FINDING STUDY GUIDES FOR STATE CIVIL SERVICE …

1 FINDING STUDY GUIDES FOR. STATE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS: A MANUAL FOR PUBLIC AND. INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARIES. 10th Edition, Revised October 2004. FINDING STUDY GUIDES FOR STATE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS: A MANUAL. FOR PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARIES. 10th Edition Revised October 2004. Compiled by Gary L. Ferguson Updated by Eordonna D'Andrea STATE Library of Louisiana Baton Rouge, Louisiana TABLE OF CONTENTS. PREFACE .. i EXAMINATION OUTLINES AND RECOMMENDED STUDY GUIDES . SERIES 1050 GROUP BENEFITS CLAIMS ASSISTANT .. 2. SERIES 1111 ENGINEERING AIDE TEST.. 3. SERIES 1333 PROFESSIONAL ENTRY TEST .. 4. SERIES 1700 LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR TEST .. 5. SERIES 2812 PARISH HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT .. 6. SERIES 3700 PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISOR 7. SERIES 4242 ACCOUNTING PARAPROFESSIONAL TEST .. 8. SERIES 4300 HIGHWAY FOREMAN.

2 9. SERIES 4900 MANAGER/ADMINISTRATOR TEST (MAT).. 10. SERIES 5000 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES (LEAPS).. 11. SERIES 7000/7001 CLERICAL/OFFICE/ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TEST. (COAST).. 12. SERIES 7002 COAST TYPING SKILLS TEST .. 13. SERIES 7200 WILDLIFE & FISHERIES TECHNICIAN EXAM .. 14. SERIES 7900/7901 MOTOR VEHICLE COMPLIANCE ANALYST TEST .. 15. TYPES OF QUESTIONS AND RECOMMENDED STUDY GUIDES . BUDGETING .. 17. CODING .. 17. ENGLISH GRAMMAR/USAGE/CORRECT EXPRESSION .. 17. FOLLOWING 17. GRAPHS, CHARTS AND TABLES/DATA INTERPRETATION .. 18. HUMAN RELATIONS .. 19. LOGIC .. 19. MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION .. 19. MATHEMATICS/NUMERICAL RELATIONS .. 20. READING 21. REASONING .. 21. REPORT 21. 22. INDEX OF JOB 24. PREFACE. Over the past few years, the Louisiana the appropriate examination outline and list of Department of STATE CIVIL SERVICE has reduced recommended STUDY GUIDES , from which you the number of written examinations it can select any that you have on the shelf for administers from several hundred to fourteen.

3 Your patron's use. This number may decrease further as CIVIL SERVICE continues to streamline its testing For most exams, the Louisiana Department of procedures. This booklet provides STATE CIVIL SERVICE has prepared brief STUDY information on every written exam currently GUIDES , copies of which should be available in in use and will help libraries find appropriate every public library in the STATE . These should STUDY GUIDES for patrons who are seeking STATE serve as master copies which patrons can copy employment. as needed. The following booklets are available from CIVIL SERVICE : The first section of the booklet devotes one page to each exam. There the user will find an 1. Clerical, Office & Administrative outline of the categories of questions that are Support Test Sample Questions asked on an exam, followed by a list of the 2.

4 Engineering Aide Test STUDY guide STUDY GUIDES the Reference staff recommends. 3. Professional Entry Test Sample Most of the STUDY GUIDES are published by Questions Arco or National Learning Corporation 4. Sample Questions for Accounting (abbreviated NLC in the listings) and are not Paraprofessional Test based specifically on Louisiana CIVIL SERVICE 5. Sample Questions for Highway exams. Foreman 6. Sample Questions for Law Note that the first section of this booklet lists Enforcement and Protective exams in order by the series number assigned Services Supervisor Test by CIVIL SERVICE . This enables the user to 7. Sample Questions for Law easily find the correct breakdown of test Enforcement and Protective questions when only the examination series Services Test number is known. 8. Sample Questions for Manager/.

