Actual Civil Service Examination Example with Answer (Actual Exam)

Hello guys!

This is what the Civil Service Professional Examination looks like.

For those who will be taking the exam this month, make sure you practice (Practice Exam) on this one straight for 5 hours and assess yourself. If you get 50% correct, then you have a good chance in passing the exam.

The first 20 questions are just Personal info and surveys, answer cautiously.

Part I Philippines' Civil Service Professional Reviewer

SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATIONS OF CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS

Here are the scope of the exam, which I failed to post due to my initial assumption that you would visit the Civil Service Examination Website, however, as many still asks for the scope of the exam, I thought I need to post it here.


Professional
Verbal 40

General Information on Career Service Examinations

Professional and Sub-professional Levels

IMPORTANT:
• THE INFORMATION ON THE CAREER SERVICE EXAMINATIONS CONTAINED HERE ARE GENERAL IN NATURE.
• THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (CSC) ISSUES A CORRESPONDING EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE CAREER SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
• APPLICANTS ARE ADVISED TO CHECK OUT THE EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PARTICULARS AND/OR UPDATES ON EXAMINATION RULES, REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE.
• IN ANY CASE OF INCONSISTENCY, THE EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL PREVAIL OVER THIS GENERAL INFORMATION.

A. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CAREER SERVICE EXAMINATION (CSE)
• Career Service Professional and Sub-professional examinations are open to applicants regardless of educational attainment.
• Applicants for both levels must:
– Be Filipino citizens, at least 18 years old, and of good moral character;
– Have no criminal record or have not been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude;
– Have not been dishonorably discharged from military service or dismissed for cause from any civilian position in the government; and
– Have not taken the same level of career service examination within three (3) months from last examination taken.

B. MODES OF TAKING THE CSE
The Career Service Examination (Professional and Sub-Professional levels) may be taken through either of the following modes:

Answers to Philippine Civil Service Reviewer Problem Solving in Part III

I have taken time in answering and encoding the problems in Part III of the reviewers. You can get it at:
http://philcivilserviceexam.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-easy-way-to-download-reviewers.html

I have answered them personally, so, if you see any errors, just ask so I can clear it out. Thank you.

Answers to Part III Philippines Civil Service Professional Reviewer

Computer Assisted VS Pencil and Paper Test Civil Service Career Examinations

Here are my thoughts, although I haven't experienced the computer assisted exam

Paper and Pencil Test:
1. more relax.
2. You can easily go back/skip to other part of the exams.
3. We are better-trained to answer this type of exam
4. Better chance in passing the exam (because you will be ranked with other takers, the more difficult the exam, the better chance to pass it)

Computer assisted:
1. If you don't know computer that much, you will be more stressed.
2. it will be difficult to go back to other part of the exam.
3. Answer sheet/form is new to most of the takers, it will time consuming to learn about it.
4. Less chance in passing the exam because Civil Service is designed to only pass those with above average IQ, which is only 20% of the world population. Since it is computer assisted, the passing mark will be fixed and not ranked like in PPT, meaning those with above average IQ are the only one that would surely pass the exam.

It's not about having new review materials..

A lot of visitors asked me if the review materials I posted here are new. The answer is NO. They are not new materials but you are free to compare them to new materials and believe it or not, the new materials and these old review materials are similar. Civil Service Professional - Paper and Pencil test have been this way for years.

NO CLOCKS?? Why oh why??

During the exam, cellphones and watches with all your personal belongings will be placed below your chair or in front of the classroom. And CLOCKS will also be removed from the classroom.

So, how will you tell the time and how much time is left before the exam ends? The proctor will only announce the time hourly, and 30, 20, 10 and 5 minutes before the exam ends. You can ask the proctor about the time if it makes you uncomfortable. Don't be afraid to ask. Time is very important in taking the exam.

Why were the clocks removed? The clocks were removed due to past cheating scheme in PRC exams where the exams are mostly 50 items, not applicable in Civil Service though. Using the minute hand of the clock, on last hour, examinees will use sign/body languages to share the answers of the number where the minute hand is on. For example, at 04:01, one examinee would point his right foot forward, meaning the answer is A for item 1, at 04:20, he would put his left foot backward, meaning the answer for item 20 is D. The one copying the answer don't have to ask what number the answer D was, he just have to look at the clock in front of the classroom to tell that the D was for item 20 (04:20).

By the way, all questionnaires will be distributed at the start of the exam, it is up to you where you would like to start. As for me, I started at the beginning but got tired of answering about 100 english/grammar questions and skipped right through the Math part at the middle of the exam. You can do that and return to what you have skipped later.

Preparation on the Day of Civil Service Examination

Are you ready for May 22? There is still too much time to study!!

After all that studying, will you be ready for the day of examination?

