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ADDITIONAL ONLINE PRACTICE

W hether you need help building basic skills or preparing for an exam, visit the LearningExpress Practice Center! On this site, you can access additional practice materials. Using the code below, youll be able to log in and take a practice Civil Service exam. This online prac tice exam will also provide you with:

Immediate Scoring

Detailed answer explanations

Personalized recommendations for further practice and study

Log on to the LearningExpress Practice Center by using the URL: www.learnatest.com/practice

This is your Access Code: 9094

Follow the steps online to redeem your access code. After youve used your access code to register with the site, you will be prompted to create a username and password. For easy reference, record them here:

Username: _________________ Password: __________________

With your username and password, you can log in and answer these practice questions as many times as you like. If you have any questions or problems, please contact LearningExpress customer service at 1-800-295-9556 ext. 2, or e-mail us at customerservice@learningexpressllc.com

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Civil service exams : power practice.

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ISBN 978-1-57685-909-4

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 The LearningExpress Test Preparation System

CHAPTER 2 Civil Service Practice Exam 1

CHAPTER 3 Civil Service Practice Exam 2

CHAPTER 4 Civil Service Practice Exam 3

CHAPTER 5 Civil Service Practice Exam 4

CHAPTER 6 Civil Service Practice Exam 5

CHAPTER 7 Civil Service Practice Exam 6

CHAPTER 8 Civil Service Practice Exam 7

ADDITIONAL ONLINE PRACTICE

CHAPTER 1

THE LEARNINGEXPRESS TEST PREPARATION SYSTEM

CHAPTER OVERVIEW

Taking any written exam can be tough. It demands a lot of preparation if you want to achieve a top score, and your rank on the eligibility list is often determined largely by this score. The LearningExpress Test Preparation System, developed exclusively for LearningExpress by leading test experts, gives you the discipline and attitude you need to be a winner.

T aking the civil service written exam is no picnic, and neither is getting ready for it. Your future career in civil service depends on you getting a high score on the various parts of the test, but there are all sorts of pitfalls that can keep you from doing your best on this all-important exam. Here are some of the obstacles that can stand in the way of your success:

being unfamiliar with the format of the exam

being paralyzed by test anxiety

leaving your preparation to the last minute or not preparing at all

not knowing vital test-taking skills: how to pace yourself through the exam, how to use the process of elimination, and when to guess

not being in tip-top mental and physical shape

messing up on exam day by having to work on an empty stomach or shivering through the exam because the room is cold

Whats the common denominator in all these test-taking pitfalls? One word: control . Who's in control, you or the exam?

The LearningExpress Test Preparation System puts you in control. In just nine easy-to-follow steps, you will learn everything you need to know to make sure that you are in charge of your preparation and your performance on the exam. Other test takers may let the exam get the better of them; other test takers may be unprepared or out of shape, but not you. After completing this chapter, you will have taken all the steps you need to get a high score on any civil service exam.

Heres how the LearningExpress Test Preparation System works: nine easy steps lead you through everything you need to know and do to get ready for your exam. Each of the steps listed below and on the following pages includes both reading about the step and one or more activities. It's important that you do the activities along with the reading, or you wont be getting the full benefit of the system. Each step tells you approximately how much time that step will take you to complete.

Step 1 . Get Information (30 minutes)

Step 2. Conquer Test Anxiety (20 minutes)

Step 3. Make a Plan (50 minutes)

Step 4. Learn to Manage Your Time (10 minutes)

Step 5. Learn to Use the Process of Elimination (20 minutes)

Step 6. Know When to Guess (20 minutes)

Step 7. Reach Your Peak Performance Zone (10 minutes)

Step 8. Get Your Act Together (10 minutes)

Step 9. Do It! (10 minutes)

Total time for complete system (180 minutes-3 hours)

We estimate that working through the entire system will take you approximately three hours. Its perfectly okay if you work at a faster or slower pace. If you can take a whole afternoon or evening, you can work through the whole LearningExpress Test Preparation System in one sitting. Otherwise, you can break it up, and do just one or two steps a day for the next several days. Its up to youremember, you are in control.

Step 1: Get Information

Time to complete: 30 minutes

Activities: Independent research

Knowledge is power. The first step in the LearningExpress Test Preparation System is finding out everything you can about the types of civil service exams offered. For example, the Civil Service page of Federal Jobs Net (federaljobs.net/exams.htm) outlines the details about taking a civil service exam. The Book of U.S. Government Jobs (11th Edition) will have additional information for you on civil service exam requirements.

What You Should Find Out

The more details you can find out about the exam, the more efficiently you will be able to study. Here's a list of some things you might want to find out about your exam:

What skills are tested?

How many sections are on the exam?

How many questions are in each section?

Are the questions ordered from easy to hard, or is the sequence random?

How much time is allotted for each section?

Are there breaks between sections?

What is the passing score, and how many questions do you have to answer right in order to get that score?

Does a higher score give you any advantages, like a better rank on the eligibility list?

How is the exam scored, and is there a penalty for wrong answers?

Are you permitted to go back to a prior section or move on to the next section if you finish early?

Can you write in the exam booklet, or will you be given scratch paper?

What should you bring with you on exam day?

Whats on Most Civil Service Exams

The skills that are tested on civil service exams vary from occupation to occupation. Thats why its important to contact your local state association to find out what skills are covered. Then, move on to the next step to get rid of that test anxiety.

Step 2: Conquer Test Anxiety

Time to complete: 20 minutes

Activity: Practice overcoming test anxiety

Having complete information about the exam is the first step in getting control of it. Next, you have to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to test success: test anxiety. Test anxiety can not only impair your performance on the exam itself, but it can even keep you from preparing properly. In Step 2, you will learn stress management techniques that will help you succeed on your exam. Learn these strategies now, and practice them as you work through the questions in this book, so theyll be second nature to you by exam day.