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Stanford Binet Scale measures the following attribute of an individual:

A. Personality

B. Intelligence

C. Creativity

D. Aptitude

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Education is called a triangular process. Which are the three sides of the triangle?

A. School, Knowledge and Teacher

B. Books, School and Teacher

C. Social Environment, Teacher and Students

D. None of these

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“No disinterested pursuit of knowledge and no intellectual education for its own sake” was the slogan of the

A. Idealists

B. Realists

C. Naturalists

D. Pragmatists

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Thumb sucking, Nail biting etc., similar actions are due to:

A. Pleasure seeking

B. Training

C. Habit

D. Anxiety

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Absenteeism can be tackled by:

A. teaching

B. punishing the students

C. giving the sweets

D. contacting the parents

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In a lively classroom situation, there is likely to be

A. occasional roars of laughter

B. complete silence

C. frequent teacher-student dialogue

D. loud discussion among students

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The professional requirement of a teacher as explained in the UNESCO publication is/are

A. innovativeness in approach and teaching strategies

B. mastery over the subject and competency for teaching

C. justice to the profession

D. All of the above

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The term 'gene' for the factors controlling heredity was coined by –

A. T. H. Morgan

B. Hugo de Vries

C. Gregor Mendal

D. W. Johannsen

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The national council for curriculum assessment has introduced a new standard based curriculum for schools in Ghana

A. Pre tertiary schools

B. Basic schools

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10.

The earliest studies on record of verbal learning and memory were conducted by:

A. Mowrer

B. Pavlov

C. Skinner

D. Ebbinghaus

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11.

Relevant laws and regulations that indirectly is applicable to education include

I. The1992 Constitution of Ghana
II. Public Procurement Act 2003, (Act 663)

III. National Pension Act 2008, (Act 766)

A. I and II

B. I,II and III

C. I only

D. I and III

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12.

........... is considered a sign of motivated teaching.

A. Maximum attendance in class

B. Remedial work given by the teacher

C. Questioning by students

D. Pin drop silence in the class

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13.

_______ is a type of quality assurance process used in the country under which services and operations of pre tertiary schools and educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met

A. Pre tertiary education

B. Tertiary education

C. Basic education

D. Pre secondary education

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14.

The first phase of the curriculum is at its implementation stage and is from .......

A. Kg to Basic 6

B. Nursery to basic 6

C. Kg to JHS

D. Nursery to JHS

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15.

In the new curriculum, teachers are now called...

A. Instructors

B. Implementers

C. Facilitators

D. Curriculum teachers

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16.

Creative writing should be an activity planned for ________

A. Only those children reading on grade level

B. Only those children spell and write cohesive sentences

C. Only those children who want to write for newspaper

D. All children

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17.

Which is the place where the child's cognitive development is defined in the best way?

A. Playground

B. School and Classroom

C. Auditorium

D. Home

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18.

The mirror-rouge task measures:

A. An infant's ability to touch his/her nose

B. An infant's understanding of self

C. An infant's recognition of his/her mother

D. All of the above

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19.

Gardner formulated a list of Seven Intelligences, which among the following is not one of them?

A. Spatial Intelligence

B. Emotional Intelligence

C. Interpersonal Intelligence

D. Linguistic Intelligence

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20.

The term syllables has been changed to ....

A. Resource pack

B. Teachers resource pack

C. Curriculum

D. Teachers handbook

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21.

Circuit supervisors are now referred to as...

A. SISO

B. SSISO

C. SSO

D. SBI

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22.

The term strand refers to. in the old curriculum

A. Topics

B. Sections

C. Units

D. Sub topics

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23.

A procedure that establishes a sequence of responses which lead to a reward following the final response and then working backwards is called

A. Shaping

B. Stimulus control

C. Chaining

D. Stimulus generalization

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24.

In the new curriculum, topics have been changed to ........

A. Sub strands

B. Content indicators

C. Content standard

D. Performance indicators

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25.

Environmental education should be taught in schools because—

A. it will affect environmental pollution

B. it is important part of life

C. it will provide job to teachers

D. we cannot escape from environment

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26.

