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Police Officer Exam For Dummies

2. Aufl.

von: Tracey Vasil Biscontini
14,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	31.12.2021
ISBN/EAN:	9781119860563
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	384

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Prepare to serve your community with this easy-to-follow guide for future police officers Open positions for police officers and detectives are expected to expand dramatically over the next decade. The time is right if you're looking to become a new police officer in your town or city. And whether you're hoping to become a local, county, state, or federal law enforcement official, the Police Officer Exam For Dummies has all the info you need to prepare for and pass the National Police Officer Selection Test or your local police officer exam with flying colors. From the low-down on physical ability testing and the personal background interview, to targeted reviews of judgment skills, map reading, memory, observation, and recall, this guide will whip you into shape for the police officer test in no time at all. In this book, you'll: <ul> <li>Get the instruction you need to find your confidence and banish test anxiety for good</li> <li>Learn memory aids and tips so you can master the observation and recall test</li> <li>Get actionable and practicable test-taking strategies that actually improve your performance on the exam</li> </ul> So, stop rubbing that rabbit's foot and start preparing like the pros do, with the Police Officer Exam For Dummies!

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: The Road to Landing a Job as a Police Officer 5 Chapter 1: Signing Up, Getting Screened, and Other Prep Work 7 Starting with the Notice of Examination (NOE) 8 Completing a Job Application 9 Rounding up required info and paperwork 10 Understanding what will get you disqualified 11 Acting professionally 11 Taking the Written Test 14 National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) 14 New York City Police Officer’s Entrance Exam 15 Adding the Law Enforcement Essay Exam 17 Completing the Personal History Statement 17 Passing the Physical Ability Test (PAT) 18 Making a Dynamite Impression during the Oral Board Interview 19 Undergoing the Medical and Psychological Evaluations 19 Medical evaluation 20 Psychological evaluation 20 What if I Get Eliminated during the Screening Process? 20 Chapter 2: Taking a Closer Look at the Police Officer Tests 21 Knowing What You’re Up Against on the Written Test 22 The structure of the National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) 22 The structure of the New York City (NYC) Police Officer’s Entrance Exam 24 Getting the Lowdown on the Other Police Officer Tests 26 The physical ability test (PAT) 26 The oral interview 26 The medical exam 27 The psychological evaluation 27 Part 2: Breaking down the National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) and the NYC Test 29 Chapter 3: Solving Basic Math Questions on the POST 31 What Do Math Questions Look Like? 32 Ditching your calculator 32 Addition questions 32 Subtraction questions 34 Multiplication questions 35 Division questions 37 Determining Percentages 39 What is a percent? 39 How to find a percentage 39 Finding Averages 42 What is an average? 42 How to find an average 42 Picking an Answer if You Don’t Know It 44 Practice Math Questions 45 Chapter 4: Reading Between the Lines: Reading Comprehension 51 Comprehending the Reading Comprehension Section on the POST 51 Longer passages 53 Definition passages 54 Practice Questions for the POST Reading Comprehension Section 56 Examining the Reading Comprehension Questions on the New York City Test 59 Written comprehension passages 60 Information ordering passages 61 Inductive reasoning passages 62 Deductive reasoning passages 64 Problem sensitivity questions 66 Practice Questions for the NYC Reading Comprehension Section 67 Chapter 5: Expressing Yourself with Proper Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling 75 Acing Grammar Questions 76 Choosing the correct verb tense 76 Watching out for subject-verb agreement 78 Picking the correct pronoun 79 Using the right adjective 82 Identifying complete sentences and fragments 83 Pluralizing nouns 84 Excelling at Spelling Questions 87 Practice Grammar and Spelling Questions 89 Chapter 6: Stretching Your Memory and Visualization Skills 95 Getting the Lowdown on Memory and Observation Questions on the NYC Test 95 Improving Your Memory 96 Digging deep for memorization questions 96 Using your mind’s eye for visualization questions 100 Straightening out information ordering questions 106 Determining the best course of action 109 Getting your bearings 110 Recalling and interpreting letters and numbers 111 Practice Observation and Memory Questions 113 Chapter 7: Reading and Writing Incident Reports 125 Tackling POST Questions about Incident Reports 125 Demonstrating comprehension of incident reports on the POST 126 Answering written questions about incident reports on the POST 130 Practice POST Incident Report Questions 133 Mastering Questions about Incident Reports on the NYC Test 137 Practice NYC Incident Report Questions 140 Chapter 8: Acing the Law Enforcement Essay Exam 143 Following the Proper Steps to Craft a Winning Essay 143 Prewriting 144 Writing 145 Proofreading 145 Understanding How Essays Are Scored 147 Warming Up to Sample Essay Prompts 149 