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The pass mark is 50.

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A teacher elicits evidence about learning in the course of a lesson in order to close the gap between current and desired performance. This process is called ……………

self-assessment.

summative assessment.

normative assessment.

formative assessment.

None

A teacher complained about the difficulty she encounters when facilitating learning in her large class. Which one of the following actions will best help her to improve instructional delivery and to enhance learning?

Use the lecture method of instruction.

Report to the head teacher and explain to him that the large class size will not enhance learning.

Divide the class into reasonable number of groups and attend to each group one after the other.

Incorporate activities like role play and demonstration in teaching.

None

There are 30 and 50 employees respectively in the Kasuliyili and Tolon branches of the same company. Each branch is to raise an amount of GH¢ 4,500.00 towards the send- off ceremony of their manager. If the employees at each branch are to contribute equally, how much will each employee of the Tolon branch contribute?

GH¢ 150.00

GH¢ 90.00

GH¢ 56.00

GH¢ 200.00

None

A newly trained Mathematics teacher complained to the headteacher that she is not able to relate what she teaches to real-life situations. Which one of the following is the most appropriate advice to be given by the headteacher?

Incorporate real-life scenarios in assessment tasks.

Be an independent, critical thinker and problem solver.

Adopt instructional approaches which encourage illustrations and role play.

Go on field trips, tours and excursions.

None

Identify the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement:

One of the apples be rotten.

One of the apples is rotten.

One of the apples am rotten.

One of the apples are rotten.

None

For a thirty-minute assessment, which one of the following types of tests will achieve both low reliability and the least coverage of content and skill?

Multiple choice.

Essay.

True/false.

Completion.

None

A polytank contains 4,000 litres of water. If 3,500 litres of water is used, what fraction of the original quantity is used?

5/8

7/8

3/8

1/8

None

Which one of the following can be considered as the main reason for introducing the most current basic educational reforms in Ghana?

Declining quality of education and school structures.

Schools in both rural and urban areas with inadequate instructional materials.

Private schools always outperforming public schools in external examinations.

Systematically low rate of school attendance.

None

Which one of the following behaviors should be avoided when a teacher wants to effectively manage classroom activities?

Encouraging learners who put up good behavior in the classroom.

Punishing undesirable behavior in the classroom.

Indicating expectations at the end of the lesson.

Establishing classroom rules and regulations together with the learners.

None

In some classrooms, learners have to be forced to learn. All the following strategies can be adopted by the teacher to motivate learners to learn willingly except …………

engaging learners by using appropriate teaching and learning materials.

planning lessons to meet the different levels of aspirations among the learners.

encouraging learners to contend with each other in class.

provoking the learners’ curiosity in the lessons.

None

Which data collection method is best suited for gathering opinions on a new product?

Observation

Interview

Experiment

Self-reported survey

None

Which one of the following reasons would best explain why a teacher will use the demonstration method?

It does not take a lot of instructional time.

It provides learners with real-life experience of events.

It helps learners to be active during teaching.

It ensures active learner participation.

None

A pre-service teacher tries to nd ways by which the attention of the learners can be sustained during instructional time. Which one of the following strategies would you not suggest to her?

Identify the interest of the learners and use this to inform the instructional design to use.

Design the classroom setting with colorful pictures of fruits, vegetables, animals, etc

Adopt formative assessment strategies at the beginning of the lesson.

Conduct intermittent assessment for learners to monitor whether they are following what is being taught.

None

Which of these numbers 245, 242, 142, 225 is divisible by 3?

142

225

245

242

None

A school teacher plans to use class discussions as a regular part of instruction. The teacher should be aware that class discussions tend to be most productive when the guiding questions 4 are.....

drawn directly from the course textbook.

centered on a single concept or idea.

act-based and focused on core content.

open-ended and exploratory in nature.

None

The proprietor and headmaster of the school .........…… at last year’s induction ceremony.

Choose from the alternatives the one that best completes the sentence.

are

was

were

None

All the following are ways in which teacher professional development can occur except ……….……

attending a workshop on the common core curriculum.

participating in a seminar on lesson planning.

attending teacher professional association welfare meeting.

discussing and learning with colleagues on an issue.

