Both levels
Verbal ability
Word meaning, sentence completion, error recognition, sentence structure, paragraph organization, and reading comprehension. Review English and Filipino material.
Civil Service Exam Coverage: Professional & Subprofessional
Both levels cover verbal ability, numerical ability, and general information. Professional adds analytical ability; Subprofessional adds clerical ability. Choose your level before building a study plan.
Professional and Subprofessional at a glance
Coverage reference: CSC Examination Announcement No. 03, s. 2026, section F. Last checked: September 22, 2026. Check the announcement for your examination when it becomes available.
| Subject | Professional | Subprofessional |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal ability | Included | Included |
| Numerical ability | Included | Included |
| General information | Included | Included |
| Analytical ability | Included | Not listed |
| Clerical ability | Not listed | Included |
This subject list is not a percentage breakdown. The cited scope does not give a fixed question count or weight for each subject. Avoid allocating your study time from unsupported claims about how many questions will appear.
What to study in each subject
Both levels
Numerical ability
Basic operations, number sequence, and word problems. Practise translating a problem into a calculation and checking whether the result makes sense.
Both levels
General information
Philippine Constitution; Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (R.A. 6713); peace and human rights issues and concepts; and environment management and protection.
Professional only
Analytical ability
Word analogy, symbolic logic or abstract reasoning, identifying assumptions and drawing conclusions, and data interpretation.
Subprofessional only
Clerical ability
Filing and spelling. In a filing exercise, first identify the stated sorting convention; do not assume that all names and records follow one universal rule.
Turn the scope into a manageable study plan
- Choose the examination level you will take. Put analytical ability on a Professional schedule or clerical ability on a Subprofessional schedule.
- Try a short set in each shared subject before studying. Record whether each mistake came from a missing rule, a reading error, or a rushed calculation.
- Give extra sessions to the weakest topics while revisiting stronger ones. This is a study allocation based on your needs, not a prediction of exam weights.
- Review explanations before taking another set. Rework missed questions without seeing the answer, then explain the method aloud.
For a practical timetable, follow our eight-week study plan for working adults. It includes short weekday sessions, weekend review, and catch-up time.
Check the exam schedule and filing dates separately. Studying for an exam does not reserve an application slot.
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