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Property Appraiser
Series Examination
General Instructions
IMPORTANT!!
Positions in the Assistant Property Appraiser and Associate Property Appraiser
classifications require the ability to read and understand complex instructions,
and take necessary steps to remember and implement them. Failure to follow any
instructions connected with this examination is cause for disqualification.
- WARNINGS
- Misuse of any State computing system is a violation of Section 502
of the California Penal Code and/or applicable Federal law, and is subject
to prosecution. Taking this examination for practice, or for any other
reason not related to establishing list eligibility is considered a misuse
of this computer system.
- Providing false information on a State examination is a violation
of State law, and could result in an individual being removed from an
employment list and banned from future employment with the State.
Applicants successful in this examination and called for a hiring
interview will be required to bring documentation of all education
and experience claimed on the examination questions.
- COMPLETING THE EXAM (Knowledge and Experience Questionnaire)
- Once you have begun the actual examination on Part 1,
Statistical Information, immediately following the Internet Test Page,
you MUST continue to the end of the examination. Failure to complete
the examination will be counted as a failing score and you will not be
able to retake the examination for 6 months after recieving your score.
- The examination will take approximately one hour to one hour
and 30 minutes to complete, including reading all the preparatory
material. Answering the examination questions will take between 1/2 hour
and one hour to complete.
- The Internet exam system will be shut down every Tuesday for
evaluation and maintenance at approximately 8:00 AM, Pacific
Time. DO NOT begin the exam process after 6:00 AM on Tuesdays
or you might not be able to complete the exam prior to the system
shut-down. The system will be restarted and will be available again each
Tuesday after 9:00 AM, Pacific Time.
- RESULTS of your examination
Your examination will be scored immediately upon completion of the examination.
Your results page will appear on your screen as soon as you finish the exam.
Print it for future reference. Results notices will not be mailed.
It will provide you with your score and your rank on the eligible list.
Names of sucessful candidates will be merged on to the eligibility
list in one of three ranks. You will
remain eligible for a job appointment for 12 months. If, after 12 months
of list eligibility, you have not been selected for a job opening, you
will be required to retake and successfully pass the examination. If you
do not retake and successfully pass the examination, you will not be
considered for future job openings.
Due to the size of the eligibility list, candidates for
interviews may be selected at random. If you are contacted for an
interview, you may be asked to demonstrate your readiness for a job.
This may include conducting skills assessments.
- CONTACT INFORMATION
It is important that you keep your contact information (name, address,
phone number, location preferences, etc.) up-to-date. A system is available
on-line for you to update your contact information. You are responsible for
keeping your contact information up-to-date. If you do not respond to an
invitation for a job interview, your name will be placed inactive on the
eligible list and you will not be contacted for future interviews until you
request that it be restored. If you do not respond to any combination of
three invitations for interview or three offers of a job, your name will
be permanently removed from the eligible list.