What is on
the NYC Traffic Enforcement Agent exam?

Nine sections, but a different nine

Traffic Enforcement Agent shares its section count with School Safety Agent and not much else. Number Facility is on this paper and Visualization is not, because notice 6310 names arithmetic and no rotated objects. Our practice version is 100 questions in 125 minutes, the shortest of the uniformed titles we sell.

Built around the summons

The notice describes agents who issue summonses to vehicles and drivers, direct traffic, report broken or missing parking meters, and testify at administrative hearings and in court. Every one of those leaves a written record that someone else will test later. So the paper leans on precision: Written Comprehension and Deductive Reasoning ask whether a posted rule applies to the car in front of you, Information Ordering asks for the sequence of steps a summons requires, and Written Expression asks which account of an incident would hold up when a driver contests it.

Memorization is plate numbers and vehicle details you saw a few minutes earlier. Spatial Orientation is one intersection, viewed from where you stand in it. Number Facility is arithmetic on times, distances and fees.

A calculator is permitted

The notice allows a basic four-function hand-held calculator, with no extra features. School Safety Agent and Special Officer candidates do not get one. It helps on Number Facility, though at fifty seconds a question the faster habit is often to do simple sums in your head and save the keypad for the awkward ones.

Agents start at Assignment Level 1 and can move to Level 2 after a one-year probationary period; this title can also lead to the Police Officer promotion exam. You do not need to know parking rules or summons codes going in; each question states what it is testing.

The nine abilities are DCAS's. The 100 questions and 125 minutes are our own choice.

From the notice

Notice 6310, 6330, 6331 lists a minimum salary of $38,333, an application fee of $54.00, a passing mark of 70%.

Traffic Enforcement is the cheapest of these to apply for and the quickest to be called from, because the City runs three separate administrations and the lists move.