{"id":13374,"date":"2025-12-09T19:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/departments.nationaltestingnetwork.com\/?page_id=13374"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:40:17","slug":"written-video-exams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/departments.nationaltestingnetwork.com\/index.php\/written-video-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Written & Video Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Video Human Relations Test<\/strong>
The Human Relations Test focuses on using good judgment in supervision of inmates, public relations and teamwork. Candidates do not have to have experience in order to do well. Candidates watch a video scenario and then choose the best course of action in a multiple-choice format. The test items play without stopping. Candidates have 10 seconds to answer each question. All information that may be needed to answer a question is provided in the test. REACT is not designed to be a test of policy or technical components and candidates are asked to only know what is stated during the video.<\/p>

Reading Test<\/strong>
This test is designed specifically for correctional officers, a job requiring ongoing study of difficult and technical materials. This test is based on typical training materials. Some words are left blank. Candidates are required to choose a word that best fits in the blank.<\/p>

Count Test<\/strong>
This is a counting test based on the movement of inmates within the correctional facility. This test items in the video play without stopping. Candidates have 10 seconds to answer each question.<\/p>

Incident Observation and Report Writing Test
This test shows situations on video and asks the applicant to write a brief report, which is evaluated on content, organization, and basic writing skills.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Human Relations Test<\/strong>
This is a multiple-choice situational judgment test that measures candidates' judgment when dealing with common stressors and situations experienced by corrections officers. The test is designed to simulate critical components of corrections duties. After reading each scenario, test takers are asked to choose, in a multiple-choice format, the best response to each question.<\/p>

Counting Test<\/strong>
The count test is designed to measure the ability to keep track of offenders in groups within an area and as they move to different locations in a facility.<\/p>

Reading Test<\/strong>
The reading test is designed to measure the level of reading ability needed for success in corrections. Based on typical materials corrections officers must read as part of the job.<\/p>

Role Fitness Questionnaire<\/strong>
The Role Fitness Questionnaire portion of this test measures call center suitability and job compatibility, as well as work-specific personality dimensions.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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The Data Entry and Computer Simulations test is part of the NTN testing process. Candidates access this test through their NTN Candidate Account. Agencies may use the candidate's score on this test as part of their selection process.<\/p>

The following will be accessed and taken via your NTN candidate account at a time convenient for you. Candidates need to ensure they have allotted the appropriate amount of time, undisturbed, to take the exam. It is a test and must be taken in a quiet environment with no help from others. Many questions have a listening component so headphones are strongly recommended. The test must be taken on a computer with a keyboard. The test cannot be taken on a mobile device.<\/p>

Personal Self-Assessment<\/strong>
A questionnaire that measures work-specific attitudes.<\/p>

Data Entry of License Plate Numbers<\/strong>
Test takers hear a call taker ask for a caller\u2019s license plate number. The test taker will hear the caller say the license plate number, and test takers type it. Test takers can have the license plate number repeated. Test takers try to get through as many license plate numbers as possible.<\/p>

Data Entry of Names<\/strong>
Test takers hear a call taker ask for the caller's name, and the caller respond. Test takers can have the name repeated or ask to have the name spelled. The test taker types the last name. Test takers try to get through as many names as possible.<\/p>

Listening and Understanding<\/strong>
Test takers listen to a caller making a statement and then read a statement about that call. Test takers decide if the written statement accurately reflects what the caller said. Test takers try to get through as many as possible.<\/p>

Cross Search and Entry<\/strong>
Test takers see a screen with a driver\u2019s license record on one side, and text boxes for data entry on the other. Test takers enter the requested information based on the driver's license record. Test takers try to get through as many records as possible.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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CallTaker Video Test<\/strong>
This video-based exam portrays a variety of emergency calls and focuses on situational judgment. It was specifically designed for emergency communications personnel. Candidates watch video scenarios portraying call takers in different situations and take notes. The notes you take during this test segment will be used to answer questions in a later test segment. Each call is taken to a critical decision point where candidates must choose the best course of action in a multiple-choice format. The test items play without stopping. The NTN Emergency Communications Testing System was developed to measure specific aptitudes important to emergency communications occupations. All information needed to answer a question is provided in the test. The test is not designed to be a test of policy or technical components. Candidates are only asked to know what is stated during the tests.<\/p>

Recording Pertinent Information Test (Note-Taking Test)<\/strong>
For this test, candidates read statements about the calls they took notes on and use their notes to determine if the statement presented is Correct, Incorrect, or if they are Unsure. Each statement is associated with a call from the CallTaker Video Test.<\/p>

Dispatcher Test<\/strong>
The Dispatcher Video Test looks at basic multitasking skills, key for learning and performing the job. Candidates don\u2019t need any dispatching experience. Candidates are presented with moving situations and keep track of four police units. When new calls come in, candidates will decide which units to send based on two things: where the units are, and what they\u2019re currently doing. Candidates decide:<\/p>