Aptitude Test Q&A for GES Promotion - Practice 4



Multiple Choice Questions

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1. All the institutions below promote good governance except
A. CHRAJ.
B. Monocracy.
C. NCCE.
D. Audit Service

2. Which of the following banks was not part of the five banks forming the consolidated bank of Ghana limited?
A. Construction bank.
B. Sovereign bank.
C. Royal bank.
D. Sahara bank.

3. The process through which the central bank (BOG) controls the supply of money targeting inflation and interest rate is called?
A. Fiscal policy.
B. Inflation.
C. Macroeconomic.
D. Monetary policy.

4. The process through which the Government influences the national economy by balancing its expenditure with expected revenue (taxation) as expressed in the national budget is?
A. Fiscal policy.
B. Fascial policy.
C. Micro economics.
D. Monetary policy.

5. Which of the following is not a major type of budget?
A. Zigzag budget.
B. Line item budget.
C. Programme-based budgeting system.
D. Medium term expenditure framework.

6. Sustained increase in the general price level is called?
A. Deflation.
B. Depreciation.
C. Inflation.
D. Appreciation.

7. Which of the following is not category of internal control?
A. Protracted control.
B. Detective control.
C. Directive control .
D. Preventive control.

8. The systematic and periodic process of assessing an individual employee’s job performance and productivity in relation to certain pre-established criteria and organizational goals is termed?
A. Assessment.
B. Measurement.
C. Organizing.
D. Performance appraisal.

9. Which of the following is not a principle of performance management?
A. Regulation.
B. Accountability.
C. Result orientation.
D. Ownership.

10. All the following are conditions under which restricted tendering and singlesourced procurement can be done except?
A. Specialized products and no substitute.
B. Emergency situation
C. When it is a military product.
D. Products available in the foreign country only.

11. The following are members of the old school tender committee expect? A. B. C. D.
A. The Senior House Master.
B. Bursar/Finance Officer.
C. Two HODs of which one shall be form the beneficiary department.
D. A lawyer appointed by the governing body.

12. The chairman of the new school tender committee is
A. The Board Chairman.
B. The Headmaster/Mistress.
C. The bursar/finance officer.
D. A lawyer appointed by the governing board.

13. The Chairman of the old school tender committee is?
A. The board chairman.
B. The headmaster.
C. The bursar/finance officer.
D. A lawyer appointed by the governing board.

14. In which year was the first free Textbook policy introduced in Ghana?
A. 1963.
B. 1961.
C. 1995.
D. 2001.

15. What is the name of the committee whose report lead the reduction of pretertiary education duration from 17 to 13?
A. Anamoah Mensah Committee.
B. Anfom Committee.
C. Kwapong Committee.
D. Dzobo Committee.

16. What is the name of the committee that reviewed the Dzobo committee in 1987 leading to the full-scale JSS concept?
A. Anamoah Mensah Committee.
B. Anfom Committee.
C. Kwapong Committee.
D. Dzobo Committee.

17. Skinner proposed that language is acquired through operant condition; means that
A. Parents reinforce the baby’s efforts at language.
B. Parents interfere with the child’s language development.
C. Parents enhance the child’s growth.
D. Parents have no influence on the child’s language development.

18. In which year was the fCUBE promulgated in which year?
A. 1997.
B. 1985.
C. 1987.
D. 1993.

19. Private dialogue that takes the place of the teacher's prompts and questions and self-guides the learner is
A. scaffolding.
B. inner Speech.
C. Rehearsal.
D. Metacognition.

20. Which of the following teaching aids helps the pupils to study, analyse and compare date?
A. Graphs.
B. Maps.
C. Diagrams.
D. Pictures.

21. Which is the best method of study of child behavior?
A. Inspection method.
B. Interview method.
C. Practical method.
D. Personal study method.

22. Which of the following strategies is most suitable for introducing a lesson?
A. Demonstration.
B. Questioning.
C. Narration.
D. Lecture.

23. When a child responds to all women who wear black suit because of the black suit of her mother, it is the example of ………?
A. Internal inhibition.
B. Generalizations
C. Assimilation.
D. All of the above.

