School Management Past Questions And Answers L2S
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
School Management Past Questions And Answers L2S
1. A force or influence that directs one’s actions towards the achievement of a desired organizational goal is referred to as
A) Ability
B) Character
C) Leader
D) Motivation
2. The distinguishing characteristic of the management style when the manager applies team spirit is referred to
A) Democracy
B) Esprit de corps
C) Laissez faire
D) Referent power
3. The ability of a leader to gain co-operation from others by means of rewards or persuasion is referred to as
A) Dialoguing
B) Influence
C) Motivation
D) Responsibility
3. The theory which indicates that leadership behaviour enhances followers’ work-goals, personal and career attainment is referred to by House as
A) Career enhancement theory
B) Goal attainment Theory
C) Leadership behaviour theory
D) Path/Goal theory
4. A distinguishing characteristics of the democratic management style is referred to as
A) Consensus building
B) Delegation of authority
C) Promoting team-building
D) Influencing behavior
5. Which of the following refers to the particular form of the organisational structure based on the acceptance of authority arising from the office of the job-holder?
A) Authority
B) Bureaucracy
C) Coercive
D) Power
7. The managerial activities that managers carry out in the course of the work day is referred to as
A) Achievement oriented procedure
B) Influencing behaviour
C) Leadership
D) Management functions
8) Which one of the following is the ultimate purpose of the management of time in organisations?
A) Assessment of labour
B) Avoidance of laziness
C) Increase in productivity
D) Improvement of Time gainers
9. What is the seven management functions proposed by Urwich and Gulick to explicate the functions of the chief executive?
A) POSDCORB
B) PODSCORB
C) POSDCoRB
D) PODSCORD
10. The leadership assumption proposed by Douglas McGregor stating the belief that the worker does not desire to work, and so has to be coerced by the leader to accomplish tasks is referred to as
A) Democratic theory
B) Theory X
C) Theory Y
D) Theory Z
School Management Past Questions And Answers L2S
11. Which one of the following factors is NOT critical in resource dependency in organisations?
A) The exercise of discretion by the other organisation
B) The influence of the manager in marketing the particular resource
C) The influence by the number of alternatives the other organisation
D) The importance of the resources organisation’s continued existence.
12. Which of the following refers to the formal means by which the school head interacts and transmits ideas with teachers relating to his management of the school as an organisation?
A) Communication
B) Dissension
C) Delegation
D) Transmission
11. Which one of the following theorists stated that “the best management is a true science, resting upon clearly defined laws, rules and principles, as a foundation.”
A) Fayol Henri
B) Follett Mary P.
C) Taylor Frederick
D) Weber Max
12. The statement of the manner in which work activities of a substantial portion of the total organisation which are pursued and managed is referred to as a
A) Document
B) Directives
C) Plan
D) Policy
13. The management of resources that requires that the head, as a manager ensures that the right input is in place is referred to as
A) Allocation
B) Assessment
C) Maintenance
D) Stock keeping
14. The leadership situation where an individual is allowed the freedom to operate due to his/her competence or experience is referred to as
A) Nomothetic
B) Idiographic
C) Laissez-Faire
D) Democratic
15. Which of the following theorists believe that managers can view conflict management in
organisations positively?
A) Fayol Henri
B) Follett Mary Parker
C) Taylor Frederick
D) Weber Max
16. What is the metaphor used by Frederick Winslow Taylor to explain his Scientific Management principles?
A) Man as a Machine
B) Soldiering
C) Therblig Machine
D) Time motion tools
17. Which of the following theorists propounded the Administrative Management principles?
A) Frederick W. Taylor
B) Henri Fayol
C) Lyndal Urwick
D) Max Weber
18. Which of the following refers to the total MEANS available to organisations, peoples and school to produce goods and services?
