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.

To get other learning materials, a person can go to the local libraries or search in various online sites. After which the person should ensure to always read. Time should be set aside daily to tackle a topic, a chapter or chapters. As the individual will be reading the chapters, he should ensure to make short notes so that when reading the second time he will not have to go to the original text but study his notes.

A person should derive questions when going through the topics and ensure to answer them after finishing the topic. A lot of practice questions should also be done. This is so as to reinforce well what a person has read and show the weak areas that the individual needs to focus more. One should ensure to review the questions and answers over and over to ensure a good grasp of information.

Joining a good study group will also help a person get to understand some things well. There might be areas where one understands better than others while other areas the individual needs help from other people. A group discussion enables people to help each other and ensuring all topics are understood in a short time and also questions are revised well.

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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