Role of Aptitude

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aptitude tests evaluates the ability to

a) Manage sounds

b) Memory

c) Both a, b

d) None of these

2. Which type of aptitude includes these banking, military, and navigation?

a) Sensory

b) Professional

c) Scholastic

d) Artistic

3. Scholastics includes these

a) Pilot, clerical, legal

b) Debates, writings

c) Both a, b

d) Medical, commercial

4. Aptitude is

a) Physical

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 b) Innate

c) Both a, b

d) None

5. There are ______ types of aptitude

a) 5

b) 4

c) 6

d) 3

6. If majority of students in your class are weak you should

a) Not care about the intelligent student

b) Keep your speed of teaching fast so that students comprehension level

may increase

c) Keep your teaching slow

d) Keep your teaching slow along with some extra guidance to bright pupils.

7. A teacher who is not able to draw the attention of his students should

a) Evaluate his teaching method and improve it

b) Resign from the post

c) Find fault in his pupils

d) Start dictating

8. Arrange the following teaching processes in order:

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  Relating the present knowledge with the previous knowledge

 Evaluation

 Re-teaching

 Formulating objectives

 Presentation of materials

a) (1, 2, 3,4)

b) (2, 1, 3, 4, 5)

c) (5, 4, 3, 1, 2)

d) (4, 1, 5, 2, 3)

9. Which of the following is most important single factor in underlying the

success of beginning a teacher?

a) Organizational ability

b) Communicative ability

c) Personality and its ability to relate to the class and to the pupils

d) Scholarship

10.The field of education is permeated by conflicts and misconception because

a) Problems in education call for subjectivity of interpretation

b) Problems encountered in teaching are not amenable to rigorous scientific

investigation

c) There are not good teaching methods and procedures

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 d) Teachers are not worthy of doing scientific investigation

Q: 2 Short questions

1 Give importance of aptitude tests with an example.

2 Define aptitude with 3 examples.

3 Aptitude is innate or is built by us humans; illustrate your answer by giving an

example.

4 Write down 2 types of aptitude.

5 How aptitude helps us in SLA?

6 Give two differences of scholastic and professional aptitude?

7 For what purpose mechanical aptitude tests are used?

8 Musical aptitude depends on how many factors. Name them.

9 A person who can write a novel is which type of aptitude?

10 A man who is good in doing administrative tasks. Name its aptitude type and

category?

11 How can you increase your aptitude?

12 What are uses of aptitude tests?

13 Mechanical aptitude is comprised of how many capabilities? Name them.

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Key

1 C 6 D

2 B 7 A

3 D 8 D

4 C 9 C

5 A 10 B

Answers

1. Aptitude is very important aspect of human`s life. By aptitude we

usually understand quantitative aptitude that basically judges our
analytical and problem solving skills. Aptitude is one of the most
important parts of competition exams and job interviews.
For example: numerical reasoning tests, verbal reasoning tests

2. It is a specific capacity or special ability indicative of one`s probable

success in a relevant field after getting proper opportunity for learning or
training.
For example: my son has no aptitude for sports, a student who excels in math
well beyond his grade level, a highly skilled gymnast

3. An aptitude may be physical or mental. ... Ability is developed

knowledge, understanding, learned or acquired abilities (skills) or
attitude. The innate nature of aptitude is in contrast to skills and

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 achievement, which represent knowledge or ability that is gained through
learning.

4. Sensory: These are related to sensory capacities and abilities. It

includes sense of hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. Children can direct
themselves and become in those areas of life where these can be applied
perfectly.

Mechanical: Same persons have a specific mind for the task related to
use of mechanical abilities and it demonstrates the ability of their
mechanical aptitude. In other case of person may be good at repairing
engines and machines.
Artistic: It is related to expression of all artistic. It has an aesthetic
sense: it is the sense of what is beautiful. It is primarily a personal sense,
but may be enhanced by other input or awareness. There are many
categories of artistic of aptitude musical, dance, and poetry, and acting,
debates, writing and designing.
Professional: It is related to profession and occupation. It predicts
future success of the person. It includes clerical, legal, teaching, pilot,
navigation, banking and military.
Scholastic: This is academic in nature. It derives learning process it
includes scientific, engineering, medical, commercial, sports or linguistic.

5. Importance in second language Acquisition:

Language aptitude refers to the potential that a person has for learning
languages. This potential is often evaluated using formal aptitude tests,

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 which predict the degree of success the candidate will have with a new
language. Aptitude tests vary but many include evaluation of ability to
manage sounds, grammatical structures, infer rules and memory.
For Example: The modern language aptitude test (MLAT) evaluates
language aptitude

6. Professional:

It is related to profession and occupation. It predicts future success of the

person. It includes clerical, legal, teaching, pilot, navigation, banking and
military.

Scholastic: This is academic in nature. It derives learning process it includes

scientific, engineering, medical, commercial, sports or linguistic.

7. Mechanical aptitude tests, or mechanical reasoning tests, are commonly

administered for technical and engineering positions. The mechanical aptitude test
measures your ability to understand and apply mechanical concepts and principles
to solve problems.

8. It depends on three factors:

a) Discrimination of pitch
b) Intensity of loudness
c) Judgment of rhythm

9. Scholastic aptitude

10. Professional aptitude and clerical it means concerned or related to office work
a person who does office work.

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11. Solve questions by yourself, without peeping into the solution and without the
help of a calculator, as most of the examinations do not allow the use of a
calculator.

Practice one kind of problems again and again to master them, first by yourself and
then take help from the solution. This will help boost your memory levels and will
help you correct the mistakes.

Solve brain teasers and puzzles; it will help improve your logical skills. This also
helps your brain work faster and smarter.

12.They are often used as a method of screening to identify high caliber

candidates. The content of an aptitude test, particularly in an industry such
as innovation, needs careful thought and consideration. They are used to
assess candidates in terms of their skills, knowledge, ability and personality.
13.It is comprised of four capabilities sensory, motor, perception and spatial.

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