Free TRCN Past Questions [All 5 Topics] — Pedagogy, Numeracy, Literacy, ICT, Safeguarding

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TRCN Pedagogy questions

1. A Primary 3 teacher uses "Token Economy" (giving stars for good behaviour to be traded for prizes later). This is an application of _____

A. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
B. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning
C. Bandura’s Modelling
D. Bruner’s Discovery Learning

SEE #1 ANSWER ✅

Operant conditioning is all about how rewards and punishments shape behaviour.

2. Which of these is a "Specific" verb for a SMART objective?

A. Understand
B. Outline
C. Grasp
D. Familiarize

SEE #2 ANSWER ✅

In a SMART objective, the action verb must be ‘observable’. You can see a student outline a concept on paper, but you can’t see them understand, grasp or familiarize.

3. A teacher asks: "How would the story have ended if the protagonist had made a different choice?" This is an example of which type of question?

A. Recall
B. Comprehension
C. Evaluative
D. Literal

SEE #3 ANSWER ✅

This question asks the student to critique and judge an alternative scenario. It goes beyond simple recall or comprehension into higher-order evaluation.

4. The "80/20 Rule" in classroom management suggests that _____

A. 80% of the class should be quiet 20% of the time
B. 80% of disruptions come from 20% of the students
C. 80% of the time should be spent on 20% grading
D. 20% of the students should teach the other 80%

SEE #4 ANSWER ✅

This Principle states that a minority of people are often responsible for the majority of something.

5. A teacher uses "VARK" to understand their students. VARK stands for _____

A. Very Active and Really Kind
B. Valid, Accurate, Reliable, Keen
C. Visual, Auditory, Read, Kinesthetic
D. Vocabulary, Arithmetic, Reading, Knowledge

SEE #5 ANSWER ✅

VARK is a model defining the four primary learning styles.

6. A "Criterion-Referenced" test compares a student's performance against _____

A. the performance of other students in the class
B. a fixed set of learning standards
C. the teacher's expectations only
D. a national average

SEE #6 ANSWER ✅

A criterion-referenced test measures what a student knows against a pre-set benchmark. While ‘norm-referenced’ test compare students’ performance against each other.

7. The range of scores: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 is _____

A. 90
B. 50
C. 40
D. 70

SEE #7 ANSWER ✅

Range = Highest Score – Lowest Score

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TRCN Numeracy questions

8. A farmer shared his land in the ratio 3:5:7 among his three children. If the smallest portion is 12 hectares, what is the total size of the land?

A. 28 hectares
B. 45 hectares
C. 60 hectares
D. 75 hectares

SEE #8 ANSWER ✅

If the smallest ratio (3 portions) = 12 hectares
- Then, 1 portion = 4 hectares (i.e. 12 ÷ 3).
So, 5 portions (5 × 4) = 20 hectares
And 7 portions (7 × 4) = 28 hectares.
Now, add all the ratio (3:5:7) hectares together.

9. A bag contains 4 red, 6 blue, and 10 white marbles. What is the probability of picking a marble that is NOT white?

A. 1/2
B. 3/10
C. 1/5
D. 2/5

SEE #9 ANSWER ✅

Total marbles = 4 + 6 + 10 = (20). Number of marbles that are NOT white (i.e. only Red or Blue) = 4 + 6 = (10). So, the probability of picking a marble not white:

\text{Probability} = \frac{10}{20} = \frac{1}{2}

10. A rhombus differs from a square because _____

A. its sides are not all equal
B. its interior angles are not 90°
C. it has only one pair of parallel sides
D. it is a 3D shape

SEE #10 ANSWER ✅

Square and Rhombus both have four equal sides, but only a square has four 90° right angles.

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TRCN Literacy questions

Read the passage carefully and answer question (11).

The silence in the library was not a void, but a heavy, velvet curtain that muffled the frantic pulse of the city outside. To the students hunched over their desks, the rustle of a turning page sounded like a crack of thunder. Here, time didn’t tick; it flowed like ink from a fountain pen—slow, deliberate, and permanent.

11. What is the predominant mood established by the author?

A. Chaotic and stressful
B. Solemn and focused
C. Joyful and celebratory
D. Angry and restrictive

SEE #11 ANSWER ✅

Phrases like “not a void,” “muffled the frantic pulse,” and “slow, deliberate and permanent” paint a picture of quiet concentration and deep study.

12. "She has arrived, hasn't she?" The expected answer is _____

A. No, she hasn't.
B. Yes, she has.
C. Yes, she hasn't.
D. No, she has.

SEE #12 ANSWER ✅

Question tags follow a (Positive – Negative – Positive) or (Negative – Positive – Negative) rule. Here, the statement is Positive and the tag Negative so, a Positive response is required.

In the sentence, "The unusually bright light flickered," what part of speech is the underlined word?

A. Adjective
B. Adverb
C. Noun
D. Conjunction

SEE #13 ANSWER ✅

The word “unusually” modifies the adjective “bright.”

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TRCN ICT question

14. Emails that try to trick people into sharing bank or login details fall under _____

A.	phishing attempts
B.	online marketing
C.	legitimate newsletters
D.	audio streaming

SEE #14 ANSWER ✅

Phishing is a cybercrime where targets are emailed, called or texted by someone pretending as a legit institution to deceive individuals into providing sensitive data.

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TRCN Safeguarding question

15. In analysing a disclosure, why should a teacher avoid asking leading questions?

A. They allow the teacher to test personal theories about the family
B. They make the learner feel too important
C. They help the teacher obtain quick confessions
D. They influence the child's account and weaken future investigations

SEE #15 ANSWER ✅

Leading questions indirectly prompt the child to give a specific answer rather than their own true story. This can compromise the legal integrity of further investigation.