EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNT CLERK OC & PR 1,2,3,4
SENIOR
ACCOUNT CLERK OC & PR 1,5,6,7
SENIOR
ACCOUNT CLERK TYPIST OC & PR 1,5,6,7
1.
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.
2.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6.
NAME AND NUMBER
CHECKING
- These questions test for the ability to distinguish between sets of words,
letters, and/or numbers that are almost exactly alike. Material is usually presented in two or three columns, and you will
have to determine how the entry in the first column compares with the entry in
the second column and possibly the third. You will be
instructed to mark your answers according to a designated code provided
in the directions.
7.
OFFICE RECORD
KEEPING
- These questions test your ability to perform common office record keeping
tasks. The test consists of two or more "sets" of questions, each set
concerning a different problem. Typical record keeping problems might involve
the organization or collation of data from several sources; scheduling;
maintaining a record system using running balances; or completion of a table
summarizing data using totals, subtotals, averages and percents.
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.
Candidates not having access to a computer or the internet may request copy of
the test guide from the municipal civil service office conducting this
examination using the contact information found elsewhere on this announcement.
USE OF CALCULATORS
IS RECOMMENDED
03/02/2019