Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part XV - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION › Subpart A - CIVIL SERVICE REFORM-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › Chapter 602a - APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE › Subchapter D - EXAMINATIONS › Section 602a.9 - Development of examinations

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Tests and assessments in examinations.
The Office of
					 Administration may develop and administer written, oral and performance tests,
					 as well as assessments of education, training and experience. The Office of
					 Administration may further authorize medical tests, physical strength and
					 agility tests, personality or interest inventories, biographical inventories,
					 and other types of tests or assessments, singly or in combination, as the
					 circumstances warrant. Additionally, for promotional examinations, the Office
					 of Administration may authorize performance criteria, such as seniority and
					 performance evaluations.
(b)
Basis for examinations.
Position descriptions shall be the
					 primary basis and source of authority for the content and level of difficulty
					 of examinations. Supplemental job information, obtained through job analysis
					 and job specifications, may be used as a further basis for examination
					 standards.
(c)
Limitations
					 on examinations.
No examination will require an applicant to provide
					 information concerning their age, race, color, religious creed, ancestry,
					 national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
					 political opinions or affiliations, union membership or affiliations, AIDS or
					 HIV status, or disability; nor will the information be required in another
					 manner by an official or employee of the Office of Administration or of an
					 appointing authority in connection with the appointment or promotion to a
					 position within the classified service, except as otherwise permitted by the
					 act or this subpart.
(d)
Collaboration in examination content.
The Office of
					 Administration may collaborate with representatives of appointing authorities,
					 qualified testing organizations and other qualified individuals regarding the
					 content of examinations. The interchange of information shall be made under
					 circumstances and conditions designed to prevent premature disclosure of
					 examination content to prospective applicants.
(e)
Cooperative testing.
The
					 Office of Administration may authorize collaboration with another public
					 testing or placement agency in a program of cooperative testing of applicants,
					 provided competitive principles are observed.
(f)
Weighting of tests and
					 evaluations.
If multiple tests or assessments constitute the entirety
					 of an examination, the Office of Administration, after considering the relative
					 value of the tests or assessments in measuring the relative capacity and
					 fitness of applicants to perform the duties of the job classification or
					 position(s) to which they applied, and after consultation with the appointing
					 authority, will fix the relative weights of the tests or assessments.
					 Modifications to the relative weights will be announced to all
					 applicants.