Curriculum
.111. A test designed to measure student achievement and mastery of predetermined curriculum standards is called:
A. Benchmark standards
B. Benchmark test
C. Academic test
D. None of the above
Ans: B. Benchmark test
112. A period normally longer in length than a normal period, in order to include more learning activities, is known as:
A. Lengthy period
B. Long period
C. Block period
D. Block timetable
Ans: C. Block period
113. The length of a block period varies from:
A. 40 to 60 minutes
B. 45 to 60 minutes
C. 60 to 70 minutes
D. 60 to 90 minutes
Ans: D. 60 to 90 minutes
114. The totality of knowledge, understanding, values, skills, competencies, or behaviors an individual is expected to have mastered upon the successful completion of an education program is termed as:
A. Learning achievement
B. Learning cycle
C. Learning outcomes
D. None of the above
Ans: C. Learning outcomes
115. While designing a curriculum, a description of increasing levels of difficulty and complexity in knowledge, skills, and attitudes within a domain is known as:
A. Learning progression
B. Learning system
C. Learning paradigm
D. Learning process
Ans: A. Learning progression
116. The amount of time during which learners are actively working on tasks and are effectively engaged in learning is known as:
A. Activity time
B. Teaching time
C. Playtime
D. Learning time
Ans: D. Learning time
117. All learning activity undertaken throughout life, which results in improving knowledge, skills, competencies, and/or qualifications, is termed as:
A. Actual learning
B. Non-formal learning
C. Lifelong learning
D. None of the above
Ans: C. Lifelong learning
118. The ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, and compute using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts is known as:
A. Reading
B. Comprehension
C. Literacy
D. None of the above
Ans: C. Literacy
119. The process of defining parts or components of the curriculum at the community/local level to address issues that are locally relevant and allow for more meaningful learning experiences is termed as:
A. Indigenous curriculum
B. Local curriculum
C. Localization of curriculum
D. None of the above
Ans: C. Localization of curriculum
120. The teaching of learners from two or more grade levels in the same classroom environment by using appropriate and specifically designed teaching methods is called:
A. Multi-level teaching
B. Multi-grade teaching
C. Multi-class teaching
D. Both B & C
Ans: D. Both B & C
121. Attained curriculum is sometimes referred to as:
A. Actual curriculum
B. Realized curriculum
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Ans: B. Realized curriculum
Explanation: The attained or realized curriculum is the part of the curriculum that has actually been taught at the classroom level and in which the students have been engaged.
122. School-based curriculum development involves:
A. Curriculum development at the level of an individual school
B. Curriculum development at the village level
C. Curriculum development at the city district level
D. None of the above
Ans: A. Curriculum development at the level of an individual school
123. Skill is most simply defined as:
A. The ability to perform tasks and solve problems
B. The ability to understand concepts
C. The ability to do practical work
D. None of the above
Ans: A. The ability to perform tasks and solve problems
124. ___ are actually a set of intangible personal qualities, traits, attributes, habits, and attitudes that can be used in many different types of jobs.
A. Psychomotor skills
B. Cognitive skills
C. Soft skills
D. Hard skills
Ans: C. Soft skills
125. Examples of soft skills are:
A. Struggle, hard work, running
B. Empathy, leadership, self-esteem
C. Exercise, jumping, movement
D. None of the above
Ans: B. Empathy, leadership, self-esteem
126. Curriculum design in which key concepts and topics are repeatedly presented over time in the context of new, broader, and more complex learning experiences is known as:
A. Complicated curriculum
B. Spiral curriculum
C. Hidden curriculum
D. Proposed curriculum
Ans: B. Spiral curriculum
1. The term “Curriculum” is derived from which Latin word?
· a) Currare
· b) Currere
· c) Curium
· d) Curra
· Answer: b) Currere
2. The term “Curriculum” originally meant:
· a) Course of study
· b) Structured learning
· c) Path or runway
· d) Education plan
· Answer: c) Path or runway
Which dictionary defines curriculum as a “chariot-race course”?
· a) Merriam-Webster
· b) Cambridge
· c) Concise Oxford Dictionary
· d) Longman
· Answer: c) Concise Oxford Dictionary
· Curricular activities include which of the following?
· a) Sports and games
· b) Art and craft clubs
· c) Classroom lectures
· d) Debate clubs
· Answer: c) Classroom lectures
· Co-curricular activities are:
· a) Always mandatory
· b) Part of the official academic schedule
· c) Designed for holistic development
· d) Only available for primary students
· Answer: c) Designed for holistic development
· According to Hilda Taba, curriculum includes:
· a) Only academic courses
· b) All organized courses and activities directed by the school
· c) Subject-matter content only
· d) Only classroom-based learning
· Answer: b) All organized courses and activities directed by the school
· J.F. Kerr’s definition of curriculum emphasizes:
· a) Self-learning
· b) Only group-based learning
· c) Learning planned and guided by the school
· d) Spontaneous learning experiences
· Answer: c) Learning planned and guided by the school
· Which of the following is included in Ralph Taylor’s definition of curriculum?
· a) Unstructured learning
· b) Self-directed learning
· c) Learning aimed at educational goals
· d) Casual activities
· Answer: c) Learning aimed at educational goals
· Alberty defines curriculum as:
· a) A course outline
· b) A teacher’s plan
· c) The sum total of students’ activities
· d) A school timetable
· Answer: c) The sum total of students’ activities
· Which of the following best describes the “Syllabus”?
· a) A list of topics for a subject
· b) Detailed course content
· c) Learning experience
· d) Student’s activity record
· Answer: a) A list of topics for a subject
· “Minhaj” is the Arabic term for:
· a) Syllabus
· b) Curriculum
· c) Course
· d) Content
· Answer: b) Curriculum
· According to Mead, which of the following is NOT an element of curriculum?
· a) Objectives
· b) Pedagogy
· c) Evaluation
· d) Administration
· Answer: d) Administration
· Which model is associated with learning objectives in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains?
· a) Taba’s Model
· b) Bloom’s Model
· c) Gagne’s Model
· d) Kerr’s Model
· Answer: b) Bloom’s Model
· Behavioral objectives are:
· a) Non-measurable outcomes
· b) Broad and generalized
· c) Specific, measurable learning outcomes
· d) Optional objectives
· Answer: c) Specific, measurable learning outcomes
· The main focus of content selection in curriculum is:
· a) Learner’s preferences
· b) Judgmental procedures
· c) Experimental inquiry
· d) All of the above
· Answer: d) All of the above
· In the analytical procedure for content selection, the focus is on:
· a) Hypothesis testing
· b) Personal judgment
· c) Performance analysis
· d) Historical data
· Answer: c) Performance analysis
· Which principle does “B.A.S.I.C.” represent in content organization?
· a) Balance, Articulation, Sequence, Integration, Continuity
· b) Balance, Assessment, Structure, Inquiry, Complexity
· c) Building, Articulation, Skills, Interaction, Curriculum
· d) Basic, Analysis, Sequence, Instruction, Content
· Answer: a) Balance, Articulation, Sequence, Integration, Continuity
· Scope in a curriculum refers to:
· a) Depth of content only
· b) Number of subjects covered
· c) Breadth and depth of content
· d) Specific objectives
· Answer: c) Breadth and depth of content
