Promotion EXAM

How many are taking the exam this time, or is it worth the time?

Probably worth it to those that want to be promoted....

Probably worth it to those that want to be promoted....

Yeah, the fee to take the exam is $500.

Probably worth it to those that want to be promoted....

Yeah, the fee to take the exam is $500.

That is funny to bad it's true...$500 if you want to be promoted!

Probably worth it to those that want to be promoted....

Yeah, the fee to take the exam is $500.

That is funny to bad it's true...$500 if you want to be promoted!

Sad but true... look at his buddy DB who (in my opinion) is dumber than a box of rocks. He got promoted how?

DB ???

The exam sucked.

The exam sucked.


Someone didnt study.

Anonymous wrote:
The exam sucked.



Someone didnt study.


But what about the $500 free pass?

You still have to pass it or have people lie for you when you are caught cheating.

Well I did study, and the exam was hard(probably bombed it [in the negative sense]) No politics to it. You want to do well at any job (or test) and be respected by your peers. Having said that I also believe there has to be a better format for a written exam than that.

How many passed, or should I say how many failed?

Word going around is 29 passed total. exam sucked!!!!

Did the exam suck because the people that failed it didn't study enough, or is it that the " right people" (29) didn't pass it?

I find it hard to believe that a test taken by almost 130 people and only @ 29 passed, that the rest didn't study enough. The highest score Ive heard so far is 80...

So I guess you want to punish the individuals that passed the test? Seems to me that if it was a bad test everyone would have failed it. Sounds like
maybe someone was not able to pass the test, that the administration wanted?

If only 29 out of 130 passed then it is an invalid test by all recognized testing measures. A 78% failure rate indicates the test did not test what the tested knew, but measured what the tested did not know. The test should be thrown out and a new test that tests for what the job is looking for in a candidate should be prepared.

Whoever prepared the test obviously have no or very limited knowledge of what should be tested for in a law enforcement supervisor’s job.

Sounds like someone is unhappy? Daddy didn't hold your hand?

100 failed the test? Out of 129 that’s crazy. Man only approximately 1/5 passed the test they should take another look at the testing material and how the questions were worded. Also what are the scores of the ones that pass? Are the scores low? If the ones that pass have low scores, well that should tell you something.
I did not take the test I was just commenting from an instructor’s point of view.

Sure some people are unhappy about the exam, that is kind of normal isnt it? Most the people that took the exam that studied (which would be more than those that did not study) could have answered 80% or better of the questions correctly had they been fill in the blank. Most people I spoke with Knew the correct answers. However, due to the way the "Most correct answer's", were worded they caused doubt and a lack of confidence in the test taker. The correct answer was not there, only one that was more correct than others. This style of exam is not for the novice. A single word cleverly placed changes the direction of your answer. I believe a better format is obtainable, that could better test the officer knowledge of policy and FSS.

okay so it wasn't the best test. Congrats to those who passed. Those who took it had the balls to try anyway instead of just laying back. They all deserve credit for making the effort.

Well said....

Well said....I wonder how many who failed the test wished they had their campaign contribution money back now!!!!.......Yeeeeeeehaaaaw!

I believe you will notice not many have contributed to begin with, so keep the cheap shots ref. the test to yourself.

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just a little light reading about our test and the people who made it. Click on the phamphlet and have a look.



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