Covers the current School Safety Agent exam, Notice of Examination No. 7324.
If you want an NYC school safety agent exam practice test, start with the only official outline there is. Notice of Examination No. 7324 says the multiple-choice test "may include questions requiring the use of" 9 abilities and defines each one, with an example from the job.
Filing for Exam No. 7324 runs from October 7 to November 25, 2026, the fee is $61 (waivers are available), and testing is expected to begin on Tuesday, January 19, 2027 (the notice). The test is given at a computer terminal, you need 70% to pass, and your score sets your rank on the eligible list. See how the exam works for the full process.
What the notice says, and what it does not
The notice lists the abilities with a short job example for each. It does not publish the number of questions, the time limit or how many questions test each ability. Because it says the test "may include" these abilities, not every one may appear on your test.
Two more facts from the notice matter for practice:
- No calculators: "The use of calculators are not permitted on this exam." None of the 9 abilities is a math ability.
- Pictures and maps: the notice's own definitions mention pictures, and Visualization mentions "unfolding or rotation." Our examples below for Memorization, Spatial Orientation and Visualization are short text versions. For memory questions that hide the notice, map questions with drawn floor plans and drawings of rooms and x-ray images, try our 30 free practice questions.
Every practice question below is original. The names, schools, numbers and rules in them are made up, and they are not real test questions. Try each one before you open "Show answer."
1. Deductive Reasoning
Official definition: "applying general rules to specific problems and coming up with logical answers. It involves deciding if an answer makes sense." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when determining the proper course of action to take when identifying and reporting a crime.
Practice example
Made-up rule: a student who arrives without a school ID may enter only after the agent finds the student's name on the attendance computer. A student whose name is not found is walked to the main office by an agent. A student who says the ID was stolen also fills out a lost-ID form. Student Nadia Flores arrives without her ID, says it was stolen yesterday, and her name is on the attendance computer.
What should happen?
- A. She enters after the name check and fills out a lost-ID form.
- B. She enters after the name check, with nothing more to do.
- C. An agent walks her to the main office.
- D. She fills out the form and waits for a parent to come.
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Answer: A. Her name was found, which lets her enter, and she says the ID was stolen, which adds the lost-ID form. Entering with nothing more skips the form. The main office walk is only for a student whose name is not found, and the rule says nothing about waiting for a parent.
Tip: Check every condition in the rule against the case, and watch for a second rule that adds a step.
2. Inductive Reasoning
Official definition: "combining separate pieces of information, or specific answers to problems, to form general rules or conclusions." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when assessing a complaint from information and observations.
Practice example
Three teachers on the fourth floor complain that the alarm on the door to the roof stairs keeps going off. The alarm sounds only between 1:00 PM and 2:30 PM on weekdays. A new art class meets in the roof garden on weekdays from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. The alarm company tested the door last week and found it working.
Which conclusion do these facts best support?
- A. The door alarm is likely faulty and needs to be repaired.
- B. People going to and from the roof garden class are likely using the door.
- C. The morning custodial crew is likely opening the door.
- D. Someone is likely entering through the roof at night.
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Answer: B. The alarm sounds only during the hours of the roof garden class, which points to people using the door for that class. The door tested as working, the alarm never sounds in the morning, and it sounds in the afternoon, not at night. Each wrong option conflicts with one of those facts.
Tip: Look for the fact that matches the timing of the problem, then test each option against every fact.
3. Information Ordering
Official definition: "correctly following a rule or set of rules or actions in a certain order. The rule or set of rules used must be given." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when arranging data on a report.
Practice example
A made-up incident report form must be filled in this order: (1) date and time, (2) location, (3) names of the people involved, (4) what happened, (5) action taken, (6) the agent's signature. Agent Grace Lin has filled in the date, the time and the location.
What should she fill in next?
- A. What happened
- B. Action taken
- C. Names of the people involved
- D. Her signature
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Answer: C. She has finished parts 1 and 2, which makes part 3, the names of the people involved, next. What happened and action taken come after the names, and the signature is last.
Tip: Find the last step that was completed, then read the very next one. Do not jump to the part that seems most important.
4. Memorization
Official definition: "remembering information, such as words, numbers, pictures and procedures." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when remembering the location of persons or items.
Practice example
Study this made-up notice for 20 seconds, then cover it and answer. Visitors today: Ray Tran, Room 214, 11:00 AM. June Alvarez, Room 118, 11:30 AM. Cafeteria delivery at the loading dock, 12:15 PM.
Without looking back, which room is June Alvarez visiting?
- A. Room 214
- B. Room 118
- C. Room 115
- D. The loading dock
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Answer: B. June Alvarez is visiting Room 118 at 11:30 AM. Room 214 is Ray Tran's room, and the loading dock is where the cafeteria delivery arrives. Room 115 is not in the notice.
Tip: Link each name to its place and time as you read, for example by saying "Alvarez, 118" to yourself.
5. Problem Sensitivity
Official definition: "being able to tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when dealing with an irate member of the public.
Practice example
At dismissal, Agent Victor Cruz watches the main door as students leave.
Which detail most clearly signals that something is wrong?
- A. A large group of students walks out laughing loudly.
- B. A parent waits across the street in a parked car.