Both 'X' and 'Y' chromosomes are found in:

A. Brain cells

B. Females

C. Males

D. None of these

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27.

Curriculum is the entire range of experiences, both direct and undirected, concerned in unfolding the abilities of the individual. This definition was given by...

A. Tyler

B. Reagan(1960)

C. Caswell and Campbell

D. Bobbitt( 1918)

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28.

How many stages of cognitive development recommended by Piaget?

A. Seven Stages

B. Six Stages

C. Four Stages

D. Two Stages

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29.

“Give me a dozen of healthy children I can make them Doctor, Judge, Beggar and even a Thief” – Comment made by

A. Jung

B. Guthrie

C. J.B. Watson

D. Hull

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30.

The cognitive structures into which children organize their behaviour and knowledge are called

A. Accommodations

B. Framework

C. Operations

D. Schemata

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31.

Development of a learner is linked to:

A. Affective development

B. Cognitive development

C. Psychomotor development

D. Sensorimotor development

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32.

The first sense to develop is:

A. Touch

B. Hearing

C. Sight

D. Taste

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33.

Who is regarded as the first teacher of a child?

A. Headmaster

B. Class Teacher

C. Mother

D. Tutor

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34.

What is teaching through deductive method?

A. From specific to general

B. From general to specific

C. From easy to difficult

D. From macro to micro

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35.

Who was the pioneer of Classical Conditioning?

A. Skinner

B. Pavlov

C. Watson

D. Thorndike

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36.

ho emphasized that the aim of education should be the development in children the feeling of international brotherhood and attitude of international understanding?

A. Rousseau

B. Dewey

C. Tagore

D. Mahatma Gandhi

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37.

The child who reads numbers wrongly has the following learning disability

A. Dyslexia

B. Dyscrasia

C. Dyscalculia

D. Dyspepsia

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38.

Diagnostic evaluation ascertains

A. Students performance at the beginning of instructions.

B. Learning progress and failures during instructions.

C. Degree of achievements of instructions at the end.

D. Causes and remedies of persistent learning problems during instructions.

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39.

“Things as they are and as they are likely to be encountered in life rather than words”, was the slogan of the

A. Idealists

B. Pragmatists

C. Realists

D. Existentialists

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40.

The family imparts education to the child

A. Regularly

B. Formally

C. Informally

D. Deliberately

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41.

‘Coherence’ is the criterion of truth is

A. Naturalism

B. Existentialism

C. Idealism

D. Marxism

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42.

Project is a whole-hearted purposeful activity proceeding on a social environment”, it was defined by

A. Adamson

B. John Dewey

C. Kilpatrick

D. Ballard

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43.

Which of the following does not specify Max Weber’s concept of social stratification?

A. Income and Wealth

B. Social Prestige

C. Educational Status

D. Political Power

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44.

Child growth as proceeding through an organized sequence of stages divided roughly by age in view of

A. Kohlberg

B. Piaget

C. Vygotsky

D. Skinner

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45.

Dyslexia is associated with

A. mental disorder

B. behavioural disorder

C. reading disorder

D. writing disorder

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46.

That the mind of an infant is a tabula rasa is the contribution of:

A. J.J Rousseau

B. John Locke

C. Plato

D. Horace Man

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47.

The aim of Ghana’s system of education is..............

A. Personalitydevelopment

B. Character formation

C. Preservation of culture

D. All of the above

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48.

Which of the following is/was the objective(s) of the 1987 Education Reform?

I. Increase access to basic education
II. Shorten the pre-university structure from 17 years to 12 years
III. Make education cost-effective
IV. Improve the quality of education by making it more relevant to socio-economic conditions.

A. I only

B. II and III only

C. I, II and III only

D. All of the above

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49.

The performance of a student can be evaluated in the best possible manner through

A. Annual assessments

B. Continuous assessments

C. Monthly assessments

D. Weekly assessments

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50.

Testing in education is only possible using..........

