5/04/2014

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.

This promotional exam is never a walk in the park for many officers as most of them fail the test and this will mean no promotion. Therefore one ought to pass the test and with a very good score that will put the individual well ahead of others. Being ahead of others on that eligibility list will increase the chances of one getting that much wanted promotion.

Therefore it is important that candidates for the exam prepare well. A good study plan has to be devised and it should start with early preparation. This involves looking for study materials early enough and ensuring to read the materials often. Last minute rushes should be avoided as it is virtually impossible to cram all information few days to the test.

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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