The Senior Civil Service Clerk Typist Exam is a written test you’ll be required to take when applying for Senior Clerk Typist and similar positions. It mainly assesses English, written communication, and administrative skills using questions in varied formats.
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The Exam is a written test used to assess English, written communication, office record keeping and administrative skills required for Clerk Typist positions. The Overall time limit for the test is 3.5 hours.
After applying, you can expect to receive an examination announcement specifying the exact subject areas that will be included in your test. Here we will go over all the possible question types you might be asked to solve on your test.
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As mentioned, the Senior Clerk Typist Exam may contain several types of questions:
These questions test your ability to spell words correctly.
How many words are spelled incorrectly in line C of the following paragraph?
A This new policy on sexual harassmment will ensure that everyone, regardless of
B race, gender, educattion or other factors will feel safe in the workplace. To
C ensure that everyone abides by this policy, a 3-day trainning will comence next
D Monday: in room 215 at 8am until 4pm. Please be on time and perpared to work
E in your departmant groups. Furtther details will folow.
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There are two spelling mistakes in line C:
The word "training" is spelled with two Ns. The last letter of a verb is usually doubled when adding -ing to the verb only when the following conditions are met:
Neither condition is met by the verb "train."
The second spelling mistake is in the word "commence," which should be spelled with two Ms.
These questions test your knowledge of English grammar, vocabulary, and correct punctuation.
Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect?
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The grammatically incorrect sentence is "The meeting is scheduled to take place at Mrs Tiffany Martin's office next week.", since there needs to be a period "." after Mrs. to denote Missus, in American English.
Assesses your skills in preferred practices such as letter format, capitalization, plurals, word division, word and figure style for numbers, and common proofreading marks. These questions may include proofreading given paragraphs or answering questions related to the specified subjects.
Questions in this section require reading and interpreting information in graphs, tables, and other formats to keep records. This includes questions that test your attention to detail, your ability to file documents in correct alphabetical order, and your ability to complete a table using totals, subtotals, averages, and percentages.
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*oP = of Pond.
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What is the value of (II)?
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The answer is 10.63%
The value (II) is the population change in the East of Pond neighborhood from December 21st, 2013 to February 21, 2014. We can find this value using the equation FEB ’14 ÷ DEC ’13 = (100 + CHANGE)%. The LHS of the equation is 5,496 ÷ 4,968 = 1.1063 = 110.63%. And so, CHANGE = +10.63%.
In our full Senior Typist Preparation pack you’ll find plenty of tests with similar questions, as well as study guides and tests that sharpen basic mathematical skills (percentages, ratios, etc.) required to solve such questions.
These questions assess your ability to handle situations you may encounter on your work, as well as knowledge of efficient and effective methods used to accomplish office tasks, and of making procedural decisions and recommendations which contribute to a well-managed office.
To succeed on this test, it is important to practice questions as similar as possible to the actual test. Our team of experts has built an extensive preparation based on the Official Civil Service Study Guide for the Senior Typist Exam.
The Senior Clerk Typist preparation contains practice materials and study guides designed to sharpen all the skills needed to accurately solve any question on the actual test. Practicing will help you ensure you get as many correct questions as possible within the allotted time and increase your chances to get a job offer.
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