2023 NTC Exams: Likely Professional General Knowledge Questions And Answers

The 2023 Teacher Licensure Examination(NTC Exams) will begin on 13th September, 2023. Here are some likely Professional General Knowledge questions and answers for all candidates.

NUMERACY

1. A tank contains 400 litres of water. If 5/8 of the water in the tank is used, what quantity of the water (in litres) is used?

A. 80

B. 120

C. 150

D. 250

2. A basket contains 30 oranges. If each orange costs GH¢0.50, what is the total cost of the oranges?

A. GH¢15.00

B. GH¢30.50

C. GH¢45.50

D. GH¢55.00

3. Esi needs GH¢ 37.00 to buy a textbook. If she has a savings of GH¢17.50, how much more does she need to add to her current savings in order to buy the textbook?

A. GH¢ 17.50

B. GH¢ 19.50

C. GH¢ 37.00

D. GH¢ 54.00

4. Ten students participated in a mathematics class test scored out of 50 and their scores are presented in the bar chart below.

From the graph, how many students obtained a 100 percent score on the test?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

5. Mr Nimako pays a rent of GH¢240 each month. If the rent is 10% of his monthly net salary, what is his monthly net salary?

A. GH¢2880

B. GH¢2400

C. GH¢2000

D. GH¢1200

6. Abu has 13 chocolate pebbles. He gave out three of the pebbles to Kafui and two to Araba. Which of the following expressions represents the number of pebbles Abu has left?

A. 13-(2+3)

B. 13-(2-3)

C. 13-2+3

D. 13-(3-2)

7. . Mensah bought 7 sachets of coffee at GH¢ 1.50 each and paid with a twenty Ghana cedi note. How much change should Mensah receive?

A. GH¢ 12.50

B. GH¢ 11.50

C. GH¢ 10.50

D. GH¢ 9.50

8. A teacher left Accra at 8:30 a.m. and drove for 3 hours and 10 minutes to Konongo. After a 45-minute rest at Konongo, the teacher continued his journey to Kumasi, which took an hour and 15 minutes. At what time did the teacher arrive at Kumasi?

A. 12 : 40 pm

B. 1 : 15 pm

C. 1 : 30 pm

D. 1 : 40 pm

9. A jacket costs 4 times as much as a shirt. If the jacket costs GH¢276.00, how much will Mr. Appah spend on one jacket and three shirts?

A. GH¢483.00

B. GH¢414.00

C. GH¢345.00

D. GH¢340.00

10. A half of the final year SHS students applied for university programmes while one-third of them applied for college of education programmes. The rest of the students applied for neither university programmes nor college of education programmes. What fraction of the students did not apply for either university or college of education programmes?

A. 1/6,….

B. 1/5

C. 3/5

D. 2/3

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ESSENTIAL PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

11. The process of acquiring and developing one’s knowledge, skills, and emotional intelligence throughout one’s career life as a teacher is one of the critical requirements of the contemporary teaching profession. Which one of the following concepts relates to this process?

A. Continuous In-service Training

B. Continuing Professional Development

C. Continuing Professional Training

D. Continuous Teacher Education

12. Five tutors in the Department of Education in one of the public colleges of education in Ghana met to design a Quality Improvement Programme for the department. The most appropriate initial step they might have taken is to ….

A. clearly define the programme’s purpose

B. design a programme appraisal form.

C. develop a performance measurement criteria.

D. identify barriers to implement the programme.

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13. A head teacher has observed that a newly posted teacher is having difficulties managing her classroom activities. Which of the following activities is the best for the head teacher to recommend as a way of helping the teacher to improve?

A. Access books on classroom management from the library and read them.

B. Attend an international conference on classroom management practices.

C. Enroll on an advanced teacher education programme in a recognized institution.

D. Reflect on experiences at work and consider feedback from peers and students

14. All the following are behaviours teachers are expected to exhibit as good role models for learners …………

A. being committed to learners’ growth and development.

B. developing rapport with learners.

C. showing concern about peer interaction

D. showing interest in learner’s achievement progress.

15. Mr. Bruce has been charged with the responsibility of licensing and renewing the licenses of teachers in Ghana. He provides a lot of advice to the Minister of Education on the formulation and implementation of educational policies regarding teachers. Which one of the following agencies under the Ministry of Education will you recommend Mr. Bruce to be made the Registrar of?

A. National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

B. National Council for Tertiary Education

C. National School Inspectorate Authority

D. National Teaching Council

16. What is the relevance of application of the reinforcement theory when teaching young learners?

A. Insist on good morals during social interactions with the learners.

B. Make use of concrete teaching and learning materials during teaching.

C. Put up good behavior, because learners imitate teachers

D. Reward every good behaviour or work produced by the learner

17. To continue providing guidance services to one of his former students, a basic school teacher visited his student at the nearby senior high school. What type of guidance service is most likely to be offered by the teacher?

A. Appraisal

B. Consultation

C. Counselling

D. Follow up

18. Which of the following behaviours should a teacher avoid when seeking to manage classroom activities effectively?

A. Communicating expectations inexplicitly.

B. Establishing classroom rules together with learners.

C. Punishing undesirable behaviours.

D. Encouraging learners who put up good behaviours.

19. To train his cat to be descent, Owusu began by rewarding it simply for defecating outside the house. Later, he only rewarded the cat if it defecated and covered it with soil. Later still, the cat only got a reward if it defecated outside the house and covered it up with soil. Which of the following strategies informed his action?

A. Classical conditioning

B. Fixed interval schedule

C. Modelling

D. Shaping

20. In an observation lesson, a newly trained teacher who had been assigned to a class teacher wrote a set of questions on the board based on the topic and asked the students to answer them. The class teacher queried the newly trained teacher for doing the wrong thing. Which knowledge of assessment does the class teacher lack?

A. Assessment as learning.

B. Assessment for learning

C. Assessment of learning.

D. Summative assessment.

LITERACY QUESTIONS

21. The students hurriedly called …………. the protest march.

A. out

B. in

C. off

D. against

22. The number of people present…… the room seem small and crowded.

A. make

B. makes

C. are making

D. have made

23. Health experts maintain that the new disease is highly contagious.

A. infectious

B. deadly

C. infesting

D. preventable

24. The man said that he was going out. He said…

A. “I am going out.”

B. “I was going out.”

C. “I will go out.”

D. “I will be going out.”

25. Mansa taught this class. This class ……………… by Mansa.

A. is taught.

B. has been taught.

C. is being taught.

D. was taught

26. The student kept his books in a ………… box.

A. round little red

B. little round red

C. little red round

C. red little round

 

ANSWERS

1. D

2. A

3. B

4. D

5. B

6. A

7. D

8. D

9. A

10. A

11. B

12. A

13. D

14. C

15. D

16. D

17. D

18. A

19. D

20. B

21. C

22. B

23. A

24. A

25. D

26. B