NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 3

Assignment 3

Quiz 3

1 point

To what cognitive level does the activity “Derive an expression for energy stored in inductor” belong to?

 Analyse

 Apply

 Understand

 Create

 Remember

 Evaluate

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Remember

1 point

Metacognitive ability affects two of the following

 how well and how long students study

 how well the students perform in the examinations

 how much and how deeply students learn

 how well the students pay attention to the teacher in the classroom

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

how well and how long students study

how much and how deeply students learn

1 point

Alignment in education is defined using taxonomy table as with all three elements of a science course being

 In vertically adjacent cells of RB taxonomy table

 In horizontally adjacent cells of RB taxonomy table

 In the same cell of RB taxonomy table 

 If all assessment items are located in cells belonging cognitive level lower than that of stated outcome

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

In the same cell of RB taxonomy table 

1 point

Two of the following are non-cognitive factors

 Critical Thinking

 Tenacity 

 Problem Solving

 Curiosity

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Tenacity 

Curiosity

1 point

Feelings, values, appreciation, motivation, and attitude pertains to

 Cognitive Domain

 Affective Domain 

 Psychomotor Domain

 All of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Affective Domain 

1 point

What are the relationships among the three domains of learning in higher education programs?

 The three domains are independent.

 Cognitive domain learning is the most dominant with considerable influence from affective domain

 Affective domain is the most important among the three domains

 Cognitive domain is the most important with marginal influence from the psychomotor domain

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Cognitive domain learning is the most dominant with considerable influence from affective domain

1 point

Identify two sub-processes of “Understand” from the following

 Recognize

 Interpret

 Execute

 Infer

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Interpret

Infer

1 point

“Changing from one representation to another” is the following sub-process of “Understand”

 Infer

 Exemplify

 Summarize

 Interpret

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Interpret

1 point

Identify the action verbs that represent the activities of cognitive process “Understand”.

 Recognize

 Distinguish

 Instantiate

 Determine

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Distinguish

Instantiate

1 point

Solving a problem that has features which have not been encountered in that form earlier belongs to the sub-process of Apply known as _____.

 Execute

 Summarize

 Model

 Implement

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Implement

1 point

“Determining a point of view, bias, values, or intent underlying presented material” is a sub-process known as “Attribute” of the cognitive process

 Evaluate

 Create

 Remember

 Understand

 Apply

 Analyze

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Analyze

Action verbs “select, discriminate, distinguish, differentiate, focus on and point out” belong to the _______ cognitive process

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

(Type: String) analyze

(Type: String) analyse

1 point

1 point

Activity of checking if the given requirements are consistent belong to cognitive process

 Remember

 Evaluate

 Understand

 Create

 Apply

 Analyze

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Evaluate

1 point

Critical thinking involves

 Remembering and understanding

 Understanding and applying

 Analyzing and evaluating

 Applying and creating

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Analyzing and evaluating

1 point

To what category of knowledge does the statement “The SMPS output should have an output regulation of 0.5%” belong to?

 Procedural

 Metacognitive

 Criteria and Specifications

 Practical Constraints

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Criteria and Specifications

NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 2

Assignment 2

Quiz 2

1 point

Why is it necessary to identify Program Educational Objectives of a BE program?

 To attract good students

 To ensure good correlation between what students learnt and the activities they are involved after graduation

 To ensure good admissions

 To satisfy the requirements of the National Board of Accreditation

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

To ensure good correlation between what students learnt and the activities they are involved after graduation

1 point

PEO statements should correlate with

 Vision of the Institute

 Program Specific Outcomes

 Mission of the Department

 Program Outcomes

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Mission of the Department

1 point

Why are POs common to all engineering programs?

 It is advantageous to have the same set of POs for all programs.

 All graduate engineers should have knowledge, skills and attitudes represented by the common POs.

 When POs are common to all programs it is more convenient to compute their attainment as needed by NBA.

 It is good for all graduate engineers to have knowledge and skills as given by POs.

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

All graduate engineers should have knowledge, skills and attitudes represented by the common POs.

1 point

Complex engineering problems are characterized by two of the following features

 Have no obvious solutions

 Have complex mathematical models

 Have significant consequences

 Have possibly many component parts or sub-problems

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Have no obvious solutions

Have possibly many component parts or sub-problems

1 point

PO2 is “Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences”.From the following which two of the key components of PO2 are not addressed by the core courses of engineering programs?

 Understanding principles and theories of engineering problems

 Problem identification

 Understanding how to linearize a non-linear problem

 Formulating identified problems

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Problem identification

Formulating identified problems

1 point

PO6 is “Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice”.
PO6 can be effectively addressed through two of the following activities.

 Course on Intellectual Properties and Patents

 Explore the relationships of products and services to people/society in a variety of contexts

 Course on national health policy

 Courses on technology-society interaction

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Explore the relationships of products and services to people/society in a variety of contexts

Courses on technology-society interaction

0 points

PO8 is “Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities, and norms of the engineering practice”.
PO8 can be effectively addressed through two of the following activities:

 Course on Moral Autonomy

 Exercises on identifying the deviations of an engineering solution from the accepted professional practices

 Include Professional Standards in several courses

 Course on Industrial Safety

Partially Correct.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Course on Moral Autonomy

Exercises on identifying the deviations of an engineering solution from the accepted professional practices

Include Professional Standards in several courses

0 points

PO11 is “Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.”
PO11 can be effectively addressed through two of the following activities:

 Well-orchestrated final year project

 Offering courses in multidisciplinary areas

 Interpreting a given balance sheet of an organization

 A course on project management

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Well-orchestrated final year project

Interpreting a given balance sheet of an organization

A course on project management

1 point

Identify two of the following statements which are not PSOs

 Architect, partition, and select appropriate technologies for implementation of a specified communication system.

 Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals to the solution of problems of computer science and engineering

 Understand modern management and construction techniques to complete the projects within the stipulated period and funds

 Survey, map and plan layouts for buildings, structures and alignments for canals and roads

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals to the solution of problems of computer science and engineering

Understand modern management and construction techniques to complete the projects within the stipulated period and funds

1 point

The domains of learning as per revised Bloom taxonomy consist of

 Affective, Metacognitive and Analytic

 Psychomotor, Cognitive and Metacognitive

 Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor

 Metacognitive, Analytic and Psychomotor

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor