EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An assessment use to determine a person’s ability in a particular field of studies is called
A
evaluation
B
aptitude test
C
measurement
D
diagnostic test
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An aptitude test is used to determine an individual’s abilities, assessing how they are likely to perform in an area in which they have no prior training or knowledge.

Detailed explanation-2: -aptitude test, examination that attempts to determine and measure a person’s ability to acquire, through future training, some specific set of skills (intellectual, motor, and so on).

Detailed explanation-3: -An aptitude test is designed to assess what a person is capable of doing or to predict what a person is able to learn or do given the right education and instruction. It represents a person’s level of competency to perform a certain type of task.

Detailed explanation-4: -An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level.

Detailed explanation-5: -An aptitude test is a type of psychometric test used to assess cognitive skills and other specific abilities and behavioural traits. Job aptitude tests are very common, and almost any employer uses them to screen candidates. The most popular ones are verbal, spatial, cognitive, personality and numerical tests.

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