Rising Star for the NYPD Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain Exam

Fair test ?

NYG37 said
Oct 29, 2011

So how fair would you say the test was ? I didn't plan on it to have 25% of it to be admin guide.

MN50 said
Oct 29, 2011

That test was b.s

SgtOfficer said
Oct 29, 2011

You think so?!? I didnt think so

MN50 said
Oct 29, 2011

Come on bro. Those last twenty questions or so were nonsense

SgtOfficer said
Oct 29, 2011

Ill be the guy at bmoc wearing a T-shirt that says Please Get me out of Brooklyn!

MN50 said
Oct 29, 2011

I wear that shirt everyday, lol

Detox said
Oct 29, 2011

complete bs!

NYG37 said
Oct 29, 2011

Questions 68-72 I think was math. afterwards I have no clue where the rest of the questions come from. Was it admin guide? did anyone else spent half an hour on in-basket trying to figure out who you was?

-- Edited by NYG37 on Saturday 29th of October 2011 10:02:41 PM

RICH-PD said
Oct 29, 2011

almost a year of studying and i left shaking my head

hollar said
Oct 29, 2011

wow.... smh, wtf was that....

PatrolGuideismyBible said
Oct 29, 2011

There will be a lawsuit on this exam, it was more a personality test or an opinion test than an actual promotional exam. Only about50-60 PG questions and they were not all fair either.
Without giving away where they went on the PG to the Sabbath observers I will just say that many sections were left out completely and I mean sections that are usually tested. I am baffled by what I just sat down and saw.

I studied for 6 months only to hope that my opinions match DCAS? Also I had to rush the last 10 questions, the test took a long time to read through.

twntynout said
Oct 29, 2011

not fair actually quite ridiculous, and just want to know how they r going to grade this dumb thing...????

PatrolGuideismyBible said
Oct 29, 2011

How to grade opinions that conflict with PG procedures? I mean they allowed stealing dept property, not reporting EEO's, and many other gems I am trying to recall...

HB said
Oct 29, 2011

PatrolGuideismyBible wrote:
How to grade opinions that conflict with PG procedures? I mean they allowed stealing dept property, not reporting EEO's, and many other gems I am trying to recall...

Exactly. Judgement questions should not b allowed. What descision u make might be right for u but wrong for someone else. Theres no fair way to tell whats the correct answer

PatrolGuideismyBible said
Oct 29, 2011

What about the one with the PAA crying? I mean what could you do? There is nothing to solve the problem of the people waiting? Or the old man complaining about noise and the cop gives up the previous tour for not documenting the call? Do you just address the old man's problem and dispatch a car or give the previous tour MOS a CD?

WANNABELT said
Oct 29, 2011

It is fair if it is the same for everybody. Those were leadership questions.

OnTheFence said
Oct 29, 2011

To the one person who voted "yes" to this being a fair test, please slap yourself, this sucked.... None of the test prep courses could have seen this coming. Oh and a shout out to the guy who spent 45 minutes before the test arguing and crying to 3 DCAS proctors and a supervisor because you didnt bring a watch and asked if they could supply you one!

LateRiser said
Oct 29, 2011

I got Sadomized today or i should say Crim Sex Act.
Whear do i record it?
Tezt location or DCAS?
thatz a far better Q than 50% of the test.
i tzink i failed my Gramar Qs

twntynout said
Oct 29, 2011

15 opinion quests, 5 ridiculous math questions, 7 english/grammar questions, listening to females talk in the locker room, PAA's crying in the 124 room, figuring out if you should stay late to help the Capt. What the F***?? Thought i was taking a high school entrance exam. Good Luck to those who passed. SBA 4 life!!

Mes018 said
Oct 29, 2011

I think the test was fair.

Mes018 said
Oct 29, 2011

I also believe that if I wear a tinfoil hat the aliens can't read my mind.

bh4d said
Oct 29, 2011

Wow I was driving home shaking my head.... This was a nightmare ,,

GOOD WILL HUNTING part2

collarsfordollars said
Oct 29, 2011

I think the test was fair. They just started to test more common sense then memorization of the patrol guide. They did mention it in papers some time ago that Kelly was planning to do that.

