Civil Service Clerical Exam

by Bobrow Test Preparation Services

Overview

Civil Service exams are competitive, with the highest scorers being offered the available jobs. This revised and updated manual dramatically increases job applicants’ employment prospects by helping them to excel on the clerical exams. It provides the tools needed to succeed in the verbal, clerical, and interview portions of the exam. It also includes insightful information about word processing, dictation, and office machines. Hundreds of practice problems are also included to sharpen test-taking skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764143021
Publisher:	Barrons Educational Services
Publication date:	02/01/2010
Series:	Barron's Test Prep
Edition description:	Sixth Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Will Studying Help Me?


Getting Started: Four Steps to Success


Introduction


PART I THE CLERICAL EXAM:

VERBAL ABILITIES PART

1 Verbal Abilities

General Strategies:

A Diagnostic Test

2 Understanding the

Verbal Abilities

Sections: Key

Strategies


PART II THE CLERICAL EXAM:

CLERICAL ABILITIES PART

3 Clerical Abilities

General Strategies:

A Diagnostic Test

4 Understanding the

Clerical Abilities

Sections: Key

Strategies


PART III THE TYPING (WORD

PROCESSING) TEST

5 Introduction: A

Diagnostic Test

6 Some Common

Errors to Watch For


PART IV THE DICTATION TEST

7 Introduction: A

Diagnostic Test

8 Dictation


PART V THE OFFICE MACHINE

OPERATOR SPECIAL TEST: THE

SIMPLIFIED TYPING TEST

9 Introduction to the

Simplified Typing

Test: A Diagnostic

Test

10 Office Machine

Simplified Typing

Test


PART VI THE INTERVIEW

11 The Interview:

Showing That You

Fit the Job


Appendix