06C25R0075 - SOW Attach 1 - Test Item Examples.pdf

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Assessment Type Descriptions and Sample Items

The Logical Reasoning Test (e.g., Critical Thinking Skills Test) in which candidates read real-world scenarios and evaluate conclusions based on information presented in the scenarios. This is a multiple-choice assessment with three to five response choices.

Sample Item #1

The following passage describes a set of facts. The passage is followed by seven conclusions. Read the passage and then evaluate each conclusion against the following three options:

A) True, which means that you can infer the conclusion from the facts given B) False, which means that the conclusion cannot be true given the facts C) Insufficient information, which means that there is insufficient information for you to determine whether the conclusion is true or false

During the second week of March, there was a marked increase in reported cases of suspect air traffic activity along the southwest border. The second week alone accounted for 75% of the entire reported total of 120 suspect flight cases that month. There was also a dramatic increase in the amount of contraband seized in the border region. In fact, for the preceding six months, whenever there had been an increase in reported suspect flight activity, there had also been an increase in contraband smuggling and an increase in seizures. However, during the first week of April, when over 50% of the month’s 180 suspect flight cases occurred, there were only a few seizures of contraband materials reported.

For the preceding six months, whenever there has been a decrease in reported suspect flight activity, there has also been a decrease in contraband smuggling and in seizures.

A) True B) False C) Insufficient information

Sample Item #2

Impressions made by the ridges on the ends of the fingers and thumbs are useful means of identification, since no two persons have the same pattern of ridges. If finger patterns from fingerprints are not decipherable, then they cannot be classified by general shape and contour or by pattern type. If they cannot be classified by these characteristics, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom the fingerprints belong.

DRAFT

From the information given above, it CANNOT be validly concluded that

A) if it is possible to identify the person to whom fingerprints belong, then the fingerprints are decipherable

B) if finger patterns from fingerprints are not decipherable, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom the fingerprints belong

C) if fingerprints are decipherable, then it is impossible to identify the person to whom they belong

D) if fingerprints can be classified by general shape and contour or by pattern type, then they are decipherable

E) if it is possible to identify the person to whom fingerprints belong, then the fingerprints can be classified by general shape and contour or pattern type

The Writing Skills Test in which candidates review and edit sentences and paragraphs collected from the field to ensure that information is presented in a well-organized, clear, coherent, and grammatically correct manner. This is a multiple-choice assessment with five response choices.

Sample Item #1

For questions 1-3, choose the one answer that represents a correction that should be made to the sentence. If no correction is necessary, choose option (E).

The incident report states that either the new employee or the visiting officials was using the emergency telephone at that moment.

(A) change states to state

(B) change was to were

(C) change was using to had used

(D) change at that moment to in that moment

(E) no correction is necessary

For questions 4 – 6, choose the one answer that is the best revision to the underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in the paragraph. If no revision to the underlined word(s) or phrase(s) is necessary, choose option (E).

If there are two underlined sections in the same paragraph, each possible answer will consist of two revisions, one for each underlined section. The two revisions will be separated by a slash ( / ). The first revision will be for the first underlined section in the paragraph, and the second revision will be for the second underlined section in the paragraph.

The new system for inputting information from forms CB-T70 and IC-B12 is finally up and running. To deal with the backlog, I am dedicating the four new computers in Room 215 to the sole purpose of inputting these data.

(A) is finally up / to the solely purpose

(B) is finally up / sole to the purpose

(C) are finally up / to the solely purpose

(D) are finally up / sole to the purpose

(E) no correction is necessary

Sample Item #3

For questions 7 and 8, select the correct sentence order to form paragraphs that are well-organized, clear, and coherent. If no correction is necessary, choose option (E).

(1) The inspector’s name is Nancy Glimis, and she is scheduled to arrive at our facility at one o’clock on Monday afternoon.

(2) Please extend to Ms. Glimis your utmost courtesy and cooperation as she makes her evaluation of our facility and assists in our endeavor to maintain a healthy and safe work environment.

(3) She will spend that afternoon and the following two days observing our work environment and processes, and conducting ad hoc interviews with many of you.

