EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT OC
1.
BUSINESS
PRINCIPLES
- These questions cover the following areas: basic knowledge of business and
how it operates, basics of project financing, common development criteria for industrial
sites, and business data sources.
2.
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE AND PROGRAMS - These questions cover the practice of
being an economic developer: handling the requests and meeting the needs of
companies and prospects. The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of business
information sources and government programs related to economic development,
and certain business sales and marketing techniques.
3.
ENSURING
EFFECTIVE INTER/INTRA AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS - These
questions test for understanding of techniques for interacting effectively with
individuals and agencies, to educate and inform them about topics of concern,
to clarify agency programs or policies, to negotiate conflicts or resolve
complaints, and to represent one's agency or program in a manner in keeping
with good public relations practices. Questions may also cover interacting with
the staff of one's own agency and/or that of other agencies in cooperative
efforts of public outreach or service.
4.
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.
5.
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.
6.
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.
7.
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.
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 on line at: www.cs.ny.gov/testing/localtestguides.cfm.
Use of CALCULATORS
is RECOMMENDED
6/9/18