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Key Facts: National Assembly Grade 8 Civil Service Exam

100

Official Stage 2 items (4 subjects × 25 five-option questions)

https://gosi.assembly.go.kr/examGuide/way.do

115 min

Official Stage 2 specialized-subject time limit

https://gosi.assembly.go.kr/examGuide/way.do

135 min

Official Stage 1 PSAT time (90 minutes + 45 minutes)

https://gosi.assembly.go.kr/examGuide/way.do

TOEIC 700 / 한능검 2급

Example English floor and Korean-history certificate floor for Grade 8

https://gosi.assembly.go.kr/examGuide/subject.do

KRW 5,000

Application fee on the 2026 제24회 notice (confirm the current sitting)

https://gosi.assembly.go.kr

National Assembly Grade 8 (국회사무처 8급 공채) is the Secretariat's general-administration recruitment exam. Stage 2 is 100 official five-option items (헌법, 경제학, 행정법, 행정학 × 25) in 115 minutes after a 135-minute PSAT Stage 1 and before an interview. The 2026 제24회 fee on the Secretariat notice was KRW 5,000. This page is a free independent English four-option MCQ study adaptation of Stage 2, not an official Korean five-option sitting.

Sample National Assembly Grade 8 Civil Service Practice Questions

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1Consider the following conditional statements regarding civil service personnel evaluation: 1. If an employee receives the highest performance tier, they are eligible for accelerated promotion. 2. If an employee is eligible for accelerated promotion, they are assigned to a special legislative task force. Based strictly on these premises, which conclusion MUST logically follow?
A.If an employee is not assigned to the special legislative task force, they did not receive the highest performance tier.
B.If an employee is assigned to the special legislative task force, they received the highest performance tier.
C.If an employee does not receive the highest performance tier, they cannot be assigned to the special legislative task force.
D.All employees eligible for accelerated promotion receive the highest performance tier.
Explanation: By hypothetical syllogism, P -> Q and Q -> R implies P -> R (Highest tier implies assignment to the task force). The contrapositive of P -> R is ~R -> ~P (Not assigned to task force implies did not receive highest tier), which is logically equivalent and necessarily true.
2Given the following premises: 1. All senior legislative researchers have passed the Public Service Aptitude Test. 2. Some committee analysts are senior legislative researchers. 3. No temporary interns have passed the Public Service Aptitude Test. Which of the following conclusions MUST be true?
A.Some committee analysts have passed the Public Service Aptitude Test.
B.All committee analysts have passed the Public Service Aptitude Test.
C.Some temporary interns are senior legislative researchers.
D.No senior legislative researchers are committee analysts.
Explanation: Because some committee analysts are senior legislative researchers, and every senior legislative researcher has passed the PSAT, that intersecting subset of committee analysts must have passed the PSAT. Therefore, the existential statement 'Some committee analysts have passed the PSAT' is deductively certain.
3A policy analyst presents the following argument: 'Whenever an administrative reorganization is successful, overall resident satisfaction increases significantly. Municipal District A recently reported a significant increase in overall resident satisfaction. Therefore, Municipal District A's administrative reorganization was certainly successful.' What formal logical fallacy does this argument commit?
A.Fallacy of affirming the consequent
B.Fallacy of denying the antecedent
C.Fallacy of undistributed middle in disjunctive syllogism
D.Slippery slope fallacy
Explanation: The conditional premise has the form 'If P (reorganization successful), then Q (satisfaction increases)'. The analyst observes Q and illicitly deduces P, committing the classic formal fallacy of affirming the consequent. Resident satisfaction could have increased due to external factors like regional economic development or tax reductions.
4Read the following administrative rule: 'An applicant shall be granted a Grade 8 legislative administrative license ONLY IF the applicant has completed 200 hours of legal training AND has passed the comprehensive ethics screening.' Which statement is logically equivalent to this rule?
A.If an applicant has not completed 200 hours of legal training or has not passed the comprehensive ethics screening, they cannot be granted the license.
B.Completing 200 hours of legal training and passing the ethics screening guarantees that an applicant will be granted the license.
C.An applicant who completed 200 hours of legal training must be granted the license even if ethics screening is pending.
D.Anyone who does not hold the license must have failed both the 200 hours of training and the ethics screening.
Explanation: The phrasing 'P only if (Q and R)' establishes Q and R as necessary conditions for P (P -> (Q and R)). The contrapositive is ~(Q and R) -> ~P, which by De Morgan's laws simplifies to (~Q or ~R) -> ~P: lacking either condition entails that the license cannot be granted.
5An audit committee argues that introducing an automated AI document review system will reduce legislative drafting errors by at least 40% across all parliamentary standing committees. Which finding, if true, would most strongly SUPPORT this argument?
A.Over 75% of drafting errors identified in historical audit reports were typographical and statutory citation mismatches that the AI algorithm flags with 99% accuracy.
