Philippine Civil Service Reviewer 2015

Things you need to know

Preparations

You need to pass 80% passing rate. High % right?

Exam will take three(3) hours, that's 60 mins/hr x 3hrs = 180mins

Test questionnaire has 180 items, 10-15 free(personal information), 10

blanks. So it makes a total of 160 total items. I calculated the total items
over the total time of 180 mins. Well, its roughly 0.87 minute per item, but
some items do take time especially on reading comprehensions and Math
problems. You MUST have 3-5mins to answer it.

Career Service Professional and Subprofessional have almost the

same scopes of exam from: English, Filipino, Reading comprehension,
synonyms, antonyms, logic, grammar and correct usage, paragraph
organization, spelling, analogy. Math: Word problems, interest, percent,
sales, linear, algebra, graphs, and general information includes Philippine
Constitution, (R.A. 6713) Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public
Officials and Employees, Peace and Human Rights Issues and Concepts,
and Environment Management and Protection.

Exam will start at definitely at 8AM, Sunday.

If you are taking on Computer Aided Test, it is synchronize nationwide, but

need to answer quickly.( No need to shade answers which makes it faster
and easier)

You need to prepare for it, calculate time to answer items, and study on scopes of the exam.

TIPS to HELP you PASS the Civil Service

Examinations
Before EXAM

Review, review and review. You need to take serious about the
test/exam. Your future at stake here. Though, it does not depend your
future of being a passer. But for the sake to pass it, better review and do
more reviews. Well, if you do have stored/stocked knowledge and very
confident to pass the exam without any reviews, then go on. (I
remembered my friends here, I must admit they are
pretty smarter indeed). However, if you are just an average type person
just like me, you need to focus and review more.

Good News! I will share to you some soft copies here. Click it => CSC
Reviewer 2015.

Study and Review Materials. You need to gather more resources here.
Like newspapers, hard copies, books, reviewers, photocopies,
magazines, soft copies, internet information, and lots of more. I have
resources too, newspapers, reviewers, internet freedom information, books,
and photocopies. Yet in my first take, I did not pass and it gave me low
rating... 66% whoa! It could somehow damage your moral but you don't
need to lose hope here. Like anyone else, they failed too. Tip: If you did
not pass, try to make it as an inspiration to study and review
more.

Pray but don't just rely on it. As many people would say, God will help
you if you will help yourself first. Do your best and God does the rest.
You need to be a realistic too, if you are not keen and being hardworking on
studying and reviewing then you will not make it. Remember, it is a REAL
TEST. One of the factors to have a better future. If you are just relying on
faith without hard work, it is useless. It must be FAITH and HARD WORK.

Practice, practice, and practice. Mostly, we really hate MATH right?

Now, it is time to love it. I am sure, you will love it too. Just like anything

else, you will develop to like/love it. For the sake of your future, you need
to sacrifice. Practice everyday, solve problems at least 5-10 word problems.
When you do that, you are seem familiar with the problems and situations.
Heck don't memorize the problem or answer. Just familiar the concepts
and principles like PMDAS( parentheses, multiply, divide, add, subtract in
order), solving your X, I mean, solving the unknown, formulas, percent etc.
Sometimes, you feel paranoid in solving problems but remember to point
out to choose that is closer to your instinct. They said, first impression
lasts. Yes, if you have your first impression about certain option then
choose it. Your mind (subconscious) really thinks it as a correct because at
some point, you already encountered it in the past, without even solving it
but for the sake of clarity and correctness you NEED to review and solve it.
Well, if you have more time remaining then you can review its validity, but I
tell you that based on my twice experiences, time is really scarce and
you need to answer as quick as possible. Indeed, it's a marathon of time.
Of course, one reason why you are in that race is to pass. (Thus, you need
to answer all questions). If you are best in math problem solving, this is
your time to shine! (But the exam questionnaires are changing every test).

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Exercise, exercise, and exercise. Study shows that exercise will make
you 10% smarter.Well of course, scientifically, your blood flows which gives
your brain more oxygen that could improve the ability to store information,
to retrieve fast, and to analyze better. Like me, I did some gym exercises, it
boost my body structure and mental alertness.

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Use Internet Effectively. While you are sitting there in 20/7 hours just
doing Facebook or playing games. Take serious, and use it effectively to
learn instead. I recommend to read news
on ph.yahoo.com, vocabulary.com(I did play there and found it
more useful and
enjoyable), dictionary.com and Google.com(search math problem
sample, tips, and tricks, English grammar usage etc.)

