NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 12

Assessment 12

Quiz 12

1 point

“Additional Facilities created for improving the quality of learning experience in Laboratories” is relevant for

 Both Tier I and Tier II institutes

 Tier I institutes but not for Tier II institutes.

 Tier II institutes but not for Tier I institutes.

 Neither Tier I institutes nor for Tier II institutes.

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Tier II institutes but not for Tier I institutes.

1 point

Action Plans based on the results of evaluation need to be specified

 For all the POs and PSOs 

 Only for the POs and PSOs whose attainments are less than their corresponding targets

 For all the POs and for only those PSOs whose attainments are less than their corresponding targets

 Only for the POs whose attainments are less than their corresponding targets and for all the PSOs

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

For all the POs and PSOs 

1 point

The process for the validation of assessment instruments is never included in the Academic Audit.
The above statement is

 True

 False

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

False

1 point

The main objective of the Academic Audit is

 To help the department in improving the quality of its programs 

 To list the faults of the department

 To ensure compliance with the requirements of the NBA

 To help the Management to determine rewards / punishments for the department

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

To help the department in improving the quality of its programs 

1 point

Under sub-criterion 8.1, the marks awarded for each year of assessment is calculated as (5 × 20)/ FYSFR, subject to certain constraints. (FYFSR is the First-Year-Student-Faculty-Ratio.) FYSFR for 3 years are respectively 15, 20, and 30. The marks awarded correspondingly would be

 6.67, 5, 3.33

 5, 5, 3.33

 6.67, 5, 0

 5, 5, 0 

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

5, 5, 0 

1 point

The scope of the mentoring system

 Must be specific to the course work / Laboratory work

 Must be specific to professional guidance

 Must be specific to personal problems

 Can include all of the above and also other issues depending on how the institute develops the mentoring system

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Can include all of the above and also other issues depending on how the institute develops the mentoring system

1 point

Evaluation of faculty by students

 Is required only for the faculty on probation

 Is required only for the faculty with experience of less than five years

 Is required for all faculty members

 Is required only for the faculty with low scores in the earlier formal or informal surveys

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Is required for all faculty members

1 point

Demonstration of the utilization of delegated financial powers

 Can be explained informally. No documentary evidence is required

 Must be based on relevant documentary evidence of actual utilization

 Can be based on the presentation of a circular from the Principal delegating such powers

 Any of the above three alternatives is acceptable

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Must be based on relevant documentary evidence of actual utilization

1 point

Budget information must be made available for

 Current year only

 Two years

 Three years 

 Four Years

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Three years 

1 point

Delegation of financial powers

 Need not be implemented

 May be implemented informally

 Must be implemented formally, but documentary evidence of effective utilization of the powers need not be presented

 Must be implemented formally, and also documentary evidence of effective utilization of the powers must be presented

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Must be implemented formally, and also documentary evidence of effective utilization of the powers must be presented

NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 11

Assignment 11

Quiz 11

1 point

Participants in the process used to identify extent of compliance of the curriculum for attaining POs & PSOs are

 Principal and Head of Department only

 Head of Department and Faculty only

 Head of Department only

 All internal and external stake holders 

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

All internal and external stake holders 

1 point

Program Articulation Matrix depicts the correlation between the courses and

 Program Outcomes only

 Program Specific Outcomes only

 Both Program Outcomes and Program Specific Outcomes

 With COs if it is a Tier II institute

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Both Program Outcomes and Program Specific Outcomes

1 point

Methodologies must be available

 To support weak students

 Encourage bright students

 Both To support weak students and Encourage bright students

 Are not required as per NBA, though these are desirable

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Both To support weak students and Encourage bright students

1 point

COs of any course, taken together

 Must necessarily address all the POs and all the PSOs

 May or may not address all the POs and all the PSOs

 Must necessarily address all the POs but may not necessarily address all the PSOs

 May not necessarily address all the POs but must necessarily address all the PSOs

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

May or may not address all the POs and all the PSOs

1 point

With reference to writing the COs, which of the following holds

 NBA requires the use of Original Bloom’s taxonomy

 NBA requires the use of Revised Bloom’s taxonomy

 NBA does not specify any taxonomy for writing COs, but Bloom’s Taxonomy (Original / Revised) is most commonly used in India

