Clerical Ability Reviewer - Part 11

Practice 20 Clerical Ability questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 11 of our Clerical Ability reviewer has 20 practice questions in the style of the Civil Service Exam. Answer them in order, read the explanation after each one, and check your score against the 80% passing mark at the end. Questions and choices are reshuffled every time you retake the part.

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Sample questions from Part 11

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.

Sample question 1

Which of the following is spelled correctly?
wherewithall  |  wherwithal  |  wherewithal  |  wherewital

  • wherewithall
  • wherwithal
  • wherewithal
  • wherewital
Answer: wherewithal
The correct spelling is wherewithal. The other options are frequent misspellings (wherwithal, wherewithall, wherewital).

Sample question 2

Which of the following is spelled correctly?
scenery  |  scenry  |  senery  |  sceneary

  • scenery
  • scenry
  • senery
  • sceneary
Answer: scenery
The correct spelling is scenery. The other options are common misspellings (senery, scenry, sceneary).

Sample question 3

Which of the following words is MISSPELLED?
renevate  |  pamphlet  |  appreciate  |  fiery

  • renevate
  • pamphlet
  • appreciate
  • fiery
Answer: renevate
renevate is wrong; the correct spelling is renovate. pamphlet, appreciate, fiery are spelled correctly.

Sample question 4

How many of these five words are MISSPELLED?
manuever, effervesent, wherewital, vissicitude, phlegmatic

  • 4
  • 2
  • 5
  • 3
Answer: 4
Check each word: manuever (wrong; correct: maneuver); effervesent (wrong; correct: effervescent); wherewital (wrong; correct: wherewithal); vissicitude (wrong; correct: vicissitude); phlegmatic (correct). Misspelled count: 4.

Sample question 5

How many of these four words are MISSPELLED?
verticle, feasible, kindergarton, embarrassed

  • 2
  • 3
  • 1
  • 0
Answer: 2
verticle (wrong; correct: vertical); feasible (correct); kindergarton (wrong; correct: kindergarten); embarrassed (correct). Misspelled: 2.

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