On the day of examination:

1. You should have enough sleep.
2. You should have eaten your early breakfast. Just light breakfast guys!! Don't let your tummy so full because all the blood circulation will focus on digesting your food and not to the brains.
3. Drink vitamins, this will help nourish your brains.
4. Pray. Pray. Pray.
5. Ask for good luck from your family.
6. Stay calm.
7. Be on time.
8. Drink 2 glasses of water 30 minutes before the exam and make sure you pee before the exam starts. Don't drink too much water though right before the exam started. Have a bottle of water with you so you can sip on it when your mouth starts to dry from answering. Before the exam, the proctor will ask the examiners to takeoff the labels from the bottles of your mineral water or drinks, you can remove them earlier before the exam. This will make you feel that you are ready for the exam when/if the proctor asks to remove the labels. You can strut your unlabeled bottles. LOL.
9. Don't forget those things you prepared before the exam. The list is HERE.
10. Smile. Keep a happy mood.Don't get distracted from other takers. There will be coughs, murmurs while solving difficult questions, crisscrossing, pencils falling.
11. Always listen to the proctor.
12. Keep a sharp mind.

enjoy.

Another Way to Download the Reviewer + Bonus Materials..

Check my new post, new means of getting the reviewers.: http://philcivilserviceexam.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-download-materials-through.html
However, if you like dropbox, you can continue the steps below,

In order to get the Bonus Documents  (which are the solutions for the math problems) and for those who have troubles downloading the Philippine Civil Service Professional Examination Reviewers and Answers, I have distributed the reviewers through Dropbox. Once you have received my Dropbox invite to my "Civil Service Exam Reviewer and Answers" Folder, that folder will be downloaded and synced to your PC through Dropbox. Whenever I put new materials to the folder, the new materials will automatically get uploaded to your Dropbox folder too. Very easy and convenient.

First, let me introduce what is Dropbox. It is a very handy tool that syncs your files from one PC to any PC, Laptops, Android Phones, BlackBerry, iPod Touch, iPhone and to the internet. Dropbox is the number one "Cloud Storage" which is the latest buzz of the technology world today. Apple is also making a cloud storage system called iCloud based on Dropbox but iCloud is not free. With Dropbox, you get 2GB of Cloud Storage for FREE, expandable to 10GB. 2GB is big enough for me. I sync my office files to my PC at home to another PC at my room and to some apps in my iPod so that I won't miss any work that needs to be done on emergency.

Here are the steps to get Dropbox:

1. You need to register to Dropbox. To register, Click HERE or click the "Welcome to Dropbox" photo below, or any of the word Dropbox in this post. The links will lead you to the Dropbox Invitation Page shown below, fill up the form to register.

Registration Form, no email confirmation required

2. In order to complete the process, Dropbox will require you to download and install the Dropbox

How to get into the reviewers posted here..

To view all the Philippine Civil Service Professional Exam Reviewer, at the right side, just before the ads are the Labels tab. All my post have been categorized into Labels. Just click on "Reviewer" to display all uploaded reviewer and answers so you can easily download the documents..

Items 21 to 40 of Math Word Problems Answers and Tips Inside..

Please take note of the tips I included while answering the problems. Please don't hesitate to ask questions and maybe some corrections. I have answered them personally, maybe I got some questions wrong.

Answers to Items 21 to 40 of the Word Problems for the Part II of the Civil Service Professional Examinatio...

This is a bonus document that is only distributed on Dropbox, please read blog entry: http://philcivilserviceexam.blogspot.com/2011/04/dropbox-file-sharing.html

Answers to Philippine Civil Service Reviewer Problem Solving Items 1 to 20

Good Day! I am posting the answers to Philippine Civil Service Reviewer Problem Solving Items 1 to 20 found in the part II of the reviewer. I have answered them personally, so you can ask me anything about the problems. I will be posting the answers to 21-40 maybe next week. Thanks for visiting. Enhance Your Brains.

Answers to Philippine Civil Service Reviewer Problem Solving Items 1 to 20


This is a bonus document that is only distributed on cloud system SugarSync, please read blog entry. Click button for instructions on How to Download.

Answers to the Number Analogy Problems

Here are the answers to the Number Analogy Part from the Part II of the Civil Service Examination Reviewer. I have explained number 1 and 2 as reference. I am taking my time to answer the word problems too. Do come back for it.

The answer to item 17 is 3) 0.0375

Make sure to review your arithmetics. Numerical analogy requires a lot of division and multiplication and percentage, decimal conversion to fractions, multiplication and division of fractions, cross multiplication, etc. Review simplification of fractions. Don't use calculator while answering the questions. CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED. Make sure you practice and practice and be very good at it.

Answers to the Number Analogy Questions in Part II Civil Service Professional Exam Reviewer


This is a bonus document that is only distributed on Dropbox, please read blog entry: http://philcivilserviceexam.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-download-materials-through.html

How to Pass the Civil Service Examination in the Philippines

 I need someone to back-up what I'm saying here in the blog and I found this cool blog from someone called GeneralHowitzer. It pretty sums up everything. Here is the link.

How to Pass the Civil Service Examination in the Philippines

 I hope you found his advices useful.

