Accreditation and Outcome-based Learning Assignment-1

What is the key challenge in the 21st century education system?

• How to ensure life-long learning

• How to improve the student marks/grades

• How to improve the teaching quality

• How to admit the students for the program

At the end of a B.Tech degree program, which set of skills best measures the quality of the program?

• Analyzing ability, testing ability and modern tools usage ability

• Designing ability, analyzing ability and testing ability

• Solution ability, designing ability, analyzing ability, testing ability and modern tools usage ability

• Solution ability and analyzing ability

Active feedback from the industry is most necessary in which outcome?

• Program Educational Outcome

• Program Outcome

• Program Specific Outcome

• Course Outcome

Accreditation parameters (NBA or Washington Accord) can be achieved for a program through

• A set of courses

• A set of courses related to domain-dependent attributes

• A set of courses related to domain-independent attributes

• A set of courses related to domain-dependent and domain-independent attributes

Which statement about Mission and Vision is correct?

• Should be same for all the colleges and institutes

• Should be same for all the IITs but not same for other colleges and institutes

• Should be specific for each and every college and institute

• Should be same for colleges or institutes of same area, but not for colleges and institutes of other areas

For a B.Tech course, who should define the target?

• Teachers only

• Teachers and consultation with the experts from the industry persons

• Industry persons only

• Teachers and students only

Learning outcomes describe

• in observable and measurable terms what a learner is able to do after completing the course or program.

• in observable and measurable terms what an instructor or program aims to do after completing the course or program.

• in observable and measurable terms what both the instructor and learner are able to do after completing the course or program.

• in observable and measurable terms what a learner and his/her parents are able to do after completing the course or program.

How many domain-independent POs are there in NBA?

• 5

• 12

• 7

• 10

Program Specific Outcomes (PSO)

• are the domain-dependent outcomes for a particular program.

• are the domain-independent outcomes for a particular program.

• are both the domain-dependent and domain-independent outcomes for a particular program.

• do not come under domain-dependent or domain-independent outcomes.

If an outcome/instructional objective of a course can be achieved by one hour of instruction, the outcome/objective is appropriate for

• Unit/lecture outcome/objective

• Module outcome/objective

• Course outcome/objective

• Program outcome/objective