With the books announced and the cut-off date set, I have updated the General Orders tests (both Sergeant and Lieutenant) for the cut-off date of June 19, 2020. This means the new 400-26, 600-01, 600-17, and 600-20 will be on the sergeant's test (and almost certainly the lieutenant's test as well). Please take a close look at the questions over the next few days and let me know if you see something out of place. Remember that only newly-generated tests will be updated; if you resume an old test, it will be the questions exactly as they stood when you generated it.
For those of you taking the sergeant's exam, it's time to really buckle down. This is going to be the most difficult test in a very long time - not necessarily because of the difficulty of the questions, but the sheer size of the material. Previous years have been a total of 1,500 pages, most of which was the General Orders. This year, however, you'll be reading in excess of 2,400 pages, and it's going to be completely, unbearably dry. The books were also really, really expensive! If you didn't order them immediately, you may have to wait a little while before they're back in stock. If you don't have a copy of the books on the way, I recommend finding them from somewhere rather than waiting.
I'm going to start writing questions as soon as I get my copies of the books. The good thing (for those taking the sergeant's test) is that I'm certain I'll be able to get a lot of questions out of the textbooks, making it a very high value for $100. The bad thing is that you'll need to know everything. Once I've got my copy, I'll let you know how I recommend to break it down into five parts. It may be very difficult to read the book six times, but we won't know that until we've got a copy in hand. Don't fall into the trap of assuming that other people will not read that much material. If you want to succeed and promote, you are going to have to force this material down, as many times as possible.
For those of you taking the sergeant's exam, it's time to really buckle down. This is going to be the most difficult test in a very long time - not necessarily because of the difficulty of the questions, but the sheer size of the material. Previous years have been a total of 1,500 pages, most of which was the General Orders. This year, however, you'll be reading in excess of 2,400 pages, and it's going to be completely, unbearably dry. The books were also really, really expensive! If you didn't order them immediately, you may have to wait a little while before they're back in stock. If you don't have a copy of the books on the way, I recommend finding them from somewhere rather than waiting.
I'm going to start writing questions as soon as I get my copies of the books. The good thing (for those taking the sergeant's test) is that I'm certain I'll be able to get a lot of questions out of the textbooks, making it a very high value for $100. The bad thing is that you'll need to know everything. Once I've got my copy, I'll let you know how I recommend to break it down into five parts. It may be very difficult to read the book six times, but we won't know that until we've got a copy in hand. Don't fall into the trap of assuming that other people will not read that much material. If you want to succeed and promote, you are going to have to force this material down, as many times as possible.
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