frequently used tools of summative evaluation are?
A. Test
B. Daily assignment
C. Teacher observation
D. None - Which question has increasing objectivity of marking
A. Multiple type questions
B. Unstructured essay
C. Structured essay
D. Short answer - The test made to compare the performance of student with the other students Is called?
A. Achievement
B. Norm reference
C. Criterion reference
D . None - Identifying relationship between two things is demonstrated by?
A. Matching items
B. M.C.Q items
C. True/False items
D. Completion items - Student performance is compared with clearly defined learning tasks in?
A. Essay Type Test
B. Standardized Test
C. Norm-referenced test
D. Criterion reverenced test - It the scoring of the test is not affected by any factor, quality of test is called?
A. Validity
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Differentiability - Evaluation that monitors learning progress is?
A. Diagnostic Assessment
B. Formative Assessment
C. Placement Assessment
D. Summative Assessment - In multiple choice items the stem of the items should be?
A. Small
B. Large
C. Undefined
D. Meaningful. - The process of making judgment is called
A. Evaluation
B. Budgeting
C. Demonstration
D. Documentation - ………… Is the degree to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure?
A. Validity
B. Usability
C. Reliability
D. Objectivity
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