Civil Service Exams. Page updated 7/21/2016. Civil Service Exams | Civil Service Jobs | Federal Civil Service Tests. Civil service exams are required for certain groups including foreign service officers, customs, some secretarial and clerical, air traffic control, law enforcement, postal service, and for some entry level jobs.
Report Abuse. Well a semester is half a year for starts. Semester hours is the amount of credit hours a student takes in a semester, usually for a college or university to count towards a degree. So in other words, 8 Semester hours is 8 credits in half a year.
For the astronomical sense of the term semester, see Eclipse cycle. An academic term (or simply term) is a portion of an academic year, the time during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely. 1  A quarter system divides the academic year into four terms, one per season, with attendance required in three quarters per year to total 32 to 36 weeks of instruction.