ESSESNTIAL SKILLS EXERCISE

DURATION: 1HR 15MIN

1. The school is established by the 7. School performance improvement plan

A. Community (SPIP) is to be prepared by the head
B. Head teacher teacher or staff with the approval of ……
C. School management committee A. (DEOC) District Education
D. Region Oversight Committee
2. DEOC stands for District Education B. (SMC) School Management
Oversight Council
A. Committee C. (P.T.A) Parent Teacher
B. Community Association
C. Council D. (W.S.D) Whole School
D. Cooperation Development
3. DEOC is a committee that has a force of 8. Where a teacher compare individual
laws as in the Education Act of ……… students with others in a nationwide
A. 2006 norm group is known as
B. 2007 A. Criteria Referenced test
C. 2008 B. Portfolio Assessment
D. 2009 C. Norm-reference tests
4. School Management Committee (SMC) D. Objective-reference test
was established in ……… 9. Mr. Baadi decided to teach a class by
A. 1994 first looking at their class and level of
B. 1995 intelligence. This shows that Mr. Baadi
C. 1996 was making use of
D. 1997 A. Content Standards
5. Which one of the following is strictly B. Performance indicators
responsible for the total development of C. Indicators
the child? D. Strands
A. DEOC 10. Which of the following is not an agency
B. SPIP of (G.E.S) Ghana Education Service
C. SMC A. Parent Teacher Association
D. P.T.A B. Scholarship Secretariat
6. In the formation of PTA, which one of C. Library Board
the following can be chairman of the D. (WAEC) West African
P.T.A? Examination Council
A. One of the Religious priest in the 11. An instrument used for describing one or
community more characteristics of a pupil using a
B. A parent who has a ward in the scale is referred to as ……
school A. Assessment
C. The District Director B. Evaluation
D. The District Chief Executive C. Measurement
D. Test
12. Miss Linda Ntim consulted you as a
consultant that, she wanted to identify
early grade children who are matured for
Early Childhood Education, you will
advised her to use ….
A. Evaluation
B. Assessment
C. Observation
D. Screening
13. With the proposed ranks in the G.E.S, the
position that comes after (NQT) Newly
Qualified Teacher is ………………
teacher
A. Junior
B. Senior
C. Principal
D. Senior principal
14. The institution responsible for
establishing ethical standards for teachers
in Ghana is ….
A. Ghana Education Service
B. Ministry of Education
C. National teaching Council
D. Teacher Education Division
15. To display knowledge of Educational
frameworks and curriculum, a teacher
has to ……
A. Demonstrate familiarity with the
key policies guiding it
B. Respect learners socio economic
background
C. Carryout small scale action
research
D. Create a safe and encouraging
environment
16. A teacher who is convicted of a criminal
offence and sentenced to imprisonment
without the option of a fine shall be ……
A. Demoted
B. Dismissed from the service
C. Made to refund salary
D. Suspended
17. Writing a letter without disclosing one’s
identity is referred to ………. Letter
A. Complaint
B. Anonymous
C. Informal
D. Formal
18. In St. Vincent Basic School, the P.T.A
chairman used money released for
purchasing sports equipment for furniture
for the school. This is an indication of …
A. Financial embezzlement
B. Misapplication of funds
C. Misappropriation of funds
D. Stealing
19. Every teacher is to state instructional
objectives in his/her lesson plan. Today
the instructional objective is known as …
A. Description outcome
B. Intended outcome
C. Indicators
D. Performance indicator
20. Which one of the following constitute
base channel of communication?
A. Club meeting
B. Phone call
C. Sporting activities
D. Staff meeting
21. In teaching, evaluation is actually carried
out at the ………. of the lesson
A. Beginning
B. Last stage
C. Each stage
D. Beginning and last stage
22. One major difference between a leader
and a manager is that, whiles the
manager maintains the status quo, the
leader ……………………. Decisions
A. Controls
B. Plans
C. Influence
D. Directs
23. Which one of the following is a key
feature of the curriculum? The teaching
of …………..
A. 4Rs
B. English
C. Music
D. Equity
24. Which one of the following is not a
pillar of the new curriculum
A. Pedagogical skills
B. Literacy skills
C. Gender skills
D. STS
25. Which one of the following is a
professional skills of a good Teacher?
A. Concentrating on a good student
B. Giving rewards to those who
deserve it
C. Managing one weight
D. Teaching for Examination
26. The best way to assess Early Grade
Learners by Miss Olivia Kafui is to
A. Observe activities of learners
B. Ask multiple questions
C. Use review to collect information
D. Use both questions and Essays
27. When a teacher feels the way a learner
feels, then it implies that, the teacher is
exhibiting professional attitude in
relation to NTS for Ghana. This can be
known as …………………
A. Love
B. Empathy
C. Trust
D. Mercy
28. Ibrahim is able to command respect from
his followers because of his charming
personality. Which one of the following
type of Authority is this?
A. Charismatic
B. Legal Rational
C. Religious
D. Legitimate
29. A teacher was able to improve in the
absence of learning resources. This
shows that the teachers was
A. Democratic
B. Supportive
C. Transformational
D. Transactional
30. The minister gave orders that all, S.R.C
and P.T.A fees should not be change. In
this sense the minister was performing
……………. Managerial functions.
A. Coordinating
B. Controlling
C. Communication
D. Directing
31. Before a teacher engages students in any
experimental activity, it is important that
he/she considers the following concerns
EXCEPT
A. Ensuring the availability of
materials for the experiment
B. Giving attention to safety
concerns
C. Providing the possible results in
advance
D. Testing the activity prior to the
experiment by student
32. A teacher is introducing new content to
his learners. Which one of the following
strategies would BEST promote the
students’ understanding of the new
content?
A. Asking students a series of
follow-up questions to informally
evaluate their grasp of the
materials
B. Building a concept web that
organizes the main ideas as the
teacher discusses them
C. Having students read the relevant
