CIVIL SERVICE EXAM: TEST #1: CLERICAL ABILITY UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CIVIL SERVICE EXAM: TEST #1: CLERICAL ABILITY
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question:
1. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) flag
(B) house
(C) decade
(D) emotion
Answer:
(D) emotion

Question:
2. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be fourth?
(A) microphone
(B) neutral
(C) lithograph
(D) neutron
Answer:
(D) neutron

Question:
3. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) excitement
(B) earnest
(C) early
(D) earn
Answer:
(B) earnest

Question:
4. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) catalog
(B) catch
(C) carbon
(D) curb
Answer:
(A) catalog

Question:
5. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) element
(B) elephant
(C) box
(D) department

, Answer:
(A) element

Question:
6. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) carton
(B) cartographer
(C) cart
(D) cartoon
Answer:
(A) carton

Question:
7. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) polarize
(B) omnipotent
(C) polygraph
(D) omniscient
Answer:
(D) omniscient

Question:
8. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be fourth?
(A) Walsh, Carol C.
(B) Walter, Henry Delano
(C) Walsh, Joseph C.
(D) Walsheim, Joe
Answer:
(B) Walter, Henry Delano

Question:
9. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) McDonough, Kevin
(B) McDonohugh, K.
(C) Da Costa, Hector
(D) Costa, Hector David
Answer:
(B) McDonohugh, K.

Question:
10. When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be fourth?
(A) Albers, J. A.
(B) Albers, John Anthony
(C) Sorensen, Edward J.
(D) Sorensen, Ed Joseph
Answer:
(C) Sorensen, Edward J.