CUS3701 EXAM PACK 2025
1. Curriculum development model that begins with specifying objectives, selecting learning
experiences, organizing experiences, and evaluating — is associated with:
A) Taba
B) Tyler
C) Stenhouse
D) Walker
Answer: B. Tyler. (Tyler’s objective-based 4-step model.)
2. Which model emphasises teachers as curriculum developers and action researchers?
A) Tyler
B) Taba
C) Stenhouse
D) Walker
Answer: C. Stenhouse. (Stenhouse promotes teacher research and curriculum as
hypothesis.)
3. An outcome-based education approach primarily focuses on:
A) Teacher-centred instruction
B) Processes rather than end results
C) Specific competencies learners can demonstrate
D) Curriculum content volume
Answer: C. Specific competencies learners can demonstrate.
4. Which is NOT a characteristic of a learner-centred curriculum?
A) Active learning
B) Fixed, prescriptive content
C) Emphasis on learner needs
D) Flexible pacing
Answer: B. Fixed, prescriptive content.
5. A hidden curriculum refers to:
A) Confidential policy documents
B) Explicit syllabus items
C) Unintended lessons conveyed through school culture
D) Extra-curricular activities only
Answer: C. Unintended lessons conveyed through school culture.
6. Constructive alignment (Biggs) aims to align:
A) Classroom rules and discipline
B) Learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment
C) Curriculum policy and funding
D) Textbooks with exams
, Answer: B. Learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment.
7. Which assessment type is primarily formative?
A) End-of-year exam
B) Diagnostic pre-test
C) Continuous feedback during instruction
D) Standardised summative test
Answer: C. Continuous feedback during instruction.
8. Curriculum evaluation that focuses on whether goals were achieved is called:
A) Process evaluation
B) Formative evaluation
C) Summative evaluation
D) Meta-evaluation
Answer: C. Summative evaluation.
9. Which is a central claim of critical pedagogy (Freire)?
A) Education is politically neutral
B) Banking model of education empowers learners
C) Education should promote critical consciousness and emancipation
D) Curriculum should be solely knowledge transmission
Answer: C. Education should promote critical consciousness and emancipation.
10.Taba’s model is best described as:
A) Top-down
B) Bottom-up
C) Globalised
D) Unstructured
Answer: B. Bottom-up. (Taba advocated teacher involvement from grassroots.)
11.Which approach emphasises cross-curricular themes and problem-solving?
A) Subject-centred approach
B) Learner-centred approach
C) Integrated or thematic approach
D) Rote memorisation approach
Answer: C. Integrated or thematic approach.
12.Bloom’s taxonomy domain that includes ‘creating’ is in which level?
A) Remembering
B) Understanding
C) Applying
D) Higher-order skills
Answer: D. Higher-order skills. (Creating is highest level in revised Bloom’s.)
1. Curriculum development model that begins with specifying objectives, selecting learning
experiences, organizing experiences, and evaluating — is associated with:
A) Taba
B) Tyler
C) Stenhouse
D) Walker
Answer: B. Tyler. (Tyler’s objective-based 4-step model.)
2. Which model emphasises teachers as curriculum developers and action researchers?
A) Tyler
B) Taba
C) Stenhouse
D) Walker
Answer: C. Stenhouse. (Stenhouse promotes teacher research and curriculum as
hypothesis.)
3. An outcome-based education approach primarily focuses on:
A) Teacher-centred instruction
B) Processes rather than end results
C) Specific competencies learners can demonstrate
D) Curriculum content volume
Answer: C. Specific competencies learners can demonstrate.
4. Which is NOT a characteristic of a learner-centred curriculum?
A) Active learning
B) Fixed, prescriptive content
C) Emphasis on learner needs
D) Flexible pacing
Answer: B. Fixed, prescriptive content.
5. A hidden curriculum refers to:
A) Confidential policy documents
B) Explicit syllabus items
C) Unintended lessons conveyed through school culture
D) Extra-curricular activities only
Answer: C. Unintended lessons conveyed through school culture.
6. Constructive alignment (Biggs) aims to align:
A) Classroom rules and discipline
B) Learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment
C) Curriculum policy and funding
D) Textbooks with exams
, Answer: B. Learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment.
7. Which assessment type is primarily formative?
A) End-of-year exam
B) Diagnostic pre-test
C) Continuous feedback during instruction
D) Standardised summative test
Answer: C. Continuous feedback during instruction.
8. Curriculum evaluation that focuses on whether goals were achieved is called:
A) Process evaluation
B) Formative evaluation
C) Summative evaluation
D) Meta-evaluation
Answer: C. Summative evaluation.
9. Which is a central claim of critical pedagogy (Freire)?
A) Education is politically neutral
B) Banking model of education empowers learners
C) Education should promote critical consciousness and emancipation
D) Curriculum should be solely knowledge transmission
Answer: C. Education should promote critical consciousness and emancipation.
10.Taba’s model is best described as:
A) Top-down
B) Bottom-up
C) Globalised
D) Unstructured
Answer: B. Bottom-up. (Taba advocated teacher involvement from grassroots.)
11.Which approach emphasises cross-curricular themes and problem-solving?
A) Subject-centred approach
B) Learner-centred approach
C) Integrated or thematic approach
D) Rote memorisation approach
Answer: C. Integrated or thematic approach.
12.Bloom’s taxonomy domain that includes ‘creating’ is in which level?
A) Remembering
B) Understanding
C) Applying
D) Higher-order skills
Answer: D. Higher-order skills. (Creating is highest level in revised Bloom’s.)