None

In which of the following situations would peer teaching be the most appropriate professional development strategy for a curriculum leader to use? Some teachers ………..

have identied a problem in a specic area of instruction and are ready to develop a plan to address the need.

from KG 2 put their heads together to resolve an identied social problem.

wish to learn more about the educational challenges of the community.

from several schools in the district have been reassigned to teach at a newly built school.

None

What is the mode of the following data set: 5, 8, 2, 5, 8, 10, 5?

None

A teacher discovered that a learner was gifted and consistently performed better than his colleagues. Which one of the following actions would you encourage the teacher to take?

Frequently conduct needs assessment for the gifted learner in the classroom.

Conduct more summative assessments for the gifted learner in the classroom.

Give the learner challenging assessment tasks and provide feedback.

Exempt the learner from group projects.

None

All of the following factors should be considered when constructing test items except the …………

availability of test blueprints.

skills to be tested.

age of respondents.

physical facilities that are available.

None

Why did mates heave a sigh of relief when he told them he was only joking?

Carefully read the passage below and use it to answer the question

Julius came out of the staff common room leaving the principal and the headmaster

behind. He walked with defiant limp straight into his classroom. He knew that three

hundred pairs of eyes were looking at him from several windows. He could hear

cheering hisses but he despised them all. He felt tall. The class teacher who was also

the headmaster was still in the staff room. The boys stood up and gathered around

him. He was disappointed that the girls did not rush to him as the boys had done.

They red barrels of questions at him but he did not appear eager to answer any. He

knew they must know the details by now and be anxious to hear the end of it. But he

would not give it to them yet. They must see him as he truly was. They must

completely forget all the impressions they had gathered on the football eld and on

the race track. Then, he told himself that he must not look serious because if they

discovered the truth, they might think he was crying for himself. He was a hero and

heroes are to be admired not pitied. ‘They just told me to go home and never come

back’. There was stunned silence. Julius noticed a crumpled look come onto Dora’s

face and quickly said, ‘Oh, it was only a joke’. Then, there was a sigh of relief and

everybody was laughing with him. Julius felt happy because they did not yet know the

truth. He laughed carelessly.

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They cheered him up.

He told them the news in class.

They did not want him dismissed.

He had been a good student.

None

The table gives the number of students from three schools at United Stated of Kasuliyili who attended a conference. If a student is selected at random at the conference, what is the probability that the student is a male from United Stated of Kasuliyili?

3/4

1/2

3/5

1/5

None

A teacher planned to develop some strategies to enable her to attract learners’ attention to the lesson. Which of the following will not be an appropriate option for her to consider?

Giving constructive feedback.

Tailoring instruction to specific learners.

Giving attention to weak learners.

Giving homework to learners.

None

Some headteachers encouraged their teachers to attend a conference on innovative pedagogies for instructional delivery. The reason for the headteachers’ action was to help the teachers to acquire …

prociencies in assessing learners in the classroom.

knowledge on diverse ways of teaching in class.

skills in helping learners settle for instruction.

competencies on the management of students’ behavior.

None

A teacher handling three classes with class sizes 28, 42 and 56 students wants to form groups such that in every group there is an equal number of students. What is the maximum number of students that can be in each group?

None

The case is being presided over by the new magistrate.

Choose from the alternatives the option which represents the active form of the statement.

presided

is presiding

has presided

presides

None

Which one of the following actions is most likely to prevent learners from participating in social activities in schools?

Preventing a student from participating in sports activities based on health grounds.

Asking a student not to participate in a school social activity with a just cause.

Detaining a student during break as a form of punishment without supervision.

Restricting a student from going out to play during instructional hours.

None

The average age of 9 students in a class is 25 years. If another student who is 15 years old joins the class, what is the average age of the 10 students?

None

A teacher has a goal of engaging in ethical practice. In reflecting on his progress toward achieving this goal, the teacher should give the greatest consideration to which of the following questions?

Have I established a classroom environment that is business-like and rule-oriented?

Is my personal teaching philosophy aligned with parents/guardians' goals for their children?

Do all students view school as a welcome and encouraging place?

