NYC - Civil Service Exam Civil Service Written Expression and Grammar 1

Question 1

Which sentence is written correctly?

Accepted Answer

Neither the supervisor nor the employees were informed of the change.

Answer

Neither the supervisor nor the employees was informed of the change.

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Neither the supervisor nor the employees has been informed of the change.

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Neither the supervisor nor the employees are being inform of the change.

Question 2

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

Accepted Answer

The department's policy requires all staff to submit their reports by Friday.

Answer

The department's policy requires all staff to submit they're reports by Friday.

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The departments' policy requires all staff to submit their reports by Friday.

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The departments policy requires all staff to submit there reports by Friday.

Question 3

Select the sentence that is free of a dangling modifier.

Accepted Answer

While reviewing the file, the clerk decided to close the case.

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Walking through the lobby, the new security cameras were noticed by the inspector.

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After reviewing the file, the case was closed by the clerk.

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To complete the application, a birth certificate is required by the office.

Question 4

Which word correctly completes the sentence? 'The memo was addressed to _____ will be attending the training session.'

Accepted Answer

whoever

Answer

who

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whom

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whomever

Question 5

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

Accepted Answer

The officer, who had been on duty since midnight, submitted the report before noon.

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The officer filed the report, and, submitted it to the sergeant before noon.

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The officer submitted the report before noon, but, did not notify the sergeant.

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The officer, submitted the report, and notified the sergeant, before noon.

Question 6

Which sentence avoids a double negative?

Accepted Answer

The clerk did not receive any confirmation of the updated address.

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The applicant did not submit no additional documents with the form.

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The inspector couldn't find no violations during the routine check.

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The supervisor didn't have no record of the employee's request.