Typing Test for Government Job

How this list was compiled: Twenty passages written for this page in the forms a public office types: notices and letters to the public, memos, minutes and an agenda, forms, logs and records, and local rules put in plain words. No town, county, state or agency is named. Every office, person, street, case number, permit, fee and rule is invented, and the rules in plain words are samples for typing: they are not the law of any place. No passage was copied from a hiring test. Every telephone number is in the range 555-0100 to 555-0199, which the North American Numbering Plan Administrator reserves for fictitious numbers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_telephone_number, read 2026-10-09). The words and characters of every passage were counted, every sum was recomputed, each weekday matches its date in 2026, the telephone range and each note were tested against the text, and every group holds 1,000 characters or more. The speed quoted on the page is from the US Office of Personnel Management group qualification standard for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions: 40 words per minute typing speed for Clerk-Typist, GS-2/4, Office Automation Clerk or Assistant, and any post titled (Typing) or (Office Automation); words per minute are based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. The same standard says applicants may meet the requirement by passing a performance test, by presenting a certificate of proficiency or by self-certifying, that test results and certificates are acceptable for 3 years, and that agencies may verify a self-certified applicant's skill with a performance test. Read at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/tabs/group-standards/ on 2026-10-09. It covers US federal posts only; no state's, county's or city's requirement is quoted. Licence: own work