What do the Cyprus Government Exams test?

Understanding ideas, arguments and short passages, then drawing logical conclusions from the information given. Official examples include word analogies and reasoning from stated facts.

In 2025 this was a separate paper up to A7 and A8. At A9/A11, verbal reasoning appeared within Critical Ability.

Finding rules in visual or spatial patterns, such as sequences of shapes, and applying the rule to choose what comes next.

In 2025 it was paired with Quantitative Ability up to A7 and A8, and was a separate A9/A11 paper.

Inferring a general rule from specific examples, such as the progression in a sequence of shapes. The official syllabus uses this to describe part of abstract reasoning.

It was not listed as a separate paper in the official 2025 syllabuses for these three scales.

Reasoning with numbers and mathematical concepts. Official examples include percentages, ratios and reading information from charts.

The platform also calls this Numerical Ability. In 2025 it was paired with Abstract Ability up to A7/A8 and with Verbal Ability at A9/A11.

The second A9/A11 paper in 2025. It combines reading comprehension and logical inference with reasoning about numbers and mathematical concepts.

The third A9/A11 paper in 2025. You read a workplace situation and choose the best action from five options. It assesses areas such as organisation, decisions, problem solving, supervision and professional ethics.

Scenarios vary by group of posts, as set out in that sitting's syllabus.

Read a short passage and distinguish what it actually supports. Official samples ask you to identify information or conclusions justified by the text.

Identify the relationship between two words or ideas, then choose another pair with the same relationship. This is one illustrative Verbal Ability question type.

Choose what follows from a set of statements or a short passage. The answer must be supported by the information in the question rather than an extra assumption.

Work with rules such as ‘if A happens, then B’ and decide what follows or what evidence tests the rule. Conditional questions appear in official verbal samples.

Arrange people or items in a sequence using stated rules and rule out arrangements that break them. The official up-to-A7 samples include this kind of question.

Identify how shapes or symbols change across a series and choose the next one. This is an example of an Abstract Ability question.

A shared property or change among shapes, symbols and their positions. Abstract Ability asks you to infer that rule from the given figures and apply it to a new one.

Work through numerical relationships or read data from a chart to reach an answer. These are examples of Quantitative Ability questions.

Calculate the chance of an event from stated proportions or counts. An official A8 sample includes such a quantitative problem; probability is not a separate paper.

When two categories share members, account for their overlap so the same items are not counted twice. An up-to-A7 sample uses percentages and overlapping groups.

Combine rates of work or flow to find a time or quantity. Official samples include, for example, problems about two taps and production rates.

Managing a team's work and monitoring its progress. The official syllabus includes this among the abilities assessed through A9/A11 workplace scenarios.

Planning actions, responsibilities and priorities within a service. Official scenarios include how to organise the rollout of a change in procedures.

Choosing the most suitable action in light of the facts, service responsibilities and effects on others. It is explicitly named in the A9/A11 workplace scenarios syllabus.

Assessing a practical workplace difficulty and choosing an effective response. The official syllabus names this as part of administrative ability assessment.

Helping staff gain skills and improve their performance. Training employees appears in the official workplace scenario examples.

Handling workplace situations with integrity, impartiality and respect for public-service duties. The official syllabus includes this among the A9/A11 assessment criteria.