The NYS Court Officer exam, considered one of the hardest exams within the NYS civil service examination industry, is a computer base exam. comprising the following challenging areas as per the Office of Court Administration:
(1) Remembering Facts and Information (2) Reading, Understanding and Interpreting Written Material (3) Applying Facts and Information to Given Situations (4) Clerical Checking (4) Court Record Keeping
For the NYS Court Officer exam, a passing grade of 70% will not be high enough to be called for the job process. You must score a high mark to be considered for the job. This can range from 85% to 100%. The competition to get appointed to becoming a NYS Court Officer comprises the exam itself and the other candidates taking the NYS Court Officer exam.
Here is a breakdown of the open competitive NYC Court Officer computerized exam:
Remembering Facts and Information: These questions assess applicants’ ability to remember the details of an incident. A written description of an incident (story) provided to applicants. Five (5) minutes are allowed to read and study the story. At the end of the 5-minute period, the story will be removed, and applicants will not have another opportunity to refer to it. Written notes about the story will not be allowed by the applicant. There will be a 10-minute delay before applicants are presented with a series of questions about the facts concerning the story.
Reading, Understanding and Interpreting Written Material: These questions assess applicants’ ability to understand and interpret written material. The written examination will include two types of questions: Format A — Brief reading passages followed by questions regarding the passages and read by applicants. All information required to answer the questions will be in the passages. Applicants will not be required to have any special knowledge relating to the content area covered in the passages; and Format B — Short written passages from which there are words or phrases removed from passage require applicants to review. Applicants will be required to select from four alternatives: the word or phrase that logically completes the sentence within the passage when inserted for the missing word or phrase.
Applying Facts and Information to Given Situations: These questions assess applicants’ ability to use the information provided and apply it to a specific situation defined by a given set of facts. A regulation, policy or procedure that a NYS Court Officer may encounter on the job is presented to applicants. Applicants must use this information to answer questions about specific situations. All information required to answer the questions in the passages is in the situation’s description.
Clerical Checking: These questions assess applicants’ ability to distinguish between sets of names, numbers, letters and/or codes which are almost exactly alike. There are three sets of information which may appear in different fonts. Applicants compare the information in the three sets and identify whether the sets differ. Applicants must use the directions provided to determine the correct answer.
Court Record Keeping: These questions assess applicants’ ability to read, combine, and manipulate written information organized from several sources. The candidate combines and reorganizes different tables which contain names, numbers, codes and other information the information to answer specific questions.
The computer-based exam allows candidates three (3) hours and fifteen (15) minutes to complete.
