Civil Service Examination Past Paper PDF - Math, Logic

# Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - MATH ## XI MATH 1. What is 58 hundreds rounded to the nearest thousands? - A. 5000 - B. 6000 - C. 600 - D. 500 2. What is 10 000 less than 3 million? - A. 299 000 - B. 2900000 - C. 2990000 - D. 29000 3. Which number when...

# Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - MATH ## XI MATH 1. What is 58 hundreds rounded to the nearest thousands? - A. 5000 - B. 6000 - C. 600 - D. 500 2. What is 10 000 less than 3 million? - A. 299 000 - B. 2900000 - C. 2990000 - D. 29000 3. Which number when rounded to the nearest millions becomes 8 000 000? - A. 7.099999 - B. 8.909010 - C. 8010000 - D. 7499999 4. What is the least number which when rounded to the nearest hundredths gives 51.64? - A. 51.636 - B. 51.740 - C. 51.647 - D. 51.639 5. What number subtracted from 450 so that the difference is equal to the sum of 2.73 and 8.0361? - A. 41.9639 - B. 47.28 - C. 11.654 - D. 39.2339 6. What is the result when 3.07 is added to itself 12 times? - A. 15.07 - B. 33.11 - C. 36.84 - D. 29.14 7. The result when the cube of 5.1 is increased by 0.032 is - A. 131.11 - B. 132.11 - C. 132.683 - D. 132.777 8. When two ratios as equivalent they are called - A. Percent - B. Fraction - C. Proportion - D. Decimal ## Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - MATH 9. What is the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 3 and 18? - A. 18 - B. 3 - C. 12 - D. 54 10. Which of the following is divisible by 17? - A. 1026 - B. 1410 - C. 1547 - D. 1517 11. What is the numerical value of 5÷5 + 5.5 - 5? - A. 26 - B. 25 - C. 27 - D. 24 12. Remove the grouping symbols and simplify: 5 + (7+8-3)? - A. 16 - B. 17 - C. 18 - D. 15 13. Simplify the following: -8 - (3+ 10 – 9) ? - A. -12 - B. +12 - C. +13 - D. -13 14. Remove the symbols of grouping and simplify: (-x² + 3x – 3)? - A. +x² + 3x + 3 - B. -x² + 3x - 3 - C. -x² + 3x - 3 - D. -x² - 3x + 3 15. Give the ratio of 18 Clinical Instructors to 12 Nursing Students? - A. 4:3 - B. 3:2 - C. 6:3 - D. 2:3 16. How many hectares are there in a rectangular field measuring 750m wide and 800m long? - A. 60 - B. 40 - C. 50 - D. 120 17. What is the difference between 109 and 49? - A. 50 - B. 45 - C. 55 - D. 60 ## Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - MATH 18. Melchor played basketball for the College Varsity Team. He attempted 45 free throws and short of 85% of these. How many free throws did he make? - A. 38 - B. 37 - C. 38.25 - D. 36 19. How much is 25% of 55% of 350? - A. 48.13 - B. 48.75 - C. 48.50 - D. 48.26 20. A certain number doubled and increased by 15 is 29. What is the number? - A. 5 - B. 7 - C. 6 - D. 4 21. What is the floor area of a 5 storey building whose each floor measures 15m x 22.5? - A. 1,687 sq. m. - B. 1006.87 sq. m. - C. 1,6887.50 sq. m. - D. 1067.00 sq. m. 22. In the series of 1, 5, 10, 16, 23, ___, the 8th term is ? - A. 45 - B. 61 - C. 50 - D. 72 23. What is the remainder of the division 5100÷7? - A. 4 - B. 2 - C. 5 - D. 7 24. How many factors of 2000 are perfect squares? - A. 7 - B. 6 - C. 10 - D. 54 25. How many odd integers are there in 10/4 and 71/3? - A. Five - B. Ten - C. Eleven - D. Twenty 26. If the sum of four different prime numbers is an odd number, what is the smallest of the four? - A. 5 - B. 2 - C. 4 - D. 6 ## Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - MATH 43. Charice weighs 94 kilos. How much is her weight in pounds? - A. 216.80 - B. 206.13 - C. 213.60 - D. 215.92 44. How many ribbons, each at 123/4 cm long, can be obtained from a roll of 6.63 meters long? - A. 51 - B. 55 - C. 52 - D. 57 45. Change the following percent to decimals: 25%, 5.5%; 4%; and 35.5% - A. 0.225,; 0.56,; 0.42,: 0.36 - B. 0.025,; 0.55,; 0.4,; 0.355 - C. 0.25,; 0.055,; 0.04,; 0.355 - D. .25,; 0055,; 042,; .355 46. Express in Scientific Notation: .000435 - A. 4.35 x 105 - B. 4.35 x 105 - C. 