Clerical Ability Reviewer - Part 2

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

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Part 2 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 2

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

Sample question 1

A. Commission on the Filipino Language
B. Commission on Human Rights
C. Commission on Higher Education
D. Commission on Population

  • a. ABCD
  • CBDA
  • BCDA
  • ACBD
Answer: CBDA
Word-by-word:
1. C Commission on Higher Education
2. B Commission on Human Rights
3. D Commission on Population
4. A Commission on the Filipino Language
"Higher" before "Human" (i before u); "Population" (P) before "the" (t). Answer: CBDA.

Sample question 2

A. Cooperative Development Authority
B. Cottage Industry Development Enterprise
C. Cottage Industry Technology Center
D. Council for the Welfare of Children

  • ABCD
  • ACBD
  • BCAD
  • CBAD
Answer: ABCD
Compare letter by letter:
1. A Coo-perative
2. B Cot-tage Industry Development
3. C Cot-tage Industry Technology
4. D Cou-ncil
Coo, Cot, Cou. Same first two words, Development before Technology. Answer: ABCD.

Sample question 3

A. Food and Nutrition Research Institute
B. Fiber Industry Development Authority
C. Foreign Service Institute
D. Family Planning Organization of the Philippines

  • ABCD
  • BACD
  • DBCA
  • DBAC
Answer: DBAC
Compare:
1. D Family Planning
2. B Fiber Industry
3. A Food and Nutrition
4. C Foreign Service
Fam, Fib, Foo, For. Answer: DBAC.

Sample question 4

A. Insurance Commission
B. Industrial Technology Development Institute
C. Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies
D. Instructional Materials Corporation

  • BDCA
  • BACD
  • BCDA
  • BADC
Answer: BCDA
Compare:
1. B Industrial Technology
2. C Institute of Labor
3. D Instructional Materials
4. A Insurance Commission
Ind first; then Insti, Instr, Insu (i, r, u). Answer: BCDA.

Sample question 5

A. Presidential Commission on Good Governance
B. Presidential Commission to Fight Poverty
C. Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor
D. Presidential Commission on Human Rights

  • CBAD
  • CBAD
  • CABD
  • CADB
Answer: CADB
All start with "Presidential Commission"; compare the next word:
1. C for the Urban Poor
2. A on Good Governance
3. D on Human Rights
4. B to Fight Poverty
for, on, on, to. Good before Human. Answer: CADB.

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