MD POST case studies
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The MD POST entry exam is the written screening step used by Maryland law-enforcement agencies to judge whether an applicant has the basic academic and judgment skills the job demands. Most candidates meet it while applying to a municipal police department, a county sheriff's office, or the Maryland State Police, and each agency runs its own hiring process on top of the written test. The exam is built around five skill areas: reading comprehension, writing and grammar, mathematics, situational judgment and human relations, and observation, memory, and report writing. Expect passages to interpret, sentences to correct, arithmetic and percentage problems to solve without a calculator, and scenario questions that ask what a reasonable officer would do first. The MD POST case studies are 5 cases and about 4,370 words.
1Route 12 and the 11:30 Medical Window
You are covering Route 12 for a carrier who called in sick. The load plan lists 74 delivery stops: 52 single-family addresses averaging 3.5 minutes each, and 3 apartment buildings averaging 8 minutes each.
906 words, about 5 min2The Missing Four at the 15:00 Cut-off
At 14:20 you take over the outbound scan station at the end of the sort. Six containers are staged for the 15:00 truck.
744 words, about 4 min3The Safe Drop That Nobody Saw
At 09:10 a customer calls about a parcel. Tracking shows "delivered - safe drop, side door" at 08:12.
934 words, about 5 min4Applying the Hold-Mail and Safe-Drop Rules
Policy extract from the depot's customer service bulletin: (a) Hold-mail requests must reach the depot at least three business days before the first day of the hold. Later requests may be refused.
897 words, about 4 min5Incident Narrative for the 47 Maple Street Fall
Address 47 Maple St. Slipped on front steps - ice under light snow.
889 words, about 4 min