B.Several committee staff members have expressed concern that AI software requires additional annual maintenance funding.
C.The automated AI document review system was developed using commercial open-source natural language models.
D.Other government agencies have adopted automated document review systems primarily to reduce paper consumption.
Explanation: An argument linking AI review to a 40% error reduction is most strongly bolstered by evidence showing that the vast majority of historical errors (75%) consist of specific defect types that the AI tool identifies with near-perfect reliability.
6'The National Assembly Budget Office should increase its allocation of econometric modeling analysts because the complexity of national fiscal bills has increased substantially over the past decade.' Which unstated assumption does this argument fundamentally depend upon?
A.Econometric modeling analysts possess the specialized analytical capabilities needed to address the increased complexity of fiscal bills.
B.The total number of fiscal bills submitted to the National Assembly has doubled in the last decade.
C.Legislative staff without econometric training are completely unable to interpret basic budget summaries.
D.Fiscal bills in other democratic parliaments are significantly less complex than those in South Korea.
Explanation: To connect the premise ('fiscal bill complexity has increased') to the prescriptive conclusion ('hire more econometric modeling analysts'), the argument requires the bridging assumption that econometric analysts possess the capabilities required to resolve that complexity.
7A parliamentary report observed that while the National Assembly Secretariat increased its annual expenditure on employee digital literacy training by 50%, the reported frequency of procedural software errors made by secretariat staff also increased by 25% during the same period. Which statement, if true, best resolves this apparent paradox?
A.The training program taught employees how to identify, record, and formally report software errors that had previously gone unnoticed and unlogged.
B.The digital literacy curriculum was designed and delivered by certified external information technology specialists.
C.Secretariat staff members were required to complete the digital literacy training outside of normal legislative working hours.
D.Neighboring executive ministries spent significantly less on digital literacy training during the identical fiscal year.
Explanation: The paradox of higher reported errors following training is resolved if the training enhanced diagnostic awareness, causing staff to systematically log and report latent errors that were previously unrecognized or overlooked.
8In a legislative review group consisting of four analysts (A, B, C, D), the following rules govern case assignments: 1. If A reviews the bill, then B does not review it. 2. If C reviews the bill, then D also reviews it. 3. Either A or B must review the bill. 4. If D reviews the bill, then B must review the bill. If C is assigned to review the bill, which statement MUST be true?
A.A does not review the bill, and B reviews the bill.
B.A reviews the bill, and D does not review the bill.
C.Neither A nor B reviews the bill.
D.Both A and C review the bill.
Explanation: If C reviews the bill, then D must review it (Rule 2). If D reviews the bill, then B must review it (Rule 4). Rule 1 states that if A reviews the bill, B does not (A -> ~B), whose contrapositive is B -> ~A. Since B reviews the bill, A cannot review it. Therefore, B reviews the bill and A does not.
9The legislative research budget of a parliamentary committee was KRW 400 million in 2024 and increased to KRW 520 million in 2025. What was the percentage increase in the committee's research budget from 2024 to 2025?
A.30.0%
B.25.0%
C.35.0%
D.20.0%
Explanation: The percentage change is calculated as ((Value in 2025 - Value in 2024) / Value in 2024) * 100 = ((520 - 400) / 400) * 100 = (120 / 400) * 100 = 0.30 * 100 = 30.0%.
10In 2025, the total operating expenditure of an administrative agency was KRW 80 billion. Division X spent KRW 24 billion, Division Y spent KRW 32 billion, and Division Z spent the remaining KRW 24 billion. What proportion of the total expenditure was accounted for by Division Y?
A.40.0%
B.30.0%
C.35.0%
D.45.0%
Explanation: The expenditure share of Division Y is (KRW 32 billion / KRW 80 billion) * 100 = 32 / 80 = 4 / 10 = 0.40 * 100 = 40.0%.

About the National Assembly Grade 8 Civil Service Exam

The National Assembly Grade 8 Civil Service Examination (국회사무처 8급 공개경쟁채용시험) is the open-recruitment gateway for general-administration staff in South Korea's legislative branch. The National Assembly Secretariat runs the process on the National Assembly Recruitment Portal (https://gosi.assembly.go.kr). The 2026 sitting was the 24th Grade 8 open competition (제24회), with 30 administrative posts (25 general, 5 disability). Stage 1 is the Public Service Aptitude Test (PSAT: 언어논리, 자료해석, 상황판단; 20 five-option items each; 135 minutes), with English and Korean history replaced by certificates (for example TOEIC 700 and Korean History Proficiency Test Level 2). Stage 2 is a Korean five-option paper of 100 items across 헌법, 경제학, 행정법, and 행정학 in 115 minutes. Stage 3 is an interview. New staff complete an eight-week practical training course and may be posted to the Secretariat, Library, Budget Office, or Research Service. OpenExamPrep provides an independent 100-question English four-option study bank covering the four Stage 2 subjects, including economics calculations. It is not an official five-option paper and does not reproduce the Korean exam-day language environment.

