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

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TRCN Pedagogy questions

1. In social learning theory, learners acquire new behaviour mainly by ______

A. reading silently without thinking
B. observing models and imitating them
C. sleeping in class
D. forgetting past experiences

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Based on Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, people learn through observation, imitation and modelling.

2. A teacher groups learners by skill level rather than grade to practise reading. This flexible grouping mainly aims to ______

A. match tasks to learners’ current reading abilities
B. ignore grade differences
C. separate friends
D. prepare only for examinations

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

This is known as ‘Differentiated Instruction‘. It allows the teacher to tailor the difficulty and pace of materials to the specific needs of each group.

By focusing on skill level rather than age or grade, the teacher ensures that every learner works within their Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).

3. Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development refers to tasks that a learner can ______

A. do only at home
B. do alone without help
C. do with guidance from a more capable person
D. not do even with support

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ZPD is the gap between what a learner can do independently and what they can achieve with support.

4. Daily classroom routines help learners to ______

A. avoid responsibility
B. know what to do and move smoothly between activities
C. depend only on the prefect
D. guess what to do each period

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When learners know the established procedures, they develop self-discipline and spend more time engaged in actual learning tasks.

5. A balanced assessment plan for a term should include ______

A. daily high-stakes exams
B. oral questions only
C. regular quizzes, assignments, projects and a final test
D. one final exam only

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By combining formative assessments (quizzes and projects) with summative ones (final tests), a teacher can identify learning gaps early while evaluating the total mastery of the curriculum.

6. Social reconstructionist theories expect schools to ______

A. maintain society exactly as it is
B. avoid community issues
C. focus only on examinations
D. prepare learners to help solve social problems

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This philosophy views education as a tool for social reform, thus encouraging schools to produce “change agents” equipped to improve their communities rather than conforming to the status quo.

7. Which behaviour is MOST helpful in managing a multigrade classroom?

A. Standing in one place
B. Talking only to older learners
C. Frequent movement to monitor groups
D. Ignoring some groups

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Frequent movement, often called “active monitoring“, ensures that all groups remain on task, receive timely feedback and feel the teacher’s presence even when they are working independently.

8. When introducing class rules, the teacher should ______

A. announce them only during exams
B. discuss them with learners and display them visibly
C. keep them in a private file
D. read once and remove

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Involving students in rule-making makes them more likely to follow such rules, since they helped to create it. While displaying the rules ensures constant visual reminder, which reinforces positive behaviour.

9. A common challenge in multigrade teaching is ______

A. too many teachers
B. excess space
C. lack of learners
D. planning for different curricula and ages simultaneously

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Multigrade teaching requires the teacher to design and deliver multiple lesson plans at once for learners of different ages, grades and ability within the same classroom. This can be challenging to the teacher.

10. Marking one question across all scripts before moving to the next mainly ______

A. reduces marking time
B. maintains consistent standards
C. removes need for a marking scheme
D. makes scores unreliable

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Also known as horizontal marking, this technique ensures that the teacher applies the same criteria and “mental yardstick” to every student for a specific task.

11. To reduce time managing materials, the teacher should ______

A. lock all materials away
B. ask learners to bring items one by one
C. prepare materials beforehand and assign group managers
D. distribute materials during explanation

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Prior preparation and delegating group leaders reduces “dead time” during transitions and encourages student responsibility.

12. When planning remediation, the teacher should FIRST ______

A. change grading scale
B. increase homework
C. re-teach everything
D. identify specific unmet objectives

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By pin-pointing specific unmet objectives, the teacher can provide precise intervention rather than waste time re-teaching concepts the student has already mastered.

13. A clear classroom routine is shown when ______

A. learners sit anywhere daily
B. learners rush to teacher’s desk
C. learners take permission before leaving
D. learners decide when to start

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A clear classroom routine states standard procedures to ensure order and safety within the learning environment.

14. Homework routines should be ______

A. changed weekly
B. dependent on prefect
C. secret
D. explained, practised and reinforced

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

Clear explanation and consistent reinforcement from the teacher ensures a behaviour is maintained, which reduces confusion and can improve homework completion.

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TRCN questions on Numeracy

15. Learners compute 120 divided by 5 plus 3 multiplied by 7. What is the correct result? 

A. 57
B. 51
C. 45
D. 39

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

According to BODMAS, division and multiplication comes before addition.

$$120\div 5 = 24$$

$$3\times 7 = 21$$

$$(24) + (21) = 45$$

16. Evaluate: –6 + 14

A. 20
B. -20
C. 8
D. -8

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

$$(14 – 6) = 8$$

17. What is the product of 28 and 5?

A. 110
B. 120
C. 130
D. 140

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

‘Product‘ is the result from multiplication.

$$(28 \times 5) = 140$$

18. Find the difference of 600 and 248.

A. 342
B. 350
C. 352
D. 360

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

‘Difference‘ is the result from subtraction.

