Civil Service Practice Test 1
WATER is to THIRST as MEDICINE is to __________.
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The correct answer is sickness. Water alleviates thirst as medicine alleviates sickness.
CARPENTER is to HAMMER as HAIRDRESSER is to __________.
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The correct asnwer is scissors. Hammer is a carpenter’s tool while scissors is a hairdresser tool.
SKEW is to GLOOMY as SLANT is to _________.
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To skew is a synonym of to slant, and to be gloomy is a synonym for desperate.
EIDER is to __________ as CEDAR is to a TREE.
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An eider is a type of duck, and cedar is a type of tree.
NYMPH is to __________ as SERAPHIM is to ANGEL.
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A nymph is a maiden, and a seraphim is an angel.
The closest meaning for the word WANDERER is __________.
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Nomad. A wanderer is a person who travels often. A nomad means a person who travels from place to place to source for food or is a person who often moves from place to place instead of living in a specific area, that bests describes what a wanderer is.
The closest meaning for the word SEDENTARY is __________.
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Immobile. Sedentary is an act of being inactive whereas immobile means not moving, motionless, and being still.
The closest meaning for the word REFRESH is __________.
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Revitalize. Refresh meaning is to give new strength or to freshen up while revitalize means to restore to an active or fresh condition.
The closest meaning for the word FABRIC is __________.
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Textile. A textile is pertaining to weaving ro to woven fabrics. It is also another word for fabric that makes them synonymous to each other.
The closest meaning for the word CHILD is __________.
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Offspring is pertaining to a person’s child or children.
As stated in the paragraph, the use of word is “correct” when it is:
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The correct answer is the second choice, “Used for other individuals we associate with”, as it is mentioned in the next-to-last part of the paragraph.
The main language problem of an English tourist to the United States relies on the fact that an English person
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The correct answer is the last choice. The term of the question is somewhat different from the expression of the last paragraph, but the concept is just the same. You may have found this selection more difficult to absorb than some of the others, but by removing the wrong answers, you should have had no difficulty solving this question.
In particular, the author is concerned with the:
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Among the four choices, the third choice is the correct answer. That is the main idea of the passage which is easy to answer.
What is main objective of the paragraph?
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The second choice is the correct answer. The key point of this section is to define osteoporosis.
What is the main objective of this passage?
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The correct answer is the third choice. The point of this passage is to explain what kind of drowning looks like. It is describing details on how to spot a drowning person.
What is 3/5 as percent?
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60%. To convert a fraction to percent simply divide the numerator by the denominator: With that, 3/5 is .6 multiply by 100 to get the percentage. The answer is 60%.
Michael drove at a speed of 40 miles per hour in a span of 5 hours. Find the distance of how far did Michael travels.
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200 miles. To determine the distance, we use the formula distance = rate x time. So distance = 40 x 5. Distance is equals to 200 miles.
Find the area find the width of a rectangle with an area of 480 cm and a length of 24 cm.
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To get the width of the rectangle, you need to divide 480 cm (area) to 24 cm (length). And that gives us the answer 20 cm.
Choose which numbers below has the biggest value.
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2.6051. Among the four choices, it is 2.6051 which has the greatest value because of its tenths value which is 6.
Where would an FOIA officer find the details about when was the request was made?
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Box 2. Box 2 contains the date on when was the request made.
Choose which information below should be found in Box 5.
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[email protected]. Box 5 should contain the requestor’s email address.
Which information below should be found in Box 7.
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Box 7 should include the description of records requested which is being stated in the fourth choice.
Which box below should NOT include the FOIA officer’s information?
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Box 14. It should contain the information about the decision for the release of request or about the status of the request.
Which box below should include this information: “Administration Dept.”
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Box 12 should contain the FOIA officer’s department and the indicated information in the question above seems to indicate an agency or department to where the FOIA officer belongs to.
Compare the given information and choose the correct answer.
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FIRST and THIRD information are the same.
Compare the given information and choose the correct answer.
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Compare the given information and choose the correct answer.
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FIRST and SECOND information are the same.
Compare the given information and choose the correct answer.
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Compare the given information and choose the correct answer.
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ALL three information are alike.
