Clerical Ability Reviewer - Part 9

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

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Part 9 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 9

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 words is MISSPELLED?
nineteenth  |  vegetable  |  accidentally  |  propagnda

  • nineteenth
  • vegetable
  • accidentally
  • propagnda
Answer: propagnda
propagnda is wrong; the correct spelling is propaganda. accidentally, nineteenth, vegetable are spelled correctly.

Sample question 2

Which of the following is spelled correctly?
dormitry  |  dormatory  |  dorimtory  |  dormitory

  • dormitry
  • dormatory
  • dorimtory
  • dormitory
Answer: dormitory
The correct spelling is dormitory. The other options are common misspellings (dormatory, dormitry, dorimtory).

Sample question 3

Which of the following is spelled correctly?
jeolous  |  jealous  |  jelous  |  jealus

  • jeolous
  • jealous
  • jelous
  • jealus
Answer: jealous
The correct spelling is jealous. The other options are common misspellings (jelous, jealus, jeolous).

Sample question 4

Which of the following is spelled correctly?
knarled  |  gnarled  |  gnarld  |  gnarlled

  • knarled
  • gnarled
  • gnarld
  • gnarlled
Answer: gnarled
The correct spelling is gnarled. The other options are frequent misspellings (gnarlled, gnarld, knarled).

Sample question 5

How many of these four words are MISSPELLED?
notisable, mortgage, dormatory, punctuashon

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Answer: 3
notisable (wrong; correct: noticeable); mortgage (correct); dormatory (wrong; correct: dormitory); punctuashon (wrong; correct: punctuation). Misspelled: 3.

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