2020 Deputy Director GES Aptitude Test Past Questions and Answers
2020 Deputy Director GES Aptitude Test Past Questions and Answers
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (DD)
FEBRUARY, 2020
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 constructivists approach to the student learning?
A. A language arts teacher provides students with 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 practices
C. A science teacher demonstrates the correct procedures for performing complex experiments.
D. A social studies teacher uses visual aids and logical progression of ideas when presenting lessons about unfamiliar topics.
ANSWER
2. A JHS teacher gives students a term project that involves various activities such as conducting a research, interviewing people, writing a report and making 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 the students how the objectives of the project fit into a larger instructional plan.
B. Organizing project task in a step by step sequence and providing students directions and reminders for completing each step.
C. Putting students into groups and scheduling regular tomes for them to meet.
D. Reassuring students that they possess all of the skills and abilities needed to complete the project tasks.
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3. In a typical teaching and learning environment, students are most likely to be intrinsically motivated to learn when they
A. Anticipate they will receive positive rewards for achieving instructional objectives
B. Are interested in what they are learning and understands how it relates to their own lives.
C. Know that they will be writing a test or examination in the near future.
D. Perceive their performance compares favourably with that of peers engaged in the same task
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4. The free SHS Programme in Ghana is funded by the
A. Annual Budget Funding Amount
B. Chinese Government
C. Ghana Education Trust Fund
D. Scholarship Secretariat
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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 ideal future of the school. This statement is a broad image of the possibilities that lie ahead. This statement is called a/an
A. Mission statement
B. Operations statement
C. Target statement
D. Vision statement
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6. Which of the following statements about effective classroom management is false
A. Planning ahead of the first day of school
B. Teachers having at least four rule to guide them
C. The difference between calm productivity and total class disorder
D. The same strategies but may vary to the techniques used for each class
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7. Global citizenship education is a form of …………….that involves student’s 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
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8. Which of the following affirms that quality is at the heart of education and therefore sets out the desirable characteristics for the various components for equality education-learners, content and system?
A. Global Education Policy Dashboard
B. Salamanca Statement And Framework For Action
C. World Bank Education Strategy
D. 2000 Darker Framework For Action
ANSWER
9. Which of the following in Ghana has the objective of equitable educational opportunity and the prioritization of the disadvantaged in the society?
A. Disability law inclusive Education
B. Inclusive Education System
C. Right to Education Principle
D. Right to Education Provision
ANSWER
10. When making important administrative decision, it helps to
A. Enlist advice from the assist school head
B. Give teachers a chance to make their contributions
C. Implement changes as quickly as possible
D. Reward teachers who adapt more quickly
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11. The standards specified in the content of the new GES Curriculum for Basic schools, adopted for the 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 points of exit, it is expected, it is expected that graduates for the curriculum will have attained knowledge and skills that allow them to compete in the international job market. Which of the following goals of the curriculum development is this reflected in?
A. Better Ghana Agenda
B. Development of a sense of civic responsibility
C. Globally competitive Ghanaian workforce
D. Preservation of national resources and cultural values
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12. Ensuring high teacher morale is important because teachers with high morale
A. Are more likely to remain on the job in spite of challenges.
B. Are rewarded for their efforts
C. Ask more interesting questions of their
D. Produce higher test scores
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13. During teacher evaluations the circuit supervisor or school head needs to take objective evidence based notes to share with teacher in post observation conferences and use them to guide the discussions. Which of the following statements best illustrates such notes?
A. In a class of 42, the teacher calls on one student to answer four out of ten questions asked
B. The teacher is highly responsive to the cultural and other types of student diversity in the class
C. The teacher makes little or no efforts to make instruction relevant to student interests and needs.
D. Throughout the lesson, the teacher uses a variety of effective strategies to monitor student understanding.
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14. A school head is about to take over the leadership of a low- performing school. One of the school head’s first 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 classroom
B. Comparing student grades in each subject area across classrooms
C. Having each teacher complete about his or her teaching practices
D. Interviewing each teacher about his or teaching practices
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15. The basic assumption that supervision has an expect tag attached to it means the supervision …………………..
