Forest Ranger Questions
New York State
Department of Civil Service
Committed to Innovation, Quality, and Excellence
A Guide to the Written Test for the
Forest Ranger 1 Series
Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor
INTRODUCTION
The New York State Department of Civil Service has developed this test guide to familiarize you with the Forest Ranger 1 written test. This test guide provides a general description of the subject areas to be tested and an explanation of the different types of questions that will be presented. The examination announcement will list the subject areas that will be included on the test you will be taking.
The Forest Ranger 1 written test has an overall time allowance of 5 hours, plus 5 minutes to read and study the information in the Memory Booklet. The test will …show more content…
TEST TASK: You will be given a Memory Booklet containing a story. The story will be considerably longer than the one presented here. You will have 5 minutes to read and study the information in the Memory Booklet. You will NOT be allowed to take notes. At the end of the study period, the monitor will collect the Memory Booklets containing the story and then will hand out the test booklets containing the test questions. The first group of questions in this test booklet will ask you to recall the facts and information presented in the Memory Booklet.
SAMPLE MEMORY STORY: Officer Gary Hanson of the Burke Police Department was questioning Mathew Meyers, the owner of Meyers Sporting Goods located at 321 Payne Avenue, about a burglary that occurred the previous evening. Meyers said that when he arrived at the store at 8:50 A.M., he noticed that the rear door had been broken into. Meyers said that, after he had checked his inventory, he was missing 20 rifles, 16 pellet guns, 12 shotguns, and 8
Department of Civil Service
Committed to Innovation, Quality, and Excellence
A Guide to the Written Test for the
Forest Ranger 1 Series
Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor
INTRODUCTION
The New York State Department of Civil Service has developed this test guide to familiarize you with the Forest Ranger 1 written test. This test guide provides a general description of the subject areas to be tested and an explanation of the different types of questions that will be presented. The examination announcement will list the subject areas that will be included on the test you will be taking.
The Forest Ranger 1 written test has an overall time allowance of 5 hours, plus 5 minutes to read and study the information in the Memory Booklet. The test will …show more content…
TEST TASK: You will be given a Memory Booklet containing a story. The story will be considerably longer than the one presented here. You will have 5 minutes to read and study the information in the Memory Booklet. You will NOT be allowed to take notes. At the end of the study period, the monitor will collect the Memory Booklets containing the story and then will hand out the test booklets containing the test questions. The first group of questions in this test booklet will ask you to recall the facts and information presented in the Memory Booklet.
SAMPLE MEMORY STORY: Officer Gary Hanson of the Burke Police Department was questioning Mathew Meyers, the owner of Meyers Sporting Goods located at 321 Payne Avenue, about a burglary that occurred the previous evening. Meyers said that when he arrived at the store at 8:50 A.M., he noticed that the rear door had been broken into. Meyers said that, after he had checked his inventory, he was missing 20 rifles, 16 pellet guns, 12 shotguns, and 8