KS POST case studies
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The KS POST exam is the written selection test used by Kansas law-enforcement agencies as part of hiring entry-level peace officers. It is a basic-aptitude instrument, not a test of police procedure or Kansas criminal law: agencies use it to judge whether a candidate can read and reason with written material, write clear and grammatical English, handle arithmetic, notice and recall details, apply sound judgment to people problems, and produce a factual report. The KS POST case studies are 5 cases and about 4,122 words.
1A Leave Memorandum Nobody Can Apply
You are a junior clerk in a district education office. A one-paragraph memorandum on leave, issued by the section officer last Monday, has caused confusion in the office: three applications have already been rejected on its authority, and two staff members have come to you quoting it back at you, angrily.
903 words, about 5 min2Two Tankers, Ten Hours, Eighteen Thousand People
You are in charge of emergency water supply for a tehsil during a ten-day drought. Three union councils need drinking water: UC-A has 9,000 residents, UC-B 6,000 and UC-C 3,000.
766 words, about 4 min3Three Men, One Bolan, Two Accounts
You are the duty officer at a checkpoint on a ring road. At 18:20 on 6 August you stop a white Suzuki Bolan and later write this in your diary: white Bolan; registration read as KP-8341 with the second digit partly obscured by mud; three occupants; driver about 35, full black beard, blue shalwar kameez, no cap; front passenger about 25, clean-shaven, grey baseball cap, white shirt; a third man in the rear seat mostly out of view, wearing a dark brown chadar; a black plastic bag tied to the roof rack; left headlight cracked; a child's yellow school bag on the rear parcel shelf; vehicle left towards the north at 18:26.
775 words, about 4 min4A Phone Rings at 10:40
You are centre superintendent at Government High School No. 2, supervising the Grade 9 annual examination.
805 words, about 4 min5Three Shops, Two Timings, One Meter
At 02:10 on 14 March you are the duty officer at a city police station when the control room relays a call reporting smoke from the Saddar furniture market. You attend with two constables and the rescue service.
873 words, about 4 min