Civil Service Exam: Practice Test
#1: Clerical Ability
(D) emotion Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) flag
(B) house
(C) decade
(D) emotion
(D) neutron Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be fourth?
(A) microphone
(B) neutral
(C) lithograph
(D) neutron
(B) earnest Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) excitement
(B) earnest
(C) early
(D) earn
(A) catalog Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) catalog
(B) catch
(C) carbon
(D) curb
(A) element Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) element
(B) elephant
(C) box
(D) department
(A) carton Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) carton
(B) cartographer
(C) cart
, (D) cartoon
(D) omniscient Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) polarize
(B) omnipotent
(C) polygraph
(D) omniscient
(B) Walter, Henry Delano Correct Answer: 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
(B) McDonohugh, K. Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be
third?
(A) McDonough, Kevin
(B) McDonohugh, K.
(C) Da Costa, Hector
(D) Costa, Hector David
(C) Sorensen, Edward J. Correct Answer: 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
(A) Smith, Joan Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) Smith, Joan
(B) Smith, Joan J.
(C) Smith, J.
(D) Smithers, J.
(B) Ready Steady Office Supplies Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following
would be third?
(A) Read-i-mart
(B) Ready Steady Office Supplies
(C) Read for Life Program
(D) Red Robin Trucking
#1: Clerical Ability
(D) emotion Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) flag
(B) house
(C) decade
(D) emotion
(D) neutron Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be fourth?
(A) microphone
(B) neutral
(C) lithograph
(D) neutron
(B) earnest Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) excitement
(B) earnest
(C) early
(D) earn
(A) catalog Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) catalog
(B) catch
(C) carbon
(D) curb
(A) element Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) element
(B) elephant
(C) box
(D) department
(A) carton Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be third?
(A) carton
(B) cartographer
(C) cart
, (D) cartoon
(D) omniscient Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) polarize
(B) omnipotent
(C) polygraph
(D) omniscient
(B) Walter, Henry Delano Correct Answer: 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
(B) McDonohugh, K. Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be
third?
(A) McDonough, Kevin
(B) McDonohugh, K.
(C) Da Costa, Hector
(D) Costa, Hector David
(C) Sorensen, Edward J. Correct Answer: 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
(A) Smith, Joan Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following would be second?
(A) Smith, Joan
(B) Smith, Joan J.
(C) Smith, J.
(D) Smithers, J.
(B) Ready Steady Office Supplies Correct Answer: When alphabetizing correctly, which of the following
would be third?
(A) Read-i-mart
(B) Ready Steady Office Supplies
(C) Read for Life Program
(D) Red Robin Trucking
