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These 10 free NYC-PSYCH questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the NYPD Psychological Exam blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
An applicant returns to processing with a favorable psychological report issued 14 months earlier. MPTC guidance states that the recommendation is valid for one year. The guidance calls for:
Correct answer: C - Retesting and reinterview because the recommendation is more than one year old
In a validation cohort of 1,000 people, 100 have the target condition. A screen detects 80 of those 100 and falsely flags 90 of the 900 people without the condition. A reviewer calls every positive result 'probably a true case.' Based on positive predictive value (PPV), the reviewer should report:
Correct answer: D - PPV is 47.1%; fewer than half of the positive screens are true positives
Ten days after directly witnessing a fatal crash, an adult has had ten qualifying symptoms continuously for eight days, drawn from intrusion, negative mood, dissociation, avoidance, and arousal. The disturbance causes marked occupational impairment and is not attributable to a substance, medical condition, or another mental disorder. A colleague says acute stress disorder cannot be diagnosed until a full month has passed. The accurate correction is:
Correct answer: B - The facts support acute stress disorder: its duration window is 3 days through 1 month, with at least 9 qualifying symptoms
A psychologist reviewing an MMPI-3 profile must distinguish two nearly identical abbreviations. Select the correctly matched scale names and families.
Correct answer: D - AGG is Aggression in Externalizing; AGGR is Aggressiveness in PSY-5
Eight years ago, an applicant had one alcohol-related workplace argument, completed recommended counseling, and has had no recurrence across several corroborated jobs, including reliable performance in safety-sensitive duties. Before reaching a suitability conclusion, the evaluator must:
Correct answer: A - Integrate recency, severity, recurrence, accountability, corroboration, and current essential-function evidence
A person who recently used opioids is difficult to arouse, breathes six times per minute, has pinpoint pupils, and makes gurgling sounds. Which interpretation should govern the next action?
Correct answer: A - Opioid overdose with respiratory depression; call EMS, support breathing, give available naloxone as directed, and reassess until help arrives
An applicant reports never having been disciplined, but an employment record lists a three-day suspension. The record does not define the conduct, and the applicant may have understood 'discipline' to mean termination. The next interview step is to:
Correct answer: B - Clarify definitions, dates, context, and source access; seek corroboration and assess whether the discrepancy is material
A recruit accurately locates physical evidence at scenes but repeatedly mislabels it and leaves chain-of-custody entries incomplete. The strongest job-relevant inference is:
Correct answer: C - A reliability problem in collecting and preserving evidence
A normal-personality measure suggests low Extraversion, and the applicant is quiet and reserved. Multiple records nevertheless show effective teamwork, appropriate help-seeking, and calm conflict resolution without social avoidance or impairment. The evaluator should:
Correct answer: D - Treat low Extraversion as one trait indicator, not unfitness, and integrate it with the demonstrated functioning
NYPD's public candidate information describes a full-day group written session of about five to six hours, including autobiographical questionnaires, symptom inventories, and two longer objective personality measures, followed later by an oral interview of about one hour. A separate publisher estimate lists 335 true/false items completed in 35 to 50 minutes. The narrower estimate refers to:
Correct answer: A - The MMPI-3 component only
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