Teachers Promotion Aptitude Test Exam for PS, ADII, ADI AND DD – QUIZ 1

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Dr Martin, a clinical neuropsychologist, works diligently to be accurate, honest, and truthful as he provides services to his patients. Which ethical principle is Dr. Martin upholding?

Beneficence and nonmaleficence

Integrity

Respect for People's Rights and Dignity

Fair billing and reporting

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What is one of the main principles included in the Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT (IDEA)?

Mandated individualised education programs

Mandated additional recess time

Mandated separate library times

Mandated 2 to 1 teacher/student ratio

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What is an example of a procedural safeguard?

A document detailing what procedures are considered acceptable when interacting with a disabled student

Parents determining the best way to proceed in educating their disabled student through the public school system

Parents being informed of any change in the school situation for their disabled student D. A document created in collaboration with the principal, teacher, and parents of a disabled student

A document created in collaboration with the principal, teacher, and parents of a disabled student

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What is a tenant of the least restrictive environment?

Allowing students with a disability to do whatever they are interested in during classroom time

Meeting one on one with students with a disability to allow them free expression

Allowing students with a disability to continue learning in a normal classroom setting where possible

Pairing students with a disability with other disabled students of the same social level

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What is one part of appropriate evaluation?

Assessments should conform to current best practices for assessment writing

Students should be tested at the average level for their age group

Assessments must be non-biased and non-discriminatory

Students should be able to retake assessments if they are unhappy with their results

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Which action exemplifies social cognitive perspective?

Allowing students to assist in creating classroom rules and expectations

Setting students up in social groups according to their cognitive abilities

Observing student behaviour during recess time

Determining where student social behaviour can be improved through surveys

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The final goal, or motivation, at the height of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, is:

Security

Altruism

Productivity

Self-actualization

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A theory in practice that helps students align with personal goals, foster positive relationships with others, and aim to achieve their best would be considered which type of psychological approach?

Behaviourist

Functional

Cognitive

Humanistic

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Behaviourist learning theory aims to change a student's behavior by using positive reinforcement, such as stickers and praise, implying that a student is motivated externally. Which theory proposes nearly the opposite?

The cognitive perspective

The humanistic perspective

The hierarchy of needs perspective

The trait perspective

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An instructional perspective that suggests adult students' motivation is internal and personal, and dismisses the notion of providing external rewards from the instructor, is:

The trait perspective

The psychoanalytic perspective

The behaviourist perspective

The social cognitive perspective

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Who posited the Expectancy-Value theory in order to explain and predict an individual's attitude toward objects and actions?

Bernard Weiner

Maria Montessori

Martin Fishbein

Abraham Maslow

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Someone experiencing functional fixedness will do which of the following?

Find an original and unique solution to a problem

Use pre-conceived knowledge for a set of specific problems

Look for practical solutions based on experience

Use objects or tools in only a certain, specific way

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Which type of problem requires more complicated, or more creative, problem-solving strategies?

Experienced-based problem

Non-routine problem

Well-defined problem

Everyday problem

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The cognitive theoretical perspective of educational psychology focuses on learning based on how people _____, remember, _____, speak, and problem solve?

Participate; move

Perceive; think

Conceive; repeat

Recognize; reflect

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A shortcut used in problem-solving or decision-making that provides a quick, often imperfect solution is called:

A mnemonic device

A heuristic

Functional fixedness

Gestalt thinking

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Retrieval of state-dependent memory is improved when:

The environment for encoding is the same as the environment for retrieval

The environment for storage is different from the environment for encoding

The environment for retrieval is the same as the environment for storage

The environment for retrieval is different from the environment for storage

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Which of the following is characteristic of a positive correlation?

