GPS Aptitude Test flashcards
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- Police mandate
- The legally defined functions of the Ghana Police Service, including preventing and detecting crime, apprehending offenders and maintaining public order and safety.
- Constitutional supremacy
- The principle that Ghana's Constitution is the supreme law, limiting government powers and prevailing over inconsistent law to the extent of inconsistency.
- Legislative power
- The power vested constitutionally in Parliament to make laws, distinct from the police function of investigating and enforcing existing lawful requirements.
- Judicial power
- The constitutional power vested in the Judiciary to administer justice; investigation or accusation alone is not a final exercise of judicial determination.
- Presumption of innocence
- The constitutional starting position that a person charged with a criminal offence is innocent until guilt is proved or admitted by plea.
- Dignity
- The protected worth of every person, including arrested or detained persons; criminal suspicion does not remove the constitutional protection against degrading treatment.
- synonym
- A word that has the same meaning, or almost the same meaning, as another word. For example, 'begin' and 'start' are synonyms, so either could fit a sentence needing that sense.
- antonym
- A word whose meaning is the opposite of another word. For example, 'hot' is an antonym of 'cold', which helps when a question asks for the word most opposite in meaning.
- word meaning
- The idea or thing a word stands for in a given sentence. The same word can carry different meanings depending on context, so the surrounding words decide which sense is intended.
- context clue
- A hint inside a sentence or passage that helps you work out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Clues may be a definition, an example, a contrast, or a cause-and-effect link nearby.
- shades of meaning
- Small differences in intensity or tone between words that are close in meaning. 'Warm', 'hot' and 'scorching' all describe heat but differ in strength, so the best answer matches the exact degree.
- word pair
- Two words presented together whose connection you must describe or match. The pair may be linked by meaning, function, category, or a sequence such as before and after.
- sentence completion
- A task where one or more words are missing from a sentence and you choose the option that makes the whole sentence correct in grammar and meaning. All parts of the sentence must fit together.
- logical deduction
- Reaching a conclusion that must follow from the information given, without adding outside assumptions. If the premises are true and the reasoning is valid, the conclusion cannot be false.
- inference
- A conclusion drawn from evidence in the passage rather than stated outright. A sound inference is strongly supported by the text and does not go beyond what the words allow.
- assumption
- An unstated idea that must be true for an argument or statement to hold. Spotting hidden assumptions helps you judge whether a conclusion is well supported or shaky.
- premise
- A stated fact or claim offered as support for a conclusion. In reasoning questions you separate premises, which are given, from the conclusion, which is meant to be proved.
- conclusion
- The main point an argument is trying to establish, supported by the premises. It is the claim the writer wants you to accept once the evidence has been considered.
- argument
- A set of statements in which some, the premises, are offered as reasons to accept another, the conclusion. A good argument gives relevant support; a weak one may rely on faulty reasoning.
- validity
- The property of an argument whose conclusion must be true whenever its premises are true. Validity concerns the structure of the reasoning, not whether the premises are actually correct.
- necessary condition
- Something that must be present for a stated outcome to occur, though it may not be enough on its own. Without it the outcome cannot happen; with it, the outcome may still fail.
- sufficient condition
- Something whose presence guarantees a stated outcome. If the sufficient condition holds, the outcome must follow, even though the outcome might also arise in other ways.
- true, false, or cannot say
- A three-way answer format used with short passages. 'True' means the passage supports the statement, 'false' means it contradicts it, and 'cannot say' means the passage gives too little information to decide.
- main idea
- The central point a passage is making, which the rest of the text supports or explains. It is broader than any single detail and captures what the writer most wants to convey.
- supporting detail
- A fact, example, or reason in a passage that backs up the main idea. Details add evidence or illustration, and questions may ask which one is stated or which is absent.
- summary
- A short restatement of a passage's key points in your own words, leaving out minor detail. A good summary keeps the main idea and essential support without adding new claims.
- grammar agreement
- Matching words in a sentence so they fit together correctly, such as a singular subject taking a singular verb. Agreement errors often reveal which option in a completion task cannot be right.
- word order
- The arrangement of words in a sentence that makes it read naturally and correctly. Unusual order can change emphasis or meaning, and a misplaced word may make an option grammatically wrong.
- distractor
- An answer option designed to look tempting but that fails on a close check. Distractors often fit part of the clue, so testing every option against all conditions helps you reject them.
- odd one out
- The item in a group that does not share the feature linking the others. To find it, identify the rule the majority follow, then spot the single item that breaks that rule.