Fire test shared from memory

Officials say tactic long a study aid; State rules prohibit re-creating exams

By Donovan Slack

Globe Staff / June 19, 2008

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For years, groups of Boston firefighters taking promotional exams have engaged in a system of memorizing test questions and compiling them after the test, producing an illicit version of the exam that can be distributed to colleagues for studying, according to state documents. (Full article: 1115 words)