Amount of food consumed and your weight

Amount of partying you do and your GPA

Amount of clothes worn and the temperature of the air

Amount of exercise you do and the size of your clothes

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Expert teachers are very concerned about:

Being reflective problem solvers

The specific techniques teachers apply

Maintaining classroom discipline

Adhering to lesson plans

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The Carnegie Foundation (1987) reported that teachers felt most involved in making decisions about:

Choosing textbooks

Shaping the curriculum

Setting standards for student behavior

Designing staff development programs

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Research suggests that reasons for lack of teacher participation in school-wide decisions stem from:

Teachers have little time or energy for these kinds of activities outside of the classroom

Teachers not wanting to step on administrator's toes

Teachers feeling they lack the necessary skills

Teachers believing their input is not valued

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Educational Psychology is distinct from other branches of psychology because:

Its findings are based upon research

Expert teachers are the researchers versus

Understanding and improving education is its primary

Most educational principles have their foundation in common sense notions regarding teaching

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…………….is the transfer of a loan of an employee to another related organization for a specific time period to perform a specific important duty.

Re-activation

Replacement

Secondment

Re-engagement

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Which of the following is FALSE regarding a general principle of development?

Development occurs at different rates.

Development is rapid and dramatic.

Development takes place in an orderly sequence.

Development takes place gradually.

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According to Piaget's view, the child's ______________ influences his or her cognitive development as the child tests, explores, and observes the environment.

Maturation

Activity and social transmission

Equilibration

All of the above

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As a biologist, Piaget looked for patterns in the human species and concluded that humans inherit the invariant functions of:

Lateralization and plasticity

Maturation and activity

Organization and adaptation

Equilibrium and disequilibrium

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If you are puzzled about a situation and don't understand why present attempts to solve the problem aren't working, Piaget would say you are in a state of:

Adaptation

Accommodation

Equilibration

Disequilibrium

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The ability to use language and think symbolically is a characteristic of _________ and is referred to as _______________.

Sensorimotor development; goal-directed action

Preoperational development; the semiotic function

Preoperational development; collective monologue

Concrete operational development; classification

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The approach called cognitive self-instruction is consistent with Vygotsky's view of:

Sociocultural theory

Scaffolding

The Zone of Proximal Development

Private speech

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You have taught a new math skill to your class and find that some students have caught on quickly, while others are still having difficulty applying the skill. Based on Vygotsky's principles of assisted learning/zone of proximal development, you should:

Give all students more practice problems

Pair students for more practice, pairing students who have mastered the skill with those who have not

Give all students more instruction in the performance of the math skill

Go on to the next skill and put students in cooperative learning groups.

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Normal language development patterns would anticipate that most children have mastered the basics of pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary in their native language by ages ______.

3-4

4-5

5-6

6-7

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……………………compares students of similar ages and levels to a hypothetical average student.

Formative Assessment

Diagnostic Assessment

Norm-Referenced Assessment

Summative Assessment

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In this type of Assessment, students are given questions at the beginning of the lesson or academic year to test the learners’ level of knowledge to be able to know what the student needs to be taught.

Formative Assessment

Diagnostic Assessment

Norm-Referenced Assessment

Summative Assessment

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An environmental factor that is crucial to proper brain development is:

A diet rich in calcium

The introduction of music to the fetus in utero

An adequate amount of stimulation

The mother's limited intake of drugs including alcohol and caffeine

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………………assesses pupils systematically or continuously over a period of time. It is not just a one-stop assessment.

Formative Assessment

Diagnostic Assessment

Norm-Referenced Assessment

Summative Assessment

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Upon graduating from Senior High School, Alhassan plans to backpack across Kumasi. He wants to take some time to decide whether to go on to University or to work on the family farm with his father. According to Educational Psychology, this is called:

Identity foreclosure

Identity achievement

Identity diffusion

Moratorium

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Which form of Assessment assesses a learner at the end of a period of study, End of lesson, mid-term or end of term, end of year, etc.?

Formative Assessment

Diagnostic Assessment

Norm-Referenced Assessment

Summative Assessment

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This is the re-introduction of the salary of an officer whose name went off the GES payroll mistakenly.

Re-activation

Replacement

Secondment

Re-engagement

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With respect to perceptions of their own abilities:

Junior high school boys see themselves as more capable than girls

Junior high school boys and girls have comparable perceptions

Ghanaian males are more confident than Ghanaian females

Continuing through junior high school, girls gradually increase their perceptions of their abilities relative to boys

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………………is the recruitment of a new staff member in place of an officer who has left the service but has been budgeted for in the current financial or fiscal year.

