NTC ESSENTIAL SKILLS PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-SOLUTION 1
NTC ESSENTIAL SKILLS PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-SOLUTION 1
NTC ESSENTIAL SKILLS PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-SOLUTION 1
1. Which of the following bodies or institutions is responsible for licensing teachers in Ghana?
(a) Teacher Education Division
(b) Ghana Education Service
(c) National Teaching Council
(d) National Teachers Council
2. Which of the following are the major components of guidance program in schools?
(a) Educational, vocational, personal, social
(b) Educational, vocational, counselling
(c) Educational, vocational, psychological
(d) Vocational, social, relationship
3. The evaluation approach that measures students actual performance and compares it with the objectives of instruction is called..
(a) Criterion-referenced evaluation
(b) Democratic evaluation
(c) Norm-referenced evaluation
(d) Bureaucratic evaluation
4. In designing instruction for your class, you must assume that instruction is aimed at the…..
(a) Individual and not the group
(b) Group and not the individual
(c) Academically weak students
(d) Academically intelligent students
5. Information may be able to obtain permanence in the memory of pupils when there is a strong activity of the…
(a) Long term memory
(b) Sensory memory
(c) Concrete memory
(d) Working memory
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6. Which of the following has no relation to the behaviorist approach to learning?
(a) Common law applies to humans and animals
(b) The process of learning is call conditioning
(c) Humans and animals have similar neurophysiological features
(d) Learning requires active mental process
7. Which of the following serve as agents to the curriculum implementation process
(a) Learners
(b) Doctors
(c) Ministry of Education
(d) Teachers
8. In planning your lesson, it is always important that you start with..
(a) Anticipatory set
(b) Modelling
(c) Objective and purpose
(d) Guided practice
9. For school environment to have a good/healthy climate, the teacher must….
(a) Be strict and unapproachable
(b) Have concern for general well-being of pupils
(c) Have a strong sense of commitment and morality
(d) Be firm and fair in managing his/her class
10. Which of the following is NOT a major focus of educational principles of prominent educational theories
(a) Learning must be gradual, cumulative and progressive
(b) Instruction must be presented according to the stages of readiness of pupil
(c) Pupils must be coerced and forced to learn
(d) Instruction and learning must follow the order of nature
11. A 3-year old pupil in your class who calls a cat a lion and a hen, a vulture may be identified as..
(a) Preoperational child with the ability to classify
(b) Preoperational child with transductive reasoning
(c) Preoperational child with concrete reasoning
(d) Formal operational child
12. Which of the following is the most appropriate research to conduct as a teacher to improve on your professional practice in the classroom?
(a) Basic research
(b) Historic research
(c) Action research
(d) Exploratory research
13. Which of the following influenced the military training requirements among students in the secondary and tertiary levels?
(a) Chinese
(b) Greeks
(c) Presbyterians
(d) Romans
14. Students are more likely to remain focused on goals and persist despite setbacks when they
develop a perception that..
(a) Skills continue to emerge as the individual grows
(b) Ability can be developed and success is related to effort
(c) learning is a series of small achievements
(d) (d) assessment is ongoing and peers are achieving at similar levels
15. The Department of Education gives greater emphasis on the development of basic skills.
What is the philosophical basis for this?
(a) Essentialism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Perennialism
(d) Pragmatism
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16. When administering standardized test for JHS students, the teacher may assist students in
which of the following ways?
(a) Reading several sample items for clarity
(b) Repeating the scripted directions exactly
(c) Restating the scripted directions using simple language
(d) reviewing content using the sample item as a model
17. Teacher G, a Christian Living teacher, puts so much significance on values development and
discipline. What could be her educational philosophy?
(a) Idealism
(b) Progressivism
(c) Pragmatism
(d) Realism
18. Which of the following factors in an elementary classroom is likely to contribute most
to a loss of instructional time?
(a) Limited use of assigned seating
(b) Ineffective transition routines
(c) Unappealing or worn materials
(d) Inadequate technological resources
19. A teacher views his students as unique, free choosing and responsible individuals. All classroom activities revolve around the said premise. What theory underlies this?
(a) Essentialism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Progressivism
(d) Realism
20. A teacher demonstrated the technique on how to group students according to their needs and interests and how to use self-paced instructional materials. Which philosophy is manifested in this activity
(a) Essentialism
(b) Progressivism
(c) Realism
(d) Social Reconstructionism
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21. Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?