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Use Android/iOS Apps Effectively. I'm pretty sure, you almost use your
smartphone to edit pictures, visit facebook, check in foursquare etc. Now,
why not install apps which are useful like dictionary. I do recommend,
English-Tagalog app, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, you can search in play
store. play.google.com. Same with other OS, iOS, BB, Symbian, or Windows
Phone. Use it effectively.

Eat breakfast[Don't skip it]. If you are planning to be sexier and fitter,
you don't need to skip meal especially breakfast. Remember, if you will
sleep 9pm and wake up 6pm, how long hours would it be? And yet you still
skipping breakfast? Your body will be weakens and brain thinking ability will
be slowed too. You can eat a balance diet if you are into shape.

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Eat chocolate instead of Junk Foods. Chocolate(esp. dark chocolate)

has been known to boost mind power and alertness. Eating chocolates
really help to sharpen thinking skills. Furthermore, Chocolate is good for
the heart and soul, study reported.

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Drink Coffee. If you are not into drinking a coffee, it's up to you, just eat
chocolate. However, coffee improves memory capability and speeds up
reaction time. In a company research, at least 3 times of drinking coffee
will definitely boost your mood and cognitive function. Take note: if you are
overdrinking it, you will experience sleep disorder.

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Ask previous examiners. Good news, I just share you some tips here.
And I am willing to give some soft copies if you like. For offline e-book csc
reviewer, download here.

Beauty Sleep. Don't overdo things like over spending time. Don't sleep
too LATE at night or early morning. In separate news, those who sleep late
at night tend to have a higher IQ than to those who sleep early. Now, you
are excused. :D If you have insomnia problem, drink hot milk to relax your
body and brain. Also, study suggested, to try to blink your eyes more so it
will get your eyes tired, you will fall asleep. :)

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Take Vitamins. If you don't like to exercise and eat some balance diet
meal, take vitamins from A-Z. sounds familiar? But recent reports, that
taking vitamins can damage liver or other organs. So be careful.

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Relax before the day of exam. Don't be desperate, just because the
day of exam will take the next day, you will study in 24 hours? Hell No!
Don't overdo it, it will slow your thinking skill the other day. And your body
becomes tired too.

WHILE ON TEST

Prepare things. Prepare pencil, ball pen, receipt, sharpener, eraser and
of course, yourself. Take a cold hot bath and rest well.

Relax and stay calm. While on your test, just relax and stay calm,
because panicking will lead you into despair and your mind will not
cooperate in such cases.

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Be on time. Exam will start at 8am, so you need to get in your chair
earlier. However, if you don't know your seat number and room number, be
early as 7am to look for those number. I remembered when I went at 6am,
yes too early...in which it resulted for me to stand at 2 hrs, and it is really
exhausting and tiring though. So be just on time, don't be late or too early
or else you ended same as me.

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Time is Gold, you need more time.Love takes time but not on taking
exams, it is a quickie one. If you just rely on your Mobile to know the time,
I'm afraid you will feel paranoid as me, when taking exams. Why? Because
you don't know the time, you will tend to answer longer, and when an

proctor says the time: i'm sure you will panic. (of course, just like me, I
don't even have a single watch, how poor)

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Skip harder questions. This is really crucial. But when you skip
questions and be back later, you will had hard time to cope up possibly
because you are running out of time. But the advantage is, there's a hint in
proceeding number items. Just don't leave blank questions, don't leave
no shades or else it might had a problem on computer checking system.
(since it is computerized system, ideally, you must shade all questions)

Be happy and enjoy the exam. While it might depend your future in
that exam, don't take life seriously, remember if you don't succeed on
passing it. There's a lot more better place for you. :) Sounds redundant.

AFTER the EXAM

Be thankful. Thank God and yourself. Maybe talk to yourself. No, I mean
NO! But highly suggested, because it will improve your thinking skills.
(nerd)

Be optimist. There is nothing more calming when you think positively.

(nah, I am a pessimist )

Less expectation. Yes don't really expect on your hard work, faith,
prayers, and keen study. If you do that, you are debt by your own actions.
But if suddenly, make you passed the exam. Jump and celebrate!

Relax and enjoy!