Exam sponsor: National Assembly Secretariat (국회사무처). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Three stages administered by the National Assembly Secretariat. Stage 1 (제1차, 선택형): PSAT 언어논리, 자료해석, 상황판단 (20 five-option items each) in 135 minutes (90 + 45); English and Korean history by certificate; first-stage passers ranked by PSAT among those meeting the certificate floors. Stage 2 (제2차, 선택형): 헌법, 경제학, 행정법, 행정학 (25 five-option items each, 100 items, 115 minutes). Stage 3: interview. On recent sittings including 2026 제24회, Stage 2 is taken in the morning and Stage 1 PSAT in the afternoon on the same day; a Stage 1 fail voids Stage 2.

Time Limit

Stage 1 PSAT 135 minutes (90 minutes for 언어논리 and 상황판단, 45 minutes for 자료해석); Stage 2 specialized subjects 115 minutes; Stage 3 interview scheduled after the written pass list

Passing Score

Certificate floors for English and Korean history, then PSAT ranking for Stage 1; 40% per-subject floor (과락) on written papers; Stage 2 ranking within about 1.5× quota among those clearing 40%

Exam / Certification Fees

KRW 5,000 on the 2026 제24회 notice (confirm the current sitting at gosi.assembly.go.kr)

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Fees, eligibility, and exam policies can change. Confirm them with the exam sponsor before applying or paying.

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Our practice resources: topics covered

We aim to reflect publicly available exam outlines and topic information in our study resources. Coverage, format, and difficulty may differ from the actual exam, and we cannot guarantee that every detail is accurate or current. Confirm exam requirements, fees, and policies with the official exam sponsor.

25% of Stage 2 (25 of 100 practice questions)

Constitutional Law (헌법)

Constitution of the Republic of Korea as published by the National Archives current-constitution text: democratic republic and popular sovereignty (Art. 1), legislative power of the National Assembly (Art. 40), assembly size and four-year terms (Arts. 41–42), sessions (Art. 47), ordinary voting quorum (Art. 49), presidential veto and re-passage (Art. 53), presidential five-year single term (Art. 70), bounded presidential decrees (Art. 75), Constitutional Court membership and six-justice threshold (Arts. 111–113), and amendment (Arts. 128–130), plus warrant procedure (Art. 12(3)) and impeachment (Art. 65).

25% of Stage 2 (25 of 100 practice questions)

Economics (경제학)

Worked microeconomics (price, income, and cross-price elasticity; consumer choice; cost curves; perfect competition and monopoly; externalities and public goods) and macroeconomics (GDP identities, deflator and CPI, unemployment, Keynesian multiplier, IS-LM crowding-out, quantity theory, money multiplier, comparative advantage, and open-economy policy). Several items require numeric computation rather than definition matching.

25% of Stage 2 (25 of 100 practice questions)

Administrative Law (행정법)

General Act on Public Administration (행정기본법) Articles 8–13 (legality, equality, proportionality, good faith/abuse of power, legitimate expectation, prohibition of improper tying), administrative acts and collateral clauses, cancellation versus withdrawal, Administrative Procedure Act hearing and statement-of-reasons duties, administrative coercion (vicarious execution, enforcement fines, immediate coercion), Administrative Litigation Act Article 20 filing periods (90 days from knowledge, one year from the disposition), standing, and state compensation.

25% of Stage 2 (25 of 100 practice questions)

Public Administration (행정학)

Classical and contemporary organization theory (Wilson, Weber, POSDCORB, Merton), New Public Administration, New Public Management, governance and New Public Service, policy models (incrementalism, mixed scanning, garbage can, Allison, Kingdon), personnel systems (merit, 계급제 versus 직위분류제, representative bureaucracy, Senior Civil Service), and public budgeting (line-item, PPBS, ZBB, medium-term fiscal plan).

