PELLET B Study Guide 2026–2027 | California POST Prep & 200 Practice Questions

Prepare for the PELLET B, the POST Entry-Level Law Enforcement Test Battery that California police departments, sheriff's offices, and academies use to screen peace officer applicants. This illustrated study guide is built around the current form of the exam: the Writing Ability Test (Clarity, Vocabulary, and Spelling) and the Reading Ability Test (Reading Comprehension). The CLOZE subtest is no longer part of the exam, and this guide does not waste your time on it or on math and reasoning sections the PELLET B does not include.

This 92-page digital guide explains how T-scores work (average 50, POST-recommended minimum 42), teaches the rules and methods behind every item type, and gives you two 100-question practice tests written in the exam's own formats: two-sentence Clarity pairs, vocabulary words in report sentences, fill-in-the-blank spelling items, and policy, procedure, and court-summary passages.

What's Inside

• An overview of the exam: structure, item counts, timing (about 1 hour 45 minutes of testing), T-scores and agency cut scores, retakes after 30 days, score use, and test-day steps
• Clarity: the four problems POST describes (modification, vague reference, run-ons, fragments), clear-writing principles, sentence errors, grammar, punctuation, and parallelism
• Vocabulary: context clues, prefixes, roots, and suffixes, synonyms and shades of meaning, and legal and procedural terms
• Spelling: the major spelling rules and exceptions, commonly misspelled words grouped by pattern, and homophones
• Reading Comprehension: literal, inferential, and critical reading, policy and court-summary strategies, organization of text, writing devices, and evaluating arguments
• A final review checklist, 4-week and 8-week study plans, FAQs, test-taking strategies, test-anxiety tips, and official resources
• 2 practice tests (200 questions, 32 reading passages) with complete answer keys explaining every answer and the trap in the best wrong choice

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in
• Clickable table of contents
• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop, or phone

Please note: This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.

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