civil service exams
Corrections Jobs Test Guides
Find your corrections jobs test guides for the civil service test here.
The practice test questions and tests from government agencies along with the corrections jobs test guides below will help you study.
Location specific study guides are only available for a limited number of government agencies. If you can’t find one for the agency you’re applying to, no worry. For most jobs titles, the duties don’t vary significantly by location. Consider another guide with a similar job title or in the same field.
Even if you don’t find a guide, you can create your own study plan. Find help for specific subjects including verbal, comprehension, word problems, writing, customer service, math, and reasoning.
PRACTICE CIVIL SERVICE TESTS AND QUESTIONS
- California Department of Corrections sample questions for Corrections Officer, Youth Correctional Officer, and Youth Correctional Counselor.
- Massachusetts Correction Officer Preparation and Practice Booklet (search for Correction Officer Booklet) New Mexico’s Dona Ana County offers a sample test for Detention Sergeant.
- New York State Civil Service Study Guides for entry level Corrections Officer.
- State of Connecticut Correction Officer sample test questions.
- State of Delaware – Sample questions for Correctional positions, DNREC Enforcement Trainee, and Probation and Parole Officer I.
- Texas Department of Justice sample pre-employment test for Correctional Officer
INTERVIEW
Review why civil service interviews are different and how you should handle those differences along with civil service interview questions and answers.
Written civil service tests are timed. Take practice tests with a time limit.
CORRECTIONS JOBS TEST GUIDES
- Barron’s Correction Officer Exam, Donald J. Schroeder, 2014
- Correction Promotion Course (Vol 25), National Learning Corporation, 2020
- Correctional Officer Supervisor I, National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Corrections Officer Exam Secrets Study Guide, Mometriz, 2013
- Corrections Officer Exam Study 2018-2019; Exam Prep and Practice Test Questions, Corrections Officer Exam Prep Team, 2018
- Corrections Officer Exam: The Complete Preparation Guide, Learning Express Editors, 2008
- Master the Correction Officer, Arco, 2010
- New York City Correction Officer Exam Review Guide, Lewis Morris, 2017
- New York State Correction Officer Exam Review Guide, Lewis Morris, 2018
ASSESSMENT CENTER
- A Preparation Guide for the Assessment Center Method, Tina Louise Rowe, 2013
- Assessment Centers for Public Safety: Fire Service, Law Enforcement & Corrrections, Richard Michelson, 2016
- How to Be Successful on “Oral” Assessment Exercises for Police Promotion, Donald Shroeder, 2005
- Mastering the Assessment Center Process: The Fast Track to Promotion, Linsey Willis, 2017
- The Police Assessment Center: Important Keys for Success: What You Need to Know and May Not Have Been Told, Barry Malkin, 2009
SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT
Additional supervision and management guides are available at Supervision & Management Test Guides.
- Civil Service Administration, Management and Supervision, National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Management Test Battery, National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Professional Career Opportunities, National Learning Corporation, 2020
- Promotion Test Battery, National Learning Corporation, 2020
- Supervision for Civil Service Exams, Lewis Morris, 2016
- Supervisor, National Learning Corporation, 2019