RICH-PD said
Oct 29, 2011

so why then tell me to memorize hundreds of things .. study my ass off then have you ask me things that go against our guidelines smart guy???

collarsfordollars said
Oct 29, 2011

They always ask you to memorize things that are hardly ever get questioned on (eg. personnel memos, bulletins, mayor's orders and so on). Who's to say that 90% of the test was suppose to be on patrol guide. I can see why they went this way cause we have too many tools on this job with a photographic memory.

OnTheFence said
Oct 29, 2011

it's over, time to get **fit for duty and bitch some more when you wake up tmrw and realize that test actually did happen!

Mes018 said
Oct 29, 2011

@OnTheFence. I'm with you. I am going to report this DCAS corruption to Captain Morgan. (I hope that is "standard English")

PatrolGuideismyBible said
Oct 30, 2011

Thats just it, the judgement questions often contradicted the PG!!! How can any answer be "correct" when you condone or enable stealing dept property or discussing an EEO complaint rather than reporting it? Total nonsense! How can anyone in their right mind call that test "fair"???

Mes018 said
Oct 30, 2011

I keep seeing reference to condoning stealing property but not sure which question is being talked about. Without giving away anything, can somebody please tell me which question is being talked about? Was it the one with the 2 females at roll call?

Gamblor said
Oct 30, 2011

Mes018 wrote:
I keep seeing reference to condoning stealing property but not sure which question is being talked about. Without giving away anything, can somebody please tell me which question is being talked about? Was it the one with the 2 females at roll call?

Yes.

Mes018 said
Oct 30, 2011

Thank you.

PatrolGuideismyBible said
Oct 30, 2011

What about not reporting an EEO? That is a big no-no. Or authorizing administrative overtime or authorizing a checkpoint as a Lieutenant? Those were judgement questions that are obviously not duties a Lt is allowed to do

Ex-Narco Ranger said
Oct 30, 2011

What stealing? I'm so burnt out I can't even remember that question. WTF!

Jimmy McNulty said
Oct 30, 2011

Abeyance. My cop didn't abeyance my order so I yelled at him a lot (in private of course). Abeyance.

Footpost 4 Life said
Oct 30, 2011

Felt like a scene from the twilight zone or a bad nightmare, glad I'm not the only one. If u thought it was fair test after a groundball 2011 Sgt Exam, your crazy.

20yrSentence said
Oct 30, 2011

where was ther admin guide..i didnt see one

Ex-Narco Ranger said
Oct 30, 2011

Nevermind, i remember

Cathetel said
Oct 30, 2011

I'm wipe my ass w/ the missing toilet paper.

15yrwonder said
Oct 30, 2011

was the answer for the crying paa : E. shut the F**K UP and enter those reports ?????

scott said
Oct 30, 2011

tell the girl to tell the lt
and get the ado to assist in the 124 room

Freckle face said
Oct 30, 2011

SMFH! Idk what else to say! I know it took me over an hour to figure out WHO the hec i was on the in-basket :( 1st of all I assumed I was the 3rd platoon boss from the beginning! I must be effin stupid! Huh? Too disappointed or is it " to" or "two".... Lmfao!

-- Edited by Freckle face on Sunday 30th of October 2011 03:06:54 AM

Bklynvet said
Oct 30, 2011

True....you just can't be book smart and be able to pass just by memorizing everything...

Darkman said
Oct 30, 2011

I honestly have no clue, how I did on this test, you could tell me I got an 80 or a 40, and neither would surprise me. One of the most bizarre exams I've ever taken.

AbbeyDaddy said
Oct 30, 2011

Anyone think about how this test was extremely expensive compared to past tests. Anyone take it at Grace Dodge in the Bronx...No food, only a bottle of water aloud until the "JANITOR" changed his mind? The whole test experience was a disaster!

NYR3511 said
Oct 30, 2011

AbbeyDaddy, were you in the lunch room when he called cops *******s during his speech? the reaction was great.

Footpost 4 Life said
Oct 30, 2011

Good thing I threw out my sandwich, I wouldn't have finished the exam if I took a break to eat, nobody was eating in my class lol

unborn said
Oct 30, 2011

Did anyone else get the letter in the mail from DCAS "Thank you for taking our experimental test, ha ha we got you, the real test is next saturday and will ask stuff that you can actually study for."

Wait, that was just me dreaming.

Cathetel said
Oct 30, 2011

The janitor didnt change his mind, it was the old dcas guy who called us a**holes cya'ing himself in typical NYC shakebox fashion just in case someone was diabetic or had a medical condition that required a ham sandwhich.

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