24. The able teacher is one who ………?
A. Inculcates the interest in the subject among students.
B. Helps all the students in passing the examination.
C. Engaged the students in their work.
D. Maintains peace in the class.

25. Several educational groups and associations have stated that schools should develop instruction that is focused on ………
A. Memorization.
B. a thinking curriculum.
C. workbook exercises.
D. drill.

26. Which is not involved in writing a behavioral objective
A. Stating how the teacher is going to introduce the lesson.
B. Identifying a specific goal that has an observable outcome.
C. Stating conditions under which learning can be expected to occur.
D. Specifying the criterion level.

27. To qualify as a behavioral objective, the behavior being addressed must be ……… A. B. C. D.
A. Observable.
B. Attainable.
C. Measurable.
D. Both A and C.

28. Which of the following is the most appropriate word to use in a behavioral objective ………
A. Appreciate.
B. Believe.
C. Describe.
D. Indicate.

29. Based on the goals they have established for students, reports from educational associations indicate that schools may have
A. been doing a good job of educating students.
B. educated students to be prepared in real-world situations.
C. lost sight of their role in teaching student how to think.
D. none of the above.

30. Which is the correct listing showing the most general to the most specific?
A. Objectives, goals, standards.
B. Goals, objectives, standards.
C. Standards, objectives, goals.
D. Standards, goals, objectives.

31. What is meaning of growth?
A. Change related to measurement.
B. Change related to result.
C. Both A. and B.
D. None of these.

32. Guidance differs from counselling in which of the following manner?
A. Guidance is a group process while counselling is a one to one contact.
B. Guidance mostly covers social aspects while counselling is a learning oriented process and reduces the learning problems of the individual.
C. Guidance is a broader concept than counselling
D. All of the above.

33. Three merits of proficiency test are ………?
A. Approval, reliability and subjective.
B. Subjectivity, dexterity and approval.
C. Approval, subjectivity and reliability.
D. Approval, dexterity and objectivity.

34. Guidance removes ………?
A. The personal problems of the individual.
B. Psychological problems of the individual.
C. The social problems of the individual.
D. All of the above.

35. Which of the following expressions is used to describe the objectives at the naturalization level of the psychomotor domain?
A. Effortless.
B. Align.
C. Independently.
D. With Balance.

36. A review of research by Clark & Peterson (1986) found that teachers spend more of their time, approximately 43%, planning instruction around
A. Assessment.
B. Characteristics of the learner.
C. Classroom Management.
D. Curriculum.

37. Direct instruction is most appropriate when
A. cooperative learning is not an option.
B. the teacher needs to arouse or heighten student interest.
C. attempting to achieve content mastery and overlearning of fundamental facts.
D. Both B and C.

38. Tutoring is most effective when
A. tutor and tutee are the same age.
B. tutoring is used as an adjunct to regular instruction.
C. tutors have been trained.
D. Both B and C.

39. When grouping students homogenously during a unit, it should be for
A. learning skills relevant to a specific task.
B. a short period of time.
C. Both A and B.
D. Learning Centered.

40. When writing a lesson plan, the teacher should
A. consider how many students will be taught.
B. determine where to start.
C. provide for learner diversity.
D. Both B and C.

41. Ms. Anani informs her class of the objectives on which her lesson will focus. She does this by stating the objectives and then giving them examples of tasks they should be able to perform by the end of the lesson. By doing this she is trying to
A. help them know what to focus on during the lesson.
B. help them organize their thinking.
C. Both A and B.
D. teach to the test she will be giving.

42. Openers are designed to
A. Stimulate.
B. Bore
C. Bewilder.
D. Both A and C .

43. Ms. Ansah is planning a unit on geometry for her 7th-grade math class. She is planning to start with the most concrete concepts first and step-by-step work her way up to the more abstract concepts. This is called
A. Vertical Unit Planning.
B. Lateral Unit Planning.
C. Horizontal Unit Planning.
D. Interdisciplinary Unit Planning.

44. Which of the following expressions best describe the objectives at the organization level of the affective domain?
A. Prefer.
B. Formulate.
C. Obey.
D. Comply.

