Clerical Ability

The Civil Service Examination Reviewers’ Clerical Ability category focuses on the administrative and clerical abilities assessed on the Civil Service Exam (CSE). This category includes the following subjects:

• Filing and indexing
• Spelling
• Encoding and decoding
• Speed and accuracy in data entry
• Basic arithmetic
• Basic accounting and bookkeeping
• Practice questions and exercises

You can improve your administrative and clerical abilities as well as your confidence by taking the Clerical Ability category of the Civil Service Exam. You can efficiently prepare for the Clerical Ability section of the CSE using the material and resources supplied in this category, regardless of your skill level or need to brush up.