The GES 2025 Promotion Exam Aptitude Test: Major Areas to Cover and Basic Principles in Answering True/False, Multiple Choice, And Fill-In-The-Blank Questions.
The GES 2025 Promotion Exam Aptitude Test: Major Areas to Cover and Basic Principles in Answering True/False, Multiple Choice, And Fill-In-The-Blank Questions.
Major Areas to Cover for The GES 2025 Aptitude Test.
The main strategy for an aptitude test is to think carefully about what the question is asking for and use logic, problem-solving, and critical thinking to answer it.
You must assume each statement to be true and reason through the problem step by step.
Do not infer anything that is not supported factually.
Sometimes the answer might be obvious because it is logical that you naturally go through all options.
FORMS OF APTITUDE TEST
- Multiple Choice Questions
- True/False Questions
- Fill-in-the-Blank Space Questions
- Matching Type Questions
- Essay-type questions
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
- Knowledge about MoE and GES
- Ghana Educational Laws
- Policies, Programs, Systems
- Global Educational Policies and Programs
- Educational Research
- Supervision, Monitoring, and Leadership
- Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation
- Educational Management and Administration
- Curriculum Development
- Sustainable Development Goals
- 2030 Educational Agenda
- Current Affairs
- Educational Learning Theories
- Behavioural Approach
- Cognitive Approach
- Constructivism Approach
- Humanism Approach
- Connectivism Approach
- Educational Psychology
Assistant Director I
- Knowledge about MoE and GES
- Educational Theories
- Classroom and School Management
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Educational Management and Administration
- Supervision, Monitoring, and Leadership
- Current Affairs
- Educational program and philosophy
Assistant Director II
- Knowledge about MoE and GES
- Classroom and School Management
- Curriculum Development
- Educational Psychology
- Teacher professional standards
- Current Affairs
- Educational Laws, Policies, Programs, and Systems
- Assessment, measurement, and Evaluation.
PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDENT
- Knowledge about MoE and GES
- Educational Theories
- Classroom Management
- Curriculum Development
- Assessment, measurement, monitoring, and evaluation.
Techniques in Answering True or False Questions.
#01
- A sentence may appear to be true at first glance because it contains facts and statements that are true; however, if just one part of the sentence is FALSE, then the entire sentence is FALSE.
- Read each word set and phrase individually and carefully.
- If one word set or phrase in the statement is FALSE, “even if the rest are true,” then the entire statement is FALSE and the answer is FALSE.
- A sentence may be mostly true because it contains correct information, but it is ultimately FALSE if it contains any incorrect information.
#02
- Pay attention to absolute qualifiers/extreme modifiers.
- They imply that there are no exceptions to the facts stated in the question.
- Extreme modifiers make it more likely that the question is FALSE.
- These words tend to make a statement false (but not always).
These words include:
- All, None, Best, Absolutely, Always, Never, Worst,
- Absolutely Not, Only, Nobody, Everybody, Certainly,
- Invariably, No One, Everyone, Certainly Not, Necessarily, Must,
- Least, Not at All
#03
- Pay attention to “Relative Qualifiers”.
- These qualities allow for exceptions and possibilities that can make a question TRUE (but not always).
- They also increase the likelihood that the statement is TRUE.
These are:
- Usually, Frequently, Often, Sometimes, Some, Seldom,
- Many, Much, Probably, A Majority, Apt To, Most, Might,
- A few, May, Unlikely, Generally, Ordinarily, Normally, Perhaps
#04
- Don’t let “negatives” confuse you.
- Negatives, such as “no, not, cannot”, can be confusing within the context of a true/false sentence or statement.
- If a true/false sentence contains a negative word and then read what remains.
- Without the negative, determine whether the sentence is true or false. If the sentence (without the negative) is true, then the correct answer would be “false”.
- Re-phrase the sentence to help you clarify what is being asked or stated if the negative words confuse you.
#05
- Statements with two negative words are positive.
- Negative words include not and cannot, along with words beginning with the prefixes dis, il-, im, in, ir-, non, and un-.
- For Example:
- “It is unlikely that Ama will win the race” is the same as “It is likely that Ama will win the race.”
- “Not uncommon” actually means common.
#06
- Pay attention to “interrogative words”
- Interrogative words such as: Which, Where, When tend to make the statement TRUE (but not always).
- When you do not know the answer- Mark it true!
- There are generally more true questions on true-false exams than false questions.
- Examiners find it difficult to make a false statement look true.
- Specific detail in the statement may also tend to make it true.
#07
- Thoroughly examine long sentences and statements.
- Long sentences often contain groups of words and phrases separated or organized by punctuation.
#08
- Make an educated guess
- If it will not negatively impact your score, and you’re unsure of the answer, make an educated guess.
- You have a 1 in 2 chance of being right. However, truth be told, often true/false tests contain more true answers than false answers.
- So, if you’re completely unsure, guess “true”.
Basic Techniques for Answering Multiple Choice Questions.
Multiple-choice tests typically test.
- What you know (knowledge)
- Whether or not you understand (comprehension), and
- Your ability to apply what you have learned (application).
It is important to read multiple-choice questions very carefully.
Often, answer choices are designed to be similar so the examiner can determine that you really have learned the material to the level he/she expects.
The tests are made up of three key components.
- The stem, which states the question that is to be answered.
- The correct answer, which is the best of the possible answers to the question.
- The distractions: It contains the remaining three options, which are the incorrect ones.
There is only one best possible answer.
After you read the question or stem, try to answer it in your own words without looking at the answer choices.
Then, select the choice that best matches your answer
If you do not know what the answer is, you can think critically and at least determine what the answer is not.
These principles can help you narrow the range of possible answers, thus increasing your chance for a correct response.
#01
- Deduce the answer by logical analysis.
- Eliminate an option that is logically inconsistent with a stem.
#02
- Select an option that agrees grammatically with a question.
- Pay attention if a stem ends with a, or an, plural, or singular.
#03
- Look for grammatically correct answers.
#04
- Look for root words in the answers that are similar to words in the stem.
- A stem and a question can include a repetitive statement, word, or synonym that can help you select the best answer.
#05
- Longer answers are better.
- Correct answers tend to be longer answers because right answers often require qualifiers.
- The length of choices can be a clue. Choose the longest.
#06
- Look for clue Words and Numbers
- If two answers are opposites, one of them is probably correct.
- If two choices are opposites, choose one of them.
- If two choices are similar, choose neither.
#07
- Absolute qualifiers
- Answers with the following words are usually incorrect: always, never, all, none.
#08
- Relative Qualifiers
- Answers with the following words are usually correct: seldom, generally, most, tend to, probably, usually.
#09
- Be wary of Multiple Answers.
- Carefully evaluate “all of the above” and “none of the above” choices before selecting them. For the former, all of the responses should be correct.
- But if you are absolutely sure that at least two of the choices are, then you are probably safe in choosing “all of the above.” Select the latter if you are sure that at least two of the choices are incorrect.
Principles for answering fill-in-the-blank questions
- If you don’t know the complete answer but remember something, write it down. You may get a partial mark if you are partly correct. Leaving a blank will get you nothing.
- Give general answers if you do not know specifics.
- Use proper grammar in completing the sentence.
- Pay attention to plural responses (for instance, causes, changes, examples, types of, etc.)
- Consider the number and length of the lines or blank spaces to be filled in as possible clues to the length of your answer.
- If the instructor leaves half a page for your answer, be sure you fill it and not with extra-large writing.
- Pay close attention to the word immediately preceding the blank; if the word is “an,” give a response that begins with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u).
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