CIVIL SERVICE reviewer Set 2 - Part 1

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DIRECTION: The 20 items that follow are on some information you are to give about yourself. All these
will held strictly confidential. Please be honest and accurate when answering. Each item is followed by
several possible answers. After each item number on your Answer Sheet, blacken fully the circle whose
number corresponds to the answer that specially pertains to you.

1. Sex:

1. Male
2. Female

2. Civil Status:

1. Single
2. Married
3. Widow/Widower
4. Separated/ Divorced

3. Highest Educational Achievement:

1. Second Year College

2.Third Year College
3. Fourth Year College
4. College Graduate
5. Postgraduate

4. Year of Last Attendance in school:

1. Before 1990
2. 1991-1999
3. 2000-2004
4. 2005-2009
5. 2010 Present

5. Location of School of last Attended

1. Metro Manila
2. Luzon (outside Metro Manila)
3. Visayas
4. Mindanao
5. Abroad

6. What honors did you receive when you graduated from college?

1. Summa cum Laude

2. Magna cum Laude
3. Cum Laude
4. None
5. Not Applicable

7. Present employment:

1. Government
2. Private
3.Self-Employment
4.Unemployed
5. N/A

8. Type of present job:

1. Professional/Technical/ Scientific
2. Trades and Crafts
3. General Clerical
4. Others
5. Not Applicable

9. Number of times promoted from January 2000 to present times.

1. Never
2. Once
3.Twice
4. More than two times
5. Not Applicable

10. What was your performance rating for the last rating period in your last rating period in
your office?

1. Outstanding
2. Very Satisfactorily
3.Satisfactorily/Fair
4. Unsatisfactorily
5. Not Applicable

11. Do you have the following first level eligibilities: Second Grade, General Clerical, Career
Civil Service Professional, Municipal or Provincial Clerk?

1. Yes
2. No

12. How many times have you taken the Career Service Professional Examination, Excluding
this examination?

1. Never
2. Once
3.Twice
4.Thrice
5.More than 3 Times

13. For what reason you’re taking this examination?

1. Entrance to government service
2. Change of Status of appointment
3. Promotion
4. Achievements
5. Others

14. Category of Government office where employed

1. National Government
2 . Local Government
3. Government owned/controlled corporation
4. Constitutional Office
5. Not Applicable

15.Status of present appointment in the government service

1. Permanent
2. Temporary
3. Casual/Emergency
4. Contractual 5. N/A

16. Years of Experience in government service.

1. Less than 5 years

2. 5-10 years
3. 11-20 years
4. 20 years above
5. N/A

17. If offered appointment in the government service, are you available? When?

1. Yes, Immediately
2. Yes, after 1 year
3. Yes, after 2 years
4. Yes, after 3 years
5. Yes, after I finish my studies

18. If offered appointment in the government service, where do you prefer to work?

1. Metro Manila
2. Luzon (outside Metro Manila)
3. Visayas
4. Mindanao
5. In Nearby Place in my house

19.For what type of work do you consider yourself best qualified?

1. Accounting
2. Budgeting
3. Management and audit analysis
4. Records Management
5. Research/ Report Writing

20.

1. Statistical Work
2. Stenography
3. Supply Management
4. System Analysis and Design
5. Others

Directions: Choose from among the suggested answers the word that means most nearly the same as the
word in capital letters. On your Answer Sheet, shade completely the box that corresponds to your answer.

