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.
A typical college semester has three months. However, the length of a semester varies from state to state. The fall and spring semesters each have 15 weeks, while the summer semester is usually shorter with about 12 weeks.