(a) When what is to be learned is new and easy for the students
(b) Materials presented are difficult and challenging to the students
(c) When the materials to be learned is related to what students already know
(d) Students find the lessons easy and relevant to what was assigned to them
22. Ms. Erika in her Biology class accompanies her discussion with interesting visual aids. She
strongly believes that students learn better when lessons are presented with images, real or imagined aside from mere lecture method. Which learning theory does she upholds?
(a) Dual-Coding Theory
(b) Information Processing Theory
(c) Meaningful Reception Learning Theory
(d) Social Cognitive Theory
23. Which of the following is not a type of the learned motives?
(a) Reflexes
(b) Habits
(c) Attitude
(d) Interest
24. Patricia is always fearful of freely roaming dogs but does not mind dogs in a pen or on a leash. What feature of classical conditioning is exhibited?
(a) Discrimination
(b) Extinction
(c) Generalization
(d) Practice
25. An Earth Science teacher has just completed a unit on the sun. As she recognizes her next unit
on other stars, she uses the sun as a frame of reference. What view of learning was used?
(a) Discovery learning
(b) Informative learning
(c) Meaningful learning
(d) Transfer learning
26. Which is an application of cognitive approach to motivation?
(a) Explain the reasons for studying the topic
(b) Create a supportive classroom climate for students
(c) Provide clear and prompt feedback on assignments
(d) Begin lessons with challenging questions and conflicting events
27. Of the following learning theories, the one that embodies the idea that the learning takes place through insight is known as
(a) Gestalt
(b) Stimulus-Response
(c) Connectionist
(d) Pragmatic
28. The lowest level of Taxonomy of Educational Objectives of Cognitive Domain given by Bloom is
(a) Knowledge
(b) Comprehension
(c) Application
(d) Analysis
29. In which lesson does a general rule is explained first and then examples are illustrated?
(a) Deductive lesson
(b) Inductive lesson
(c) Cognitive lesson
(d) Skill lesson
30. The objectives of a Curriculum are to be stated in terms of
(a) Students entering behaviour
(b) Students terminal behaviour
(c) Teachers behaviour
(d) Learning process
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31. It is popularly said that any two students are not alike. This implies that they differ in their
(a) Physical and mental set up
(b) Aptitude
(c) Social status
(d) Attitude
32. Which is an application of cognitive approach to motivation?
(a) Explain the reasons for studying the topic
(b) Create a supportive classroom climate for students
(c) Provide clear and prompt feedback on assignments
(d) Begin lessons with challenging questions and conflicting events
33. Mr. Oti, a physical education teacher, demonstrates the new skill to be learned so that his students can watch him and later reproduce the skill. What learning theory is associated with the situation?
(a) Dual-Coding Learning Theory
(b) Information Processing Theory
(c) Schema Learning Theory
(d) Social Learning
34. The lowest level of Taxonomy of Educational Objectives of Cognitive Domain given by Bloom is
(a) Knowledge
(b) Comprehension
(c) Application
(d) Analysis
35. Instructional Objectives are useful to
(a) Teachers
(b) Students
(c) Question paper setters
(d) All the given alternatives
36. In Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, which of the following statements would
illustrate Edward who is 11 years old?
(a) Able to see relationships and to reason in the abstract
(b) Unable to breakdown a whole into separate parts
(c) Differentiates goals and goal-directed activities
(d) Experiments with methods to reach goals
37. Teresa gets jealous whenever she sees her father showing love and affection to her mother.
Which of the following is she showing according to Freud?
(a) Complex
(b) Phallic
(c) Electra Complex
(d) Oedipus Complex
38. Mrs. Gomez conducts research on the psycho-social domain of development. In what particular area of the child’s development is Mrs. Gomez most likely to be interested with?
(a) Perceptual abilities
(b) Brain-wave patterns
(c) Emotions
(d) Use of language
39. Connie develops concepts necessary for everyday living, builds healthy attitudes towards oneself, and achieve personal independence. These are among the attributes of an individual in what particular stage?
(a) Infancy and early childhood
(b) Middle childhood
(c) Adolescence
(d) Early adulthood
40. Miss Rita is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to her Grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts, her class does not seem to learn how to play the game. What law of learning was disregarded?
