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Civil Service Qualifying Tests: Sample Test Questions for the Administrative Grade and Managerial Civil Service Test

The Civil Service Qualifying Tests is the ULTIMATE download guide for passing the Administrative Grade and Managerial (Non-Fast Stream) Civil Service Qualifying Tests.

This guide provides clear and detailed information on everything you would want to know regarding the application process. This comprehensive download includes hundreds of sample questions for you to work through and provide you with the knowledge with what you can expect in the Civil Service Qualifying Tests.

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What is the Civil Service?

The Civil Service play a significant role as part of the Government. They help to develop and implement new policies and strategies within society to ensure a diverse and equal community. People who work for the Civil Service are ‘officials’ who work under Government surveillance. They are co-ordinated and monitored by the Prime Minister to guarantee that policies are met, and procedures are enforced.

This Civil Service Testing book will help you find your way to success in regards to passing the initial stages of the Civil Service recruitment process. Foremost, this book has been specifically designed to ensure that you are fully prepared for the qualifying exams and give you that edge over other competing candidates.

The Civil Service uses four key values to assess candidates:

  • Integrity = the ability to put obligations of the public service above personal interests and/or beliefs.
  • Honesty = being able to demonstrate high levels of truthfulness and openness.
  • Objectivity = being able to display objective views and opinions on certain areas. Basing decisions and policies on rigorous analysis and evidence to form a plausible and valid outcome.
  • Impartiality = being able to serve the power of the Government in charge and meet the needs and merits in which they enforce.
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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.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE GUIDE

  • Ensure you are 100% ready for the Civil Service Tests.
  • Detailed explanations given about each section of the tests so you know what to expect.
  • General tips for passing the different routes of the Civil Service Tests.
  • Provides lots and lots of questions for you to work through at your own pace.
  • Provides a simple layout which is easy to follow.
  • Provides different practice tests, depending on the route you are considering on taking into the Civil Service.

Structure of the GUIDE

The first section of the applies to candidates who are required to take the Administrative Grade Tests. The second half focuses on the Managerial (Non-Fast Stream) Tests. Each test will be broken down into sub-sections to provide a carefully and thorough overview of what you can expect in each question type. The structure of the guide will follow this layout:

  • General Tips for Passing the Civil Service Tests
  • Administrative Grade Tests
    • Handling Data
    • Data Interpretation
    • Quantitative Reasoning
    • Correct Sentence
    • Word Swap
    • Missing Words
    • Following Procedures
    • Speed and Accuracy
  • Managerial Tests
    • Personality Tests
    • Attitudinal Tests
    • Situational Awareness Tests

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.

SAMPLE CIVIL SERVICE QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1

A medium-sized eff 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

QUESTION 2

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

QUESTION 3

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.

CIVIL SERVICE QUALIFYING TESTS GUIDE CONTENTS

CREATED BY THE UK’S LEADING RECRUITMENT EXPERTS, THIS COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE INCLUDES:

  • Mastering the Civil Service Qualifying Tests.

  • Detailed Answers and Explanations to all questions.

  • A Similar Layout to the actual tests.

  • 100s of Administrative Practice Questions the most comprehensive guide around.

  • 100s of Managerial practice questions.

  • Insider tips for passing the Civil Service Tests.

  • 100% Preparation for your Assessment.

  • Packed full of insider tips and advice.

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100s of Managerial practice questions;
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