EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR OF HOUSING OC 1,2,3,4,5
DIRECTOR
OF HOUSING OC 1,2,3,4,5
RENTAL
SUBSIDY PROGRAM ASSISTANT (SPANISH SPEAKING) OC 1,2,3,6
RENTAL
SUBSIDY PROGRAM COORDINATOR PR 1,2,3,5,6
RENTAL
SUBSIDY PROGRAM TECHNICIAN OC 1,2,3,6
SENIOR
MEDICAL SERVICES SPECIALIST PR 1,5,7,8,9
1.
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.
2.
UNDERSTANDING AND
INTERPRETING NUMERICAL DATA RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING - These questions
test for the ability to understand and interpret numerical data related to
community development and housing. The data will be presented
in formats such as tables and charts. All the information needed to answer the
questions will be provided in the data presented. You
may be required to perform basic mathematical functions such as addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division and to calculate averages and
percentages. 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 or other electronic devices.
3.
UNDERSTANDING,
INTERPRETING AND APPLYING HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAWS, RULES AND
REGULATIONS
- These questions test for the ability to understand, interpret, and apply a
variety of federal and State housing and community development laws, rules, and
regulations. You will be provided with a brief reading
selection based on or extracted from a passage of legal text. You must read the
selection and then answer one or more questions based on that selection. All
the information needed to answer the questions will be
provided in the reading selections.
4.
ADMINISTRATIVE
TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES - These questions test for a knowledge of
management techniques and practices used in directing or assisting in directing
a program component or an organizational segment. Questions cover such areas as
interpreting policies, making decisions based on the context of the position in
the organization, coordinating programs or projects, communicating with
employees or the public, planning employee training, and researching and
evaluating areas of concern.
5.
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.
6.
INTERVIEWING - These questions
test for knowledge of the principles and practices employed in obtaining
information from individuals through structured conversations. These questions
require you to apply the principles, practices, and techniques of effective
interviewing to hypothetical interviewing situations. Included
are questions that present a problem arising from an interviewing situation,
and you must choose the most appropriate course of action to take.
7.
EVALUATING HEALTH
CARE
- These questions test for knowledge of medical symptoms, diagnoses,
treatments, and federal and New York State quality assurance standards and
discharge planning; for the ability to apply this knowledge to given
situations; and for the ability to evaluate client care and treatment.
8.
MEDICAL,
PSYCHIATRIC, DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS - These questions
will test for knowledge in areas such as: acceptable treatments and standard
medical alternatives; symptoms, tests, procedures, and treatments associated
with specific diagnoses; evaluation of the appropriateness of treatment
methods; characteristics of the various populations diagnosed with mental
illness or intellectual/developmental disabilities.
9.
UNDERSTANDING AND
INTERPRETING HEALTH RECORDS AND REPORTS - These questions test for the
ability to read, interpret, and apply information used in evaluating health
care. You will be required to read and interpret selections from medical
records and reports; laws, rules, and regulations relating to health care;
and/or narratives on health-related topics.
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
'General Guide to Written Tests' helpful in preparing for this test. This
publication is available on line at:
https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
USE OF CALCULATORS IS RECOMMENDED
3/4/23