2020 GES Actual Promotion Examination PASCO with Answers
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SECTION A
*MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS*
Instruction: Answer all questions in this section by circling the *letter* corresponding to the *correct* or *best* answer on your question paper.
1. Which of the following best illustrates a teacher applying a constructivist approach to student learning?
A. A language arts teacher provides students with a concrete reward each time they turn in a written assignment.
ANSWER B*. A math teacher has students use hands-on materials and real-world problems to acquire new concepts and practice skills.
C. A science teacher demonstrates the correct procedures for performing a complex experiment before having the students perform experiments.
D. A social studies teacher uses virtual aids and logical progression of ideas when presenting lessons about new or unfamiliar topics.
[toggle title=”Check ” state=”close”]ANSWER B. A math teacher has students use hands-on materials and real-world problems to acquire new concepts and practice skills.[/toggle]
2. JHS teacher gives students a team project that involves various activities such as conducting research, interviewing people, writing a report, and making a group presentation in class.
Which of the following strategies should the teacher use to help the students successfully carry out their projects?
A. Explaining to students how the objectives of the project fit into a large instructional plan.
B. Organizing project tasks in step-by-step sequence and providing students with directions and reminders for completing each step.
C. Putting students into groups and scheduling regular times for them to meet.
D. Reassuring students that they possess all of the skills and abilities needed to complete the project tasks.
[toggle title=”Check ” state=”close”]*ANSWER*A. Explaining to students how the objectives of the project fit into a large instructional plan.[/toggle]
3. In a typical teaching and learning environment, students are most likely to be intrinsically motivated to learn when they……
A. Anticipate that they will receive a positive reward for achieving instructional objectives.
B. Are interested in what they are learning and understand how it relates to their own lives.
C. Know that they will be writing a test or examination in the next future.
D. Perceive that their performance compares favourably with that of peers engaged in the same tasks.
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER. B. Are interested in what they are learning and understand how it relates to their own lives. [/toggle]
4. The Free SHS Programme in Ghana is funded by…..
A. Annual Budget Funding Amount
B. Chinese Government
C. Ghana Education Service
D. Scholarship Secretariat
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]ANSWER A. Annual Budget Funding Amount[/toggle]
5. Alhaji Musah has currently been appointed as the Head of an educational institution. Upon assuming duty he thought of carving a statement of the school. This statement will provide a dramatic look at what the entire school will be like at a distant point in the future, say five to ten years. This statement is called a/an…
A. Mission statement
B. Operation statement
C. Target statement
D. Vision statement
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER* *D*. Vision statement[/toggle]
6. Which of the following statements about effective classroom management is false?
A. Planning ahead of the first day of class.
B. Teachers have at least four rules to guide them.
C. The difference between calm productivity and total class disorder.
D. The same strategies may vary in the techniques used for each class.
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER A. Planning ahead of the first day of class.[/toggle]
7. Global citizenship education is a form of……… That involves students’ active participation in projects that address global issues of social, political, and economic development.
A. Civic Education
B. Civic learning
C. Global Awareness
D. Global Culture
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER A. Civic Education[/toggle]
8. Which of the following confirms that quality is at the heart of education and therefore sets out the desirable characteristics for the various components of quality education – learners, content, and systems?
A. Global Education Policy Dashboard
B. Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action
C. World Bank Education Strategy
D. 2000 Dakar Framework for Action
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER B. Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action[/toggle]
9. Which of the following in Ghana has the objective of equitable educational opportunity and prioritization of the disadvantaged in society?
A. Disability Law
B. Inclusive Education System
C. Right to Education Principle
D. Special Education Provision
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER B.* Inclusive Education System [/toggle]
10. When making an important administrative decision, it helps to…….
A. Enlist advance from the assistant school head.
B. Give teachers the chance to make their contribution
C. Implement changes as quickly as possible
D. Reward teachers who adapt more quickly
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER B. Give teachers the chance to make their contribution[/toggle]
11. The Standards specified in the content of the new GES Curriculum for Basic Schools, adopted for implementation in September 2019 in Ghana, are based on not only what Ghana as a nation requires of its workforce, but also on the demands of globalization. At the point of existence, it is expected that graduates for the curriculum will have attained knowledge and skills that allow them to compare in the international job market.
