Police officer exam for dummies / Tracey Vasil Biscontini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biscontini, Tracey Vasil, author.

Series:

--For dummies.

For Dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--United States--Examinations, questions, etc.

Police.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

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: * Get the instruction you need to find your confidence and banish test anxiety for good * Learn memory aids and tips so you can master the observation and recall test * Get actionable and practicable test-taking strategies that actually improve your performance on the exam So, stop rubbing that rabbit's foot and start preparing like the pros do, with the Police Officer Exam For Dummies!

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1 The Road to Landing a Job as a Police Officer

Chapter 1 Signing Up, Getting Screened, and Other Prep Work

Starting with the Notice of Examination (NOE)

Completing a Job Application

Rounding up required info and paperwork

Understanding what will get you disqualified

Acting professionally

Taking the Written Test

National Police Officer Selection Test (POST)

New York City Police Officer's Entrance Exam

Adding the Law Enforcement Essay Exam

Completing the Personal History Statement

Passing the Physical Ability Test (PAT)

Making a Dynamite Impression during the Oral Board Interview

Undergoing the Medical and Psychological Evaluations

Medical evaluation

Psychological evaluation

What if I Get Eliminated during the Screening Process?

Chapter 2 Taking a Closer Look at the Police Officer Tests

Knowing What You're Up Against on the Written Test

The structure of the National Police Officer Selection Test (POST)

The structure of the New York City (NYC) Police Officer's Entrance Exam

Getting the Lowdown on the Other Police Officer Tests

The physical ability test (PAT)

The oral interview

The medical exam

The psychological evaluation

Part 2 Breaking Down the National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) and the NYC Test

Chapter 3 Solving Basic Math Questions on the POST

What Do Math Questions Look Like?

Ditching your calculator

Addition questions

Subtraction questions

Multiplication questions

Division questions

Determining Percentages

What is a percent?

How to find a percentage

Finding Averages

What is an average?

How to find an average.

Picking an Answer if You Don't Know It

Practice Math Questions

Chapter 4 Reading Between the Lines: Reading Comprehension

Comprehending the Reading Comprehension Section on the POST

Longer passages

Definition passages

Practice Questions for the POST Reading Comprehension Section

Examining the Reading Comprehension Questions on the New York City Test

Written comprehension passages

Information ordering passages

Inductive reasoning passages

Deductive reasoning passages

Problem sensitivity questions

Practice Questions for the NYC Reading Comprehension Section

Chapter 5 Expressing Yourself with Proper Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling

Acing Grammar Questions

Choosing the correct verb tense

Watching out for subject-verb agreement

Picking the correct pronoun

Using the right adjective

Identifying complete sentences and fragments

Pluralizing nouns

Excelling at Spelling Questions

Practice Grammar and Spelling Questions

Chapter 6 Stretching Your Memory and Visualization Skills

Getting the Lowdown on Memory and Observation Questions on the NYC Test

Improving Your Memory

Digging deep for memorization questions

Using your mind's eye for visualization questions

Straightening out information ordering questions

Determining the best course of action

Getting your bearings

Recalling and interpreting letters and numbers

Practice Observation and Memory Questions

Chapter 7 Reading and Writing Incident Reports

Tackling POST Questions about Incident Reports

Demonstrating comprehension of incident reports on the POST

Answering written questions about incident reports on the POST

Practice POST Incident Report Questions

Mastering Questions about Incident Reports on the NYC Test

Practice NYC Incident Report Questions.

Chapter 8 Acing the Law Enforcement Essay Exam

Following the Proper Steps to Craft a Winning Essay

Prewriting

Writing

Proofreading

Understanding How Essays Are Scored

Warming Up to Sample Essay Prompts

Practice Law Enforcement Essay Exam Question and Answer

Chapter 9 Completing the Personal History Statement

Becoming Familiar with the Personal History Statement

Getting Ready to Complete the Personal History Statement

Gathering the necessary information

Collecting the necessary documents

Writing the Personal History Statement

Understanding that honesty is the best policy

Following directions and reading questions carefully

Checking your work

Part 3 After the Written Test: Meeting Other Requirements

Chapter 10 Putting Your Physical Ability to the Test

Let's Get Physical: The Whys and Wherefores of the Physical Ability Test

Understanding why police officers need the physical ability test

Breaking down the skill areas of the typical test

Getting the lowdown on the local test

Getting in Shape before the Test

What You Should Know and Do the Day of Your Test

Showing Them What You Can Do: Test Events

One-minute sit-ups

One-minute push-ups

Vertical jump

1.5-mile run

440-yard mobility/agility run

Modified squat thrust

Vehicle exit

Stair climb

Fence obstacles

Trigger pull

Dummy drag

Chapter 11 Presenting Yourself Well in the Oral Board Interview

Comporting Yourself Well

Dressing professionally

Speaking in front of others

Honing Your Question and Answer Skills

Expecting the right types of questions

Answering truthfully

Chapter 12 Preparing for Medical and Psychological Evaluations

Getting Tested, Poked, and Prodded in the Medical Evaluation

What can you see? Testing your vision.

Can you hear me now? Testing your hearing

Not for the squeamish: Taking blood and urine tests

Breathe in, breathe out: Checking your heart and lungs

How low can you go? Monitoring muscular and skeletal disorders

Looking for other conditions

Understanding What Happens during the Psychological Evaluation

Taking the personality test

Interviewing with a psychologist

Part 4 Practice Police Officer Exams

Chapter 13 Practice Test 1: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST)

Chapter 14 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 1

Section I: Mathematics

Section II: Reading Comprehension

Section III: Grammar

Section IV: Incident Report Writing

Answer Key for Practice Test 1

Chapter 15 Practice Test 2: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST)

Chapter 16 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 2

Answer Key for Practice Test 2

Chapter 17 Practice Test 3: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST)

Chapter 18 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 3

Answer Key for Practice Test 3

Chapter 19 Practice Test 4: The New York City Police Officer's Entrance Exam

Chapter 20 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 4

Part 5 The Part of Tens

Chapter 21 Ten Tips to Help You Succeed on the Exam

Prepare Yourself

Get Plenty of ZZZs

Eat Healthfully

Arrive Early

Relax!

Carefully Read or Listen to Directions

Read the Questions First

Pace Yourself

Mark the Right Spot!

Take a Guess

Chapter 22 Ten Things to Expect at the Police Academy

Rigorous Rule Enforcement

Physical Challenges.

Strength Training

Firearms Training

Emergency Vehicle Operations Training

Academic Integrity

Language Training

Ethics Training

Human Relations

Field Training Program

Part 6 Appendixes

Appendix A Law Enforcement Terminology and Resources

Law Enforcement Terminology

Law Enforcement Codes

Additional Resources

Appendix B Climbing the Law Enforcement Ladder

Starting on the Bottom Rung: Unranked

Officer

Detective/Investigator

Sergeant

Moving to Middle Management: Bars

Lieutenant

Captain

Major/Deputy inspector

Becoming the Top Dog: Stars

Inspector/Commander

Assistant chief

Deputy chief

Chief of police

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-86057-1

1-119-86056-3

OCLC:

1291316162