DD (DEPUTY DIRECTOR) PROMOTION APTITUDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DD FEBRUARY, 2020
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SECTION A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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 that is free of errors
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 complex experiments before having students perform experiments.
D. A social studies teacher uses visual aids and logical progression of ideas when presenting lessons about new or unfamiliar topics.
Answer: B
2. A JHS teacher gives students a term 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 larger instructional plan.
B. Organizing project tasks in a 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’s tasks.
Answer: B
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 positive rewards 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 near future.
D. Perceive that their performance compares favorably with that of peers engaged in the same tasks.
Answer: B
4. The free SHS programme in Ghana is funded by the:
A. Annual Budget Funding Amount
B. Chinese Government
C. Ghana Education Service
D. Scholarship Secretariat
Answer: A
5. Alhaji Musa has recently 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. Operations statement
C. Target statement
D. Vision statement
Answer: D
6. Which of the following statements about effective classroom management is false?
Classroom management involves:
A. Planning ahead of the first day of class
B. Teachers having at least four rules to guide them.
C. The difference between calm productivity and total class disorder
D. The same strategies but may vary in the techniques used for each class
Answer: B
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
Answer: C
8. Which of the following firms 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 Frame for Action
C. World Bank Education Strategy
D. 2000 Dakar Framework for Action
Answer: D
9. Which of the following in Ghana has the objective of equitable educational opportunity and the
Culture Unit
C. Science Resource Centre
D. School Health Education Programme
Answer: B
10. The Education Act, 2008 (Act 778) empowers the District Director of Education to inspect a school with notice in consultation with the:
A. Metropolitan Chief Executive
B. District Chief Executive
C. Municipal Chief Executive
D. Head of the School
Answer: B
11. The In-In-Out programme is associated with the:
A. Colleges of Education
B. Universities
C. Technical Universities
D. Senior High Schools
Answer: A
12. Effective teaching requires the teacher to be:
A. Time conscious and organized
B. Loving and caring
C. Knowledgeable and enthusiastic
D. Honest and friendly
Answer: C
13. School performance improvement plans are developed to:
A. Ensure proper utilization of school resources
B. Guide the activities of the school over a period
C. Ensure the availability of teaching and learning materials
D. Monitor students’ performance in the school
Answer: B
14. The Ghana Education Service Act, 1995 (Act 506) was established to:
A. Decentralize the management of education
B. Establish a coherent and flexible framework for education
C. Ensure compulsory education for all
D. Promote the teaching profession
Answer: A
15. School records are maintained to:
A. Satisfy government requirements
B. Ensure accuracy and reliability of information
C. Promote transparency and accountability
D. Support school management and decision-making
Answer: D
16. The document which outlines the philosophy and goals of education in Ghana is the:
A. GES Act 1995
B. Education Act 2008
C. National Curriculum Framework
D. National Education Policy
Answer: C
17. Teacher absenteeism affects all the following except:
A. Pupil performance
B. Community trust in the school
C. Management of the school
D. Pupil enrollment
Answer: D
18. In the Ghanaian educational system, KG forms part of the:
A. Primary level
B. Pre-primary level
C. Basic level
D. Junior high level
Answer: C
19. The school head’s role includes all the following except:
A. Providing instructional leadership
B. Managing school finances
C. Recruiting teaching staff
D. Ensuring discipline in the school
Answer: C
20. Teachers’ appraisal system is mainly designed to:
A. Assess teachers’ compliance with rules
B. Measure teachers’ effectiveness
C. Monitor teachers’ attendance
D. Evaluate teachers’ lesson plans
Answer: B
21. The key aim of continuous professional development for teachers is to:
A. Improve teachers’ knowledge and skills
B. Prepare teachers for administrative roles
C. Evaluate teachers’ performance
D. Increase teachers’ salaries
Answer: A
22. The school environment should be:
A. Strict and orderly
B. Supportive and conducive to learning
C. Competitive and challenging
D. Fun and entertaining
Answer: B
23. The body responsible for managing and coordinating all educational programs at the pre-tertiary level is the:
A. Ministry of Education
B. Ghana Education Service
C. Science Resource Centre
D. School Health Education Programme
Answer: B
24. The tenure of office of members of the GES council is:
A. Five years
B. Six years
C. Three years
D. Two years
Answer: A
25. The components of the capitation grants include all the following except:
A. Improving access
B. Non-teaching staff
C. School facilities
Answer: B
24. The tenure of office of members of the GES council is:
A. Five years
B. Six years
C. Three years
D. Two years
Answer: A
25. The components of the capitation grants include all the following except:
A. Improving access
B. Non-teaching staff
C. School facilities
Answer: B
26. Transfer grants payable is equivalent to:
A. Two-month gross salary
B. Two-month net salary
C. One-month net salary
D. One-month gross salary
Answer: C
27. The government of Ghana mainstreamed KG into basic education in line with the recommendations of the:
A. Dakar World Forum for Education
B. Early Childhood Committee
C. Education 2030 Agenda
D. UNESCO Forum
Answer: A
28. The role of the School Management Committees (SMCs) and head in the management of capitation grants are all the following except to ensure:
