[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR11.2]

[Page 70-71]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 11--APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 11.2  Written examination for appointment to class 7 or 8.

    The Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service has established the 
following rules regarding the written examination:
    (a) When and where given. The written examination will be given 
annually or semiannually, if required, in designated cities in the 
United States and at Foreign Service posts on dates established by the 
Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service. Applicants must indicate in 
their applications

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whether they are applying for the Department of State or for the U.S. 
Information Agency. Candidates who pass the written examination 
successfully may request a transfer of their applications to the other 
agency.
    (b) Designation to take written examination. No person will be 
permitted to take a written examination for appointment as a Foreign 
Service officer or Foreign Service information officer who has not been 
specifically designated by the Board of Examiners to take that 
particular examination. Prior to each written examination, the Board 
will establish a closing date for the receipt of applications for 
designation to take the examination. No person will be designated for 
the examination who has not, as of that closing date, filed an 
application with the Board. To be designated for the written 
examination, a candidate, as of the date of the examination, must be a 
citizen of the United States and shall be at least 21 years of age, 
except that an applicant who has been awarded a bachelor's degree by a 
college or university, or has successfully completed the junior year at 
a college or university, may qualify if at least 20 years of age.
    (c) Content. The written examination is designed to permit the Board 
to test the candidate's intelligence, breadth and quality of knowledge, 
and understanding. It will consist of three parts: (1) A general ability 
test, (2) an English expression test, and (3) a general background test.
    (d) Grading. The several parts of the written examination are 
weighted in accordance with the rules established by the Board of 
Examiners.

(22 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.)

[37 FR 19356, Sept. 20, 1972, as amended at 38 FR 13640, May 24, 1973]