EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
BUSINESS
MANAGER I OC 1,2,3,4,5,6
BUSINESS
MANAGER II OC 1,2,3,4,5,6
1. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION-These questions
test for knowledge of the principles and practices involved in directing the
activities of a large subordinate staff, including subordinate supervisors.
Questions relate to the personal interactions between an upper level supervisor
and his/her subordinate supervisors in the accomplishment of objectives. These
questions cover such areas as assigning work to and coordinating the activities
of several units, establishing and guiding staff development programs,
evaluating the performance of subordinate supervisors, and maintaining
relationships with other organizational sections.
2. EVALUATING CONCLUSIONS IN LIGHT OF KNOWN
FACTS-These
questions will consist of a set of factual statements and a conclusion. You
must decide if the conclusion is proved by the facts, disproved by the facts or
if the facts are not sufficient to prove or disprove the conclusion. The
questions will not be specific to a particular field.
3. FISCAL MANAGEMENT-These questions
test for a general knowledge of the financial environment within which
governments must operate. Questions may deal with, but are not necessarily
limited to, such matters as capital and operating budgeting; general and
governmental accounting; cost analysis; financial analysis; cash management;
internal controls; general and governmental purchasing; storeskeeping
and inventory control.
4. PREPARING WRITTEN MATERIAL-These questions
test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to
organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will
be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of
the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions,
you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then
choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.
5. 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.
6. 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.
The New York State Department of Civil
Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However, candidates
may find information in the publication "How to Take a Written Test"
helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available online at:
www.cs.ny.gov/testing/localtestguides.cfm.
USE OF CALCULATORS
IS RECOMMENDED
6/9/18