A) Amenities
B) Equipment
C) Resources
D) Tools
19. Which of the following supports the two main functions of heads of educational Institutions?
A) Chief executive and business man
B) Controller and planner
C) Instructional leadership and managerial role
D) Monitor and mentor
20. The metaphor utilized by Frederick W. Taylor to demonstrate his management principle during the post industrial revolution is referred to as
A) Loafing
B) Man as machine
C) Rule of thumbs
D) Scientific management
21. The basic purpose of supervision is to help
A .Children learn more effectively
B. Teachers in improving methods
C. Teachers in understanding pupil
D. Teachers in dealing pupils
Answer: A
22. The school headmaster is expected to
A. Prepare the budget
B. Hold daily meetings
C. Put into operation the course of study
D. All of the above
Answer: C
23. The chief responsibility of the principal is to
A. Provide leadership in instructional plan
B. Organize and administer the guidance programmed
C. Handle discipline problems
D. Maintain school records
Answer: A
24. The function of educational administration and management is
A. Non instructional tasks
B. Instructional tasks
C. Both a and b
D. None
Answer: C
25. Which is not the type of administration
A. Authoritarian administration
B. Democratic administration
C. Laissez Faire administration
D. Instructional administration
Answer: D
26. Authoritative administration is based on
A. Mutual sharing
B. Non interference
C. Dictatorship
D. All of the above
Answer: C
27. Boss is right is the feature of
A. Authoritarian administration
B. Instructional administration
C. Democratic administration
D. Laissez Faire administration
Answer: A
28. Respect of opinion is the feature of
A. Democratic administration
B. Instructional administration
C. Authoritarian administration
D. None of the above
Answer: A
29. Literal meaning of supervision is
A. Superior knowledge and service
B. Superior efforts and services
C. Superior knowledge and power
D. None of the above
Answer B
30. To bring harmony among all the elements of programme is
A. Coordinating
B. Planning
C. Commanding
D. Organizing
Answer: A
School Management Past Questions And Answers L2S
31. To assess achievement at the end of instruction is?
A. Summative Assessment
B. Formative Assessment
C. Diagnostic Assessment
D. Placement Assessment
Answer: A
32. Permanent difficulties in learning are investigated in?
A. Diagnostic Assessment
B. Placement Assessment
C. Summative Assessment
D. Formative Assessment
Answer: A
33. Procedures used to determine person abilities is?
A. Typical performance test
B. Norm performance test
C. Criterion performance test
D. Maximum performance test
Answer: Maximum performance test
34. Which appropriate verb will you use to make an objective behavioral?
A. To construct
B. To know
C. To understand
D. To appreciate
Answer: To construct
35. A supervisor is one who ………
A. inspects classrooms
B. Gives directions
C. Criticizes the teaching method
D. Provides friendly help
Answer: Provides friendly help
36. Indication of democratic attitude is ………
A. Cooperation
B. Equal rights
C. Participation
D. All of the above
Answer: All of the above
37. Which is not the characteristic of authoritative administration
A. Sharing
B. Rudeness
C. Suppression the subordinates
D. Strict discipline
Answer: Sharing
38. Sense of responsibility is not cared in
A. Laissez Faire administration
B. Instructional administration
C. Authoritarian administration
D. None of the above
Answer: Laissez Faire administration
39. The power is concentrated in the hands of one or few people in
A, Centralization
B. Control
C .Command
D. Decentralization
Answer: Centralization
40. What is central to administration
A. Decision making
B. Organization
C. Communication
D. Coordination
Answer: Decision making
41. S.N.E is an abbreviation of ……
A. Schedule of new entry
B. Schedule of new experience
C. System of new entry
D. Schedule of new expenditure
Answer: Schedule of new entry
42. The level of school administration can best be judged through
A. Learning out comes
B. Head teacher
C. Beautiful building
D. Teachers students relations
Answer: Learning out comes
43. Coordinating, stimulating and directing the growth of teacher is the purpose of
A. Inspection
B. Administration
C. Management
D. Supervision
Answer: Inspection
44. Budgeting is an estimation of
A. Income and expenditure
B. Income and investment
C. Investment
D. All of the above
Answer: Income and expenditure
45. Limited to quantitative description of pupil’s performance is …….?
A. Measurement
B. Test
