Clerical Ability Reviewer - Part 12

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

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Part 12 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 12

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?
acommodate  |  accommodate  |  accomodate  |  acomodate

  • acommodate
  • accommodate
  • accomodate
  • acomodate
Answer: accommodate
The correct spelling is accommodate. The other options are common misspellings (acommodate, accomodate, acomodate).

Sample question 2

Which of the following is spelled correctly?
consciencious  |  concientious  |  conscientous  |  conscientious

  • consciencious
  • concientious
  • conscientous
  • conscientious
Answer: conscientious
The correct spelling is conscientious. The other options are common misspellings (consciencious, concientious, conscientous).

Sample question 3

Which of the following words is MISSPELLED?
supercede  |  bureaucracy  |  surveillance  |  maintenance

  • supercede
  • bureaucracy
  • surveillance
  • maintenance
Answer: supercede
supercede is wrong; the correct spelling is supersede. The other words (bureaucracy, surveillance, maintenance) are spelled correctly.

Sample question 4

Which of the following is spelled correctly?
questionaire  |  quesstionnaire  |  questionnaire  |  questionnare

  • questionaire
  • quesstionnaire
  • questionnaire
  • questionnare
Answer: questionnaire
The correct spelling is questionnaire. The other options are common misspellings (questionaire, quesstionnaire, questionnare).

Sample question 5

Which of the following is spelled correctly?
milennium  |  millenium  |  millennium  |  millennuim

  • milennium
  • millenium
  • millennium
  • millennuim
Answer: millennium
The correct spelling is millennium. The other options are common misspellings (milennium, millenium, millennuim).

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