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23 guides available — one per exam track. Each guide explains what the exam typically tests, gives you a topic checklist and preparation drills, and ends with a free 25-question practice test.
23 guides available.
Public Safety
Role-specific preparation for public safety, law enforcement, emergency communications, and court careers.
911 Dispatcher
Memory, multitasking, map reading, data entry, and situational judgment for emergency communications exams.
View study guide →Correction Officer
Security procedures, observation, reporting, and judgment for correction titles.
View study guide →Court Officer
Courtroom procedure, legal vocabulary, public safety, and professional demeanor.
View study guide →Deputy Sheriff
Department policy, use of force, civil process, and situational judgment for Deputy Sheriff civil service exams.
View study guide →FirefighterProvisional
Spatial reasoning, mechanical concepts, reading, and teamwork judgment for fire suppression titles.
View study guide →Police Officer
Logical reasoning, observation, writing, and judgment for law enforcement entrance exams.
View study guide →School Safety Agent
Post orders, visitor screening, incident reporting, and situational judgment for the NYPD School Safety Agent exam.
View study guide →Special Officer
Post orders, facility security, and situational judgment for Special Officer civil service exams.
View study guide →Traffic Enforcement Agent
Summons policy, radio procedure, and situational judgment for the NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agent exam.
View study guide →Administration & Office
Build the reading, accuracy, records, and administrative skills common to office-support examinations.
Accounting
Bookkeeping, governmental accounting concepts, and quantitative reasoning for fiscal titles.
View study guide →Administrative Assistant
Office procedures, scheduling, correspondence, and organizational skills common on clerical and administrative civil service exams.
View study guide →Clerical
Filing, coding, typing, and general clerical aptitude for office support exams.
View study guide →Staff Analyst
Quantitative reasoning, data interpretation, and written analysis for Staff Analyst and government analyst civil service exams.
View study guide →Supervisory Administration
Leadership scenarios, policy interpretation, and supervisory judgment for government supervisory titles.
View study guide →Government & Human Services
Explore guides for public-facing roles, eligibility work, health services, and federal hiring paths.
Caseworker
Case policy, confidentiality, mandated reporting, and situational judgment for Caseworker civil service exams.
View study guide →Customs & Border Protection
Federal entrance exam patterns: logic, English, and situational judgment (where applicable).
View study guide →Public Health
Regulations, epidemiology concepts, ethics, and analytical reasoning for public health civil service roles.
View study guide →Social Services
Case-oriented reasoning, regulations, ethics, and communication for human services titles.
View study guide →Technical & Trades
Review technical vocabulary, practical reasoning, and job-specific concepts before test day.
Electrician's Helper
Electrical theory, safety procedure, tools, calculations, and diagram reading for NYC Electrician's Helper exams.
View study guide →IT Specialist
Technical reasoning, troubleshooting, networking concepts, and systems thinking for IT civil service titles.
View study guide →Librarian & Archivist
Cataloging concepts, reference services, records management, and public service for library and archival civil service exams.
View study guide →Maintenance
Trade knowledge, tools, safety, and troubleshooting for maintenance and operations titles.
View study guide →Sanitation Worker
Collection, equipment, safety, and public-service judgment for NYC Sanitation Worker titles.
View study guide →How to use the guides
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Read the guide
Work through the overview, what the exam tests, and the topic checklist for your track.
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Each guide ends with a free 25-question timed practice test built from that track's questions.
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