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.
quarter(noun) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided. both teams scored in the first quarter. quarter(noun) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour. it's a quarter til 4; a quarter after 4 o'clock. quarter(noun) one of four periods into which the school year is divided. the fall quarter ends at Christmas.