(a) Law of Disuse
(b) Law of Effect
(c) Law of Exercis
(d) Law of Readiness
41. Mr Fiifi wants to use alternative methods of assessment. Which of the following will he not likely use?
(a) Multiple Choice Test
(b) Reflective Journal Writing
(c) Oral Presentation
(d) Developing Portfolios
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42. The minimum number of years for a newly qualified teacher to posses a provisional teacher’s license is
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 4 years
43. The choice of the appropriate format to use in constructing a test is influenced by the
(a) skills in writing different types of items
(b) intelligence level of the students
(c) content that has been taught
(d) availability of specification table
44. Asamoah is fascinated by his daughter’s excitement and determination to learn new things. Thus, he is concerned with her development in which domain?
(a) Physical
(b) Socioemotional
(c) Cognitive
(d) Sociocultural
45. For classroom teachers, core points are mainly written in a lesson plan to ensured that
(a) Pupils can get notes to write at the end of the lesson
(b) The main ideas of the lesson are brought out
(c) The pupils pay attention during instructions
(d) All the given alternatives
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46. All the following are the reasons for introduction of the Teacher Licensing Policy in Ghana except.
(a) To eliminate non-performing teachers
(b) To reduce teacher in-take
(c) To professionalize teaching
(d) To enforce discipline
47. Psychologists study the development of individuals across several domains. Which of the following is not one of the domains studied?
(a) Physical
(b) Socioemotional
(c) Cognitive
(d) Psychodynamic
48. Which of the following operates on the “stimulus-response principle”, which means all behaviours are caused by external stimuli?
(a) Contextual theory
(b) Behaviourist theory
(c) Cognitive theory
(d) Constructivist theory
49. Under what criterion is the question, ” is this the best way to test for the desired knowledge and skills? ” considered when evaluating a test?
(a) Practicality
(b) Clarity
(c) Fairness
(d) Efficiency
50. The Progressivists emphasized the individuality of the child. What is the concern of the reconstructionists?
(a) Experiential learning
(b) Socialization
(c) Social problem
(d) Personal problems
51. Every first day of the school year, Miss Abrefa prepared activities which will make her primary 2 children, sing, plan, learn and introduce themselves to the class. What process did she emphasize?
(a) Acculturation
(b) Enculturation
(c) Indoctrination
(d) Socialization
52. According to reconstructionism, the goal of education is to bring about a new social order.
Which practice best manifests this view?
(a) The class conducts scientific experiments to verify concepts
(b) The class discusses role models and their impact on society
(c) The class allowed to engage in divergent thinking
(d) The class undertakes well-planned projects in the community
53. Which philosophy approves a teacher who lectures most of the time and requires his
students to memorize the rules of grammar?
(a) Existentialism
(b) Idealism
(c) Pragmatism
(d) Realism
54. Why should a teacher take the obligation upon himself to study and understand the custom and traditions of the community where he works?
(a) To change the culture of the community
(b) To have a sympathetic attitude for the people of the community
(c) To identify the weaknesses of the culture of the community
(d) To please the people of the community
55. What philosophy is related to the practice of schools acting as laboratory for teaching reforms
and experimentation?
(a) Essentialism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Progressivism
(d) Social Reconstructionism
56. Which of the following is not a function of the school?
(a) Changing cultural practices
(b) Development of attitudes and skills
(c) Reproduction of species
(d) Socialization among children
57. A teacher who is a recognized expert in carpentry works, taught his students how to prepare and construct good and aesthetic furniture from local resources. What cultural transmission process is this?
(a) Acculturation
(b) Enculturation
(c) Indoctrination
(d) Observation
58. A teacher who believes in the progressivist theory of education would embrace certain
reforms on methodology. Which reform would be consistent with this theory?
(a) Active participation of teachers
(b) Formal instructional pattern
(c) Strict external discipline
(d) Teacher domination of class activities
59. Activities planned by school clubs/organizations show school-community connection geared towards society’s needs. What philosophy is related to this?
(a) Existentialism
(b) Progressivism
(c) Realism
(d) Social Reconstructionism
60. In a school, the pupils were asked which nationality they would prefer if given a choice. Majority of the pupils wanted to be Americans. In this case, in which obligation relative to the state are the schools seemed to be failing?
