Hi everyone, I got notification yesterday about the upper level IT exams from Civil Service. I’m going to be setting up some livestreams for anyone interested, so please check back here or on the Toner Tutoring YouTube page for details!
Continue reading “Upper Level IT Exams Announced”All 2022 G23 Study Resources
This post will be updated with links to all resources for the 2022 G23 exams as they are created or discussed.
- 2022 IT Exam Announcements (G23 Only) – includes list of subjects of examination
- First livestream (on YouTube) – Intro, Systems Analysis
- Systems Analysis & Design Methods by Whitten and Bentley, 7th Ed Book (on Thriftbooks.com): https://tinyurl.com/55u3zmsk
- Slides and NYSITS post: https://nysits.org/2017/08/18/system-development-lifecycle/
- NYS PM Guidebook (Section III is SDLC): https://its.ny.gov/nys-project-management-guidebook-release-2
- Second livestream (on YouTube) – Preparing Written Material, Flowcharts
- Slides: 1 per page or 2 per page
- NEW flowchart practice questions and old 2014 practice questions and answers: https://nysits.org/2022/03/19/new-flowchart-practice-questions-for-2022/
- Answers for NEW flowchart practice questions:
https://nysits.org/2022/03/21/answers-flowchart-practice-questions-for-2022/ - Previous preparing written material study resources:
- 2017-09-18 video: https://vimeo.com/234594697
- 2017-09-18 handout: https://nysits.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NYSITS_TRAINING_2017.pdf
- Previous flowcharting study resources:
- https://nysits.org/2020/02/05/flowcharts-practice/
- 2017-09-18 video: https://vimeo.com/234594828
- 2017-09-18 handout: https://nysits.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NYSITS_TRAINING_2017.pdf
- 2014 video (includes pseudocode, skip that part!): https://nysits.org/2017/08/18/flowcharting/
- Third livestream (on YouTube) – Manuals & Wrap-Up
- Civil Service sample question (about security, but it’s close) PDF (without answers): https://nysits.org/wp-content/uploads…
- Civil Service sample question PDF (with answers): https://nysits.org/wp-content/uploads…
- Understanding & Interpreting a Manual PRACTICE PDF: https://nysits.org/wp-content/uploads…
- Understanding & Interpreting a Manual ANSWERS PDF: https://nysits.org/wp-content/uploads…
- Coin flowchart is available in the 2014 flowchart q’s at: https://nysits.org/2022/03/19/new-flo…
Ground Rules
The purpose of this post is to familiarize you with some ground rules regarding this website. Please read it in its entirety and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
- This is not an official site of OITS, PEF, Civil Service, or any other group. It is run by Sarah Lauser for free use by all New York State IT Specialists.
- There may be study session information posted at some point. All study sessions may have different registration requirements but it is important that you read the announcement and follow its instructions. Emails to Sarah to reserve spots will NOT be accepted.
- If you would like to organize additional sessions and announce them via this site, please let me know and I am happy to assist.
- THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROHIBITED ON THIS SITE:
- Material from previous exams
- Material from “experts” who may have helped to write questions
- Copyrighted material (unless you have permission from the owner)
This includes CSEA booklets!
Scores are out! (quick survey)
Congratulations! You’ve made it through the long wait for ITS 3 exam scores. Below are direct links to results, but if you sign into your Civil Service account you can get the score notice details that are helpful to me for future exam prep. Sign in at https://www.cs.ny.gov/elmspublic/secure/score_notices.cfm and then please fill out the brief survey at https://forms.gle/hSWSvpsraNmBhiWCA to help out.
- ITS3 – https://www.cs.ny.gov/elmspublic/all/list.cfm?Exam=38709
- ITS3 (Data Comm) – https://www.cs.ny.gov/elmspublic/all/list.cfm?Exam=38710
- ITS3 (Database) – https://www.cs.ny.gov/elmspublic/all/list.cfm?Exam=38711
- ITS3 (Programming) – https://www.cs.ny.gov/elmspublic/all/list.cfm?Exam=38712
- ITS3 (Sys Programming) – https://www.cs.ny.gov/elmspublic/all/list.cfm?Exam=38713
If you’re looking for more information about how lists work, please check out my previous post-test livestream recording: https://youtu.be/bidIy40h71g
P.S. Some of you are my Facebook or work friends and know that I have left OSC to start a PhD program. Despite this change, I fully intend to keep this site running and keep doing IT exam prep even though I’m no longer in the NYS ITS career path. If you want to connect with me, please feel free to reach out!
