CALIFORNIA DEPUTY SHERIFF ENTRY-LEVEL WRITTEN EXAMINATION · INDEPENDENT PRACTICE · 1000 ORIGINAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS · CALIFORNIA COUNTIES USE POST-ALIGNED WRITTEN EXAMS, COMMONLY THE PELLET-B OR AN EQUIVALENT POST-STANDARD BATTERY, AND EACH COUNTY SETS ITS OWN STANDARD · NO SINGLE STATEWIDE PASSING SCORE IS PUBLISHED FOR DEPUTY SHERIFF HIRING · NOT AN OFFICIAL EXAM, COURSE, OR HIRING DECISION