Preparing For Fire Department Promotional Exams

By Eloise Hewitt


For fire fighters, tests are always a part of their lives. From the entrance exam they usually take to proficiency tests throughout their experience, exams are essential for them to prove their knowledge in various aspects. Also when such professionals are seeking a promotion as career advancement, they also have to sit for the fire department promotional exams.

The promotional exam is highly competitive and requires proper preparation to pass it. Those people who do not prepare well can say goodbye to the promotion they have been wanting very bad. It is one thing to pass this test but it is another to get a very good score. Passing will guarantee one being on the placement is but with a high score, a person increases his ranking on the list and hence can get a promotion sooner than later.

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.

Getting the study materials early enough is crucial. One cannot wait until he is given materials for preparation for that year, but the individual can search materials that have been used for previous years. To find such, the person can do online search, go to libraries and get books among other materials. As one will be reading, it is very crucial to make short notes to make it easy to go through the topics another time. Everyday should be set to tackle a topic, chapter or even chapters for quick learners.

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.

The individual must ensure to do all the practice tests available whether in the books or online. The score of each test will show how much one has grasped the various topics. After which the person can ensure to go through the topics that need further studies and revise more. There should be an improvement in the scores in the preceding practice test one does.

To ensure that points stick well in the brain and also to clear explanation of certain topics, a person should get into a study group. A study group is a simpler way of reinforcing points and tackling topics again and again easily. One should however ensure to study first on his own before getting into a group.

Therefore persons must ensure to create an effective study plan and ensure to follow it to the latter. By covering all areas and revising well will ensure that one has confidence when sitting for this test. Also when reading a question, one should do it carefully to understand what is required in order to pick the right choice.




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