A. Must have a PhD qualification
B. Should ensure students have the requisite qualification before they are admitted
C. Should ensure that teachers have the minimum academic qualification
D. Should ensure that teachers have lots of weekend
ANSWER
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16. A school head has been transferred to a failing school. In order to turn it around, the school head must 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 experience and judgment of long-time school staff.
B. Holding discussions with many stakeholders to learn about local values, views and priorities.
C. Presenting for discussion 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 schools
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17. Which one of the following factors should an educator consider and the most important when evaluating programme?
A. The cost involved in carrying out the evaluation of the programme
B. The uses of the evaluation results
C. Where and when the evaluation will take place
D. Who the stakeholders of the programme are
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18. Which one of the following actions would you take in order to attain a high level of consistency in scoring students’ responses to assessment task? by
A. Constantly following the scoring guide as the scripts are graded
B. Grading responses for all items for script before the next scripts
C. Regularly referring to previously scored items when scoring new items
D. Scoring the responses base on the knowledge of the students’ identity
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19. A student –teacher who had grade b+ in Assessment in a School could not write good items for an end of term examination. The head teacher of the school, therefore questioned the teacher as to whether he really took part in the assessment course. Which one of the following characteristics of a good test might have informed the head teachers’ question?
A. Normality
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Validity
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20. Which if the following purposes of assessments is often associated with a letter grade number?
A. Assessment as learning
B. Assessment for learning
C. Assessment from learning
D. Assessment of learning
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21. A criterion-referenced assessment would most likely be used to
A. Decide a students’ position in integrated science end-of-term examination
B. Determine of a student qualifies for special education services
C. Determine whether an individual student is meeting is meeting curriculum standards
D. Select a student for government scholarship
ANSWER
22. Which of the following statement(s) is/are false?
I. It is easy to achieve a broad national goal 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 job market
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
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23. The following constitute special units under GES except the
A. Girls Education Unit
B. Religion and Culture Unit
C. Science Resource Centre
D. School Health Educational Programme
ANSWER
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
25. The components of the Capitation Grant include all the following except
A. Improving access
B. Non-teaching staff
C. School facilities
D. School management
ANSWER
26. Transfer grant payable is equivalent to
A. Two months gross salary
B. Two months net salary
C. One-month net salary
D. One-month gross salary
ANSWER
27. The Government of Ghana mainstreamed KG into basic education in line wit recommendations of the
A. Darker World Forum for Education
B. Early Childhood Committee
C. Education 2030 Agenda
D. UNESCO Forum
ANSWER
28. The roles of the School Management Committees (SMCs) and head teachers in the management of Capitation Grant are all the following except to ensure…………
A. Accountability of founds used
B. Effective utilization of Capitation Grant
C. Implementation of activities provided in the SPIP
D. Schools opens a special account
ANSWER
29. In the computerized schools’ selection and placement system, all the following are used except the scores of……….
A. All subject taken by BECE candidates
B. BECE candidates and grades
C. BECE candidates’ core subject
D. Two best subject of BECE candidates
ANSWER
30. The main purpose of the policy on girl child education by government is to ensure that……….
A. All girls of school going age go to and stay in school
B. All girls of school going register in school
C. Girls in the rural areas have equal access to schools
D. Teenage pregnancy is eliminates
ANSWER
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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
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32. One of the students of a class hardly talks in the class. 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/programmes which will make children feel like speaking
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33. A teacher is to use appropriate methods, techniques and sound principles of teaching and learning such as……
I Building on past learning or previous knowledge positive reinforcement
II Providing guidance and practice in class before independent practice
III Motivating and sustaining pupil’s interest
IV Involving each learner in the teaching/learning process
V Distributing evaluative questions evenly
A. I,II and IV only
B. I,II,III and only
C. I,II,III,IV only and V
D. II, and III only
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34. A curriculum is the sum total of a school efforts to influence a child’s……..