Tip: Self-study..Evaluate yourself.. know your strengths and weaknesses..

SELF-STUDY 
 At age of 20, I already knew my mental strengths. Everybody should know this once they graduated college. I knew I'm naturally good at math and logic, specifically algebra and word problems. I also know I'm good at sentence construction. So after looking at the reviewer, I evaluated myself. There was a big chance I could pass the exam based on my strengths. I also knew I have a weakness with memorization of laws and difficult word analogies.
 What I did was I didn't bother with my weaknesses first but focused on my strength because I know this is the only way I could slightly enjoy a very difficult exam and would be my only ALAS in passing it. I practiced word problems so I could solve it faster and accurately. I did some word constructions problems. And lastly, practiced word analogies to prepare for the whole exam because I also know that this would be the reason I could fail the exam.

Tips:
1. You need to know more than half of the exam coverage to have a chance on passing the exam. If you know your weaknesses are about half of the coverage, then you have to study-harder and faster.. Double-time..
2. Focus first on what is easy for you.
3. I would recommend prioritizing on practicing the MATH problems as this would take time.
4. The exam will be very difficult, even those who came on top would say that.

The Rating System of the Civil Service Career Examinations - Paper and Pencil Test

The important thing you should know is that you don't need to get 80% of all the questions right. Yes, it does not work that way!! CSC has a quota!! ..which is 8 to 12% of the takers would only pass the exam!! Believe it or not, you will be ranked based on your score. Ranking the real scores from highest to lowest, the top 8 to 12% (or whatever their quota is) will get the passing scores (80+ ratings). In our time, the top one got an 89 rating.

Here is a photocopy of my certificate as an example.

The exam is divided into 4 categories, Verbal, Analytical, Numerical and General Information.

I was quite sure I failed the exam because of the verbal usage part, I got 83.72%, which is quite shocking for me at first (since I did not know the score system then) because I'm sure I only got less than 50% correct of the verbal usage exam. It was that difficult! But because the system ranked my score  highest to lowest, I got the 83.72% score. I was pretty confident with the analytic and numerical exams though (since this is my thing), I got very good scores while I was practicing on the reviewers. If you noticed I failed in general info, the questions was about laws and constitution and I sucked at it. I barely survived my Political Science and History in college. hehe.

I know this fact and I'm sure about it because it is the same with PRC board exams. They use the same system in Electrical Engineering Board exam, they use the quota system.

When you get your own certificate of eligibility, you have the option to change your picture with the same format, which will be permanently attached to your certificate because the Civil Service dry seal will be pressed on your picture..

Civil Service Professional and Sub-professional - Paper and pencil Examinations Schedule

For the days to pass, we will be talking about the Civil Service Examinations process
For those who haven't been to the Civil Service Professional and Sub-professional - Paper and pencil test Web Page, CLICK here: http://www.csc.gov.ph/cscweb/anncsexam_ppt.html



The Schedule


 Let us focus on the 1st exam. The first scheduled exam for 2011 is May 22, Sunday, about 2.5 months from today. Let us evaluate ourselves:
  
Am I ready to take the May 22 exam?

 "Hmmm.. Where is that reviewer? Let me look at it first." You should scan the reviewer first (It is posted on this blog). Read some random questions. If you think you can do it. Then file for the exam.

 "Ahhhmm.. I'm not sure. Let me answer them first." If you are having second thoughts, then answer the reviewer, I would recommend the Math part, answer them slowly. And evaluate yourself base on the score. if you think you can do it, Go for It!!

 "Ohh no.. This looks very difficult." or "What the!! I got a really really low score.  Maybe I should take it slowly. I'll file for the next exam (which is October 16). At least I have7 months to prepare. I'll study this reviewer and be good at it."

 Date of Filing for the May 22, 2011 Exam is from February 21, 2011 to April 7, 2011. (Acceptance of applications shall be on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED basis. Applications may no longer be accepted before the deadline if the target number of applicants has already been reached by the CSC Regional/Field Offices.)

I'll find other reviewers for you to answer, 4 hours straight, one week before the exam. 

Answer Keys of the of the Philippines Civil Service Career Professional Examination Reviewer, Civil Service Exam - Paper and Pencil Test (CSE-PPT)

Part IV Philippines' Civil Service Professional Reviewer Answer Key

This is the answer key to the reviewers I have posted. Beware: This document has errors on the numbering.  I will try to review this document so It will coincide with the questions.

Part III of the Philippines Civil Service Career Professional Examination Reviewer, Civil Service Exam - Paper and Pencil Test (CSE-PPT)

Part III Philippines' Civil Service Professional Reviewer

This is the last of the Civil Service Professional Reviewer. See Answer Keys on the Next Post.

Part II of the Philippines Civil Service Career Professional Examination Reviewer, Civil Service Exam - Paper and Pencil Test (CSE-PPT)

Part II Philippines' Civil Service Professional Reviewer

This is the Continuation of the Civil Service Professional Examination Reviewer. See other posts for Part III and the Answer Key.