Practice Law Enforcement Essay Exam Question and Answer 150 Chapter 9: Completing the Personal History Statement 151 Becoming Familiar with the Personal History Statement 152 Getting Ready to Complete the Personal History Statement 156 Gathering the necessary information 156 Collecting the necessary documents 157 Writing the Personal History Statement 157 Understanding that honesty is the best policy 158 Following directions and reading questions carefully 159 Checking your work 160 Part 3: After the Written Test: Meeting Other Requirements 161 Chapter 10: Putting Your Physical Ability to the Test 163 Let’s Get Physical: The Whys and Wherefores of the Physical Ability Test 164 Understanding why police officers need the physical ability test 164 Breaking down the skill areas of the typical test 164 Getting the lowdown on the local test 165 Getting in Shape before the Test 166 What You Should Know and Do the Day of Your Test 167 Showing Them What You Can Do: Test Events 168 One-minute sit-ups 168 One-minute push-ups 169 Vertical jump 170 1.5-mile run 170 440-yard mobility/agility run 171 Modified squat thrust 172 Vehicle exit 172 Stair climb 172 Fence obstacles 173 Trigger pull 173 Dummy drag 173 Chapter 11: Presenting Yourself Well in the Oral Board Interview 175 Comporting Yourself Well 175 Dressing professionally 176 Acting professionally 176 Speaking in front of others 177 Honing Your Question and Answer Skills 178 Expecting the right types of questions 178 Answering truthfully 179 Chapter 12: Preparing for Medical and Psychological Evaluations 181 Getting Tested, Poked, and Prodded in the Medical Evaluation 182 What can you see? Testing your vision 182 Can you hear me now? Testing your hearing 183 Not for the squeamish: Taking blood and urine tests 184 Breathe in, breathe out: Checking your heart and lungs 184 How low can you go? Monitoring muscular and skeletal disorders 185 Looking for other conditions 185 Understanding What Happens during the Psychological Evaluation 186 Taking the personality test 186 Interviewing with a psychologist 187 Part 4: Practice Police Officer Exams 191 Chapter 13: Practice Test 1: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) 193 Chapter 14: Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 1 213 Section I: Mathematics 213 Section II: Reading Comprehension 215 Section III: Grammar 217 Section IV: Incident Report Writing 218 Chapter 15: Practice Test 2: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) 221 Chapter 16: Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 2 241 Section I: Mathematics 241 Section II: Reading Comprehension 243 Section III: Grammar 244 Section IV: Incident Report Writing 245 Chapter 17: Practice Test 3: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) 247 Chapter 18: Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 3 269 Section I: Mathematics 269 Section II: Reading Comprehension 271 Section III: Grammar 272 Section IV: Incident Report Writing 273 Chapter 19: Practice Test 4: The New York City Police Officer’s Entrance Exam 275 Chapter 20: Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 4 317 Part 5: The Part of Tens 325 Chapter 21: Ten Tips to Help You Succeed on the Exam 327 Prepare Yourself 327 Get Plenty of ZZZs 328 Eat Healthfully 328 Arrive Early 328 Relax! 328 Carefully Read or Listen to Directions 329 Read the Questions First 329 Pace Yourself 329 Mark the Right Spot! 329 Take a Guess 330 Chapter 22: Ten Things to Expect at the Police Academy 331 Rigorous Rule Enforcement 331 Physical Challenges 332 Strength Training 332 Firearms Training 333 Emergency Vehicle Operations Training 333 Academic Integrity 333 Language Training 334 Ethics Training 334 Human Relations 335 Field Training Program 335 Part 6: Appendixes 337 Appendix A: Law Enforcement Terminology and Resources 339 Law Enforcement Terminology 339 Law Enforcement Codes 341 Additional Resources 343 Appendix B: Climbing the Law Enforcement Ladder 345 Starting on the Bottom Rung: Unranked 345 Officer 346 Detective/Investigator 346 Sergeant 346 Moving to Middle Management: Bars 346 Lieutenant 346 Captain 346 Major/Deputy inspector 347 Becoming the Top Dog: Stars 347 Inspector/Commander 347 Assistant chief 347 Deputy chief 347 Chief of police 347 Index 349

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Tracey Vasil Biscontini is Founder and CEO of Northeast Editing, Inc., a full-service educational development firm specializing in test preparation.

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Prepare to protect and serve Policing is a noble, rewarding, and in-demand profession. If you’re hoping to become a local, county, state, tribal, or federal law enforcement officer, you’ll have to pass a challenging series of exams. And with this expert guide by your side, you can prepare to pass with flying colors! In Police Officer Exam For Dummies, you’ll learn simple strategies for advancing through every part of the application process. Whether you’re looking for the low-down on physical testing, how to write a strong essay, or some practice tests with detailed answer explanations, this book has everything you need to prepare and succeed! Inside… <ul><li>Take POST and NYC practice tests</li> <li>Prepare for the application process</li> <li>Know what to expect during the psychological test</li> <li>Find tips for completing your Personal History Statement</li> <li>Brush up on necessary reading, writing, and math skills</li></ul>