mercredi 14 mai 2014

Preparing For Fire Department Promotional Exams

By Eloise Hewitt


To become a firefighter, a person has to pass well the entrance exams. Apart from this, one will be required to sit for proficiency tests all through his career. Therefore test taking is an aspect firefighters know too well as a measure of their knowledge in various aspects of their career. It is no wonder for them to get a promotion they have to sit for fire department promotional exams.

For people who do not know this, the promotional exam is usually very competitive and persons who have prepared enough can ace it. When one passes this exam, he or she is placed in a list of probable candidates for promotion. In order to be on top of that list to get the promotion fast, the individual must therefore aim to get the best score. For people who fail this exam, they have to wait for the next year when the test is offered again to try their chance for a promotion.

Succeeding in this exam requires self discipline and concentration. An individual has to set aside time daily studying and also ensure to study efficiently. Most of the people who fail this test never set enough time for studying or they never prepared well. Some of them waited till last minute to start cramming a lot of information.

Therefore one has to look for study materials early enough. An individual can be given some of the learning materials by the fire department while other materials he or she can find in the library or search online. Once with these materials, the individual should start reading them and writing short simpler notes they can be able to understand. Since the chunk of materials to read may be a lot, one can decide to read a chapter everyday or 4 chapters a week among other ways.

Apart from making short notes, the person must ensure to derive questions from every topic captured. The derived questions should then be done after the individual finishes reading a topic. After one has covered all chapters and answered all derived questions, the individual should re read the short notes again to ensue the information is reinforced.

After answering all questions, the person should go back through the short notes, review the notes plus also the questions and answers. This is to ensure all one has read sticks in the head. It is also advisable that one does all practice questions in a study material or found in online sites. Practice tests expose the strong areas in the individual as well as those areas which need further study.

It is also important that one gets into a study group. In a group study, the individual will be able to understand more areas he or she has not understood well while studying alone. Also in the group, reviewing questions will also be done as well each topic will be discussed in a short amount of time enabling one to recall easily.

By preparing well, one can be confident at the time of the exams and avoid panicking. One should not rush when reading questions but ensure to understand them well to pick the right choice. But care should be taken so as to finish the test on time.




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