(a) Instill allegiance to the constitutional authorities
(b) Promote national pride
(c) Promote obedience to the laws of the state
(d) Respect for all duly constituted authorities
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61. Ms. Erika in her Biology class accompanies her discussion with interesting visual aids. She strongly believes that students learn better when lessons are presented with images, real or imagined aside from mere lecture method. Which learning theory does she upholds?
(a) Dual-Coding Theory
(b) Information Processing Theory
(c) Meaningful Reception Learning Theory
(d) Social Cognitive Theory
62. Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?
(a) When what is to be learned is new and easy for the students
(b) Materials presented are difficult and challenging to the students
(c) When the materials to be learned is related to what students already know
(d) Students find the lessons easy and relevant to what was assigned to them
63. A music teacher is careful in planning activities for each lesson. He praises liberally and rewards correct answers. What view of learning is exhibited?
(a) Classical conditioning
(b) Meaningful learning
(c) Operant conditioning
(d) Social learning
64. An Earth Science teacher has just completed a unit on the sun. As she recognizes her next unit
on other stars, she uses the sun as a frame of reference. What view of learning was used?
(a) Discovery learning
(b) Informative learning
(c) Meaningful learning
(d) Transfer learning
65. Rita easily remember dates and events in history. What component of long term memory (LTM) does Rita have?
(a) Creative thinking
(b) Critical thinking
(c) Reflective thinking
(d) Logical thinking
66. Mr. Oti, a physical education teacher, demonstrates the new skill to be learned so that his students can watch him and later reproduce the skill. What learning theory is associated with the situation?
(a) Dual-Coding Learning Theory
(b) Information Processing Theory
(c) Schema Learning Theory
(d) Social Learning
67. Patricia is always fearful of freely roaming dogs but does not mind dogs in a pen or on a leash. What feature of classical conditioning is exhibited?
(a) Discrimination
(b) Extinction
(c) Generalization
(d) Practice
68. Miss Rita is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to her Grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts, her class does not seem to learn how to play the game. What law of learning was disregarded?
(a) Law of Disuse
(b) Law of Effect
(c) Law of Exercis
(d) Law of Readiness
69. Which is an application of cognitive approach to motivation?
(a) Explain the reasons for studying the topic
(b) Create a supportive classroom climate for students
(c) Provide clear and prompt feedback on assignments
(d) Begin lessons with challenging questions and conflicting events
70. Which of the theories of learning presents or states that learning skills are hierarchically arranged?
(a) Cumulative Learning
(b) Meaningful Learning
(c) Social Cognitive Learning
(d) Theory of Instruction
True Answer : Cumulative Learning
71. Which of the following is the main function of the philosophy of education?
(a) Reconsider existing educational goals in the light of society’s needs
(b) Provide the academic background prerequisite to learning
(c) Define the goals and set the direction for which education is to strive
(d) Aid the learner to build his own personal philosophy
72. What philosophy of education advocates that the curriculum should only include universal and
unchanging truths?
(a) Essentialism
(b) Idealism
(c) Perennialism
(d) Pragmatism
73. ” The greatest happiness lie in the contemplative use of mind”, said Plato. Which of the following activities adheres to this?
(a) Cooperative learning
(b) Introspection
(c) Role Playing
(d) Social Interaction
74. Which of the statements below best describes development
(a) A student’s height increased by 5’2″ to 5’4″
(b) A student’s change in weight from 110lbs to 125lbs
(c) A student had learned to operate the computer
(d) A student’s enlargement of hips
75. Which of the following situation manifests a balance between teachers responsibility and
accountability?
(a) She entertains her students with personal stories until the end of the period
(b) She spends most of the time on the latest gossips in showbiz
(c) She teaches as much as she could for duration of the period
(d) She teaches as well as entertains the students with her personal stories
76. Which philosophy of education influence the singing of the National Anthem in schools?
(a) Nationalism
(b) Naturalism
(c) Pragmatism
(d) Socialism
77. Who among the following believes that learning requires disciplined attention, regular
homework, and respect for legitimate authority?
(a) Essentialist
(b) Progressivist
(c) Realist
(d) Reconstructionist
78. Your teacher is of the opinion that the world and everything in it are ever changing and so
teaches you the skill to cope with the changes. Which of the following is his governing philosophy?
(a) Experimentalism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Idealism
(d) Realism
79. Homeroom advisers always emphasize the importance of cleanliness of the body. Children are taught how to wash their hands before and after eating. What is this practice called?
