Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Preparing For Fire Department Promotional Exams

By Eloise Hewitt


Test taking for fire fighters is like their way of life. Starting with the entrance exams which are very competitive to proficiency tests throughout their career, proving to know things in this career by taking tests is important. For servicemen in any department thinking of advancing their career, taking the fire department promotional exams is inevitable.

This promotional exam is very competitive and only those individuals who have prepared well can have the confidence of acing it. Passing this exam will mean that a person gets into a list of probable candidates qualified to getting a promotion. But passing is one thing and getting a good score is another. Even though passing will get an individual onto the eligibility list, scoring a good mark will put an individual well in front of others and therefore the person increases his or her chances of getting that promotion.

A study plan, Self discipline and high concentration levels are required to pass this examination. During the period when one is preparing for this test, the person should ensure to avoid unnecessary disturbance from family or friends. Also the person must ensure to set time daily for studies since the person will be working and in the off days, one must utilize them well to cover a lot.

An individual should therefore make sure to start his preparation early. This means that study materials must be found early from libraries, fire departments, online sources among other areas. While studying these materials, one should ensure to make his own short notes. This way it will be easy to go through every chapter rather than reading the original material again. Since the individual will be working as well as reading, the person must make sure to use any free time for studying.

As much as a person will be having practice questions which he or she must go through after reading, it is good that the person derives his own questions while reading. Therefore while making the short notes, a person should also include the derived questions as notes and ensure to answer them. Therefore as one will be going through the notes again, he will be reading his derived questions as notes since they will be already answered.

Practice tests are important and a person should ensure to sit for many of them. The result that one will get will show the areas that the individual ought to study more. To get numerous practice tests, a person can search over the internet. There are numerous websites that provide these practice tests and one should do most of them and revise them as well.

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.

Having a good study plan and preparing well will ensure a person has confidence to face the exam. During the exam, the individual should ensure to read questions carefully and understand them well as well as the choices. After which the individual picks the right choice.




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