Next CSE-PPT: 14 March 2027 · Professional & Subprofessional
Civil Service Exam Subprofessional clerical ability reviewer: more correctly spelled office words and alphabetical filing of personal names with prefixes, hyphens and suffixes.
This is a second practice set for the Clerical Ability part of the Civil Service Exam Subprofessional level, whose official scope is filing and spelling. It covers commonly misspelled office words, and alphabetical filing of names with identical surnames, prefixes such as "San" and "dela", hyphenated surnames and suffixes such as Jr.
Index each name surname first, join prefixes to the surname, ignore spaces, periods and hyphens, and remember that nothing comes before something. Every filing answer here was worked out by a script that applies these rules.
Correct answer: A. Accessible
"Accessible" has a double c, a double s, and ends in "-ible". Public offices must be accessible to persons with disabilities under the Accessibility Law (BP 344).
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Commitment
"Commitment" has a double m but a single t before "-ment", even though "committed" and "committee" double the t. It is a frequent spelling trap.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Conscientious
"Conscientious" contains "science" in the middle: con-SCIENT-ious. "Commitment to public interest" and conscientious work are both expected of public servants.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Definitely
"Definitely" comes from "definite", so it has "-ite-" not "-ate-": defin-ITE-ly. "Definately" is one of the most common misspellings in English.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Guarantee
"Guarantee" begins with "gua-" and ends in a double e. "Guaranty" exists as a legal term but is spelled with a y and does not end in "-ee", so it is not the word asked for here.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Millennium
"Millennium" has a double l and a double n, from the Latin "mille" (thousand) and "annus" (year). The plural is "millennia".
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Occasionally
"Occasionally" has a double c, a single s and a double l: oc-ca-sion-al-ly. Adding "-ly" to "occasional" keeps both l's.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Personnel
"Personnel" (staff) has a double n and ends in "-el", unlike "personal" (relating to one person). The Human Resource Management Office handles personnel records.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Recommend
"Recommend" has a single c and a double m. A memory aid: it is "re" + "commend", and "commend" already has the double m.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Schedule
"Schedule" begins with "sch-" and ends in "-ule". Keeping a work schedule is a basic clerical task. Note the silent "c" after the "s" at the start.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Rafael Lopez
All four share the surname Lopez, so the first names decide: Rafael, Ramon, Rita, Rosa. "Raf" comes before "Ram" because f comes before m.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Joel Tang
Comparing the surnames letter by letter gives Tan, Tanada, Tanay, Tang. "Tan" is first because nothing comes before something, and "Tang" is last because g comes after a in the fourth letter.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Ella San Diego
"San Diego" is filed as "SanDiego" and "Sta. Maria" as "StaMaria" (periods ignored). Comparing "sandiego", "santiago", "santos" and "stamaria", "sand" comes first.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Mario Dela Torre
Join each prefix to the surname: delapaz, delpilar, deleon, delatorre. In order they are delapaz, delatorre, deleon, delpilar, because "dela" comes before "dele" and "delp". The second name is Dela Torre.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Ana Cruz
The surnames are cruzreyes (hyphen ignored), cruz, cruzada and santos. "Cruz" is the shortest and the others beginning with it come after it, so nothing before something puts Ana Cruz first.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. Liza Ongsiako
In order: "ong", "onga", "ongpin", "ongsiako". The shortest, "Ong", comes first, and "Ongsiako" is last because s comes after a and p.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Ben Vera
In order: "vera", "verde", "vergara", "vergel". After "ver", the letters a, d and g decide, so Vera is first. Since the first names are all the same, only the surnames matter here.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. John Mabini
Comparing "mabini", "mabuhay", "macaraeg" and "macarthur": "mabi" comes before "mabu", and both come before "mac", so Mabini is filed first.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Teresa Uytingco
In order: Uy, Uychaco, Uyco, Uytingco. "Uy" is first because nothing comes before something, and "Uyt" comes after "Uyc", so Uytingco is filed last.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Carl Reyes
The surname is the same, so the first names decide: Carl, Carla, Carlo, Carlos. "Carl" is the shortest and every other name begins with it, so nothing before something puts Carl Reyes first.
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