Civil Service Reading Comprehension Practice Test Results

Question 1
63% answer correctly

The Urnero (Leptodactylus latinasus) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, and ponds.


What can you conclude about the Urnero?

It prefers an urban habitat.
It prefers a habitat with high altitude.
It prefers a wet habitat.
It`s found primarily in Central America.
Question 2
83% answer correctly

A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members. Profits are either reinvested for infrastructure or distributed to members in the form of `patronage` or `capital credits`, which are essentially dividends paid on a member`s investment into the cooperative.

Each customer is a member and owner of the business with an equal say as every other member of the cooperative, unlike investor-owned utilities where the amount of say is governed by the number of shares held.


A utility cooperative is most similar to which of the following types of organizations?

A monarchy.
A dictatorship.
A partnership.
A military organization.
Question 3
69% answer correctly

The Mayan languages form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name, and Mexico recognizes eight more.

The Mayan language family is one of the best documented and most studied in the Americas. Modern Mayan languages descend from Proto-Mayan, a language thought to have been spoken at least 5,000 years ago.


Based on this passage, which of the following statements is true:

Mayan languages are mainly spoken in South America.
Not much is known about the Mayan language family.
Proto-Mayan is a modern variation of Mayan.
The Mayan language family is well documented.