4.35 x 10-4 - D. 4.35 x 104 47. Which of the following gives the sum of the polynomials by a monomial? (x + 2y) (3x2 – 5xy + y²) - A. 3x3 - x²y + 9xy² + 2 y³ - B. -3x3 + x²y - 9xy² – 2y³ - C. 3x3 - x²y² + 9xy² - 2y3 - D. 3x3 + x²y - 9 xy² + 2y3 48. Find the products of two binomials with similar terms? (x – 4y) (x + 7y) - A. x² + 3xy - 28y2 - B. -x² - 3xy + 28y2 - C. x² + 3xy + 28y2 - D. -x² + 3xy + 28y2 49. Which of the following equation has the LEAST value? - A. 6+2x2 = - B. 6x2+3 = - C. 2+ 6 x 4 = - D. 6+ 4 x 3 = 50. There are two numbers whose sum is 48. One of the numbers is greater by 6. What are the numbers? - A. 23, 25 - B. 21, 27 - C. 23, 26 - D. 20, 28 ## Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - LOGIC ### XII SEEING PATTERNS, DIAGRAMS, FIGURES 1. - A. - B. - C. - D. \ 2. If MANILA can be written as NBOJMB, then how would you write BAGUIO? - A. CBHVJP - B. DCFVLM - C. ABUGOI - D. CCAXMR 3. Which of the figures, you think best fits the series below? - A. - B. - C. - D. 4. Which of the figures can be used to continue the series given below? - A. - B. - C. - D. 5. What number is subtracted from 450 so that the difference is equal to the sum of 2.73 and 8.0361? - A. 47.28 - B. 41.9639 - C. 11.654 - D. 39.2339 6. Which completes the pattern? - A. - B. - C. - D. 7. Which completes the pattern? - A. - B. - C. - D. 8. Identify the figure that completes the pattern. - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 9. Identify the figure that completes the pattern. - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 10. If you begin to fold along the dotted line, which of the following figures would follow the figure given below? - A. - B. - C. - D. 11. Which completes the pattern? - A. - B. - C. - D. 12. Which figure is next in the series? - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 13. Which figure is next in the series? - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 14. - A. - B. - C. - D. 15. - A. - B. - C. - D. **Direction:** Number and sequence series: Choose the best answer that will complete the following number sequence series. (For questions no. 16 to 18). 16. AB, AC, AD, A - A. AY - B. AE - C. AF - D. AG 17. A17, B34, D51, E - A. 68 - B. 70 - C. 65 - D. 67 18. A , B35, C40, D45 - A. 33 - B. 34 - C. 30 - D. 29 ## Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - SEEING PATTERNS, DIAGRAMS, FIGURES **Use the Venn Diagram to answer questions numbers 19 to 22.** The Diagram shows a class of Music students and the instruments they learn. (A) Piano (B) Guitar; A 8 B 9 10 19. What is the total number of students in the class - A. 17 - B. 19 - C. 27 - D. 9 20. How many students learn piano not guitar? - A. 17 - B. 19 - C. 27 - D. 30 21. How many students learn just the guitar? - A. 9 - B. 10 - C. 19 - D. 8 22. How many students learn just the piano or the guitar? - A. 9 - B. 19 - C. 17 - D. 27 **Use the graph to answer questions numbers 23 to 25. The graph shows the price paid and weight for bag of sugar bought at different shops. ** Price $ Z W weight (kg) 23. Which store gave the worst value of money? - A. Store Z - B. Store V - C. Store X - D. Store W 24. Which two shops charged the same price per kilogram? - A. Store Z and X - B. Store Z and V - C. Store Z and V - D. Store V and W 25. At which store should you go get three times the amount of sugar for the same price as store 7? - A. Store V - B. Store X - C. Store W - D. Store Y ## Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - SEEING PATTERNS, DIAGRAMS, FIGURES **Use the line graph to show the trends or changes overtime for the enrollment at University of Caloocan City with the different departments. To answer questions numbers 26 to 30.