Teaching Aptitude Questions and Answers

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Q1
The mean score on any class test is the result of:
  • A dividing the sum of all scores by the number of scores
  • B determining the middle score when all the scores have been listed from the highest to the lowest
  • C determining the most frequent score
  • D Adding all the scores and dividing by the most frequent score
Answer: Option A
Q2
The least justifiable use of the results of a standardized reading test is to:
  • A identify areas of pupil deficiency
  • B evaluate the reading instruction programme
  • C Serve as a basis for report card marks
  • D Serve as the basis for a parent conference
Answer: Option C
Q3
Fifteen –year old Arvind has taken to wearing the same style sweaters that her teacher wears. This form of behaviour is known as:
  • A compensation
  • B transference
  • C indentification
  • D regression
Answer: Option C
Q4
At least one third of the learning that will determine later levels of school achievement has already taken place by age six. This is a statement most closely associated with the writings of:
  • A Benjamin Bloom
  • B Margaret Mead
  • C Martin Mayer
  • D Fritiz Redl
Answer: Option A
Q5
Of the following, the most unreliable predictor of educational achievement is:
  • A inherited biological potential for learning
  • B ethnic origin of parents
  • C family background and training
  • D classroom experiences
Answer: Option B
Q6
All the following are acceptable goals for dealing with behaviour problems in the classroom, except:
  • A helping the child to improve his/her self-control
  • B being impersonal and objective
  • C understanding the offense
  • D utilizing appeals to children that have personal implications
Answer: Option D
Q7
In preparing a fifth grade class to take a standardized reading test the teacher is best advised to:
  • A tell the children the test is very important and they should do the best they can
  • B ditto key questions from a previous test and allow the pupils to answer them
  • C do nothing
  • D coach the below grade level readers, as the rest of the class will do well anyway.
Answer: Option
Q8
Of the following, the one situation that will cause the greatest difficulty for a child in the initial stages of reading instruction is :
  • A confusion of left and right directionality
  • B possessing an IQ of 90
  • C having older siblings who are successful readers
  • D never having attended kindergarten
Answer: Option A
Q9
Of the following essentials of learning the one that takes procedure over the other is:
  • A average intelligence
  • B ability to read
  • C an intact home
  • D desire to learn
Answer: Option D
Q10
A child from a disorganized home will experience the greatest difficulty with:
  • A well structured lessons
  • B independent study
  • C programmed instruction
  • D workbooks
Answer: Option B
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