CIVIL SERVICE QUALIFYING TESTS
Sample test questions for the Administrative Grade and Managerial Civil Service Tests.
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WHAT IS THE CIVIL SERVICE?
ABOUT THE CIVIL SERVICE
They primarily provide a service directed to all the people across the country in order to support and assist issues such as:
- Paying benefits
- Healthcare
- Providing pension schemes
- Operating effective prison systems
- Issuing driving licenses and a range of other important development policies
The Civil Service are impartial and objective people regarding political movements. The service that they provide does not reflect a certain political party. It merely demonstrates a non-political stance that is used to effectively maintain and enhance community procedures and policies. In other words, even if the leading Government and political party changes; this has no effect on the Civil Service. The Civil Service remains unaffected and serves the Government in power.
This learning aid is designed for people who want to become part of the Civil Service. If you are about to take or thinking about taking the Civil Service Tests, you need to establish whether you are cut out for the role.
The aim of this book is simple. It gives clear and detailed information on everything you will need to know regarding the selection process and the routes available into the Civil Service.
TOP TIPS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE QUALIFYING TESTS
TIP 1
The personality and attitude tests do not have wrong or right answers. However, they could impact your application. Although you want to answer them truthfully, you need to remember that your application will be assessed on your answers regarding your behaviour, personality and attitude towards social situations.
TIP 2
The situational awareness test requires a considerable amount of attention to detail. Pay attention and read through everything carefully. Do not skim through the information as you may miss something that could be vital in choosing the correct answer.
TIP 3
Make sure you practice your mathematical skills. You will find the numerical reasoning test difficult if you are not great at maths. Practice your adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Also practice other mathematical skills including fractions, percentages and ratios.
TIP 4
Read everything carefully and ensure you understand what the questions are asking before answering them.
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Sample Qualifying Test Questions
To help you get a better understanding of what a civil service qualifying test test involves, let’s take a quick look at a few sample questions.
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Civil Service Test Practice Questions
CIVIL SERVICE QUALIFYING TEST QUESTION 01
A medium-sized egg weighs 60 grams. What would be the weight if you had 9 medium-sized eggs?
HOW TO WORK IT OUT
- 1 medium-sized egg weighs 60 grams.
- You want to work out the weight of 9 medium-sized eggs.
- 60 multiplied by 9 = 540
ANSWER
540 grams
CIVIL SERVICE QUALIFYING TEST QUESTION 02
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
A – Graduates are finding it more difficult to find a job that is relevant to there studies.
B – graduates our finding it more difficult to find a job that its releveant to their studies.
C – graduates are finding it more difficult to find a job that is relevant to their studies.
D – graduate’s are finding it more difficult to find a job that is relevant to their studies.
HOW TO WORK IT OUT
A – uses the wrong ‘there’ so therefore is incorrect.
B – uses the wrong ‘our and ‘relevant’ is spelt incorrectly.
C – provides the most logical sentence structure, with correct punctuation and grammar.
D – ‘graduate’s’ should not have an apostophe and is therefore incorrect.
ANSWER = C
CIVIL SERVICE QUALIFYING TEST QUESTION 03
Which of the following best describes your attitude towards the following:
I often make racist remarks
ANSWER CHOICES
1 – strongly disagree
2 – disagree
3 – neutral
4 – agree
5 – strongly agree
ANSWER
- If your answer shows any indication of racial discrimination, this would be a likely cause to fail your application.
- Racial discrimination does not follow the equal opportunities policy in regards to the Civil Service and therefore would be reason enough to dismiss a person’s application.
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Essential information about how you will be assessed during the civil service assessment process.
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Practice tests covering data interpretation, quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning and situational judgement questions.
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