- C. A school bus is five minutes late.
- D. A man who never signed in walks out holding the arm of a student who keeps pulling away.
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Answer: D. A man who did not sign in is leading a student who is trying to pull away, which may mean the student is in danger. Loud students, a parent waiting in a car and a late bus are ordinary at dismissal.
Tip: Ask which detail could lead to someone getting hurt or something being lost if nobody acts now.
6. Spatial Orientation
Official definition: "determining where you are in relation to the location of some object or where the object is in relation to you." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when determining the quickest way to get to an incident in progress.
Practice example
A text example (the free practice test has drawn floor plans): You enter a school's main lobby through the main entrance, facing north. The main office is straight ahead, the gym is to your right and the cafeteria is to your left.
In which direction is the gym from where you stand?
- A. East
- B. West
- C. North
- D. South
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Answer: A. Facing north, your right is east, which puts the gym to the east. West is where the cafeteria is, and north is where the main office is. South is behind you.
Tip: Turn every "left" and "right" into a compass direction first, using the way you are facing.
7. Visualization
Official definition: "imagining how something would look when it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when identifying prohibited items as they are being scanned through an x-ray machine.
Practice example
A text example (the free practice test has drawings): On the x-ray screen, a backpack shows three items in a row, from left to right: a phone, a pair of scissors and a water bottle. The bag is sent through again after being turned a half turn on the belt, and the screen is seen the same way as before.
Which item is now on the left of the screen?
- A. The phone
- B. The scissors
- C. The water bottle
- D. The bag would look the same as before
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Answer: C. A half turn reverses the row, which moves the water bottle from the right end to the left end. The phone moves to the right end, and the scissors stay in the middle. The bag looks different, because its ends have traded places.
Tip: Picture one item at a time. Follow where the left end goes, and the rest falls into place.
8. Written Comprehension
Official definition: "understanding written sentences and paragraphs." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when reviewing an incident report.
Practice example
Made-up memo: Starting Monday, the east stairwell on the third floor is closed for painting until Friday. Students going to the fourth floor use the west stairwell. Agents on the third floor will post signs and keep the east stairwell doors locked, except during a fire drill or an emergency, when the doors must be unlocked.
According to the memo, when may the east stairwell doors be unlocked this week?
- A. After the painters leave each day
- B. When students need to reach the fourth floor
- C. On Friday morning, before the painting ends
- D. During a fire drill or an emergency
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Answer: D. The memo keeps the doors locked except during a fire drill or an emergency. It says nothing about unlocking them after the painters leave, and students going to the fourth floor are told to use the west stairwell. The stairwell stays closed until Friday.
Tip: Find the sentence that answers the question, and check that the option says exactly what that sentence says.
9. Written Expression
Official definition: "using English words or sentences in writing so that others will understand." (the notice)
The notice's job example: a School Safety Agent might use this ability when preparing incident reports.
Practice example
Facts from Agent Teresa Lee's notes: at 11:20 AM, student Omar Pratt told her that someone had taken his jacket from the gym bleachers.
Which report sentence is the clearest and most accurate?
- A. At 11:20 AM, student Omar Pratt told me his jacket was taken, it was on the gym bleachers.
- B. At 11:20 AM, student Omar Pratt told me that someone had taken his jacket from the gym bleachers.
- C. At 11:20 AM, a student stole Omar Pratt's jacket from the gym bleachers.
- D. Student Omar Pratt told me that someone had taken his jacket from the gym bleachers.
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Answer: B. The second sentence is complete, correct and reports only what Pratt said. The first joins two sentences with a comma. The third states as fact that a student stole the jacket, which the agent did not see, and the last leaves out the time.
Tip: Check that every fact is there, nothing is added and each sentence is complete.
How to practice by ability
The notice publishes no weights, so give every ability some time and extra time to your weak ones.
- Find your weak abilities. Work a mixed set, then sort your misses by ability.
- Practice one ability at a time, then mix. Single-ability sets teach the patterns, and mixed sets train you to switch between them.
- Read every explanation, even for questions you got right.
- Practice without a calculator, because the notice does not allow one.
Common questions
How many questions are on the exam, and how long is it?
Neither is published. Notice No. 7324 gives no question count and no time limit, so treat any exact numbers you see elsewhere as unofficial.
Will all 9 abilities be on my test?
Not necessarily. The notice says the test "may include" questions on these abilities and publishes no weights, so prepare for all 9.
Is there math on the School Safety Agent exam?
None of the 9 abilities in the notice is a math ability, and calculators are not allowed. Some questions may still use times or counts as part of a rule or a report.
When do I get my score?
DCAS gives immediate, tentative results at the end of the test (DCAS results page). Proposed answer keys can be protested (protest procedures).
Does the City publish official practice questions?
We found no official practice test or sample questions from DCAS for this exam. The examples in this guide are our own.
What score do I need?
At least 70% to pass. Passing candidates are placed on the eligible list in final score order (the notice), which means a higher score gives a better list number. See what happens after the exam.
When is the next School Safety Agent exam?
Filing for Exam No. 7324 closes November 25, 2026 (the notice). The DCAS FY2027 exam schedule also lists Exam Nos. 7323, 7325 and 7326. Check each new notice when it posts.
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Last updated October 2026