chapter of a textbook at the
conclusion of the lesson
D. Listing important specific
vocabulary on the board
beginning the lesson
33. Which of the following outcomes is the
primary goal of differentiated
instruction?
A. Ensuring student on-task
behavior and engagement in
productive learning
B. Giving students opportunities to
assess their own learning as often
as possible
C. Helping students develop the
skills essential for learning
D. Providing individual students
with appropriate levels of support
in their learning
34. Which one of the following statements
describes a key characteristics feature of
a well-written instructional objective?
A. The intended outcome of the
objective is expressed in behavior
terms
B. The materials students will be
provided are included in the
objective
C. The objective is linked to a
specific student-learning outcome
D. The unit topic and lesson
sequence are noted in the
objective
35. Which one of the following procedures is
the BEST for providing feedback after a
test?
A. Discussing marked scripts with
the students
B. Giving students their marked
scripts with comments from the
teacher
C. Marking and discussion the
outcomes
D. Mentioning each student’s score
and praising high performer
36. Which one of the following qualities of a
teacher would help a Newly Qualified
Teacher to succeed when posted to a
deprived community school?
A. Oppressive tendencies and
humility
B. Resourcefulness and creativity
C. Tact and intuition in making new
friends
D. Trustworthiness and bossy spirit
37. It is popularly said that any two students
are not alike. This implies that they differ
in their
A. Physical and mental set up
B. Aptitude
C. Social status
D. Attitude
38. The most important function of a teacher
is to
A. Facilitate learning
B. Manage instructional resources
C. Coordinate curricular activities
D. Provide information
39. Which of the following best describes
what meaningful learning is?
A. When what is to be learned is
new and easy for the students
B. Materials presented are difficult
and challenging to the students
C. When the materials to be learned
is related to what students already
know
D. Students find the lesson easy and
relevant to what was assigned to
them
40. All the following are the reasons for
introduction of the Teacher Licensing
Policy in Ghana EXCEPT.
41. The evaluation approach that measures
students actual performance and
compares it with the objectives of
instructional is called..
A. Criterion-reference evaluation
B. Democratic evaluation
C. Norm-referenced evaluation
D. Bureaucratic evaluation
42. Which of the following serve as agents to
the curriculum implementation process
A. Learners
B. Doctors
C. Ministry of Education
D. Teachers
43. Which of the following is the most 48. Which of the following is the main
appropriate research to conduct as a function of the philosophy of Education
teacher to improve on your professional A. Reconsider existing educational
practice in the classroom goals in the light of society’s
A. Basic research needs
B. Historic research B. Provide the academic background
C. Action research prerequisite to learning
D. Exploratory research C. Define the goals and set the
44. Every first day of the school year, Miss direction for which Education is
Abrefa prepared activities which will to strive
make her primary 2 children, sing, plan, D. Aid the learner to build his own
learn and introduce themselves to the personal philosophy
class. What process did she emphasize? 49. Which philosophy of Education
A. Acculturation influence the singing of the National
B. Enculturation Anthem in schools?
C. Indoctrination A. Nationalism
D. Socialization B. Naturalism
45. What philosophy is related to the practice C. Pragmatism
of the schools acting as laboratory for D. Socialism
teaching reforms and experimentation? 50. What concepts can best describes Kofi’s
A. Essentialism ability to walk without a support at the
B. Existentialism age of 12 months because of the “internal
C. Progressivism ripening” that occurred in his muscles,
D. Social Reconstructionism bones and nervous system development?
46. Which of the following is not a function A. Development
of the school? B. Growth
A. Changing cultural practices C. Learning
B. Development of aptitude and D. Maturation
skills 51. Under which one of the following
C. Reproduction of species functions of management can you place
D. Socialization among children delegation of authority?
47. Activities planned by school clubs/ A. Directing
organization shows school-community B. Staffing
connection geared towards society’s C. Organizing
needs. What philosophy is related to D. Planning
this? 52. A female teacher structure her lessons in
A. Existentialism a sequence and selects appropriate
B. Progressivism instructional materials to be used. In
C. Realism teaching this is termed as ………………
D. Social Reconstructionism A. Coordinating
B. Directing
C. Instructing
D. Planning
53. The school and the community are in B. Diversify
relationship because the …………….. C. Equity
the community D. Obedience
A. Learners comes from 58. Teaching from simple to complex is an
B. Schools culture is derived from example of ………………. Technique in
C. Parents come from teaching
D. Traditional rulers comes from A. Andragogy
54. In this type of climate every teacher B. Differential
satisfies his/her personal needs. This C. Pedagogical
relates ………. Climate D. Scaffolding
A. Controlled 59. The new lesson plan that integrates
B. Closed assessment is made up of how many
C. Familiar phases?
D. Paternal A. 2
55. The management function which B. 3
anticipates the future is …………… C. 4
A. Planning D. 5
B. Organizing 60. Mr. David Idana taught his lesson in a
C. Budgeting systematic way. After each activity he
D. Coordinating made learners to think critically on the
56. School staff is used to refer to activity before moving on to the next
………………… in a school activity. Allowing learners to think
A. All workers critically on every activity can be
B. Teacher and cooks referred to as …………………..
C. Teachers and administration A. Evaluation
D. Teachers B. Summary
57. Which one of the following is not a C. Reflection
targeted value in the new curriculum? D. Time out
A. Commitment