45. Planning is the systematic process of deciding what and how students should learn. When teaching, teachers make one such decision approximately
A. Every five Minutes.
B. Every ten Minutes.
C. Every two Minutes.
D. Every fifteen Minutes.

46. "The student will assess the proposition presented by today's speaker of a plan that uses knowledge of the causes of the Revolutionary War for solving one of the social problems of today." This statement represents which level of cognitive performance
A. Analysis
B. Application.
C. Comprehension.
D. Evaluation.

47. In direct teaching, divide and conquer means to
A. divide the class into small groups.
B. focus on one idea at a time.
C. teach half of the lesson one day and half the next day.
D. Both A and B.

48. By introducing a lesson topic in its most general form and then dividing it into easy-to distinguish subdivisions, the teacher is using
A. part-whole relationships.
B. sequential relationships.
C. combinations of relationships.
D. comparative relationships.

49. Demonstrations are more likely to be remembered when they
A. are linked to previous skills they have learned.
B. include concise labels or vivid images that help them to remember.
C. Both A and B.
D. are short and to the point.

50. Modelling
A. is a direct teaching activity.
B. is seldom used by effective teachers.
C. allows students to imitate from demonstration or infer from observation the behavior to be learned.
D. Both A and C


True/False

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51. The practice of ability grouping can actually increase differences in academic performance between groups.
A. True
B. False

52. Psychologists like Erikson suggest that certain aspects of personality develop or dominate at certain periods in our lives. This idea is important for teachers so they can plan ways to teach other personality traits to students.
A. True
B. False

53. Teachers must adjust both content and their teaching practices to the average student in the classroom.
A. True
B. False

54. According to Sternberg, one's ability to adapt to the environment may be a helpful measure of one's intelligence.
A. True
B. False

55. Social competence is more important in school learning than is IQ .
A. True
B. False

56. Adaptive teaching means to apply the same instructional strategy to different groups of learners so that all students experience each strategy.
A. True
B. False

57. Although learning is influenced by several layers or systems, the systems view offers little practical information for day-to-day instructional planning.
A. True
B. False

58. Programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, peer and cross-age tutoring, and some audiolingual approaches can also be used for direct instructions to.
A. True
B. False

59. A lecture-recitation format involves only teacher lectures and students' responses to questions.
A. True
B. False

60. Direct instruction methods correlate highest with student achievement on standardized measures.
A. True
B. False

61. Research has shown that most teachers begin direct instruction lessons with review and checking to find out if students have mastered task-relevant knowledge from the previous lesson .
A. True
B. False

62. A moment of reflection after a parent conference will help to sharpen a teacher's parent conferencing skills.
A. True
B. False

63. In applying the behaviorist approach, one of the things that should be done is to identify both the inappropriate behavior that needs changing and the appropriate behavior needed to take its place
A. True
B. False

64. Students can, in almost all cases, control their behavior if expected and allowed to do so.
A. True
B. False

65. It is generally best for the teacher to choose the punishment for a misbehaving student since a disruptive student has yielded his or her right to agency and privilege.
A. True
B. False

66. It takes time to establish a successful classroom routine, so new teachers shouldn't be overly concerned about management issues until after the first month of school.
A. True
B. False

67. If you are teaching students a classroom rule at the beginning of the year, you should keep teaching it until it is learned.
A. True
B. False

68. When learning a concept, both examples and non-examples are important in helping to learn essential and nonessential attributes of the concept l.
A. True
B. False

69. The direct instruction model is a teacher-centered strategy in which the teacher is the major information provider.
A. True
B. False

70. Once determined, criterion levels of behavioral objectives should not be altered.
A. True
B. False

71. Teachers should organize and sequence curriculum content according to the needs of their students.
A. True
B. False

72. Teachers should depend primarily upon curriculum guides and textbooks to determine how much content to include in each lesson of a unit.
A. True
B. False

73. True or False and multiple- choice questions require a greater use of judgement than performance assessments.
A. True
B. False

74. Performance assessments are meant to serve and enhance instruction rather than being just a test given to assign a grade.
A. True
B. False

75. The purpose of a test blueprint is to create a format for grading and future tests-saving a teacher time and effort in writing tests.
A. True
B. False

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