Great for departments all over the U.S. With 3 practice exams.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Not the be all and end all, but a part of a complete study diet:
First, I'd like to give the disclaimer that I've only taken promotion exams in NY. This book is good for NY police promotional exams, as it goes over a lot of reading interpretation and Iannone concepts, but if you're outside of NY, caveat emptor. One of the authors of this book runs prep courses in NY. Going over this book (which of course he listed as suggested reading in his course :-)) and looking at his course material, I can say that the book is the Reader's Digest version of parts of his course.... more info
Excellent Study Aid:
This book is an excellent companion to your study material. The hints they give you are for the "buzz-words" that civil service examiners love to use in test questions. They certainly don't guarantee a correct answer, but when you're stuck, knowing those key words and/or phrases can bail you out. The practice exams in this book are more than worth the price of purchase. This book definitely helped me with my promotion exam.
Don't waste your money:
I purchased this book on recommendation from a Promotional Preparation course I recently attended. It is horrible! It isn't worth the time or money to read. It basically tells you how to cheat on written exams by looking for certain words in the questions and answers. If you honestly read the material you are supposed to and take your written exam you will do much better than to try the tactics this book suggests.
Apalling:
Although I give the book two stars because some of the information in it may be helpful, the editing of the book was a dismal failure. It lowered my confidence in the book drastically to observe how many times a word was spelled incorrectly or used in the wrong context.
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