5 Administrator Test The second section of this booklet consists of 9. Sample Questions for Professional those categories of questions, such as English Supervisor Test Grammar and Mathematics, that are found on many examinations. Following each type of Contact the Reference Section of the STATE question is a list of STUDY GUIDES which Library if replacement copies are needed. contain examples of that kind of question. You can use this section of the booklet to find STUDY material is also available on the substitute STUDY GUIDES or additional GUIDES website of the Louisiana Department of for patrons who have difficulty with these STATE CIVIL SERVICE . Go to: types of questions. and click on Sample Test Questions. This site The final section of this booklet is the index of provides sample questions for the following job titles.

6 Here you will find listed all of the exams: nearly 500 jobs that require a written exam. Look up the job title you need in the index, 1. Accounting Paraprofessional Test then consult the page referenced there to find 2. COAST. i Aide Test STATE agencies are authorized to hire directly Benefits Claims Assistant without going through CIVIL SERVICE . Jobs Foreman Test such as these, for which CIVIL SERVICE does not require a written exam, are not included in this Supervisor booklet. Test Note, however, that the hiring agency may Vehicle Compliance Analyst devise a test of its own for applicants. For Test example, the Department of Corrections 10. Professional Entry Test gives a multiple-choice test for its entry-level 11. Professional Supervisor Test position, Corrections Cadet. The test 12. Wildlife & Fisheries Technician consists of the following types of questions: Also available on the site are sample questions Reading comprehension 20.

7 By subject, ranging from accounting/auditing Situational judgment 20. to written communications, which include English grammar 20. most of the types of questions found on the Total 60. exams. The Arco STUDY GUIDES for Correction Officer Additional STUDY material is now available and Correction Officer Promotion Tests, as from LearningExpress Library, one of the well as Norman Hall's Corrections Officer Louisiana Library Connection databases. It is Exam Preparation Book published by Adams available at public libraries throughout the Media, will be helpful to persons taking this STATE , or residents can access it from home or test. work by going to Similarly, the Office of STATE Police and selecting their library name and entering administers an exam for STATE Police Cadet their library card number.

8 Which consists of about 300 biographical inventory questions like those on the Series LearningExpress Library does not provide 6500 COAST exam (see page 12). These are STUDY material for specific STATE exams. When psychological profile questions, and the you click on " CIVIL SERVICE Careers" in the list answers given indicate personal preferences. of tests, you will not find an entry for a Though there is no recommended STUDY guide , specific STATE test (Typing Careers Test) or the Arco book for CIVIL SERVICE Psychological type of test (clerical). Instead, and Psychiatric Tests may be of use to LearningExpress Library offers one generic applicants. CIVIL SERVICE test which covers math, grammar, reading, vocabulary and spelling. There is When your library has no STUDY GUIDES also STUDY material for the Federal clerical available, or your patron needs more exam.

9 Applicants desiring additional practice material, please use the exam title or the in the areas of math and English can select complete job title as provided to your patron tests from the menu categories of "Basic by CIVIL SERVICE and submit the request to the Skills Success" and "Technical and Career STATE Library on a subject request form. College." Include the exam series number, if known. Do not request specific STUDY GUIDES on an Many CIVIL SERVICE positions do not require a author-title form. written examination. In some cases, CIVIL SERVICE grades applicants solely on the basis Please be aware that we cannot provide actual of their experience and training. In others, samples of old tests. In most cases we will designated noncompetitive or shortage jobs, send STUDY GUIDES published by Arco or ii National Learning Corporation (NLC).

10 Often To communicate with CIVIL SERVICE by mail, these STUDY GUIDES will not have the same titles write to: as the STATE CIVIL SERVICE exams, but will Department of STATE CIVIL SERVICE contain examples of the types of questions Box 94111. found on the tests. We will send additional Capitol Station materials as needed to supplement the standard Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9111. STUDY GUIDES . For information on job openings, job Call the STATE Library Reference and specifications, and pay scales, see the CIVIL Bibliography Section at (225) 342-4913 if you SERVICE Department's Internet home page at have any questions or comments, or email us at or If you wish to communicate directly with the Click on the Louisiana Job Search icon if you Department of STATE CIVIL SERVICE , call the wish to produce a list of vacancies by location, main office in Baton Rouge at (225) 925-1911 salary, occupation, or STATE agency.