NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 6

Assignment 6

Quiz 6

1 point

Two statements that are valid about Assessment are

 Evaluation is the same as assessment

 Assessment is a measure of performance

 Assessment is of no consequence to learning

 Assessment drives learning

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Assessment is a measure of performance

Assessment drives learning

1 point

Internal Test Question Paper is an example of

 Assessment Item

 Evaluation Item

 Assessment Instrument

 Evaluation Instrument

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Assessment Instrument

“Rearrangement” is a ________ type test item 

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

(Type: String) selection

1 point

1 point

These two are examples of selection type test items

 Short answers

 Presentations

 True/False

 Multiple blocks

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

True/False

Multiple blocks

1 point

“Build a prototype” test item is an example of

 Selection type

 Supply type

 Performance type

 Any of these three types 

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Performance type

1 point

The validity of a summative assessment is the degree to which

 Assessment scores are consistent

 Assessment measures what it purports to measure

 Random errors in the evaluation are reduced

 The assessment instrument matches the predefined structure

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Assessment measures what it purports to measure

1 point

A rubric is a scoring tool useful for assessing students when the test item is

 Supply type

 Selection type

 Performance type

 Any of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Performance type

1 point

Managing an item bank means two of these activities

 Keeping item bank compact

 Review all items before they get added to the item bank

 Responding to the queries of students on assessment

 Keeping the item bank dynamic

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Review all items before they get added to the item bank

Keeping the item bank dynamic

1 point

ICT can be effectively used in two of the following activities in designing and conducting a course

 Ensuring that students are present in the class

 Managing item banks

 Ensuring the students pay attention to the teacher

 Computing attainment of outcomes

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Managing item banks

Computing attainment of outcomes

1 point

Weightage given to assessment items on a CO that belong to cognitive levels lower than the cognitive level of that CO should not be preferably

 > 60%

 > 80%

 > 40%

 > 50%

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

> 40%

NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 5

Assignment 5

Quiz 5

1 point

Good courses have two of these more important features

 Students get engaged with the new knowledge

 All lectures are taken as per schedule

 Teachers ensure that most of the students have the required attendance

 Teachers care about the subject and their students

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Students get engaged with the new knowledge

Teachers care about the subject and their students

1 point

Instruction is a set of events embedded in purposeful activities that facilitate learning. These events

 Must be only external to the learner and can’t be internal mental events

 Must be only internal mental events and can’t be external to the learner

 Can be only internal mental events or only external to the learner

 Can be external to the learner as well as internal mental events

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Can be external to the learner as well as internal mental events

1 point

The nature of the learning environment is an aspect of

 Instructional method

 Instructional situation

 Instructional approach

 Instructional strategy

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Instructional situation

1 point

All training programs are conducted using ADDIE ISD

 By all Universities

 By all schools

 By US Defense services

 By all corporate training agencies

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

By US Defense services

1 point

Which of the following is true with reference to the ADDIE model?

 The activities of any phase can be revised only after completing all the five phases

 The activities of any phase can be revised before proceeding to the next phase

 The revision of activities in a given phase will have no impact on the activities of the earlier phase

 The final summative Evaluate phase alone can lead to the revision of activities in any phase

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

The activities of any phase can be revised before proceeding to the next phase

1 point

Course context and overview should most importantly include

 Category of the course, and sample test items

 Sample test items

 Prerequisites, broad aim of the course and the importance of the course to the profession

 How the students should prepare for the final examination

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Prerequisites, broad aim of the course and the importance of the course to the profession

1 point

Locating the COs in the taxonomy table is typically an activity of

 Implement Phase

 Design Phase

 Analysis Phase

 Development Phase

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Analysis Phase

1 point

The number of COs should be

 As small in number as possible

 As large in number as possible

 Decided by the nature and scope of the content

 The number of ‘units’ identified in the syllabus

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Decided by the nature and scope of the content

1 point

Fink’s Model of Components of Teaching includes

 Knowledge of Subject Matter

 Teacher Student Interaction

 Course Design

 Course Management

 All of the these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

All of the these

1 point

Two important problems teachers face frequently with students in course work are

 Lack of respect to teachers and the Department

 Getting the attention of the students in the class/Student Boredom

 Not giving adequate time to studies

 Getting the students to solve assignment problems on their own

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Getting the attention of the students in the class/Student Boredom

Getting the students to solve assignment problems on their own

NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 4

Assignment 4

Quiz 4

1 point

Course outcomes help students by

 Creating a connection between teaching and learning, and between teachers and students

 Taking much of the guessing out of the student's attempt to learn

 Enabling them to truly master the content of the course

 All of these

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

All of these

1 point

A course outcome statement can use two action verbs

 When two simpler COs need to be combined

 When two cognitive processes to be performed on the same knowledge elements are equally important

 When two action verbs are equally applicable

 Never

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

When two cognitive processes to be performed on the same knowledge elements are equally important

1 point

“Calculate major and minor losses associated with fluid flow in piping networks.”
What is the “condition” in this CO?

 Calculate

 Major losses

 None

 Fluid flow in piping

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

None

1 point

“Determine the root of the given equation, accurate to second decimal place, using Newton-Raphson method.”
What is the “criterion” in this CO?

 Determine

 Accurate to second decimal place

 Using Newton-Raphson method

 Root of the given equation

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Accurate to second decimal place

1 point

“To continue the study of advancement in material science and metallurgy” is presented as a CO.
What is inappropriate with this CO?

 Teacher centric

 Represents internal change

 Incorrect action verb

 Does not represent the ability to demonstrate at the end of the course

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Does not represent the ability to demonstrate at the end of the course

1 point

“Get complete knowledge regarding adaptive systems” is presented as a CO.
What is inappropriate with this CO?

 Internal change

 Teacher centric

 No action verb

 Too specific

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Internal change

1 point

What are the tags that need to be associated with a Course Outcome?

 POs, PSOs, Knowledge Categories, Number of Class Hours and Number of Lab/Field Hours

 PSOs, Cognitive Level, Knowledge Categories, Number of Class Hours and Number of Lab/Field Hours

 POs, PSOs, Cognitive Level, Knowledge Categories, Number of Class Hours and/or Number of Lab/Field Hours

 POs, Cognitive Level, and Number of Class Hours

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

POs, PSOs, Cognitive Level, Knowledge Categories, Number of Class Hours and/or Number of Lab/Field Hours

1 point

Why should a CO be tagged with PO/POs?

 Because POs are required to be attained as per NBA

 Because POs are dominantly attained through courses

 Because POs are specified by NBA

 Because POs have cognitive and affective dimensions

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Because POs are dominantly attained through courses

1 point

Attainment of course outcomes is measured normally through these two mechanisms

 Formative assessment

 Continuous Internal Evaluation

 Semester End Examination

 Oral examination

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Continuous Internal Evaluation

Semester End Examination

1 point

Attainment of PO is computed as

 (Strength to which the PO is addressed) x (Average attainment in all the associated COs)

 (Strength to which the PO is addressed) x (Average attainment in all the COs)

 (Strength to which the PO is addressed/3) x (Average attainment in all the associated COs)

 Average attainment in all the COs associated with that PO

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

(Strength to which the PO is addressed/3) x (Average attainment in all the associated COs)