Which of the following goals of curriculum development is this reflected in?
A. Better Ghana Agenda
B. Development of a sense of civic responsibility
C. Global competitive Ghanaian Workforce
D. Preservation of national resources and cultural values.
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER C.* Global competitive Ghanaian Workforce[/toggle]
12. Ensuring high teacher morale is important because teachers with high morale……..
A. Are more likely to remain on the job despite challenges
B. Are rewarded for their efforts
C. Ask more interesting questions about their students
D. Produce higher test scores
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER A.* Are more likely to remain on the job despite challenges[/toggle]
13. During teacher evaluation circuit supervisor or head needs to take objective evidence-based notes to share with teachers in post-observation and use them to guide the discussions.
Which of the following statements best illustrates such notes?
A. In a class of 42, the teacher should call on one student to answer four out of ten questions asked.
B. The teacher is highly responsive to the cultural and other types of students’ diversities in the class.
C. The teacher makes little or no effort to make instruction relevant to students’ interests or needs.
D. Throughout the lesson, the teacher uses a variety of strategies to monitor students’ understanding.
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER D.* Throughout the lesson, the teacher uses s variety of strategies to monitor students’ understanding.[/toggle]
14. A school head is about to take over the leadership of a low-performing school. One of the school head’s goals will be to evaluate teacher quality in the school. The school head can best begin this process by.
A. Arranging to observe instruction in each class
B. Comparing students’ grades in each subject area across classrooms.
C. Having each teacher complete teaching self-evaluation
D. Interviewing each teacher about his or her teaching practices.
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER B. Comparing students’ grades in each subject area across classrooms.[/toggle]
15. The basic assumption that supervision has an expert tag attached to it means the supervisor…
A. Must have Ph.D. qualification
B. Should ensure students have the requisite qualifications before they are admitted.
C. Should ensure that teachers have the minimum academic qualification.
D. Should ensure that teachers have lots of loads
[toggle title=”Index ” state=”close”]ANSWER. C.* Should ensure that teachers have the minimum academic qualification.[/toggle]
16. A school head has been transferred to a failing school. To turn it around the school head can best avoid early mistakes and promote a smooth transition by taking which of the following actions first?
A. Communicating a willingness to refer initially to the experiment and just to the long-time school.
B. Holding discussions with many stakeholders to learn about local values, views, and priorities.
C. Presenting for discussion on a comprehensive, research-supported plan for improved student achievement.
D. Seeking information from the previous school head about leadership strategies that did and did not work at the school.
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER B.* Holding discussions with many stakeholders to learn about local values, views, and priorities.[/toggle]
17. Which of the following factors should an educator consider as the most important when evaluating a Programme?
A. The cost involved in evaluating the Programme.
B. The uses of the evaluation results
C. Where and when the evaluation will take place.
D. Who are the stakeholders of the Programme are
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER D.* Who the stakeholders of the Programme are[/toggle]
18. Which of the following actions would you take to attain a high level of consistency in scoring students’ responses to assessment tasks? By…
A. Constantly following the scoring guide as the script and graded
B. Grading responses for all items for each script before the next script
C. Regularly referring to previously scored items when scoring new items
D. Scoring the response base on the knowledge of students’ identity
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER A.* Constantly following the scoring guide as the script and graded[/toggle]
19. A student-teacher who had a grade of B+ in assessment could not write good items for an end-of-term examination. The headteacher of the school, therefore, questioned the teacher as to whether he took part in the assessment course.
Which one of the following characteristics of a good test might have informed the head teacher’s question?
A. Normality
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Validity
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER D.* Validity[/toggle]
20. Which of the following purposes of assessment is often associated with letter grades or numbers?
A. Assessment as learning
B. Assessment for learning
C. Assessment from learning
D. Assessment of learning
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER D. Assessment of learning[/toggle]
21. A criterion-referenced assessment would most likely be used to…..
A. Decide a student’s position in the integrated science end-of-term examination
B. Determine if a student qualifies for a Special Education Service
C. Determine whether an individual student is meeting curriculum standards
D. Select a student for a government scholarship
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER C.* Determine whether an individual student is meeting curriculum standards[/toggle]