(4) My walk-through of our work area is complete, and I am happy to report that I saw no violations of safety and health regulations.

(5) Nevertheless, I am committed to ensuring a safe work environment for all, and so I have arranged for a special evaluation by an official safety and health inspector.

(A) 1 – 2 – 4 – 5 – 3

(B) 4 – 5 – 3– 1 – 2

(C) 1 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 2

(D) 4 – 5 – 1 – 3 – 2

(E) no change to the sentence order is necessary

The Job Simulation (e.g., In-Basket Job Simulation) in which candidates plays the role of a Supervisory at a fictitious work place. This assessment has two sections, a review period in which candidates review all of the email messages that deal with the personnel, operational, budgetary, and administrative issues supervisors and managers handle every day. These e-mails are presented online as links. After the review period, there is a multiple-choice assessment with five response choices. During the multiple-choice assessment, the candidates must have access to the bank of emails.

Sample Item #1

In E-mail 1, MPO Gerald Hart informs you that U.S. Army Captain Jack Pitts has surplus equipment available. Which course of action would you be MOST likely to take as your first response to Captain Pitts’ offer?

(A) Contact Captain Pitts and ask him to send the equipment to you.

(B) Meet with the other Team Supervisors and ask them whether the equipment would be useful for the port.

(C) Arrange to get more information about the type of equipment and its condition from Captain Pitts.

(D) Ask the members of the Red Light Working Group during the upcoming meeting whether the equipment would be useful to this joint effort.

(E) Contact Captain Pitts and tell him that you will not need the equipment.

Which of the following activities would be LEAST appropriate to delegate to Secretary Martha Montgomery?

(A) Contacting Port Director Terry Hanlon about Team Supervisor Shankar Ganesh’s detail (E-mail 8).

(B) Initiating paperwork for filling Team Supervisor Sally Greer’s position (E-mail 9).

(C) Asking MPO Gerald Hart to get more information about the Army’s surplus equipment (E-mail 4).

(D) Meeting with Fran Brown to discuss her complaint (E-mail 10).

(E) Responding to Marjorie Palmer’s e-mail message (E-mail 13).

The Job Knowledge Test in which candidates respond to questions about regulations, laws, procedures, and processes related to the job knowledge requirements of a supervisor. This is a multiple-choice assessment with up to five response choices.

Sample Item #1

When an I-44 is created on a citizen or non-deportable alien for Immigration and ationality Act (INA) violations, to whom should it be addressed?

A) The Patrol Agent in Charge B) The agency to whom the subject is being turned over C) The Chief Patrol Agent D) The Assistant Patrol Agent in Charge

As an undercover operative, under which of the following conditions may you remove or copy documents or property?

1. when you are in a location where you have a legitimate right to be and there is believed to be evidence of a crime

2. if it is immediately apparent that the item removed or copied is evidence of a criminal violation

3. if the scope of the suspect’s purposes for allowing entry to the premises includes removal or disposal of the items

4. if the suspect is not in the area and is unaware you have searched his house and removed the object

A) 4 only B) 3 and 4 only C) 1, 2 and 3 only D) 2, 3 and 4 only

The Biodata test in which applicants respond to questions about their background experiences that are related to success in the position. This is a multiple-choice assessment with five response choices.

Sample Item #1

In the past three years, the number of different paying jobs I have held for more than two weeks is:

A. 7 or more B. 5–6 C .3–4 D. 1–2 E. None

The Writing Sample Test (variant #1), in which applicants compose a descriptive essay information provided in a picture and are measured on paragraph organization, presentation of ideas, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. The essay must be captured in a text box with the ability of the applicant to use Spell Check. (Picture is provided as a jpg file.)

No example available.

The Writing Sample Test (variant #2), in which applicants compose a memorandum from provided background information, and are measured on 1) grammar, syntax, and punctuation; 2) vocabulary and capitalization; 3) presentation of ideas; and 4) paragraph organization. The essay must be captured via Microsoft Word, with the ability for the applicant to use Spell Check.

No example available.