A. Achievement test

B. Intelligencetest

C. Aptitudetest

D. Standardized achievement test

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51.

Which of the following methods, techniques and principles are teachers encouraging to use to promote effective teaching and learning?

i. Providing guidance and practice in class independent practice
ii. Motivating and sustaining pupil's interest
iii. Motivating and sustaining pupil's interest
iv. Involve each learner in the teaching/learning process
v. Even distribution of evaluative questions

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52.

Management is commonly define as

a. getting things done so that demand is for fulfilled

b. getting things done through others people

c. knowing what actually has been produced and which should have been produced

d. working for others

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53.

Supervision of teaching many ensure

a. achievement in success in examination

b. advancement of pupils welfare

c. proper utilization of school facilities

d. quality delivery of curriculum

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54.

All the following statements about the teacher are correct except

a. imposes ideas on pupil

b. it seems as a role model to pupil

c. is the leader of the class

d. serves as a facilitator to pupil/teaching

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55.

The District support structure are the following except

A. Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs)

B. Ghana Teacher association (GNAT, NAGRAT, CCT, etc)

C. District Education Planning Team (DEPT)

D. District Education Oversight Committee (DEOC)

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56.

What is the mandate of the Ghana Education Service?

A. Implement the approval policies of the Ministry of education

B. Assist the Ministry of Education to formulate policies

C. Create an enabling environment in all educational institution and management positions that will sustain effective teaching and learning in schools and promote management efficiency within the service

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57.

The school management committee was established by the Ghana Education Service Act 1995, (Act 506) and

A. The Ghana Education Service Act2005, (Act 406)

B. The Education Act 2008 (Act 778)

C. The Education Act 2007 (Act 778)

D. The Ghana Education Service Act 1961, (Act 87)

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58.

Which of the Education Acts emphasizes on the decentralization of pre-tertiary education to the District Assemblies (MMDAs)

A. The Ghana Education service Act 1995,(Act506)

B. The Education Act 2008 ( Act778)

C. The Education Act 2007 (Act 778)

D. The Ghana Education Service Act1961 ( Act 87)

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59.

..........is not a body under the Ministry of Education.

A. National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE)

B. National Accreditation Board (NAB)

C. Curriculum Research and Development Division (CRDD)

D. Ghana Education Trust Fund (GET Fund)

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60.

Race learning is more common with ........................curriculum

a. learner- centered

b. problem- based

c. standard-centered

d. subject-centered

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61.

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

A. True

B. False

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62.

In Ghana, the National Teachers’ Standard set out the maximum levels of practice that all trained teachers’ must reach by the end of their pre-service teacher education course in order to play such critical role.

A. True

B. False

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63.

In a school, teachers have many different types of assessment available to them

A. True

B. False

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64.

The performing stage begins when students want to show they can do some things.

A. True

B. False

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65.

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

A. True

B. False

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66.

Summative assessment can take the form of progress review meetings between the teacher and students various points the term

TRUE

FALSE

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67.

Strategies such as writing detailed test question or prompts, including clear directions, and establishments and communicating clear grading criteria will increase test reliability

TRUE

FALSE

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68.

It is not recommended to take statements directly from tests to make good true or false

TRUE

FALSE

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69.

Two keys characteristics of any form of assessment validity and reliability. Another way to think of reliability is in terms of replicability

TRUE

FALSE

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70.

In Ghana, financial accountability is one of the major responsibilities of the heads of schools

TRUE

FALSE

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71.

Students performance is higher in classes where the teacher devotes large amount of time to the material needed rather than the teaching content

TRUE

FALSE

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72.

An advantage of planning is that we tend to focus on what work today and not how to deal with the issues of tomorrow

TRUE

FALSE

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73.

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission comprises of National Accreditation Board and the National Council for Tertiary Education

TRUE

FALSE

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74.

Teacher Education Design (TED) is one of the divisions at the Ghana Education Service

TRUE

FALSE

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75.

The Ghana Education Service Council submits to the Ministry of Education recommendation for tertiary education policies and programmes in Ghana

TRUE

FALSE

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