A. Accountability of funds used.
B. Effective utilization of the capitation grant
C. Implementation of activities provided in the SPIP.
D. School opens a special bank account.
Answer: D
29. In the computerized schools’ selection and placement system, all the following are used except the score of:
A. All subjects taken by BECE candidates
B. BECE candidates’ grades
C. BECE candidates’ core subjects
D. Two best subjects of BECE candidates
Answer: B
30. The main purpose of the policy on girl-child education by the government is to ensure that:
A. All girls of school-going age go to and stay in school.
B. All girls of school-going age register in school.
C. Girls in rural areas have equal access to school
D. Teenage pregnancy is eliminated
Answer: A
31. The scheme of service of teachers refers to the:
A. Activities of the teachers for the term approved by the school head
B. Outline of lesson plans presented to circuit supervisors
C. Scheme of work prepared by the teacher for the term
D. Various ranks a teacher passes through in the teaching profession
Answer: D
32. One of the students in a class hardly talks. How would you encourage him to express himself?
A. By encouraging children to take part in activities
B. By giving good marks to those who express themselves well
C. By organizing discussions around classroom activities
D. By organizing educational games program which will make children feel like speaking.
Answer: A
33. A teacher should use appropriate methods, techniques, and sound principles of learning such as:
I. Building on past learning or previous knowledge and positive reinforcement.
II. Providing guidance and practice in class before independent practice.
III. Motivating and sustaining pupils’ interest
IV. Involving each learner in the teaching/learning process.
V. Distributing evaluating questions
A. I, II and III only
B. I, II, III and V only
C. I, II, III, IV and V
D. II and III only
Answer: C
34. A curriculum is the sum-total of a school’s efforts to influence a child’s:
A. Behaviour
B. Course
C. Design
D. Logical sequence
Answer: A
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
Answer: A
36. Any method of teaching which involves two or more students can be termed as:
A. Class task
B. Class work
C. Group task
D. Group work
Answer: D
SECTION B
TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Evidence of a positive school ethos includes consistent shared values and standards.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
2. It is important that circuit supervisors keep their teachers’ lesson plans notebooks.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
3. Students learn best in a multitude of ways rather than a dominant means.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
4. The competency-based training curriculum delivery methodology is suitable for TVET training at the second cycle level of education.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
5. Every goal in the 2030 agenda is 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
Answer: A
6. A head promoting a professional learning community can lead to a sense of competition among teachers in the school.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
7. As a supervisor, consulting your staff in advance when developing a plan may direct your attention to potential pitfalls.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
8. The need for a supervisor to engage in a human relations angle of supervision means that the supervisor should be involved in problem-solving and learner-centered education.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
9. In mainstreaming special education students, it is important they experience an educational environment that reinforces the difference between special education and general education students.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
10. The school head should ensure that paid vouchers are numbered sequentially and entered the same in the logbook and properly filed.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
11. Climate change, Environmental Education for Sustainable Development have become major tools for protecting the environment and ensuring sustainable development.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
12. Even though homework is important in the instructional system and therefore teachers must give homework as part of their instructional process, it is not scored as part of school-based assessment in Ghana.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
13. A teacher must test his/her students when assessing them.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
14. Objective tests cannot be used to assess higher thinking abilities.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
15. Within the GES structure, decision-making takes place only within the GES council.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
16. Transfer within the GES is an external exercise.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
17. 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
Answer: A
18. In 1974, the new structure and content of education was introduced, which brought about the JSS concept implemented on a pilot basis from 1976 to 1987.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
19. The Ministry of Education’s main mandate is to formulate education policies. A legal incident in this mandate is monitoring and evaluating the performance.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
20. Legitimate power of a school head is conferred by his/her appointment to the position and therefore can exert administrative authority.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
SECTION C
FILL IN QUESTIONS
1. According to Skinnerian Operant Conditioning Theory, a negative reinforcement is …………
Answer: Avoiding an undesirable stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior.
2. In classroom management, the teachers’ strategies and techniques must be varied ………
Answer: Varied.
3. The ultimate purpose of supervision is to ensure …………
Answer: Advancement of child welfare.
4. Which Sustainable Development Goal is directly related to education?
Answer: Goal 4.
5. What does the Sustainable Development Goal which is directly related to education state?
Answer: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
6. The CSSPS seeks to improve the manual system of selection and placement of qualified BECE candidates into public and private senior high schools, technical and vocational institutes by ………..
Answer: The Ghana Education Service.
7. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24th January as the International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of ………..
Answer: Education for peace and development.
8. The rationale of education planning in our education system is ………..
Answer: Access, Equity, and Quality.
9. The primary role of mentoring teachers in the school of the pre-service teacher is most appropriately described as ………..
Answer: Mentoring.
10. The basic purpose of instructional supervision is for ………….
Answer: Effective teaching and learning.
11. When the school head directs an investigation into suspected fraud, the only authorities to impose sanctions are ………..
Answer: The School Management Committee and Board of Governors.
12. The method of obtaining information to judge the worth of a curriculum while it is in use is referred to as ………
Answer: Formative evaluation.
13. The educational sector performance report for 2017, states that 4% of teachers at basic schools are not ………
Answer: Trained.
14. A pre-test is a form of …………
Answer: Formative assessment.
15. The periodic review of curriculum of pre-tertiary education in Ghana is aimed at ensuring the curriculum remains …………
Answer: Relevant to the needs of the country.
16. One of the principles of teaching/learning process involves ………….
Answer: Active engagement of students.
17. The lesson plan is developed after …………
Answer: Curriculum objectives have been identified.
18. One of the benefits of using school uniforms is that it ensures ……………
Answer: Uniformity among students.
19. The lesson note must be written by the teacher before …………
Answer: Teaching the lesson.
20. For school heads to achieve quality education in their schools, they must focus on ………..
Answer: Effective teaching and learning, and continuous improvement.