- Author
- New York State Department of Civil Service
- Title
- Guide to Taking the Written Test for Firefighter Series.
- Coporate
- New York State Department of Civil Service, Albany
- Keywords
- fire fighters | fire departments
- Abstract
- The New York State Department of Civil Service has developed this Guide to familiarize you with the Firefighter Series written test. It provides a general description of the subject areas to be tested and the different types of questions you will see on the test. The Examination Announcement will specify the exact subject areas to be included on the test you will be taking. The Firefighter Series written test has an overall time allowance of 3 hours. The test is divided into four separate subject areas and the questions are designed to evaluate the following abilities: 1. UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING GRAPHS, CHARTS, TABLES AND DIAGRAMS AND FOLLOWING WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS: These questions test your ability to understand information that is presented graphically or tabularly and to follow written directions. 2. SOLVING PROBLEMS INVOLVING NUMBERS: These questions test your ability to use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve problems that might be encountered in fire service activities. 3. MECHANICAL REASONING: These questions test your ability to make accurate readings of dials and gauges or to demonstrate an understanding of how devices work. 4. UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING WRITTEN MATERIAL PERTAINING TO FIRE: These questions test how well you comprehend written material. These are the only subject areas that will be included on the written test. Specialized knowledge of firefighting is not required. The remainder of this guide explains how you are tested in each of these subject areas. A TEST TASK is provided for each subject. This is an explanation of how a question is presented and how to correctly answer it. Be sure to read each one carefully.