21. Ang PAGAL na guro ay sandaling tumigil bago muling nagpatuloy sa pagsasalita.

1. pagod
2. galit
3. pihikan
4. mabagal
5. mahinahon

22. A special group in the police force is believe to be engage in FURTIVE activities.

1. illegal
2. suspicious
3. unusual
4. worthy
5. secret

23. The Defense presented its case to the jury in a TRENCHANT manner.

1. Legalistic
2. dignified
3. vague
4. emphatic
5. cautious

24. Ang mga magbubukid ay NABIHASA sa paggamit ng kalabaw bilang katulong nila sa pagsasaka.

1. nagsawa
2. nagtiwala
3. nasanay
4. natuto
5. nahirapan

25. Pilo’s insensitivity has created ANIMOSITY to the worker’s demands.

1. distrust
2. hostility
3. fear
4. distance
5. dependence

26. The baffled owner ACQUIESCED to the worker’s demands.

1. opposed
2. reacted
3. agreed
4. resisted
5. listened

27. The recommendation of the wage council is REPUGNANT to the employers.

1. acceptable
2. objectionable
3. beneficial
4. degrading
5. embarrassing

28. Sanctuaries for wildlife have DWINDLED alarmingly in the last decade.

1. disappeared
2. changed
3. decreased
4. multiplied
5. deteriorated

29. Recklessness always entails JEOPARDY.

1. danger
2. crisis
3. apprehension
4. control
5. aggression

30. Business, like life, is much too extensive and LEQUESCENT to be wholly contained by any
checklist, formula or theory.

1. structured
2. changeable
3. complicated
4. shapeless
5. confusing

Directions: In each of the following sentences is a blank space indicating that a word or group of words
has been omitted. From among the suggested answers choose the word or groups of words that best conveys
the concept or meaning of the sentence as a whole. On your Answer Sheet, shade completely the box that
corresponds to your answer.

31. Realizing that we were determined to go, our experienced friends __________ that there might be
more difficulties along the way than we expect.
1. dismissed
2. intimated
3. insisted
4. projected
5. concluded

32. Ang patuloy na pag-angkat ng mga produktong banyaga, na siya naming tinatangkilik ng mga
mamamayan, ang dahilan ng __________ ng mga industriyang local.

1. paghinto
2. pagbabago
3. pagtitipid
4. pagkawala
5. pagkalugi

33. A strong government is needed to promote _______, not dependency, and to encourage free
enterprise.

1. self-alienation
2. self-evaluation
3. self-reliance
4. self-awaremenss
5. self-determination

34. Mass media develop in us level of consciousness that keeps us __________, current events.

1. interested in
2. adjusting to
3. excited over
4. fearful of
5. abreast of

35. Failure is the most tiring experience a person can ever have; there is nothing more __________
than not succeeding being blocked, not moving ahead.

1. invigorating
2. discouraging
3. exhilarating
4. enervating
5. depressing

Directions: Some of the sentences in this section contain an error in grammar or correct usage. On your
Answer sheet, shade completely the box that corresponds to that section of the sentence that contains the
error. If there is no error in the sentence, shade 5.

36. A three-act play or a novel are to be read; a total of two hundred pages
1 2
of poetry—lyric, dramatic, or narrative—is also required of everyone.
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37. Accuracy of movement, like accuracy of words, are essential to the success of magical rites
1 2 3 4

38. If anybody objects, let them think of a better scheme rather than make fun of the proposed plan.
1 2 3 4

39. In this modern age of today, most people are too highly educated to believe in superstitions.
1 2 3 4

40. College teaches us to form opinions by the result of careful thought

1 2 3 4

41. Learners set goals as motivation for learning,

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and their successes or failures in achieving these goals determine how he sets his future goals.
3 4

42. The Labor Secretary will met representatives of the entertainment industry tomorrow
1 2
to discuss problems affecting the working conditions of Filipino workers abroad.
3 4

43. Some people are simply too opportunities to take a stand on controversial issues.
1 2 3 4

44. We were discussing about political issues so her remarks

1 2
about clothes and fashion were completely beside the point.
3 4

45. The best consultants are those who can suggest or apply an array of methods aim at helping their
clients 1 2

understand a situation, diagnose it, and act accordingly under a given situation.
3 4

46. We were touch by his generosity when he obviously could ill afford to be so generous.
1 2 3 4

47. This is just one approach to a selection system and there are many from whom to choose
1 2 3 4

48. Maaaring umabot sa sandaang taon ang buhay ng isang tao kung gugustuhin at susundan lamang
1 2 3
ang mga positibong saloobin.
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49. I use to take a short siesta every afternoon after lunch.

1 2 3 4

50. The success of a leader lays not only on the leader’s ability to influence people,
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but also in the sincerity of the purpose that he desires to achieve.
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