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Your guide to passing the Foreign Service Officer Exam
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Introduction
* Review of how the exam is organized, along with answers to frequently asked questions
Part I: Written Exam: The Job Knowledge Test
* Descriptions of the five general career track knowledge areas--management, consular, economic, political, and public diplomacy
* Question-and-answer subject review chapters for the eight job topic areas, along with mini-tests after each subject review
* A sample Job Knowledge test with complete answers and explanations
Part II: Written Exam: The English Expression Test
* Grammar and usage review
* Two sample English Expression tests with complete answers and explanations
Part III: Written Exam: The Biographic Information Questionnaire
* General information on this section of the exam, plus helpful sample questions
Part IV: Written Exam: Written Essay
* Overview of the Written Essay portion of the exam, plus sample essay topics for practice
* Direction on how to effectively prewrite, outline, organize, edit, and revise your essay
Part V: Oral Assessment
* Overview of the Oral Assessment portion of the exam and the categories in which you'll be assessed
Test Prep Essentials from the Experts at CliffsNotes?
An American BookWorks Corporation Project
Contributors: Deborah Barrett, PhD; Elaine Bender, MA; Phillip Gay, PhD; Freddy Lee, PhD; Val Limburg, PhD; Tandy McConnell, PhD; Edward Miller, PhD; Deborah Grayson Riegel, MA; Sharon Saronson, MFA, MA; Brice Sloan, BA; Jonathan Weber, BA; Mark Weinfeld, MA
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Don't waste your money on this book, 2008-11-06
I found this book in my local library the day before I was going to take the FSO exam and almost flipped out when I started taking the practice tests for the Job Knowledge sections. On some of the 10-question practice tests, I could only answer 2-3 of the questions! I seriously considered just forgetting about taking the test I was registered for and reregistering later for another date after I had more time to study. The only reason I went ahead and took the test was because it costs you $50 if you don't show up. I'm so glad I did. The Job Knowledge section of the actual test bore little resemblance to the Cliffs Test Prep guide and it was much easier.
In addition, this book has many errors. Some are typos, like "The correct answer is D., John Smith," when in the question, "John Smith" was actually choice "C." Others are factual errors. For example, right before taking the economics practice tests in this book, I reviewed some textbook material on economics, and found a practice test question "correct" answer that was a word-for-word direct contradiction to what I had just read in the textbook.
If you can borrow this book from a friend or the library, it's worth looking at because it does give you an idea of what the different sections of the FSO exam look like. But, don't take it too seriously.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Inaccurate and not to be trusted, 2008-10-30
As I studied with this book, a series of inaccuracies started to cause a mounting sense of dread on my part...what about the ones that I'm not catching? For example, a question over some basic facts about the IMF lists as the answer: "B. The IMF was founded in 1965 to promote the health of the world economy." In this case, I happened to know that the IMF was created at Bretton Woods in 1944. But there are likely other cases where I have committed erroneous information to memory. The book if full of stuff like this. It's bad enough when the letter provided for the answer doesn't match the explanation, but that's easy enough to figure out. It's these other ones that disturb me. I'm going to have to chuck this book and buy the other one in hopes that it's better. Don't buy this one!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
A few mistakes , 2006-09-29
I have not yet taken the FSWE but based on the study guide some of the sections seem relevant (english grammar, US politics). Other than that it is hard to take a book seriously that has quite a few mistakes. In the absence of any other guides I would suggest downloading the official guide from the state dept. website (sold by ACT) and using this guide for review. There are also other resources out there - namely the yahoo boards for the written and oral exams.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
 Sparse and full of holes, the book barely did its job, 2006-04-12
Recently took the FSWE and I must say while I agree with the main critiques of the other posters, it really is their own fault for trusting such a source for the knowledge portion of the test. First, do not get this book if you need a refresher for the job knowledge portions of the exam. You shouldn't need a prep book for this portion anyway. There's a reason they provide a suggested reading list to you when you sign up for the exam. I'd also suggest learning the Constitution, looking at maps, and becoming an avid reader of Time and the Economist while also following a main paper like the NY Times or the Washington Post.
Finally, the English Expression portion is a whole section on the exam consisting of about 70-90 questions. I found that the Cliff's book did an excellent job in this regard and really prepared me going into the exam. I whizzed through the English portion and found many of the questions to be even easier than the ones in the Cliff's book. Here is my reason for giving the book a 3.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
If this book were taking a test, I'd give it a "D", 2006-03-01
I found so many errors in this book's first few pages that I wonder if I take the test, will I have memorized a bunch of untrue information?!?!
Overall an overpriced, amateurishly edited thing I probably didn't need. I regret not going for ARCO's guide...
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