Reminder: Post-Test Stream tomorrow (Sat 4/30 @ 2 PM)
Reminder: post-test stream tomorrow (Saturday, 4/30/2022) from 2-4 PM to answer post-test questions and give a Civil Service Overview, including the following information:
- What should you expect after the exam?
- What does a score notice look like?
- How do eligible lists work?
- What’s the rule of 3?
- How does selective certification work?
- What comes next?
Visit Toner Tutoring on YouTube or click the link here: https://youtu.be/bidIy40h71g
Bonus post-test stream on 4/30
Congrats! You made it through the G23 exam! If you’re wondering what happens next, I’ve got you covered. I’m going to be doing a post-test stream on Saturday, 4/30/2022 from 2-4 PM to answer as many post-test questions as I can. I’ll be starting with a Civil Service Overview, including the following information:
- What should you expect after the exam?
- What does a score notice look like?
- How do eligible lists work?
- What’s the rule of 3?
- How does selective certification work?
- What comes next?
If you have any questions you’d like to make sure I cover, post them in the comments here and I will do my best to address them. Edit: Here’s the link to the stream recording! https://youtu.be/bidIy40h71g
Last minute thoughts for 2022 G23 exams
First of all, I’m sending best wishes and luck to everyone taking the exams. Be sure to try to get a good night’s sleep – don’t stay up too late cramming!
- Directions to UAlbany Lecture Centers (LC’s) were discussed on stream here: https://youtu.be/ZEeCU3bqimo?t=1481
- Information about the review process is available here (from 2017 exams): Test Review
Remember that if you want to do review you will need to sign up for it on your test day! - Take your time and remember to breathe. You’ve prepared and now you’re just going to sit and do the best you can! You’ve got this!
- Finally, just because it’s asked a lot… there are four topics for the exam – systems analysis, preparing written material, logical reasoning using flowcharts, and understanding & interpreting a manual. Compiled list of study resources can be found in this post: All 2022 G23 Study Resources
Comments will be open on this post for a while in case people have last minute questions; I’ll be checking in a couple times throughout the weekend to review any comments posted. — UPDATE 4/7/22 — Comments are now closed.
Livestream highlights from 2022-03-26
Hi everyone, here are some highlights from today’s livestream. Happy studying!
Link to replay: https://youtu.be/ZEeCU3bqimo
- Directions to the UAlbany lecture centers (LC’s) — image reproduced below.
- There will be one more livestream! More details to come after the exam.
Tentatively scheduled for April 30th, I will be going over Civil Service questions including:- What should you expect after the exam?
- What does a score notice look like?
- How do eligible lists work?
- What’s the rule of 3?
- How does selective certification work?
- What comes next?
- New Understanding and Interpreting a Manual resources are available.
- Brief review of all topics
- Detailed explanation for the coin question from the 2014 flowcharts question set.
Understanding and Interpreting a Manual
I’ve created some resources for understanding & interpreting a manual, and we went over it today in the live stream. The replay is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEeCU3bqimo and I will hopefully have it timestamped soon for easier review. Here are the PDFs if that’s all you’re looking for, though!
Civil Service example (similar topic) – if you want it without answer spoilers, stop scrolling now and try it:
Civil Service example (similar topic) – with answers:
NEW Understanding and Interpreting a Manual practice questions:
NEW Understanding and Interpreting a Manual practice answers
Livestream reminder & new resource
REMINDER: FINAL STUDY LIVESTREAM IS SATURDAY 3/26 AT 2 PM. Topic is Manuals & Wrap-Up. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/ZEeCU3bqimo
Also, our fellow NYS IT professional Cedric Pinder has made a new study resource for you! Please note that I (Sarah) am not affiliated with the new site in any way. Here’s what Cedric had to say: “It’s not where I want it to be yet but sufficient for people to get some use out of it. If possible, please share the following link with your subscribers: https://www.examsny.com/ . Please let them know the site contains practice questions, still a work in progress, still under construction and only covers the ITS 3 exams at this point in time.” Thanks for helping people study, Cedric!
ANSWERS – Flowchart Practice Questions for 2022
Answers are now available for the new set of flowchart practice questions.
If you haven’t tried the questions yet, here is the link to those. Keep scrolling for the answers!
Answers are available both as PDF and as a narrated video on YouTube.