EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNT CLERK OC & PR 1,2,3,4
SENIOR
ACCOUNT CLERK OC & PR 1,3,4,5
1. UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING WRITTEN
MATERIAL-These
questions test for the ability to understand and interpret written material.
You will be presented with brief reading passages and
will be asked questions about the passages. You should base your answers to the
questions only on what is presented in the passages
and not on what you may happen to know about the topic.
2. FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNT KEEPING AND
BOOKKEEPING-These
questions test for a knowledge of basic principles and practices of account
keeping and bookkeeping. The questions test for recognizing account keeping and
bookkeeping terms, concepts and relationships; recording financial
transactions; and solving elementary problems in account keeping and
bookkeeping.
3. UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING TABULAR
MATERIAL-These
questions test your ability to understand, analyze, and use the internal logic
of data presented in tabular form. You may be asked to
perform tasks such as completing tables, drawing conclusions from them,
analyzing data trends or interrelationships, and revising or combining data
sets. The concepts of rate, ratio, and proportion are tested. Mathematical
operations are simple, and computational speed is not a major factor in the
test. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar-powered
calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted
to use the calculator function of your cell phone.
4. SUPERVISION-These questions
test for knowledge of the principles and practices employed in planning,
organizing, and controlling the activities of a work unit toward predetermined
objectives. The concepts covered, usually in a situational question format,
include such topics as assigning and reviewing work; evaluating performance;
maintaining work standards; motivating and developing subordinates;
implementing procedural change; increasing efficiency; and dealing with
problems of absenteeism, morale, and discipline.
5. ARITHMETIC COMPUTATION WITH CALCULATOR-These questions
test for the ability to use a calculator to do basic computations. Questions
will involve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You may also be asked to calculate averages, to use percents, and to round an answer to the nearest whole
number. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar-powered
calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted
to use the calculator function of your cell phone.
A Guide for the
Written Test for Higher Level Account Clerical is available at the New York
State website: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
USE OF CALCULATORS IS RECOMMENDED