Am I treating all students in a fair and non-discriminatory manner?

None

What is the most appropriate strategy for a teacher to use to effectively engage his students throughout his lesson?

Breaking the instructional objectives into teachable units.

Lifting instructional objectives directly from the syllabus.

Basing his lesson on the availability of TLMs the school can provide.

Questioning students in class on his instructional objectives.

None

The most occurring number in the given data, 7, 5, x, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4 is 2. What is the value of x?

None

All the following are the reasons for ensuring good school-community relationship except that ……..

people’s belief in the benets and usefulness of education is reinforced.

it brings the school and community together in meeting the needs of the children.

literacy rate among the people is improved considerably.

it keeps parents informed about all the activities of the school.

None

Points A, B and C are three of the corners of a rectangle. Where should the fourth point D be located to form the rectangle ABCD?

(2, 4)

(4, 2)

(3, 4)

(4, 3)

None

A teacher prepares a lesson note and states his objectives as follows: "students will be able to know the importance of food". The teacher lacks the ability to..........

state the instructional objective in behavioural terms.

consider the ability level of students in his instructional objective.

indicate the level of acceptance in his instructional objective.

indicate the condition under which the behaviour must be exhibited.

None

What is the value of the expression 3a +2b -14 if a=3 and b=12.

None

What type of decision does a teacher make when he indicates whether a child has qualified to be promoted to the next grade or not?

Placement decision

Diagnostic decision

Competency decision

Certificate decision

None

Through a computer programming error, all the applicants who took an entrance test were credited with 10 more correct answers than they really scored. Is this error of scores a concern to the organizer of the test?

Yes, because the addition of 10 points has distorted the reliability of the results

No, because the additional 10 points is a systematic error and of no consequence to the validity of the results.

Yes, because the addition of 10 points has distorted the validity of the results.

No, because the additional 10 points is a systematic error and of no consequence to the reliability of the results.

None

At a professional development workshop, a teacher sought knowledge about ways by which he can promote reective teaching. Which one of the following is not likely to be amongst the strategies promoted?

Making experts take notes on one’s teaching and analyzing it.

Allowing colleague teachers to sit in one’s class to provide feedback.

Conversing with learners on their performance.

Taking video recording of one’s lesson for evaluation purposes.

None

A box contains 5 yellow balls, 3 blue balls and 2 red balls. If a ball is picked at random from the box, what is the probability of picking a yellow ball?

3/5

1/5

1/2

3/10

None

The graph shows sales made at Mr. Azindow’s shop in a week. What is the difference in sales recorded on his best and worst days?

GH¢20,000

GH¢10,000

GH¢30,000

GH¢40,000

None

If a luggage weighs 40.24 kg, what is the weight of this luggage in grams?

424 g

42,040 g

40,240 g

4,024 g

None

When a group of professional teachers comes together to share concerns, ideas and passion for the teaching profession and learn how to teach better, it is described as a …..

community of practice.

community of consultation.

community of engagement.

community of competence.

None

A student reported to his teacher that he could not see what was written on the board clearly. What is the best action to be taken by the teacher?

Inform the parents on the issue and constantly follow up to nd out the parents’ actions.

Move the child to the front seat and take him for assessment of visual problems.

Move the child to sit at a place where he sees clearly in order to read.

Report the issue to the headmaster and later take the child to meet the headmaster.

None

Which of the following is not the most appropriate step to ensure the smooth transition and completion of a topic which was started by a previous teacher?

Administer a test on the completed topic.

Interview the previous teacher.

List the objectives to be achieved in the next topic.

Review and recap the topic.

None

Azindow has 860 eggs to put into a number of crates. If each crate contains 30 eggs, what will be the maximum number of crates required to pack all the eggs.

28.6

29.0

28.0

28.7

None

If a coin is flipped, what is the probability of getting heads?

50%

25%

100%

None

The Professional General Knowledge paper is being written today by candidates.

Choose from the alternatives the option which represents the active form of the statement.

are writing

will write

are to write

are being writing

None

In an examination, 70% of the candidates passed. If the number of candidates who passed was 350, how many failed?

150

250

500

None

Why was Julius not eager to answer his classmates’ questions?