Ghana Prisons Service Recruitment Aptitude cheat sheet

Read safe custody, welfare and practicable rehabilitation together.

Custody and conviction are different legal statuses.

Dignity protections are not removed by custodial status.

Lawful delegation does not automatically remove retained responsibility.

Education and vocational programmes aim at reintegration without guaranteeing outcomes.

Current officeholders, establishment totals and recruitment details need dated evidence.

The Constitution is supreme and sovereignty resides in the people.

Separate legislation, administration and judicial determination.

Preserve dignity and the presumption of innocence.

Distinguish national symbols from agency insignia or recruitment notices.

Record exactly what each source supports and its date.

Do not turn missing evidence into a confident factual claim.

Convert every percentage change to a multiplier before combining changes.

Work = rate × time; add or subtract rates, never average completion times.

For ratio splits, count total parts first, then multiply by the value per part.

Check number series against every given term, including alternating patterns.

Keep units consistent and round only at the end.

Name the analogy relationship before evaluating answer options.

Quantifiers are literal: some = at least one; no = none.

Only conclusions forced by the premises earn the mark.

Use contrast and cause signposts to predict the missing word.

Check grammar by isolating the subject and verb, then testing pronouns and parallelism.

Track position, orientation, shading and count as separate rules.

Check odd and even steps for alternating rules.

Rotation preserves handedness; reflection reverses it.

In ordering puzzles, anchor fixed items and mark every “not” constraint.

Choose the simplest rule that explains all given terms.