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Old 10-29-2010, 02:47 PM
 
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Just signed up for the SCPD test in June. They don't send out a study guide until April. Does anyone have any tips on what to study or what will be on the test?

Thanks in advance.
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Old 10-29-2010, 08:57 PM
 
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Just signed up for the SCPD test in June. They don't send out a study guide until April. Does anyone have any tips on what to study or what will be on the test?

Thanks in advance.
You can't it's all common sense and psych questions.
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Old 10-29-2010, 09:36 PM
 
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I took the NCPD test back in the early 90's. They gave it in Nassau Coliseum and I would guess there were 8,000-10,000 people taking it. They gave you a clip board to take the test on. While people were getting restless waiting for the test to begin everyone started snapping the metal clip on the board, the sound was deafening and it took the speaker quite a bit of time to stop it. Actually, it was pretty funny.
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Old 04-17-2011, 01:00 PM
 
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Just signed up for the SCPD test in June. They don't send out a study guide until April. Does anyone have any tips on what to study or what will be on the test?

Thanks in advance.
Out of curiosity how do you know we'll be receiving books for this test?
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Old 04-17-2011, 01:32 PM
 
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Just signed up for the SCPD test in June. They don't send out a study guide until April. Does anyone have any tips on what to study or what will be on the test?

Thanks in advance.
Here are some practice questions:

The police union is:

a. great
b. greater
c. the greatest

You pull someone over, first thing you do is:

a. Have them get out of the car, strip naked, and walk around William Floyd Parkway.
b. Pull out your gun and start shooting. Later you will claim that you saw a weapon.
c. Beep your horn and have them get out of the car and walk over to you. You don't want to go outside, there's cars driving by!!!
d. Turn off your lights and go back to the firehouse.

Someone claims that the police are overpaid, you:

a. Claim they probably did some time and couldn't hack the police test.
b. Decide not to mention your 66 on the GED.
c. Complain that the 7 weeks off isn't enough
d. Ask them for the license and registration.
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Old 04-17-2011, 02:00 PM
 
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This thread has so much potential
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Old 04-17-2011, 09:52 PM
 
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This thread has so much potential
Tell me about it haha. But in all seriousness are the ones who registered for the June '11 test going to get a "study guide"?
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Old 04-18-2011, 05:13 AM
 
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Here are some practice questions:

The police union is:

a. great
b. greater
c. the greatest

You pull someone over, first thing you do is:

a. Have them get out of the car, strip naked, and walk around William Floyd Parkway.
b. Pull out your gun and start shooting. Later you will claim that you saw a weapon.
c. Beep your horn and have them get out of the car and walk over to you. You don't want to go outside, there's cars driving by!!!
d. Turn off your lights and go back to the firehouse.

Someone claims that the police are overpaid, you:

a. Claim they probably did some time and couldn't hack the police test.
b. Decide not to mention your 66 on the GED.
c. Complain that the 7 weeks off isn't enough
d. Ask them for the license and registration.
I thought it was a joke at first but evidently these tests have created an entire industry, forget about MCATS and CPA, these companies have 30,000 applicants to draw from in just one county, there is real money in police prep courses.

Suffolk County Police Officer Exam Prep Course
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Old 04-18-2011, 07:29 AM
 
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If you really want to do well on the test look in to a prep course.
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Old 04-18-2011, 12:27 PM
 
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I thought it was a joke at first but evidently these tests have created an entire industry, forget about MCATS and CPA, these companies have 30,000 applicants to draw from in just one county, there is real money in police prep courses.

Suffolk County Police Officer Exam Prep Course
It actually draws in from Westchester, NYC & Nassau as well. So, that's a potential population draw out of about 11,000,000 or so people...[With millions not eligible for a multitude of reasons].
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