Civil Service Exam Clerical Operations

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Common Types of Clerical Operations Questions

Clerical Operations is part of the coverage of the Subprofessional Level only of the Civil Service Exam. The two common types of questions are:

Spelling

For this type of question, you will be presented with several words and tasked to determine if there are any that are misspelled.

Example:
Which of the following words is not spelled correctly?
(1) indispensible
(2) disciplinary
(3) embarrassment
(4) all of the above
(5) none of the above

The correct answer is Option (1) indispensible. It should be spelled as indispensable.

Filing

For this type of question, you will be required to rearrange the given entries in alphabetical order.

Here is a filing rule to remember:
The names of individuals are filed as follows:

• last name as the first unit
• first name or initial as the second unit
• middle name or initial as the third unit
• title as the fourth unit

Unit 1	Unit 2	Unit 3	Unit 4
Last Name	First Name or Initial	Middle Name or Initial	Title

Example:
Atty. Samuel P. Hernandez is filed as Hernandez, Samuel P. Attorney

Unit 1	Unit 2	Unit 3	Unit 4
HERNANDEZ	SAMUEL	P	ATTORNEY

Example: Arrange the given entries in alphabetical order.
(A) Dr. Michelle L. Macapinlac
(B) Mr. Philip B. Aguas
(C) Ryan Ocampo
(D) Allan S. Pamintuan
(E) Prof. Rebecca G. Dimalanta

(1) CDBEA
(2) ABECD
(3) BEACD
(4) DCEAB
(5) EBDAC

The correct answer is Option (3) BEACD.

(B) Aguas, Philip B. Mister
(E) Dimalanta, Rebecca G. Professor
(A) Macapinlac, Michelle L. Doctor
(C) Ocampo, Ryan
(D) Pamintuan, Allan S

Unit 1	Unit 2	Unit 3	Unit 4
AGUAS	PHILIP	B	MISTER
DIMALANTA	REBECCA	G	PROFESSOR
MACAPINLAC	MICHELLE	L	DOCTOR
OCAMPO	RYAN
PAMINTUAN	ALLAN	S

Free Clerical Operations Practice Tests

Learn key filing rules and identify commonly misspelled words with our free practice tests.

Filing Practice Test 1
Spelling Practice Test 1

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Filing Practice Test 2
Filing Practice Test 3
Filing Practice Test 4
Spelling Practice Test 2
Spelling Practice Test 3
Spelling Practice Test 4

Want to improve your clerical ability? We have a list of the essential filing rules with examples as well as a list of the commonly misspelled words in the English language.

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