$$(600 – 248) = 352$$

19. If n = 3² × 5, what is n?

A. 30
B. 45
C. 75
D. 90

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

First, calculate the exponent:

$$3² = (3 \times 3) = 9$$

Then, do the multiplication:

$$(9) \times 5 = 45$$

20. Rewrite 8.206 with the 2 in the hundredth place.

A. 8.260
B. 8.026
C. 8.206
D. 8.602

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

In decimal system, the positions to the right of the decimal point represent decreasing powers of ten:

• Tenth place: The first digit after the decimal (0.1)
• Hundredth place: The second digit after the decimal (0.01)
• Thousandth place: The third digit after the decimal (0.001)

So, we need the digit 2 in the second position after the decimal.

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TRCN past questions on Literacy

21. A teacher assigns a role-play activity where learners must spontaneously act out a scenario. What is the primary oral communication skill being developed?

A. Memorization
B. Presentation skills
C. Impromptu speaking
D. Reading fluency

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

Impromptu speaking is the ability to speak or perform without prior preparation or scripted lines.

Since the teacher specified that the role-play is spontaneous, learners must think on their feet, respond in real-time and organize thoughts instantly – all of which are core components of oral communication skill.

22. Which word best completes: 'The pupils were _____ during the lesson.'?

A. attentive
B. attentively
C. attention
D. attend

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

The sentence needs an ‘adjective‘ to describe the pupils.

• Attentive is an adjective (it describes the noun – ‘pupils’)
• Attentively is an adverb (used to describe an action)
  • They listened attentively.
• Attention is a noun
  • They paid attention.
• Attend is a verb (an action).

23. A teacher uses flashcards with pictures of objects to introduce new words. This technique is primarily a strategy for which literacy component?

A. Phonics
B. Writing
C. Vocabulary
D. Fluency

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

By pairing visual images with written words, the teacher helps learners create a mental connection between objects and their names.

This is a strategy for developing vocabulary.

24. A teacher is promoting a 'Reading Culture'. Which strategy is universally effective for encouraging reading across all grade levels?

A. Mandatory daily reading tests
B. Establishing a well-organized, accessible class library
C. Only assigning classic literature
D. Restricting reading to school hours

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

Promoting ‘Reading Culture‘ means creating an environment where reading is seen as a natural and enjoyable activity.

An accessible class library gives students choice and proximity, which are two strong motivators for ‘voluntary reading.’

25. Which of the following is a common 'run-on' sentence error for a primary school student?

A. The dog barked.
B. The dog barked the cat ran away.
C. The dog barked and the cat ran away.
D. The dog barked at the cat.

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

A run-on sentence is when two or more independent clauses (complete thoughts) are joined together without punctuation or conjunction.

“The dog barked” is a complete thought.

“The cat ran away” is also a complete thought.

Placing them side-by-side without a full stop, semicolon or conjunctions like “and”, creates a sentence that runs-on.

26. Which of the following is a simple 'pronoun agreement' error?

A. She is happy.
B. He is happy.
C. The dog wagged its tail.
D. The dog wagged their tail.

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

Pronoun agreement requires a pronoun to match the noun it refers to, both in number and gender.

“Their” is plural, but “dog” is singular. This creates an agreement error.

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TRCN past questions on ICT

27. A teacher starting the day in the computer lab first powers on this part of the system.

A. Monitor only
B. System unit
C. Printer tray
D. Keyboard

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

Pressing the power button on the system unit (also called CPU) starts the booting, which sends power to all other components like the monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

28. Practice that offers the most reliable protection against total file loss.

A. Keep all files in one folder on the desktop
B. Save files only on the local hard disk
C. Make regular backups to an external drive or cloud storage
D. Rename files every week

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

Storing files in only one location (like a local hard disk or a desktop folder) leaves them vulnerable to hardware failure, theft or accidental deletion.

But creating backups on external hardware or encrypted cloud servers ensure that a secondary copy exists if the original source is compromised.

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TRCN past questions on Safeguarding

29. Which statement best describes “duty bearer” in child safeguarding within Nigerian schools?

A. Individuals and institutions with formal responsibility to uphold children’s rights
B. Any adult in the wider community
C. Only police and social welfare officers
D. Any older learner in the class

SEE EXPLANATION ✍

In Nigeria’s Child Rights Act, a “duty bearer” is any person or entity with a legal or moral obligation to respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of a child.

30. A child with a disability has repeated unexplained injuries, and caregivers blame the disability for every incident. This situation ______

A. should be ignored to avoid offending the family
B. requires careful safeguarding assessment because abuse may be hidden behind the disability
C. is only a medical issue
D. clearly rules out abuse

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In safeguarding, “unexplained” or “repeated” injuries are major red flags.

A duty bearer must look beyond the surface explanation to ensure the child is not being targeted due to their vulnerability or inability to communicate what is happening.

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