A. Behavior
B. Course
C. Design
D. Logical sequence
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35. Which of the following is a teacher-centred mode that focuses on students’ activities being guided by teacher?
A. Directive model
B. Indirect model
C. Pedagogical
D. Thinking model
ANSWER
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
SECTION ‘B’
TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all the question in this section by circling the letter corresponding to the correct or best answer on your paper.
37. Evidence of a positive school ethos includes consistent shares values and standards.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
38. It is important that circuit supervisor keep their teachers’ lesson 5plan notebooks.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
39. Students learn best in a multitude of ways rather than one dominant means,
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
40. The competency-based training curriculum delivery methodology is suitable for TVET training at the second cycle level of Education.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
41. Every goal in the 2030 Agenda require education to empower people with the knowledge, skill and values to live in dignity, build their lives and co tribute to their societies.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
42. A school head promoting professional learning community can lead to a sense of competition among teachers in a school.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
43. As a supervisor, consulting your staff in advance when developing a plan may direct your attention to potential pitfalls.
A. True
B. False
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44. The need for supervisor to engage in a human relations angle of supervision means that the supervisor should be involve in problem solving and learner-centered education.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
45. In mainstreaming special education students, it is important that they experience an education environment that reinforces the differences between special education and general students.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
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46. The school head should ensure that aid vouchers are numbered sequentially and entered same in the log book and properly filled.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
47. Climate change, Environmental Education for sustainable Development have become major tools for protecting the environment and ensuring sustainable development,
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
48. Even though homework is important in the instructional system and teachers must therefore give homework as part of the instructional process, it is Not scored part of the School based Assessment in Ghana.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
49. A teacher must test his/her students when assessing them.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
50. Objective type test cannot be used to assess higher order thinking abilities.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
51. Transfers within the GES is an external exercise.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
52. Transfers within GES structure, decision making takes place only within the GES council.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
53. The GES Act 1995 ( Act 506) and the Education Act 2008 ( Act 877)
A. True
B. False
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54. The GES Act 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
55. The ministry of Education’s main mandate is to formulate education policies. A legal incident in this monitoring and evaluating their performance.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
56. Legitimate power of a school head is conferred by virtue of his or her appointment to the position and
therefore can exert administrative authority.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER
SECTION C
FILL IN QUESTIONS
Answer all questions in this section writing the correct answer in the spaces provided on the question paper.
57. According to Skinnerian operant conditioning theory, a negative reinforcement is…………..
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58. In classroom management the teachers. Strategies and techniques must be ……….
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59. The ultimate purpose of supervision is to ensure ……………..
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60. Which Sustainable Development Goal is directly related Education? …………….
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61. What does the sustainable development Goal directly relates to Education state?………………
ANSWER
62. The CSSPS seeks to improve the manual system of selection and placement of disqualified BECE candidates into public and private senior high schools, technical and vocational institutes by ………………………
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63. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed ………………………..as International Day of ……………..in celebration of role of…………..
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64. The rational of educational planning in our education system is …………………
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65. The primary role of the mentoring teacher in the school to the pre-service teacher is most appropriately described as
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66. The Basic purpose for instructional supervision id for
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67. When the schools head directs an investigation into suspected fraud, the only authorities to impose to impose sanctions are…………………….
ANSWER
68. The Method of obtaining information to judge the worth of a curriculum whiles it is being implemented
is known as………………………
ANSWER
69. The Ability of a student to use an appropriate rule principle to help him/her solve a problem without being prompted in specified in the cognitive domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy as…………….
ANSWER
70. The Type of assessment which is used to determine student’s strengths and weaknesses for correction and remediation is known as………………….
ANSWER
71. In the chain of command of the GES headquarters, the Director General is the chief executive accountable to the ………………………….
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72. What is the core function of the National Inspectorate Board?…….
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73. The main role for Educational Sector Analysis (ESA) is to…………
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74. The GES was establish in the year 1974 as a national organization under the Ministry of Education (MOE) by the Act……….
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75. It is important for teachers to know the code of conduct because………….
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