(a) Folkway
(b) Laws
(c) Mores
(d) Social norm
80. Dr. Aboagye, the school physician conducted a physical examination in Ms. Felicia’s class. What concept best describes the quantitative increase observed by Dr. Aboagye among the pupils in terms of height and weight?
(a) Development
(b) Growth
(c) Learning
(d) Maturation
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81. Madam Agnes, now 69 years old has been observing changes in herself such as the aging process. Which term refers to the development change in her?
(a) Development
(b) Growth
(c) Learning
(d) Maturation
82. Which of the following theories can help Miss Enyonam determine the readiness of her learners by
administering a readiness test?
(a) Conditioning Theory
(b) Cognitive Development Theory
(c) Maturation Theory
(d) Ethological Theory
83. Manuel, a five-year old boy can hold his pen and write his name with his right hand. Which term describes Manuel’s behavior?
(a) Development
(b) Growth
(c) Learning
(d) Maturation
84. Opoku develops an integral and coherent sense of self. He seeks answers to the question: “Who am I”?. Which of the following is Opoku likely to develop?
(a) Initiative
(b) Identity and Role Confusion
(c) Intimacy
(d) Autonomy
85. A newborn infant move his whole body at once, instead of moving a part of it. Which of the following principles is illustrated by the behavior?
(a) Development proceeds from specific to general
(b) Development proceeds from general to specific
(c) Development follows an orderly pattern
(d) Development follows a general pattern
86. Angela focuses her attention on the school work and vigorous play that consume most of her physical
energy. Which stage of psycho-sexual theory illustrates her behavior?
(a) Oral
(b) Anal
(c) Phallic
(d) Latency
87. Which of the following is likely to be developed if infants are shown genuine affection?
(a) Trust
(b) Autonomy
(c) Initiative
(d) Industry
88. What concept can best describes Kofi’s ability to walk without a support at the age of 12 months
because of the “internal ripening” that occurred in his muscles, bones and nervous system development?
(a) Development
(b) Growth
(c) Learning
(d) Maturation
89. Who presented the notion that certain behavior like thumb-sucking is normal among infants?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Erick Ericson
(c) John Bowlly
(d) Urie Bronfrenbenner
90. Which state of the psycho-sexual theory does young boys experience rivalry with their father for
their mother’s attention and affection?
(a) Oral
(b) Anal
(c) Phallic
(d) Latency
91. What do you call the quantitative increase in terms of height and weight during physical
examination of the students?
(a) Development
(b) Growth
(c) Learning
(d) Maturation
92. Ms. Okai uses images and language to represent and understand her various lessons to
preschool learners. What stage in the cognitive theory of development explains this?
(a) Sensorimotor
(b) Preoperational
(c) Concrete operational
(d) Formal operational
93. What level has a four year old learner like Doris reached when she acquired new skills such
as putting the same shapes and the same colors together?
(a) Development
(b) Maturation
(c) Zone of Proximal Development
(d) Learning
94. Which of the following is the correct order of psycho-sexual stages proposed by Sigmund
Freud?
(a) Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
(b) Anal, oral, phallic, latency, genital
(c) Oral, anal, genital, latency, phallic
(d) Anal, oral, genital, latency. phallic
95. Hyperactivity are considered problematic. How may a teacher help a child who is hyperactive?
(a) Make him the leader of the class
(b) Transfer him to another class
(c) Give him challenging activities that are appropriate to his ability level
(d) Allow him to spend longer at the playground
96. Ama believes that authority is respected. She is now in what particular level in moral
development theory of Lawrence Kholberg?
(a) Social contract
(b) Law and order orientation
(c) Interpersonal concordance
(d) Universal ethics orientation
97. Rita easily remember dates and events in history. What component of long term memory (LTM) does Rita have?
(a) Creative thinking
(b) Critical thinking
(c) Reflective thinking
(d) Logical thinking
98. The most important function of a teacher is to
(a) Facilitate learning
(b) manage instructional resources
(c) coordinate curricular activities
(d) provide information
99. Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?
(a) When what is to be learned is new and easy for the students
(b) Materials presented are difficult and challenging to the students
(c) When the materials to be learned is related to what students already know
(d) Students find the lessons easy and relevant to what was assigned to them
100. The objectives of a Curriculum are to be stated in terms of
(a) Students entering behaviour
(b) Students terminal behaviour
(c) Teachers behaviour
(d) Learning process
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