 NBA states explicitly that some Taxonomy must be followed

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

NBA does not specify any taxonomy for writing COs, but Bloom’s Taxonomy (Original / Revised) is most commonly used in India

1 point

When the actual attainment of a CO is equal to the set target level,

 The target must necessarily be raised for the next offering of the course

 The target must necessarily be the same for the next offering of the course

 The target may be raised or retained at same levels with an explanation of the rationale for retaining the same level

 The target may be raised, retained at same level, or even lowered

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

The target may be raised or retained at same levels with an explanation of the rationale for retaining the same level

1 point

One of the criteria for awarding NBA accreditation for 6 years is that the Student-Faculty Ratio is at least

 15 : 1 

 20 : 1

 25 : 1

 Student-Faculty Ratio is irrelevant for the award of accreditation for 6 years

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

15 : 1 

1 point

The number of available Professors is zero, and also the number of available Associate Professors is zero for a particular program. The marks awarded under Faculty Cadre Proportion for this program would be

 Zero if the program belongs to a Tier I institute but may be non-zero if the program belongs to a Tier II institute

 Zero if the program belongs to a Tier II institute but may be non-zero if the program belongs to a Tier I institute

 Zero whether the program belongs to a Tier I institute or a Tier II institute

 It depends on the number of available Assistant Professors, and this holds for both Tier I and Tier II institutes

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Zero whether the program belongs to a Tier I institute or a Tier II institute

1 point

In the sub-criterion on Faculty Retention, the term “Faculty Retention” means that the required Student-Faculty Ratio is retained during the period of assessment keeping CAYm2 as base year.
The above Statement is

 True

 False

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

False

1 point

For the sub-criterion on “Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning”, one of the evaluation guidelines is that the work

 Must have been presented in a conference

 Must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal

 Must be available for peer review and critique 

 Must have won an award

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Must be available for peer review and critique 

NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 10

Assignment 10

Quiz 10

1 point

Simulation tools can be used with

 Static systems but not with dynamic systems

 Dynamic systems but not with static systems

 Both static and dynamic systems 

 Neither Static systems nor Dynamic Systems

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Both static and dynamic systems 

1 point

One of the key aspects of metacognition is that it is

 knowledge about the structure of brain

 thinking about one’s own thinking

 knowledge of original Bloom’s Taxonomy

 a listing of the knowledge categories of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

thinking about one’s own thinking

1 point

Knowledge of one’s own strengths and weaknesses as a learner is part of metacognitive control.
The above statement is

 True

 False

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

False

1 point

Challenges faced by most of the self-financing and non-autonomous institutions include

 Maintaining financial viability

 Attracting students of high quality

 Maintaining faculty of high quality

 All of these 

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

All of these 

1 point

In general, emotions have no influence on learning.
The above statement is

 True

 False

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

False

1 point

Criterion 1 on “Vision, Mission, and PEOs” includes the evaluation of the quality of

 Vision and Mission of the department as well as the vision and mission of the institute

 Vision and Mission of the department but not of the vision and mission of the institute

 Vision and Mission of the institute but not that of the vision and mission of the department

 Vision and Mission of the department but not that of the vision and mission of the institute for Tier II institutes; Vision and Mission of the department as well as the vision and mission of the institute for Tier I institutes

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Vision and Mission of the department but not of the vision and mission of the institute

1 point

Mission of the department

 Describes the approaches to achieve the aspirations of the department

 Describes where the department sees itself in the near future

 Describes what its alumni will be doing 4 to 5 years after graduation

 Describes the professional aims of its faculty

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Describes the approaches to achieve the aspirations of the department

1 point

“Process” in the context of SAR implies that the department must have

 A process document and records of process dissemination and implementation

 A single Process document

 Evidence of process implementation only

 Evidence of process formulation only

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

A process document and records of process dissemination and implementation

1 point

PEOs must be correlated to the

 Elements of the mission statements 

 Mission and vision statements of the department

 Mission and vision statements of the department and institute

 Vision of the institute

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Elements of the mission statements 

1 point

With reference to any one distinct element of a mission statement and one specific PEO, which of the following is true?

 Correlation at level 3 always exists between them

 Correlation at the level of at least 2 always exists between them

 Correlation at the level of at least 1 always exists between them

 Correlation may exist at any level or there may be no correlation at all between them

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Correlation may exist at any level or there may be no correlation at all between them