Deputy Director DD Promotion Aptitude Test Questions and Answers Try

DD(DEPUTY DIRECTOR) PROMOTION APTITUDE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

DD DECEMBER, 2021

SECTION A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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1. How many agencies currently work under the auspices of the Ministry of Education?
2. 16
3. 17
4. 18
5. 19

2. The following are the directorates with the Ministry of Education except
3. Internal Audit
4. Planning, budgeting, Monitoring and Evaluation
5. Procurement
6. Public relations

3. The National Teaching Council is established by
4. Education Regulator’s Body Act 2020 (Act 1023)
5. The Education Act 506 (1994)
6. The Education Act of 1961
7. None of the above

4. The agency of the Ministry of Education responsible for the implementation of approved pre- tertiary educational policies and programmes is
5. Ghana Education Service
6. National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NSIA)
7. National teaching Council (NTC)
8. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA)

4. The Private school’s Unit at the Ministry of Education was established in
5. 1972
6. 1973
7. 1974
8. 1975

6. Which of the following is a Municipal Education Oversight Committee (MEOC) responsible for?
7. Basic Schools
8. Secondary schools
9. Technical schools
10. All of the above

7. Which of the following organizations evaluates, monitors and co-ordinates the implementation of sector policies and strategies of the state and non-state actors in education?
8. Ghana Education Service
9. Ghana Tertiary Education Commission
10. Ministry of Education
11. Parliament of Ghana

8. The leader licensing the arrangements in Ghana comes with the following benefits except
9. Eliminates poor performing teachers
10. Eliminates poor teachers
11. Enhance discipline among teachers
12. Make teaching a professional activity

9. Free SHS was introduced in
10. March 2017
11. June 2017
12. August 2017
13. September 2017

10. The call for universal teaching design and friendly environment for Ghana education system can be likened to
11. Children protection
12. Inclusive education
13. Lifelong learning
14. The free SHS policy

11. How many ranks do we have in the GES
12. 6
13. 8
14. 10
15. 12

12. How many directorates does Ghana’s Ministry of Education have?
13. 6
14. 7
15. 8
16. 9

13. Sector Ministries are required by law to establish a Ministerial Advisory Board to advise the Ministry on various relevant issues. Which of the following is NOT required to be n the Advisory Board of Ghana’s Ministry of Education?
14. Chairman of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council
15. Director- General of Ghana Tertiary Education Commission
16. Director-General of Ghana Education Service
17. Representative of the Ghana National Education Campaign

14. All the following are role expectation of teacher associations, except
15. Control of the behaviour of members
16. Organize in service-training
17. Participate in member activities
18. Seek the interest of management

15. The Ghana Education Service was established in the year
16. 1957
17. 1960
18. 1931
19. 1974

16. The Ghana Education Service ( GES ) has divisions and units: how many divisions/units does GES have?
17. 6
18. 7
19. 8
20. 9
21. The Education Regulator’s Body Act 2020 (Act 1023)established the National Schools Inspectorate Authority with 3 main responsibilities. Which one of the following is not among these responsibilities?
22. Develop School Curriculum
23. Enforce School Standards
24. Evaluate Schools
25. Inspect Schools

18. Which one of this ranks in the GES requires that an individual must have served for at least four consecutive years and must be a licensed member of the Ghanaian teacher’s union?
19. Assistant Director I
20. Senior Superintendent I
21. Superintendent I
22. Teacher

19. The main goal of a school education is to develop
20. Knowledge, relationship and skills
21. Needs, behaviour and skills
22. Skills attitude and knowledge
23. Skills, behaviour and attitude

20. The main function of an educational system is to
21. Mold aspiration
22. Mold character
23. Mold desires
24. Mold society

21. According to the Choice Theory the teacher’s attitudes towards the students is motivated by
22. Belongingness, power, freedom and fun
23. Love, power, fun and observation
24. Power, intelligence, skills and observation
25. Skills, knowledge, duty and love

22. Aglobitse was having a hard time getting Edem to work in cooperative learning groups. Instead of isolating him, she put him at a table with other students and instructed him to do his work. Next, she ask him to share materials with students at the same table. Now he can work in cooperative groups without getting into trouble. What is the name for the strategy Mrs. Aglobitse employed?
23. Controlling student’s behaviour
24. Prompting
25. Reinforcement
26. Shaping

23. Current theories of classroom management see the teacher as a
24. Dictator
25. Director
26. Guide
27. Leader

24. Classroom management principles are applied differently in the primary and secondary schools because
25. School are structure differently at these levels
26. Teachers are trained differently for these levels
27. The administrative organization changes at these levels
28. They belong to differently department within GES

25. Biney has difficulty keeping students on task. Which of the following strategies would most likely increase academic learning time in his classroom?
26. Allow ample time for transition from one activity to the next.
27. Hold students accountable for work during class
28. Interrupt class presentations by students when distracted by students misbehavior’s
29. Utilize a good sense of humor in class

26. A teacher wants to have a class discussion in which all 23 of her students can participate equally. Which of the following seating arrangements would best suit these objective?
27. Cluster style
28. Face-to-face style
29. Off-set style
30. Seminar style

27. Which of the following strategies is recommended for increasing academic learning time?
28. Do not dwell on a topic once the point has been made
29. Flip-flop from one topic to another
30. Maximize transition time between activities
31. Respond to distractions

28. Generally, classroom rules and procedures should be reasonable and
29. Necessay
30. Punitive
31. Rigid
32. Subjective

