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Civil Service Examinations

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  • 08-03-2002 12:36am
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    xern
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭


    CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS


    Have You Got What It Takes To Join The Civil Service?

    Hello. Welcome to this year's Civil service entrance exam. I see
    hat all of you have been able to find yourself a seat and a desk so obviously you've got what it takes to be Civil servants.
    Should you pass this exam and become a member of the Civil service,
    you will enjoy not only the esteem and envy of all your friends but
    also a unique package of fringe benefits, including: an early
    retirement
    scheme which allows you to retire while still turning up for work;
    flexitime which enables you to decide when you don't want to work at work plus free use of government stationery - this has been facilitated by the introduction of eight-items-or-less lanes as you leave the building.

    We must at this stage warn all examinees that anyone found cheating or copying from their neighbour's paper will be automatically assigned to ASIO regardless of whether they fail the intelligence test.

    ESPECIALLY if they fail the intelligence test.



    MULTIPLE CHOICE:
    1. If you are about to take your lunchbreak and a female member of the general public comes with an inquiry, you should address her by saying:

    a. Can I help you, madam?
    b. Can I help you, miss?
    c. What can I do you for, mate?
    d. How's tricks, doll-face?

    The correct answer is: None of the above. This is a trick question.
    If you are about to take your lunchbreak, you shouldn't talk to her
    at all.


    2. If a member of the general public phones up with a complaint and you realise that the file on this matter has been lost, you should say:

    a. We are looking into the matter
    b. Can I get back to you on this one?
    c. The matters have been referred to another committee
    d. I haven't had a chance to look into it yet.


    The correct answer is that you should tell them that they have the
    wrong telephone extension.


    SPELLING:

    1. Spell the following words:

    a. Tea
    b. Sickie
    c. Lunchbreak
    d. Go-slow


    MATHEMATICS:

    Please answer the following questions in the spaces provided on
    your answer sheet.

    1. If you went to lunch at 12 noon and came back to work at 2.30pm how long have you had for lunch?

    *the answer of course, is half an hour.


    2. If one civil servant takes 3 hours to process a 321/L3/MX1 form
    how long would it take two civil servants to process the same form?

    *the answer is, of course, is four hours.


    For those of you who failed the maths test, you may still be
    eligible to become Mr McCreevey's tax policy adviser.


    This is the end of the examination. Please sign your exam paper illegibly and pass it to those collecting them, while denying that you have ever seen or heard anything about it.


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