** 15000 10000 5000 2000 500 0 EDUC A BA B LA GS CPE C D E 26. Which department has the most number of enrollees? - A. Education - B. Graduate School - C. Business Administration - D. Liberal Arts 27. Which department has the least number of enrollees? - A. Graduate School - B. Liberal Arts - C. Education - D. Certificate of Professional Education 28. What is the approximate enrollment in the Business Administration department? - A. 5,000 - B. 10,000 - C. 8,000 - D. 15,000 29. What is the approximate enrollment of the Graduate School? - A. 5,000 - B. 2,000 - C. 2,000 - D. 10,000 30. What is the approximate enrollment of the College of Business Administration and Liberal Arts Departments? - A. 5,000 - B. 6,000 - C. 10,000 - D. 500 **To answer question numbers 31 to 35, use the Circle or Pie graph that shows the relationship of parts of a whole.** Food 35% Other 5% Clothing 10% Savings 15% Housing 20% Insurance 15% 31. What percent is spent on food? - A. 5% - B. 35% - C. 10% - D. 20% 32. How much money was spent for clothing? - A. 15% - B. 5% - C. 10% - D. 20% 33. How much is their savings? - A. 10% - B. 20% - C. 5% - D. 15% 34. On which item is the budget spent most? - A. Housing - B. Savings - C. Food - D. Others 35. What is the total percentage of the expenses for savings, insurance and other expenses? - A. 5% - B. 15% - C. 30% - D. 35% ## Reviewer for Civil Service Examination - LOGIC ### XIII LOGIC 1. From the statement "all politicians are liars", which of the following can be immediately inferred? - A. Some liars are politicians. - B. Some politicians are not liars. - C. All liars are politicians. - D. Some liars are not politicians. 2. What is wrong with the following argument. “All men are banana-eaters, but all monkeys are also banana-eaters; therefore, all men are monkeys." - A. It is a following with circular reasoning - B. Nothing is wrong - C. No class of men and monkeys follows under the same category - D. "banana-eaters" is understood with two different meanings. 3. From the statement, "if you study hard, you will pass the Civil Service Exams", which of the following can be immediately inferred? - A. Studying hard is a sufficient condition for passing the Civil Service Commission Exams. - B. Studying hard is necessary condition for passing the Civil Service Commission Exams. - C. Passing the Civil Service Commission Exams implies one's studying hard. - D. If one does not study, he will not pass the Civil Service Commission Exams. 4. What fallacy is committed in the following argument? "If Benigno Aquino could become President of the Philippines, you can be president too!" - A. What is possible for Benigno Aquino is also possible for me. - B. Faulty analogy - C. What is true for him can be true for me. - D. No fallacy 5. A big billboard has this sign: NO JAYWALKING. The billboard stands conspicuously near the post where 3 policemen manning the street were standing. A man who was far from the pedestrian lane suddenly crossed the street and was quickly apprehended by the police. Which of the following sentences is TRUE? - A. The man was in a hurry. - B. The man did not use the pedestrian lane. - C. The man was blind so he did not see the NO JAYWALKING sign. - D. The policemen waved at the man but the man ignored them. 6. What's wrong with the following argument? "XYZ soap is the best soap because Marian Rivera says so." - A. Nothing is wrong. - B. Fallacy of misplaced authority - C. What is endorsed by a popular actress is always the best - D. Endorsement is useless. 7. "You got to believe or follow what I say, because if you don't, I will kill you." Valid or invalid? - A. Personal attack - B. False cause - C. Appeal to force or argumentum ad baculum - D. Appeal to pity 8. What's wrong with the following argument: "Jesus Christ came from an unknown little town of Nazareth. So there is nothing believable in what He was saying." - A. Argumentum ad hominem or personal attack - B. Nothing wrong - C. Faulty analogy - D. Fallacy of misplaced authority 9. All Physics teacher are highly intelligent. People who are not intelligent are not good in Physics. Julie is not intelligent. Therefore, - A. Julie is not a teacher. - B. Julie does not like Physics. - C. Julie is not good in Physics. - D. Julie is good in English. 