Quiz on Quality Assurance - Mico's Report

1. 1. What is Accreditation as a process?

• It provides public notification that an institution or program meets commonly accepted standards of quality or excellence set forth by the accrediting organization granting the accreditation.

• It is a means of self-regulation which focuses on the evaluation and the continuous improvement of educational quality. 

• It is also a quality assurance and collegial process under which an institution’s and/or program’s quality, services, and operations are examined through self-evaluation and external review by one’s peers.

• The institution will know its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities through an informed review process.

It is a system of principles and practices arranged logically to achieve pre-determined quality goals.

Quality is the ongoing process of building and sustaining relationships by ___, ___, and ___ stated and implied needs.

• assessing, participating, fulfilling

• developing, evaluating, participating

• assuring, anticipating, fulfilling

• assessing, anticipating, fulfilling

The following are the benefits of accreditation and quality assurance, EXCEPT:

• It provides society with reliable information on the quality education offered.

• It is based on accepted standards.

• It leads the institution in identifying its internal areas of planning and in allocating its resources.

• It encourages intra and inter-institutional interactions.

Established in 1977, the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP), is an umbrella organization of the following three accrediting agencies, EXCEPT:

• Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities

• Philippines Council of Higher Education Accreditation and International Quality Group

• Philippine Association Of Colleges And Universities Commission On Accreditation

• Association of Christian Schools Colleges and Universities Accrediting Agency Inc.

The following are the basic principles of voluntary accreditation, EXCEPT:

• Accreditation provides opportunities for institutional growth through self-study and evaluation and self-regulation.

• Accreditation is primarily concerned with the students’ learning, welfare, growth and development.

• Accreditation admits periodic review, criticism, and readjustment of its criteria, policies and procedures in response to changes in education.

• Accreditation initiates innovative and modern methods of pedagogy.

Which of the following completes the nine (9) areas of survey in accreditation and quality assurance?

1. Philosophy & Objectives

2. ____

3. ____

4. ____

5. ____

6. Student Services

7. Social Orientation & Community Involvement

8. Physical Plant & Facilities

9. Organization &Administration

• faculty, instruction, laboratories, library

• faculty, instructional materials, students, health services

• students, faculty, student organizations, accreditation level

• tuition fees, faculty, registration, researches