Clerical Ability Reviewer - Part 4

Practice 18 Clerical Ability questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 4 of our Clerical Ability reviewer has 18 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 4

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 18 and get your score.

Sample question 1

Which department of an office is responsible for hiring new personnel?

  • Office of the President
  • Accounting Department
  • Logistic and Supply
  • Human Resource Department
Answer: Human Resource Department
The Human Resource Department recruits and hires personnel.

Sample question 2

Which computer program should you go if you want to email a company?

  • Word
  • Excel
  • Outlook
  • Powerpoint
Answer: Outlook
Outlook is an email program. Word is for documents, Excel for spreadsheets and PowerPoint for presentations.

Sample question 3

All of the following items are found in the Official Receipt form except _____.

  • Name and address of the buyer
  • Signature of the recipient
  • Quantity of the items paid
  • Credit Card Number of the customer
Answer: Credit Card Number of the customer
An official receipt shows the buyer's name and address, the items and quantity paid, and the recipient's signature. A customer's credit card number is confidential and is not written on it.

Sample question 4

The method of indexing and filing where names are in alphabetized order

  • Numeric
  • Metric
  • Geographic
  • Alphabetic
Answer: Alphabetic
Alphabetic filing arranges names in A to Z order. Numeric uses numbers, geographic uses places.

Sample question 5

Which is the best way to address a correspondence for the President of the Philippines?

  • His Excellency BongBong Marcos
  • His Excellency President Ferdinand Marcos
  • President Ferdinand MarcosPresident
  • President Marcos
Answer: His Excellency President Ferdinand Marcos
The President is formally addressed with the honorific and full title and name: His Excellency President Ferdinand Marcos.

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