10. "If it rains, the ground gets wet". Which one is equivalent to this statement? - A. If the ground is not wet, then there was no rain. - B. If it did not rain, then the ground is not wet. - C. If the ground is wet, then it rained. - D. None 11. Which is TRUE of inductive reasoning? - A. Drawing a general statement from another general statement - B. Deriving a particular instance from a general statement - C. Deriving a particular instance from over particular statement - D. Deriving or drawing a statement from particular instances. 12. Feathers are light, but light comes from the sun; therefore feathers come from the sun." Which does the statement show? - A. Fallacy of equivocation; the word "light" is equivocal. - B. Fallacy of false analogy - C. Hasty generalization - D. Circular reasoning 13. The announcement on the school bulletin board is very explicit to be held that night. Only girls below 15 years old and can sing high notes will be accepted to participate in the upcoming musical contest. Nicolle who was 14 years old was easily accepted when she auditioned. This means that - A. Liza can sing high notes - B. Liza qualified because she is 14 years old - C. Liza can sing well - D. Liza is a former choir member and so can sign high notes 14. If A is equal to B and B is equal to C, then - A. A is equal to C. - B. B + C are equal to A - C. A + B + C is equal to 3 A - D. A minus B is equal to C 15. All lawyers are good in English and are interested in politics. Rommel is good in English and are interested in politics. Which will hold TRUE of Rommel? - A. Rommel is like a lawyer, good in English and interested in politics. - B. Rommel will enter politics. - C. Rommel will be a good lawyer. - D. Rommel will seriously study English and Political Science subjects. ## ANSWER KEY ### XI MATH 1. B. 6000 2. C. 2990000 3. C. 8010000 4. A. 51.636 5. D. 39.2339 6. C. 36.84 7. C. 132.683 8. C. Proportion 9. A. 18 10. C. 1547 11. B. 25 12. B. 17 13. A. 12 14. C. -x² + 3x - 3 15. B. 3:2 16. A. 60 17. D. 60 18. C. 38.25 19. A. 48.13 20. B. 7 21. C. 1,6887.50 sq. m. 22. C. 50 23. B. 2 24. B. 6 25. C. Eleven 26. B. 2 27. C. 150% 28. C. 2ax- 8ay 29. B. 49a256ab + 16b2 30. D. 6 31. B. 18 32. C. 2 33. C. 11, 12, 13 34. C. Php40,000 35. C. 96 sq.m. 36. C. 29 37. C. 64.75 38. C. 128 39. C. 2 13/18 40. B. 22 41. B. 31 42. B. 10 43. B. 206.13 44. C. 52 45. C. 0.25,; 0.055,; 0.04,; 0.355 46. C. 4.35 x 10-4 47. D. 3x3 + x²y - 9 xy² + 2y3 48. A. x² + 3xy - 28y2 49. B. 6 x 2 + 3= 50. B. 21, 27 ### XII SEEING PATTERNS, DIAGRAMS, FIGURES 1. A. CBHVJP 2. A. 3. A. 4. D. 5. B. 41.9639 6. A. 7. A. 8. D. (4) 9. B. (2) 10. C. 11. A. 12. B. 13. D. 14. A. 15. A. AE 16. B. AE 17. A. 68 18. C. 30 19. C. 27 20. A. 17 21. C. 19 22. A. 9 23. B. Store V 24. C. Store Z and V 25. A. Store V 26. C. Business Administration 27. D. Certificate of Professional Education 28. B. 10,000 29. C. 2,000 30. C. 10,000 31. B. 35% 32. C. 10% 33. D. 15% 34. C. Food 35. D. 35% ### XIII LOGIC 1. A. Some liars are politicians 2. D. "banana-eaters" is understood with two different meanings. 3. A. Studying hard is a sufficient condition for passing the LET. 4. B. Faulty analogy 5. B. The man did not use the pedestrian lane. 6. B. Fallacy of misplaced authority. 7. C. Appeal to force or argument ad baculum 8. A. Argumentum ad holmium or personal attack 9. B. The set of students are included in the set of intelligent beings 10. A. If the ground is not wet, then there was no rain. 11. D. Deriving or drawing a statement from particular instances. 12. A. Fallacy of equivocation; the word "light" is equivocal. 13. A. Liza can sing high notes. 14. C. A + B + C is equal to 3 A 15. A. Rommel is like a lawyer, good in English and interested in politics. ==End of OCR for page 20==