Crime Scene Analyst Study Guide Booklet
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Introduction
The material in this booklet is designed to provide you with information about the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the Crime Scene Analyst program and testing process, and crime scene investigations and other job-related matters. Questions on the written exam will be taken from Sections III through VIII of this booklet. Therefore, you must study the information contained herein to be successful in the selection process.
Study Guide
This portion of the study guide booklet is designed to give you information that will help you to better prepare for the written exam. There will not be any questions on the exam from this section of the booklet.
There are three things that you can do to ensure that you get the best score you possibly can. First, be sure you are ready to take the test; second, study correctly; and third, be a wise test taker. Also, remember that your preparation for the written exam is good practice for the type of studying which will be required in the Crime Scene Analyst Academy.
In terms of personal preparation, you should be sure that your study and reading skills are at a level that will allow you to be successful on the test, in the Academy, and on the job. In terms of studying correctly, you should study daily. Learning theory teaches that frequent short study sessions are better than a few long ones. You will spend less time in the long run and learn the material better if you spend a little time studying each day rather than trying to cram at the last minute.
Studying may actually be a misleading term in that all you really need to do is read the material in the booklet. Reading the booklet once a day from the time you pick it up until the day of the test should be plenty of “studying.” However, an even more thorough job of studying may be done by outlining and highlighting what you consider to be important points.