22. Which of the following statements is/are false?
I. It is easy to achieve the broad national goals of education when curriculum development is decentralized
II. Students who follow a decentralized curriculum in deprived school districts are likely to be disadvantaged in the market
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER B. II only* [/toggle]
23. Current theories of classroom management see the teacher as the…..
A. Dictator
B. Director
C. Guide
D. Leader
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER D. Leader*[/toggle]
24. Classroom management principles are applied differently in primary and secondary school because…
A. School structure differently at these levels*
B. Teachers are trained differently for these levels
C. The administrative organization changes these levels
D. They belong to a different department within GES
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]ANSWER A. School structure differently at these levels[/toggle]
25. Mr. Biney has difficulty keeping students on task. Which of the following strategies would most likely increase academic learning time in his classroom?
A. Allow ample time for transition from one activity to the next
B. Hold students accountable for work done during class
C. Interrupt class presentation when distracted by students’ misbehaviors
D. Utilize a good sense of humor in class
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER B. Hold students accountable for work done during class[/toggle]
26. A teacher wants to have a class discussion in which all 23 of her students can participate equally. Which of the following seating arrangement would best suit this objective?
A. Cluster style
B. Face-to-face style
C. Off-set style
D. Seminar style
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER B. Face to face style*[/toggle]
27. Which of the following strategies is recommended for increasing academic learning time?
A. Do not dwell on a topic once the point has been made
B. Flip-flop from one topic to another
C. Maximize transition time between activities
D. Respond to distraction
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER C. Maximize transition time between activities*[/toggle]
28. Generally, classroom rules and procedures should be reasonable and…
A. Necessary
B. Punitive
C. Rigid
D. Subjective
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER A. Necessary*[/toggle]
29. The best strategy to develop active listening skills is to practice
A. Criticizing people with a different point of view
B. Interrupting politely
C. Offering advice to people who need it
D. Paraphrasing other people’s comments
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]ANSWER D. Paraphrasing other people’s comments[/toggle]
30. Assigning your staff new tasks is a way of helping them to
A. Develop independent thinking
B. Develop their patience
C. Respect your authority
D. Respond to duty*
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]ANSWER D. Respond to duty[/toggle]
31. When getting students to share and assume responsibility in the classroom, teachers should…..
A. Emphasize control in the discharge of their responsibility
B. Have students develop the classroom management club
C. Involve them in the planning and implementation of classroom initiatives
D. Seldom accept reasonable contributions from students
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER C. Involve them in the planning and implementation of classroom initiatives[/toggle]
32. The types of accountabilities required in education are…… Internal, external, and personal
B. Internal, external and professional
C. Internal, personal, and group
D. Internal, professional, and group
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]ANSWER B. Internal, external and professional[/toggle]
33. Amongst the various school records, the most comprehensive information about the pupils is found in the
A. Cumulative record book
B. Logbook
C. Register
D. Report card
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]ANSWER A. Cumulative record book[/toggle]
34. A curriculum is a sub-total of a school’s effort to influence a child’s…..
*ANSWER A. Behaviour*
B. Course
C. Design
D. Logical Sequence
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]*ANSWER A. Behaviour*[/toggle]
35. Which of the following is a teacher-centered model that focuses on students’ activities being guided by the teacher?
A. Directive model
B. Indirect model
C. Pedagogical model
D. Thinking model
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER A. Directive model*[/toggle]
36. Any method of teaching which involves two or more students can be termed as
A. Class task
B. Classwork
C. Group task
D. Group work
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER D. Group work[/toggle]
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SECTION B.
*TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS*
*Instruction*: Answer all the questions in this section by circling the letter corresponding to the correct or best answer on your question paper.
