New York State Police Trooper Examination Study Guide Vocabulary

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers the definitions of the 12 narrow cognitive abilities, major broad cognitive abilities, exam structures, and specific terminology found in the New York State Police Trooper Examination study guide and practice materials.

Cognitive Abilities

Capabilities of our brains to perceive, reason, understand, manipulate and interact with stimuli in the world around us.

Reading

The ability to read written words and sentences and understand what is being communicated.

Vocabulary

A measure of the extent of words that an individual can understand in terms of their correct meanings.

Writing

The ability to communicate thoughts using the English language in a way that other people will understand.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply rules and principles to make decisions about what to expect from a specific situation based on general rules applied to specific problems.

Ordering of Information

The ability to identify the best or proper order of given actions or steps, or to place events in a logical and meaningful order.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine separate pieces of information, or specific answers to problems, to form general rules or conclusions.

Pattern Recognition

The ability to determine the underlying rule, process, or transformation that is present within a set of materials, such as identifying visual sequences.

Grammar

An individual’s knowledge of writing with respect to word usage, spelling, and punctuation.

Visualization

The ability to imagine how something will look when it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged, such as recognizing a face despite minor changes.

Spatial Orientation

The ability to understand how to navigate within spaces or how to get from one point to another, involving imagining one's location in relation to the environment.

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (such as a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Memorization

The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures, and to recall specific information upon request.

New York State Police Trooper Examination

A test consisting of $150$ multiple-choice questions measuring cognitive abilities as well as behavioral characteristics and attitudes.

Pearson VUE Testing Centers

The New York State Police partner that provides the examination at approximately $250$ locations across the US.

Industrial/Organizational Solutions, Inc. (IOS)

The publisher of the examination and owner of all written test materials.

Asserted

To state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.

Advocate

To support or argue for a cause or policy.

Community-Oriented Policing

A strategy that relies on the community and police working together to reduce crime through trust and partnerships.

Expressive Law Enforcement

A strategy referring to increasing all current drug prevention activities by a factor of two or three.

Mr. Big Strategy

An investigative approach that assumes it is more effective to target high-level drug distributors rather than low-level figures.

Alleviate

To make suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe; to lessen.

Committed

A term meaning carried out or perpetrated, especially in the context of an offense or crime.

Mount

To organize and launch a specific action, such as a sting operation.

Retaliate

To make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack; to react.

Prohibit

To formally forbid something by law, rule, or other authority.

Cognitive Ability Section Time

A period of one hour and forty minutes ($100$ minutes) allocated to complete this portion of the exam.

Personality Attributes Section Time

A period of $20$ minutes allocated to complete this portion of the exam.