Preparing for the National Assembly Grade 8 Civil Service Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Certificate floors for English and Korean history, then PSAT ranking for Stage 1; 40% per-subject floor (과락) on written papers; Stage 2 ranking within about 1.5× quota among those clearing 40%
  • Assessment: Three stages administered by the National Assembly Secretariat. Stage 1 (제1차, 선택형): PSAT 언어논리, 자료해석, 상황판단 (20 five-option items each) in 135 minutes (90 + 45); English and Korean history by certificate; first-stage passers ranked by PSAT among those meeting the certificate floors. Stage 2 (제2차, 선택형): 헌법, 경제학, 행정법, 행정학 (25 five-option items each, 100 items, 115 minutes). Stage 3: interview. On recent sittings including 2026 제24회, Stage 2 is taken in the morning and Stage 1 PSAT in the afternoon on the same day; a Stage 1 fail voids Stage 2.
  • Time limit: Stage 1 PSAT 135 minutes (90 minutes for 언어논리 and 상황판단, 45 minutes for 자료해석); Stage 2 specialized subjects 115 minutes; Stage 3 interview scheduled after the written pass list
  • Exam / certification fees: KRW 5,000 on the 2026 제24회 notice (confirm the current sitting at gosi.assembly.go.kr) Official sources

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National Assembly Grade 8 Civil Service: Suggested Study Strategy

1Treat economics as a calculation paper: drill elasticity, multipliers, deflators, money multipliers, and cost curves until you can finish numeric items without rereading the formula sheet.
2Protect the 40% floor in every Stage 2 subject. A high economics score does not rescue a constitutional-law 과락.
3Memorize Constitution numbers that the paper actually uses: Assembly 100-day / 30-day session caps (Art. 47), ordinary voting quorum (Art. 49), presidential five-year single term (Art. 70), Constitutional Court nine justices and six-justice threshold (Arts. 111, 113), and amendment two-thirds plus referendum (Art. 130).
4Keep 행정기본법 Articles 8–13 distinct: legality, equality, proportionality, good faith/abuse of power, legitimate expectation, and prohibition of improper tying are separate statutory headings.
5Remember that official items have five options and are written in Korean. When you move from this four-option English bank to past papers, practice eliminating a fifth distractor and reading statutes in the original language.
6On exam day the specialized paper may come before PSAT. Budget stamina for 115 minutes of doctrine in the morning and 135 minutes of PSAT after lunch.
7Register English and Korean-history scores on gosi.assembly.go.kr inside the published window; those certificates are eligibility gates, not Stage 1 points.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the National Assembly Grade 8 Civil Service Examination?

It is the annual open competitive recruitment exam run by the National Assembly Secretariat (국회사무처) for Grade 8 general-administration officials who support the National Assembly and affiliated legislative bodies. The 2026 sitting was the 24th Grade 8 open competition (제24회).

How is the official examination structured?

There are three stages. Stage 1 is PSAT (언어논리, 자료해석, 상황판단; 20 five-option items each; 135 minutes), with English and Korean history replaced by certificates. Stage 2 is 100 five-option items across 헌법, 경제학, 행정법, and 행정학 in 115 minutes. Stage 3 is an interview. On the 2026 제24회 timetable, Stage 2 was in the morning and PSAT in the afternoon on the same day.

Does this practice bank match the official paper format and language?

No. Official Stage 1 and Stage 2 papers are Korean five-option multiple-choice items. This OpenExamPrep bank is an independent English four-option MCQ study adaptation of the four Stage 2 subjects only. It does not simulate PSAT timing, five-option marking, or the Korean exam-day language environment.

What English and Korean-history scores are required?

On the Secretariat subject page, Grade 8 English floors include TOEFL PBT 530 / iBT 71, TOEIC 700, TEPS 340, G-TELP Level 2 65, and FLEX 625 (lower listening-excluded floors apply to specified hearing-disability registrations). Korean history requires Korean History Proficiency Test Level 2 or higher. Scores must fall in the five-year window measured from 1 January of the year five years before Stage 1 through the day before Stage 1.

What is the passing standard (과락) and how are Stage 1 passers chosen?

The official exam-method page states that Stage 1 passers are ranked by PSAT among applicants who meet the English and Korean-history certificate floors. Coverage of the 2026 notice and the extra-point rules also apply a 40% per-subject floor (과락). Appointment-exam rules summarized with the 2025 reform additionally describe a 60% PSAT aggregate floor and a Stage 1 multiplier of 15 times the quota, and a Stage 2 40% floor with ranking within 1.5 times the quota. Always re-read the live notice.

What was the 2026 application fee?

Reporting of the 30 January 2026 Secretariat notice for 제24회 listed an application fee of KRW 5,000, with later refunds for specified low-income and related categories. Grade 9 also uses KRW 5,000 on its own notice; that is not proof for a future Grade 8 sitting. Confirm the fee on the current Grade 8 notice at gosi.assembly.go.kr.

Who may apply?

Anyone at least 18 years old in the examination year who is not disqualified under Article 33 of the State Public Officials Act and whose exam rights are not suspended. There is no education or career minimum for general administration.

How does this 100-question bank map to Stage 2?

seo.totalQuestions 100 matches the official Stage 2 count (4 subjects × 25). This bank uses the same 25/25/25/25 split in English four-option form, with worked economics calculations, as a study aid rather than an official replica.