EXPANDED SCOPE
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CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OC 1,2,3
SENIOR TOWN INVESTIGATOR PR 1,2,3,4,5
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 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.
3. EVALUATING INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE
- These questions test the candidates' abilities to evaluate and draw
conclusions from information and evidence. Each question consists of a set of
facts and a conclusion based on the facts. The candidate must decide if a
conclusion is warranted by the facts.
4. ADVANCED INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES
– These questions test for knowledge of the more complicated and technical
aspects of field investigations. The questions will cover such areas as:
interviewing principles and practices, investigative principles, sources of
information and reporting methods commonly used in field investigations,
securing statements, rules of evidence and evidence collection, preparing cases
for court or legal hearings, and testifying in the courtroom or in hearings. Many of the questions are
situational in nature. The questions are generic rather than dealing with
investigations in a particular field.
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.
A Guide for the Written Test for
Investigators is available at the New York State website: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
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