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UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATAIONS

EDC 242: TRENDS IN EDUCATION AND SCHOOL
MANAGEMENT IN GHANA
QUIZ
MARCH, 2024
Name
Index No.
Name of Department.
Time Allowed: 25 MINS
Answer all questions by circling the correct Answer
Each question is worth one mark
1. The four tools that managers can use to provide stability when directing is
judicious blend of all the following except
A. Persuasive leadership
B. Effective communication
C. Recommendation
D. Efficient motivation
Answer c
2. Implementation of broad policies and objectives of an organization is the

function of
A. Management
B. Administration
c. Organising
D. Planning
Answer B
3. Which management function bridges the gap between where an organization is

and where it wants to be?
A. Budgeting
B. Organising
C. Planning
D. Reporting
Answer C
4. Departmentation and enumeration in organising means

A. team work
B. division of labour
C. group skills
D. synchronization
Answer B
5. To assign role or positions to recruited employees in staffing is referred to as

what?
A. Deployment
B. Retention
C. Recruitment
D. Acquisition
Answer A
6. Which principle of organization indicates that the success or failure of an

organization largely depends on the handling of the people who work in it?
A. Principle of objective
B. Principle of specialization
C. The scalar principle/chain of command
D. Principle of human element
Answer D
7. Which type of organizational structure is common to basic schools in Ghana?

A. Functional
B. Divisional Structure
C. Line Structure
D. Matrix Structure
Answer A
8. A group of individuals located in a specific place or institution whose purpose is

to impart knowledge, skills and attitudes is an
A. Organization
B. Educational Organization
C. Social Organization
D. Purposive Organization
Answer B
9. Organization is all the following except

A. A process which foundation is built
B. A structure of relationship
C. An individual
D. A system used to achieve an intended goal through service to the society
Answer C
10. What type of organization is created unconsciously or automatically?

A. Formal Organisation
B. Structural Organization
C. Horizontal Clique
D. Informal Organization
Answer D
11. Leadership involves all the following except

A. Process
B. Common goals
C. Event
D. Influence
Answer C
12. The ability to influence somebody to do something thathe/she would not have
done is referred to as what?
A. Influence
B. Power
C. Authority
D. Leadership
Answer D
13. Head teachers, headmaster/headmistresses, principals and Vice Chancellors

who are appointed to such positions have what kind of power?
A. Coercive power
B. Reward power,
C. Legitimate power
D. Referent power
Answer C
14. Which of the following leadership theory is criticized as gender biased to

leadership?
A. Distributed leadership theory
B. The trait theory of leadership
C. Behavioral theory of leadership
D. The great man theory of leadership
Answer D
15. By nature, decision-making comprises of all the following EXCEPT

A. A choice between alternatives
B. Selection of actions
C. Has an intended purpose
D. Made by only individuals
Answer D
16. All the following are characteristics of good decisions, EXCEPT

A. They offer realistic expectations
B. They relate directly to the problem
C. Allow for flexibility and modifications
D. They are popular among workers
Answer D
17. Decisions made without implementation are known as

A. Intentions
B. Strategic decisions
C. Operational decisions
D. Emergency decisions
Answer A
18. When an effective leader evaluates inputs from all concerned before making
decision, it means he/she is
A. Confident
B. Open-minded
C. Sincer
D. Respectful
Answer B
19. Position power includes all the following except

A. Legitimate power
B. Reward power
C. Ecological power
D. Expert power
Answer C
20. Which of the following motivational theory acknowledges that if a higher level
need remains unfulfilled the person may regress to a lower level needs that appear
easier to satisfy.
A. Fredrick Herzberg's Hygiene needs
B. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
C. The ERG theory
D. Both Maslow Hierarchy of Needs and the ERG theory
Answer C

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UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATAIONS

2. Implementation of broad policies and objectives of an organization is the

3. Which management function bridges the gap between where an organization is

4. Departmentation and enumeration in organising means

5. To assign role or positions to recruited employees in staffing is referred to as

6. Which principle of organization indicates that the success or failure of an

7. Which type of organizational structure is common to basic schools in Ghana?

8. A group of individuals located in a specific place or institution whose purpose is

9. Organization is all the following except

10. What type of organization is created unconsciously or automatically?

11. Leadership involves all the following except

13. Head teachers, headmaster/headmistresses, principals and Vice Chancellors

14. Which of the following leadership theory is criticized as gender biased to

15. By nature, decision-making comprises of all the following EXCEPT

16. All the following are characteristics of good decisions, EXCEPT

17. Decisions made without implementation are known as

19. Position power includes all the following except

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