29. The best strategy to develop active listening skills is to practice
30. Criticizing people with different point of view
31. Interrupting politely
32. Offering advice to people who need it
33. Paraphrasing other people’s comments

30. Assigning your staff new task is a way of helping them to
31. Develop independent thinking
32. Develop their patience
33. Respect your authority
34. Respond to duty

31. When getting students to share and assume responsibility in the classroom, teachers should
32. Emphasize control in the discharge of their responsibilities
33. Have students develop the classroom management club
34. Improve them in the planning and implementation of classroom initiatives
35. Seldom accepts reasonable contributions from students

32. The types of accountability required in educational are
33. Internal, external and personal
34. Internal,external and professional
35. Internal, personal and group
36. Internal, professional and group

33. Amongst the various school records, the most comprehensive information about the pupils is found in the
34. Cumulative record book
35. Log book
36. Register
37. Report card

34. A value that divides a data set into two equal parts is basically called
35. Frequency
36. Mean
37. Median
38. Mode

35. What is the median of 1, 6, 4, 5, 2, 7 and 3?
36. 2
37. 3
38. 4
39. 5

SECTION B

TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS

36. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has 22 members appointed by the president of Ghana.
37. True
38. False

37. The Minister of Education (MOE) in collaboration with the Minister of Finance (MOF) recruits teachers’ pre- tertiary educational institutions in Ghana.
38. True
39. False

38. Nursery and Creche are not officially recognize as part of formal education system.
39. True
40. False

39. Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman was Ghana’s Minister of Education in 2017.
40. True
41. False

40. The current Director-General of Ghana Education Service has two deputies.
41. True
42. False

41. Ghana Education Service (GES) and National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) are both mandated by the Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020, (Act 1023) to register and license all pre- tertiary schools in Ghana.
42. True
43. False

42. The National schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) can close down a school in an emergency situation after a consultation with the Minister and Regional Education Directorate Concerned.
43. True
44. False

43. The lesson plan is list of planned activities and programmes in the school that guide teaching and learning.
44. True
45. False

44. Yaw Adutwum, Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, has increased scholarships to young students in his constituency to pursue programmes in Medicine.
45. True
46. False

45. In classroom management your strategies and procedures need not be age specific.
46. True
47. False

46. A written account of the proceedings at a meeting is known as a report.
47. True
48. False

47. Interviews and questionnaires are primary source of information.
48. True
49. False

48. With the “One Teacher”, One Laptop” initiative the government will pay 80% of the cost and whiles the teacher pays 20%.
49. True
50. False

49. The ICT in Education Policy seeks to standardize and and enhance the implementation and post-implementation stage of ICT in Education interventions.
50. True
51. False

50. The global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 in number.
51. True
52. False

51. In comptemporary times the police are part of the school administration and management.
52. True
53. False

52. The school, first of all is accountable to the pupils because they are the main clients of the education.
53. True
54. False

53. A school head would need the staff attendance register in order to complete her staff appraisal report.
54. True
55. False

54. The notice board is the most suitable form of communication used in the school.
55. True
56. False

55. Leadership focuses on the achievement of goals.
56. True
57. False

SECTION C

FILL IN QUESTIONS

56. The main responsibilities of the National Schools Inspectorate Authority are; 1. School Inspection 2. School Evaluation and …..

ANS: Enforce School Standards

57. Three bodies or committees that have been established at the local and district levels to foster local community participation in decision-making are Parent Association (PA) ………… and school Management Committees. (SMC).

ANS: District Education Oversight Committee

58. On the computer keyboard, the keys that should be pressed to start a new paragraph in MS Word is …..

ANS: Enter

59. A formal and systematic set of procedures used in obtain information about how much students have learnt is referred to as

ANS: Testing

60. In the educational system in Ghana, circuit Supervisors are known as

ANS:  School Improvement Support Officer (SISO)

61. In descending order, the 5^th rank on the GES structure is …..

ANS: Deputy Director (DD)

62. On the GES Organogram, the Director-General is directly responsible to ……

ANS: GES Council

63. At the district level, the Assistant Director in charge of planning and monitoring works under …….

ANS:  Director

64. When a teacher uses praise on a student anytime she/he is on task the management strategy being used by the teacher is known as ……

ANS:  Motivation

65. The strategy that utilizes the practice of using both online and in-person learning experiences when teaching students is referred to as ………

ANS: Blended Learning

66. In chronological classification of filling, files are arranged in the order of ……..

ANS:  Dates

67. When using a computer, the act of producing information from figures, text r images is called data ……..

ANS: Processing

68. In assessment, a ‘Table of specified’ is mainly used for……..

ANS: Constructing Test Items

69. A …………. indicates how funds will be obtained and utilized in a given period.

ANS:  Budget

70. The practice of delegation power throughout an education system is known as……..

ANS: Delegation (Decentralization)

71. All the day to day financial transaction of a school are enter in the ………..

ANS: Petty Cash Book

72. Focus Learning and learning Environment are two principles of leadership for learning.

73. GALOP is an acronym for …….

ANS: Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Projects

74. The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia on !4^th December, 2021 launched the ……………. bring together all the 187 TVET institutions spread across 19 ministries under one umbrella to help revamp and mainstream technical and vocational education and training in the country.

ANS: Ghana TVET Service

75. The re-appointment of a teacher who was interdicted as a result of a disciplinary investigation, but cleared of all charges is referred to as ……….

ANS: Re-Instatement