The Perfex Test (not the Prefex Test lol)

[@may]

just purchased! wish me luck!!!

[@henrietta2443]

I took one recently. Totally failed it. They said it was easy, but it really wasn’t. I never took a test like that before, and I totally agree that it is out dated. I feel it’s really irrelevant to how the job is done today, and it was waayyyy too fast to keep up with and for me the instructions help a lot more if I see how it’s done verses listening to how it’s done. Plus they want you to write neat, which you can’t because you’re trying to write things down fast because you’re trying to keep up with the audio. Plus it wasn’t really explained to me how to use the buttons on the machine. I had no idea what each knob meant, and I was really confused. When I went to take the test I was expecting it to be like other dispatching tests where it’s done on a computer. Using this machine does not help prepare people for the way dispatching is done today, and personally I think any department still using this machine needs to do it the way it’s done today because time has changed. Might as well use the typing test on a type writer while they’re at it.

[@9-1-1professor8]

I'm sorry to hear this. And I couldn't agree more that it is not relevant to dispatching and assesses a set of skills (namely handwriting) that are not related to 9-1-1 Communications. I actually didn't create a Perfex Test Prep package originally because I thought it would become obsolete in a year. Unfortunately, I was wrong. And I eventually created one so that my students wouldn't walk into this strange test blindsided like you did. The brightside? At least now you know what to expect for next time. Thank you for sharing your frustrating experience.

[@florenceomenye1233]

I just bought the package on the website, but I had a few questions: can we make notes while listening to the short passage? Is there a passing score? Can you use short hand when writing? Thank you.

[@9-1-1professor8]

Hi Florence, I had already answered this question to you a while back via email, but thought I'd respond here as well in case other people had the same question. Unless the test proctor says otherwise, you can make small notes in the ledgers or edges of the page and then erase them at the end of the test. As far as short-hand goes: It depends on the proctor. If you are going to ask, make sure you ask BEFORE they start the tape. I recommend using shorthand where needed and then transforming them into full words later, if possible. I hope you aced the test!!

[@shelsrecovery]

Ugh can’t wait🙄