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 a wet habitat.
It prefers a habitat with high altitude.
It prefers an urban 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 military organization.
A partnership.
Question 3
42% answer correctly

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude tanker and the product tanker. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries. Product tankers, generally much smaller, are designed to move petrochemicals from refineries to points near consuming markets.


What is the primary difference between crude tankers and product tankers?

The product tanker carries oil to refineries while the crude tanker carries oil from refineries.
The product tanker carries refined oil products while the crude tanker carries unrefined oil.
The product tanker is small while the crude tanker is large.
The product tanker carries consumer goods while the crude tanker carries industrial goods.