C. Evaluation
D. Assessment
Answer: Measurement
46. Evaluation that monitors learning progress is?
A. Formative evaluation
B. Placement evaluation
C. Diagnostic evaluation
D. Summative evaluation
Answer: Formative evaluation
47. The first step in measurement is?
A. Development of the test
B. Administering the test
C. Decision of what to measure
D. None
Answer: Decision of what to measure
48. The purpose of formative evaluation is?
A. Monitoring progress of students
B. Decision of what to measure
C. Development of the test
D. None of the above
Answer: Monitoring progress of students
49. In which question marking will be more reliable?
A. Multiple choice question
B.. Completion
C. Short answer
D. None of the above
Answer: Multiple choice question
50. Facility value of less than 0.20 means?
A. Item is difficult
B. Item is too easy
C. Item is easy
D. Item is acceptable
Answer: Item is difficult
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51. Discrimination value of more than 0.4 means
A. Item is acceptable
B. Item is good
C. Item is weak
D. None
Answer: Item is acceptable
52. Objectives representing the purposes of instruction of a teacher are called?
A.. Performance
B. Attainment
C. Instructional
D. None
Answer: Instructional
53. Student performance is compared with clearly defined learning tasks in?
A. Criterion reverenced test
B. Standardized Test
C. Norm referenced test
D. Maximum performance test
Answer: Criterion reverenced test
54. Test that measure learning outcome of students is
A. Aptitude test
B. Criterion reverenced test
C. Norm referenced test
D. Achievement test
Answer: Achievement test
55. The tests designed to predict future performance is?
A. Aptitude test
B. Achievement test
C. Norm referenced test
D. Criterion reverenced test
Answer: Aptitude test
56. The quality of test that measures “what it claims to measure” is?
A. Differentiability
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Validity
Answer: Validity
57. The characteristic of a test to discriminate between high achievers and low achievers is?
A Differentiability
B Validity
C Objectivity
D Reliability
Answer: Differentiability
58. The quality of test to give same scores when administered at different occasions is?
A. Reliability
B. Differentiability
C. Validity
D. None of the above
Answer: Reliability
59. If the sample of the question in the test is sufficiently large enough, the quality of test is?
A. Differentiability
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Adequacy
Answer: Adequacy
60. Facility index of an item determines?
A. Discrimination power
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Ease or difficulty
Answer: Ease or difficulty
61. High and low achievers are sorted out by?
A. Discrimination power
B. Ease or difficulty
C. Objectivity
D. Reliability
Answer: Discrimination power
62. The main purpose of the supervision of teaching should be the
A. Proper utilization of school facilities
B. Carrying out of the curriculum
C.. Achievement of success in examination
D. Advancement of pupil welfare
Answer: Advancement of pupil welfare
63. Supervision should be primarily
A. Constructive and creative
B. Preventive and critical
C. Preventive and corrective
D. Construction and critical
Answer: Constructive and creative
64. The criticism most frequently leveled at school administration is that:
A. They fail to provide leadership
B. They like praise
C. They are to lazy
D. They do not know teacher
Answer: They fail to provide leadership
65. The effective supervision is indicated by
A. Helping teachers becoming more self sufficient
B .Good relations between teacher and supervisors
C. Helping teacher in their teaching
D. Criticizing teacher’s lessons
Answer: Helping teachers becoming more self sufficient
66. The school policy should be determined by:
A. Citizens and educators
B. The professional educators
C. Headmasters
D. Citizens
Answer: Citizens and educators
67. The history of administration goes back to
A. 4000BC
B. 800BC
C. 5000 BC
D. None
Answer: 5000 BC
68. Provision of good educational environment is
A. Non instructional tasks
B. Instructional tasks
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
Answer: Instructional task
59. Democratic administration is based on
A. Mutual sharing
B. Dictatorship
C. Non interference
D. None of the above
Answer: Mutual sharing
60. Laissez Faire administration is based on
A. Non interference
B. Dictatorship
C. Mutual sharing
D. None
Answer: Non interference
61. “Supervision is not to control the teacher but to work cooperatively” is the saying of
