CJBAT Section 1: Behavioral attributes
The behavioral section of the test is in essence a brief personality test that will evaluate personality traits and work attitudes such as your honesty, integrity, and teamwork which are vital parts of being a police officer.
This section includes 47 questions. The questions are behavioral in nature and are meant to ensure that you both have the temperament and personal characteristics to be an officer of the law.
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CJBAT Section 2: Memorization
In this section, you will see an image and have one minute to memorize its information. After that, you will have 1.5 minutes to answer the follow-up questions related to the details in the image. In total, there are approximately 10 questions.
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CJBAT Section 3: Witten comprehension, written expression, deductive reasoning, and inductive reasoning
This section includes 40 questions. These CJBAT questions are cognitive and will include:
- Written Comprehension – assesses your ability to read and understand written information. You will apply this skill on the job when reading legal bulletins, Florida Statutes, ordinances, policies, and procedures.
- Written Expression – This section assesses your ability to effectively get your point across in writing. You will apply this skill when you need to write incident reports, discipline reports, memos, affidavits, or narratives.
- Deductive Reasoning – This section assesses your ability to apply general rules to specific problems and to come up with logical answers. You may use this skill when implementing Florida Statutes or the Florida Manual on Jail standards in real life situations.
- Inductive Reasoning – This section assesses your ability to combine separate pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions. This will occur on the job when you are performing any type of investigation to conclude that laws have been violated, such as examining a crime scene.