State Trooper Exam »

Competent state troopers have become increasingly important as homeland security concerns have risen. This complete career-prep explains what state troopers do, how they are chosen, what the exam consists of, and how it is administered. The guide contains six complete practice tests based on the actual exam, with additional instructional chapters and targeted practice on the most commonly tested topics: reading comprehension, writing, information ordering, mathematics, spatial/directional orientation, memory/observation, visualization, problem solving, reasoning, judgment, and sensitivity. The nine-step LearningExpress Test Preparation System helps assure a high score.

Introduction     vii
What State Troopers Do     1
Becoming a State Trooper     7
About the State Trooper Written Exam     15
The Learning Express Test Preparation System     19
State Trooper Practice Test 1     35
Reading-Based Questions     71
Writing and Information Ordering     77
Mathematics     87
Spatial and Directional Orientation     91
Memory and Observation     95
Problem Solving     99
State Trooper Practice Test 2     103
State Trooper Practice Test 3     137
State Trooper Practice Test 4     165
State Trooper Practice Test 5     199
State Trooper Practice Test 6     231
The Oral Appraisal Exam     267
The Physical, Medical, and Psychological Exams     271