EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SUPERVISOR OC 1,2,3,4
DIRECTOR
OF HOUSING OC & PR 1,2,3,4
RENTAL
SUBSIDY PROGRAM ASSISTANT OC 2,4,5,6
1.
EDUCATING AND
INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC -
These questions test for knowledge of techniques used to interact effectively
with individuals and/or community groups, to educate or inform them about
topics of concern, to publicize or 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 others in cooperative efforts of public
outreach or service.
2.
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.
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,
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.
5.
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.
6.
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.
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: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
USE OF CALCULATORS
IS RECOMMENDED