Test Preparation Booklets

Here you can find Civil Service Test Preparation Booklets available for download.

You can order hard copies online here

You can download the mail-in form here

Not sure which booklet you need?

Select booklets that correspond to the topics listed on your announcement under “Subject of Examination” or “Scope of Examination.” Our booklets usually match the names of test topics they cover, but sometimes a book will cover topics with different names. If you need help with this process, visit CSEA WORK Institute e-Learning Center or email us at workinst@cseainc.org. CSEA’s Work Institute offers test preparation services including online courses and in-person workshops to help you prepare for your test.

If you don’t have your exam announcement, check with your hiring authority. If your test has a current announcement, you might find it at our helpful government links page.

* If you are looking for booklet 12, please note that it has been removed because most of it addressed a type of question no longer seen on exams. Please use booklet 14 instead.

 

Please click on the following links to access booklets.

 

Booklet 1 – Fundamentals of Accounting and Bookkeeping

Booklet 2 – Math Refresher

Booklet 3 – Tabular Reasoning

Booklet 4 – Understanding and Interpreting Written Material

Booklet 5 – Grammar, Usage, Punctuation and Spelling

Booklet 6 – Supervision

Booklet 7 – Inventory Control

Booklet 8 – Higher Level Custodial Series

Booklet 9 – Concepts and Principles of Normalization for Mentally RetardedDevelopmentally Disabled Individuals

Booklet 10 – Principles and Practices in the Treatment of the Mentally IllEmotionally Disturbed

Booklet 11 – How to Take an Oral Exam

Booklet 13 – Educating and Interacting with the Public

Booklet 14 – Verbal Analysis/Evaluating Conclusions in the Light of Known Facts

Booklet 15 – Understanding and Interpreting Tabular Material II Quantitative Analysis

Booklet 16 – Contemporary Government Government and Social Problems

Booklet 17 – Preparing Written Material

Booklet 18 – Administrative Supervision Supervision II

Booklet 19 – Coding and Decoding

Booklet 20 – Alphabetizing/Name and Number Checking

Booklet 21 – Interviewing Investigative Techniques

Booklet 22 – Memory for Facts and Information The ability to Apply Stated Laws, Rules and Regulations

Booklet 23 – Office Practices Keyboarding Practices

Booklet 24 -Scheduling

Booklet 25 – Flowcharting Computer Work Scheduling

Booklet 26 – Office Record Keeping

Exam Series 

Booklet LG 1 – Secretarial and Typing Series for Counties

Booklet LG 2 – Secretary 1 and 2

Booklet LG 3 – Social Welfare Examiner Series

Booklet LG 4 – Caseworker Series of Counties, Municipalities and Non-Teaching School District Personnel

Municipalities and Non-Teaching School District Personnel

Booklet ITTS – Improving Your Test-Taking Skills

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