37. Evidence of a positive school ethos includes consistent shared values and standards.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]*ANSWER A. True*[/toggle]
38. circuit supervisors must keep their teachers’ lesson plans in notebooks
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]False [/toggle]
39. Students learn best in a multitude of ways rather than dominant means
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
40. The competency-based training curriculum delivery methodology is suitable for TVET teaching at the second cycle level of education
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]A. True [/toggle]
41. Every goal in the 2030 agenda requires education to empower people with the knowledge, skills, and values to live in dignity, build their lives and contribute to their societies
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]A. True [/toggle]
42. A school head promoting a professional learning community can lead to a sense of competition among teachers in the school
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
43. A supervisor, consulting your staff in advance when developing a plan may direct your attention to potential pitfalls
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
44. The need for a supervisor to engage in the human relations angle of supervision means that the supervisor should experience be involved in problem-solving and learner center education.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
45. In mainstreaming special Education students, it is important they experience an educational environment that reinforces the differences between special Education and general education students.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”] B. False[/toggle]
46. The school head should ensure that paid vouchers are numbered sequentially and entered same in the log book and properly filled.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]False [/toggle]
47. Climate change Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development have become major tools for protecting the environment and ensuring sustainable development.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
48. Even though homework is important in the instructional system and teachers must therefore give homework as a part instructional process. It is not scored as part of school-based sed Assessments in Ghana.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
49. A teacher must not test his/her students when assessing them
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
50. Objective-type tests cannot be used to assess higher-order thinking abilities.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]False [/toggle]
51. Within the GES structure, decision-making takes place only in the GES council.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”] B. False[/toggle]
52. Transfer within the GES is an external exercise.
.A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]False [/toggle]
53. The GES act 1995 (act 506) and the education act 2008 (act 877) are statutes that are directly related to the functions of GES.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
54. In 1974, a new structure and content of education were introduced which brought about the JSS concept implemented on a pilot basis from 1976 to 1987.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
55. The Ministry of Education’s main mandate is to formulate education policies. A legal incident in this mandate is monitoring and evaluating their performance.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]A. True [/toggle]
56. Legitimate power of a school head is conferred by his or her appointment to the position and therefore can exert administrative authority.
A. True
B. False
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]True[/toggle]
*SECTION C*
*FILL IN QUESTIONS**
Answer all questions in this section by writing the correct answers in the space provided on the question.
57. According to Skinnerian Operant Conditioning Theory, negative reinforcement is…
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]Negative reinforcement is the termination of an unpleasant state following a response. This is known as negative reinforcement because it is the removal of an adverse stimulus that is ‘rewarding’ to the animal or person. Negative reinforcement strengthens behavior because it stops or removes an unpleasant experience. *_avoiding an undesirable stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior.*_[/toggle]
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58. In classroom management, the teachers’ strategies and techniques must be…..
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”] _varied_[/toggle]
* .*
59. The ultimate purpose of supervision is to ensure…
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]advancement child warfare[/toggle]
60. Which Sustainable Development goal is directly related to Education?
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]Answer Goal 4[/toggle]
61. What does the Sustainable Development Goal which is related to the education state?
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all[/toggle]
62. The CSSPS seeks to improve the manual system of selection and placement of qualified BECE candidates into public and private senior high schools, and technical and vocational institutes by the
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]Ghana Education Service.[/toggle]
63. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed
24th January…
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”] as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of Education in Peace and Development.[/toggle]
64. The rationale of education planning in our education system is
access, equity, and quality.
65. The primary role of the mentoring teacher in the school pre-service teacher is most appropriately known as
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]mentoring.[/toggle]
66. The basic purpose of instructional supervision is for
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]effective teaching and learning.[/toggle]
67. When the school head directs an investigation into suspected fraud, the only authorities to impose sanctions are
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]the school management committee and board governors.[/toggle]
68. The method of obtaining information to judge the worth of the curriculum whiles it is being implemented is known as
[toggle title=”Answer” state=”close”]Curriculum Evaluation.[/toggle]
69. The ability for students to use an appropriate rule or principle to help him/her solve a problem without being prompted is specified in the cognitive domain of bloom’s taxonomy as
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]applying or application.[/toggle]
70. The type of assessment which is used to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses for correction and remediation is known as
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]Diagnostic Assessment.[/toggle]
71. In the chain of command of the GES headquarters, the Director-General is the Chief Executive accountable to the
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]Ghana Education Service Council in pre-tertiary institutions.[/toggle]
72. What is the core function of the National Inspectorate Board?
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]To undertake school inspection, evaluate schools as well as set and enforce standards.[/toggle]
73. The main role of the Education Sector Analysis (ESA) is to
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]identify the progress made.[/toggle]
74. The GES was established in the year 1974 as a national organization under the Ministry of Education (MOE) by the…. [toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”] Act 506 of 1995.[/toggle]
75. teachers need to know the code of conduct because
[toggle title=”Answer ” state=”close”]it guides teachers in the performance of their lives duties.[/toggle]