A Glatthorn
B Harris
C Hoy and Forsyth
D None
Answer: Hoy and Forsyth
62. In teaching learning process supervision is usually carried out by
A. Teacher
B. Parents
C. Principal
D. Society
Answer: Principal
63. Assessment of how well a school is performing is
A Inspection
B Administration
C Supervision
D All of the above
Answer: Inspection
School Management Past Questions And Answers L2S
64. To make arrangements is the part of
A. Organizing
B Planning
C. Commanding
D. Coordinating
Answer: Organizing
65. Execution of plans and decisions is the part of
A. Commanding
B. Planning
C. Organizing
D. Coordinating
Answer: Commanding
56. School Budgert includes
A. Non development expenditure
B. Development expendciture
C. Both an and b
D. None of a and b
Answer: Both an and b
57. BM stands for …….
A. Budget Manual
B. Budget Money
C. Budget Monitoring
D. Budget Materials
Answer: Budget Manual
58. Non development budget includes
A. Maintenance of building
B. Salaries
C. Running ependitures
D. All of the above
Answer: All of the above
59. New Libraries laboratories etc are constructed under
A. Development Budget
B. Non development budget
C. Both a and b
D. None
Answer: Development Budget
60. Facility index of an item determines?
A. Discrimination power
B. Objectivity
C. Reliability
D. Ease or difficulty
Answer: Ease or difficulty
61. Staff development means
A. Training staff
B. Recruiting staff
C. Increasing staff
D. Decreasing staff
Answer: Training staff
62. Selecting one course of action among various alternatives is
A. Decision making
B. Planning
C. Organizing
D. Coordinating
Answer: Decision making
63. Who is called father of scientific management theory
A. Henry Fayol
B. Terry and Franklin
C. Elton Meo
D. Fredrick Tylor
Answer: Fredrick Tylor
64. Who is the father of operational management theory
A. Henry Fayol
B. Fredrick Tylor
C. Terry and Franklin
D. Elton Meo
Answer: Henry Fayol
65 All Govt. grants and expenditures are maintained in
A. Acquittance Roll
B. Stock Register
C. Contingent Register
D. Cash Register
Answer: Cash Register
66. Developing alternatives is a step of
A. Planning
B. Organization
C. Direction
D. Control
Answer: Planning
67. Types of supervision encouraging variety, originality and independent experimentation is
A. Creative
B. Preventive
C. Corrective
D. None
Answer: Creative
68. Who advocated bureaucratic theory
A. Max Weber
B. Campbell
C. Henry Fayol
D. None of the above
Answer: Max Weber
69. Directing must be consistent with
A. Job descriptions
B. Procedures
C. Organizational policies
D. None of the above
Answer: All of the above
70. The power delegated through out an organization is ……….
A. Decetralization
B. Control
C. Command
D. None
Answer: Decetralization
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71. Which pension is granted to civil servant who retires in the age of sixty
A. Invalid
B. Compensation
C. Superannuation
D. None
72. All financial transaction of the school occurring from day to day is entered in
A. Stock Register
B. Service Book
C. Log Book
D. Cash Book
73. Micro planning is done in ……..
A. Middle and Lower Management
B. Top Management
C. Middle Management
D. Lower Management
74. A choice made between two or more alternative is called
A. Decision
B. Assumption
C. Reporting
D. None
75. Authoritarian model is more suitable for
A. Discipline
B. Confidence
C. Achievement
D. Improvement
76 Superannuation retirement age in Ghana is
A. 62 Years
B. 75 Years
C. 60 Years
D. 80 Years
77. The process of making judgment is called
A. Evaluation
B. Budgeting
C. Demonstration
D. Documentation
78. What does E and D Rules mean
A. Efficiency and discipline rules
B. Efficiency and duty rules
C. Efficiency and department rules
D. All of the above
79. A.D.P is an abbreviation of
A. Annual duty programme
B. Annual division of performance
C. Annual development programme
D. None
80. The authorized person of staff performance is
A. Head teacher
B. Teacher
C. Student
D. Clerk
81. Student’s performance is compared with other students in?
A. Norm referenced test
B. Standardized Test
C. Essay Type Test
D. Objective type test
82. Which one is not the type of test of test by purpose?
A. Essay Type Test
B. Standardized Test
C. Norm referenced test
D. Objective type test
83. The summative evaluation is?
A. Cerifying judgment
B. Diagnostic
C. Continous
D. None
84. In a norm referenced test which item is best?
A. Item difficulty is near 50
B. Item difficulty is near zero
C. Item difficulty is near 100
D. Item difficulty is near 70
85. Which question has increasing objectivity of marking?
A. Multiple type questions
B. Unstructured essay
C. Structured essay
D. Short answer
86. The most widely used format on standardized test in USA is?
A. Multiple type questions
B. Unstructured essay
C. Short answer
D. Structured essay
87. Projective techniques are used to measure?
A. Personality
B. Aptitude
C. Intelligence
D. None
88. Test meant for prediction on a certain criterion are called?
A. Intelligence
B. Knowledge
C. Aptitude test
D. None of the above
89. The test measures what we intend to measure. This quality of the test is called?
A. Validity
B. Procedures
C. Objectivity
D. None of the above
90. The test made to compare the performance of student with the other students is called?
A. Norm reference
B. Criterion reference
C. Achievement
D. None
91. The summative evaluation is used?
A. At the middle of the program
B. At the start of the program
C. At the end of the program
D. None
92. “table of specification” helps in?
A. Test Construction
B. Test Administration
C. Test Scoring
D. Test development
93. Identifying relationship between two things is demonstrated by?
A. Matching items
B. True/False items
C. Completion items
D. M.C.Q items
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