The Ghana Immigration Service is said to conduct an aptitude test for all those who are able to pass through the screening process successfully as part of the ways to find the most suitable people to join the service.
Gossips24.com has compiled some past questions that are mostly been asked when one sits to write some of the aptitude tests here in Ghana.
Areas To Study For The Aptitude Test
- General Knowlege
- Numeracy and Logical Reasoning
- Literacy
General Knowledge Questions
Question 1: When did the Ghana Immigration Service get its start?
- Answer: The Ghana Immigration Service was founded in 1989 under PNDC Law 226 with approximately 650 active duty personnel.
Question 2: Who was the Ghana Immigration Service’s first commander?
- Answer: Under the command of Nevile C. Hill, the Ghana Immigration Service began as the Immigration and Passport Unit of the Gold Coast Colonial Police Force.
Question 3: What is the Ghana Immigration Service’s structure?
- Answer: Ghana Immigration Service general recruits and Ghana Immigration Service officers make up the Ghana Immigration Service.
Question 4: What is the command structure of the Ghana Immigration Service?
- Answer: The Ghana Immigration Service command structure extends from the government’s minister of interior to field commanders. Ghana Immigration Service units are stationed in Ghana’s capital regions as well as along the country’s borders.
Question 5: What is the Ghana Immigration Service’s rank structure?
- Answer: The Ghana Immigration Service has a well-organized command structure that starts with the most senior officer and works its way down to the most junior officer.
- The highest rank is Comptroller General of Immigration Services; below is a detailed structure of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) from the most senior officer down to the most junior officer:
- Controller-General of Immigration
- Deputy Comptroller-General of Immigration
- Commissioner of Immigration
- Deputy Commissioner of Immigration
- Assistant Commissioner of Immigration
- Chief Superintendent of Immigration
- Superintendent of Immigration
- Deputy Superintendent of Immigration
- Assistant Superintendent of Immigration
- Inspector
- Assistant Inspector
- Immigration Control Officer
- Assistant Immigration Control Officer I
- Assistant Immigration Control Officer II
Question 6: Which of the following equipment is used by Ghana Immigration?
- Answer: FV-601 Saladin and EE-9 Cascavel reconnaissance vehicles; MOWAG Piranha armoured personnel carriers; 81mm and 120mm mortars; 84mm recoilless launchers; and 14.5mm ZPU-4 and 23mm ZU-23-2 air defence guns were among the items listed in the Ghana Immigration Service inventory.
Question 7: What are the Ghana Immigration Service’s objectives?
- Answer: The Ghana Immigration Service’s objectives are as follow:Manage migration in the national interestCombat unauthorized migrationIncrease national security.
Question 8: What is Ghana Immigration Service’s “Motto”?
- Answer: The Motto of the Ghana Immigration Service is “Friendship and Vigilance”
Numeracy And Logical Reasoning Questions
Question 1: The perimeter of a rectangle is 26 cm. If its length is 10 cm, find its area
A. 36cm2
B. 16cm2
C. 30cm2
D. 160cm2
Question 2: Last month, Yaw’s checking account had a balance of Gh¢ 347.20. Since then, Yaws deposited his paycheck of Gh¢ 563.89 and withdrew Ghc478.53. What is Kofi’s checking account balance now?
A. Gh¢ 432.56
B. Gh¢ 432.65
C. Gh¢ 456.23
D. Gh¢ 456.32
Question 3: A lady goes to the store on a day when the store has a 20% off sale on all skirts. If Yaa buys 2 skirts, 1 dress, and 4 pairs of pantyhose, how much money does lady have to pay?
A. Gh¢ 55.20
B. Gh¢ 56.60
C. Gh¢ 63.00
D. Gh¢ 69.00
Question 4: A woman’s store sells the following categories of clothing for the following prices:
A. Blouse: Gh¢ 14 each
B. Skirt: Gh¢ 16 each
C. Dress: Gh¢ 25 each
D. Pantyhose: 2 pairs for Gh¢ 3
E. Socks: Gh¢ 7
Question 5: Adjoa’s gross salary for last month was Ghc4,687.24. If Ghc421.78 was deducted from Adjoa’s salary pay, how much take-home pay did Adjoa earn this past month?
A. Gh¢ 421.78
B. Gh¢ 4,265.46
C. Gh¢ 4,687.24
D. Gh¢ 5,109.02
Question 6: A mountain path is 12.1 miles long. If a hiker walks along the path at a rate of 1.96 miles per hour, in approximate how many hours will the hiker walk the entire trail?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 14
D. 24
Question 7: Kofi sells pies for Ghc10 each. Kwame sells beverages for Ghc1 each. If Kofi sells 23 apple pies and Kwame sells 17 beverages, what is the total in sales for both products combined?
A. Gh¢ 17
B. Gh¢ 213
C. Gh¢ 230
D. Gh¢ 247
Question 8: Yesterday, Kofi earned 50 cedis mowing lawns. Today, Kofi earned 60% of what he earned yesterday mowing lawns. How much money did Kojo earn mowing lawns today?
A. Gh¢ 3
B. Gh¢ 25
C. Gh¢ 30
D. Gh¢ 40
Question 9: It takes an Engineer three hours to drive to his brother’s house at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. If He takes the same route home, but his average speed is 60 miles per hour, what is the time, in hours, that it takes him to drive home?
A. 2 hours and 33 minutes
B. 2 hours and 30 minutes
C. 2 hours and 3 minutes
D. 2 hours and 60 minutes
Question 10: A stamping machine can stamp 40 envelopes in 8 minutes. How many of stamping machines, working at the same time, are required to stamp 120 envelopes per minute?
A. 3 Machines
B. 24 Machines
C. 60 Machines
D. 28 Machines
Literacy Questions
Question 1: Some applicants complained that the appraiser…………… too little about them. Choose the word the best completes the sentence.
A. knowing
B. Knows
C. Knew
D. is Known
Question 2: The instruction is meant for you and …………. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
A. thine
B. mine
C. me
D. I
Question 3: Read the passage and select how you would most likely and least likely respond
Passage
You are working in a small team as part of your training with a firm of surveyors. You overhear one of your more senior colleagues on the phone to a client.
They are having a disagreement which results in your colleague raising their voice and giving them some information which you know to be incorrect.
Your colleague is usually fantastic with clients and is well respected across the business but you know they have been having personal problems recently.
At the end of the call, you ask your colleague if they are ok and whether they’d like to talk but they tell you to keep out of it and that they know what they are doing. What do you do?
Read the passage and select how you would most likely and least likely respond:
- Call the client back as soon as you get a chance to try and smooth over the situation on behalf of your colleague.
- Talk to your manager as soon as you can and explain what you observed so that the situation can be rectified as soon as possible.
- Accept that your colleague is more senior than you and that they must know what they are doing.
- Give your colleague some time to calm down and then ask them if they’d like to join you for a coffee. Give them a chance to discuss the call and if that doesn’t generate an appropriate response, talk to your manager.
- Least likely. By accepting the behaviour of your colleague you are condoning the way they spoke to the client and this brings the risk of losing that client. It can be hard to give feedback to a more senior colleague but the relationship with the client is vital.
- Most likely. The customer’s satisfaction is of utmost importance and the ideal situation would be for your colleague to smooth things over themselves. This approach allows them to talk things through with you and then to speak to the client. If that fails, you know you can always talk to your manager.