Re-activation -

Replacement

Secondment

Re-engagement

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According to Piaget, moral realism is:

The realistic perspective and understanding that others have different feelings and experiences

The stage of development wherein children see rules as absolute

The stage of development wherein children realize that people make rules and people can change them

The thinking process involved in judgments about questions of right and wrong

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Sexual Harassment, Rape, and Defilement have the same mode of punishment if committed.

True

False

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Criterion-Referenced Assessment measures students against a pre-established standard or goal.

True

False

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Curricular activities and Co-curricular activities form part of Educational outcomes except for personality development.

True

False

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Preparation of Report Cards is an indirect responsibility of a Headteacher in a Basic School.

True

False

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Input description of the school performance improvement plan outlines the items needed to be purchased for a basic school’s administration.

True

False

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In the course of the C.S.S.P.S model, students who desire to go to the Polytechnic right from JHS without passing through SHS or TVET are catered for.

True

False

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Upon the letter of appointment, the Basic School Headteacher has the legitimate power to operate the school on behalf of the District Director.

True

False

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The only power that is given to a Headteacher of a Basic School is Coercive Power.

True

False

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Ghana Education Service formulates National Educational Policies at all levels as directed by the Director General through the Regional Director.

True

False

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The GES Council as a governing body of GES was established by GES Act 506 of 1995.

True

False

None

When the salary of a GES Staff goes off mistakenly or inadvertently on or before six months, Reactivation is done.

True

False

None

Evidence of a positive school ethos includes consistent shared values and standards.

True

False

None

It is important that Circuit Supervisors keep their teachers’ lesson plan notebooks.

True

False

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Students learn best in a multitude of ways rather than one dominant means.

True

False

None

The competency-based training curriculum delivery methodology is suitable for TVET training at the Second Cycle Level of education.

True

False

None

The Ministry of Education formulates and implements approved national policies and programs on education in Ghana.

True

False

None

Teacher Education Division (TED) is one of the divisions at the Ghana Education Service Headquarters.

True

False

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In any school situation, performance tasks are hands-on activities that require students to demonstrate their ability to perform certain actions.

True

False

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Teachers who are respected and liked are associated with greater student satisfaction and higher achievement.

True

False

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A teacher cannot exhibit referent power from the first day of class by giving students a sense of belonging and acceptance.

True

False

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Classrooms are said to have norms when only a few of the students agree on what is and/or what is not socially acceptable classroom behavior.

True

False

None

Social psychologists believe that the process of group formation begins when its members agree to go against the norms of the group.

True

False

None

Licensure and exit tests are the best predictors of classroom performance of teachers.

True

False

None

If a teacher teaches with a high degree of clarity, he/she will spend less time going over material.

True

False

None

Student performance is higher in classes where the teacher devotes large amounts of time to the process and materials needed rather than teaching content.

True

False

None

What a teacher does not say is every bit as important as what a teacher does say.

True

False

None

Competitive activities have little value in establishing or maintaining an effective classroom climate and should thus be avoided.

True

False

None

Students feel important and are encouraged to participate in class when a teacher uses their ideas in moving a class lesson or activity forward.

True

False

None

Bid-rigging may result in the supply of inferior textbooks and supplies.

True

False

None

In assessing learning, it is not important to know the purpose of assessment before selecting an assessment approach.

True

False

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Types of corruption in elementary-secondary education range from academic cheating to bribery and nepotism in teaching appointments, to bid-rigging in the procurement of textbooks and supplies.

True

False

None

When families are made to pay bribes for services, this puts poor students at a disadvantage and thus reduces equal access to education.

True

False

None

Giving teachers the authority and responsibility to apply their own professional knowledge to making decisions in their area of responsibility is an important aspect of collegiality.

True

False

None

Establishing rules and procedures is one of the least important classroom management tasks.

True

False

None

The performing stage begins when students want to show they can do some things independently of the teacher.

True

False

None

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