Friday, April 25, 2014

Studying For The Police Promotional Exam

By Eloise Hewitt


For any police officer who has been serving for several years, the next step will be looking to climb in his career. Mostly, the individual will be looking for a supervisory role in the various police departments. But before an officer can be promoted in any department, he or she ought to do a police promotional exam. It is only after passing the exam will a person be shortlisted on the eligibility list for placement.

A lot of people who have sat for this exam can attest to the fact that it is not easy. Persons who do not prepare well for the test end up failing and this means that they have to wait for another year to sit for the test again. For those who pass, their score will determine how far to a promotion on the eligibility list they will be. Therefore persons ought o get great scores to place them in a good position on the list.

Preparing well for this exam is crucial to ensuring a person gets a good score. One of the most important tips of studying for this test is starting early. A lot of people fail this test because of last minute rush, trying to cram all information just a few days to the exam. It is therefore important that an individual gets acquainted with the study materials early enough and then ensuring to study these materials often.

Individuals planning to sit for this exam are usually given a bibliography of what they will be expected to tackle as well as practice questions few months to the exam date. But a smart person should not wait until they are given this publication to start reading. The individual can as well get previous publications and start studying them to get a rough idea of topics that are tackled and how the questions look like.

After getting all necessary reading materials from libraries, online among other sources, an individual should read, read, and read again. An individual can decide to tackle a chapter every day after work or any other time. After finishing all the materials, the individual should then go through them a second time. This is so as to make note of important things to remember.

Practice questions should be done after a person completes reading every chapter. The person should also derive questions after every topic he finishes and then ensure to answer the questions as part of the notes. One should then go through the questions and answers and important notes to ensure that they stick in the brain. Also the questions that one fails to answer he should get his notes and read again on the topic.

It is also important that a person gets into a study group. This is because no one person can understand everything. There are some things others will understand better than a person and in study groups, a person can get to understand some points better. Also group studies will see the candidates go through the reading materials, revision questions and this ensures that all one has read sticks well in the brain.

Therefore starting preparation early and ensuring to adhere to an effective study plan will ensure that people perform well in this exam. However other things should be ensured when preparing for the test such as eating well, exercising and avoiding stress. These are also precursors to passing this exam.




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