Rising Star's 2026 Captain Exam Course is now available for enrollment! Order now! Course begins April 6, 2026 Visit www.RisingStarPromotion.com for more details. The full course will be delivered through our new Learning Management System (LMS), accessible on both our Apple App and Google Play for convenient learning anywhere

MyFuriousLeftNut · Member

Rising star...will you guys be doing questions?

Bklynsouth3020 · Senior Member

I emailed them a week or two ago and they said theyll release info in January

eze · Co-Founder/Owner Rising Star

Yes, we are updating the questions now and we will be releasing more information/details in 2026!

MyFuriousLeftNut · Member

thanks Eze for the reply...will be my third time using you guys (and hopefully the last lolll)

Tony Rags · Founder/Partner

No worries. Ed & I are actively working to bring you all the very best questions found anywhere. As you know, they're specifically designed to be challenging in a way that induces learning & memorization (others will tell you that there is a method to our madness). After the months of studying have concluded, your promotion rests upon your ability to correctly answer 100 multiple choice questions....why chance it with inaccurate or poorly designed questions intended to make you feel good with a false sense of confidence? Rising Star takes the opposite approach to ensure your readiness and since 2006, our students have consistently placed at the top of all promotional lists because of our questions. We look forward to getting you promoted! More to come soon.....

Tony

Tony Rags · Founder/Partner

.....

-- Edited by Tony Rags on Friday 26th of December 2025 07:35:24 PM

-- Edited by Tony Rags on Friday 26th of December 2025 07:35:35 PM

passfail · Veteran Member

Guys,

Please make the questions so that we can re-take them as needed. Been a loyal fan of your questions but after the Lt. exam questions and getting stuck only being able to test myself once really made me re-think my subscription for this exam. The main thing for me and i can probably speak for most is the ability to test our knowledge continuously.

Tony Rags · Founder/Partner

Yes, we've responded to student feedback and we will have a more robust user experience which includes multiple attempts to answer the questions!

Tony

Theforceisstrongwiththisone · Guru

My testing days are long over. I'm an Elite guy but for the aspiring Captains do yourself a favor and order the Rising Star package as soon as Tony & Ed release it! In addition to Elite, I ordered the Rising Star package as well. Rising Star saved me on the Lt & Capt Exam and is the difference maker in being at the top of the list or the bottom of the list. Look at it as an investment but also as an insurance policy in case things go sideways with a poorly written DCAS exam. Hopefully you guys get a fair exam but with DCAS in charge...who knows! Leave no stone unturned and may the force be with you! 9 heroes forever!

passfail · Veteran Member

Thanks,

whats the approximate timeframe for the questions app to be ready ?

eze · Co-Founder/Owner Rising Star

Details for our 2026 Captain course will be released in the next few weeks. While the official test date has not yet been announced, we expect it to take place in September or later.

The course is anticipated to begin in mid-March, giving you approximately six months or more to prepare. This is plenty of time — pace yourself and don’t burn out!

Course information will be posted here and on our website.

JPAL91091 · Senior Member

eze wrote:
Details for our 2026 Captain course will be released in the next few weeks. While the official test date has not yet been announced, we expect it to take place in September or later.
The course is anticipated to begin in mid-March, giving you approximately six months or more to prepare. This is plenty of time pace yourself and dont burn out!
Course information will be posted here and on our website.

Later then September would be terrible considering other courses already had us start studying in early November talking about a June test

63ASAP · Guru

Yeah, the admin bulletin said "anticipated in September" so I'm not sure why they started courses in November. Seems painfully early.

SBA MIA · Veteran Member

So they can sell cram and targeted review lol

MyFuriousLeftNut · Member

SBA MIA wrote:
So they can sell cram and targeted review lol

so sad but true..I feel for my other exams the courses were like 6-8 months before the exam, or werent even announced until the exam was. At this stage the course will be done 4 month before test day smh. Talk about losing steam.

Leslie · Guru

Holy Sh**t literally the only time I agree with this troll.

El Norte · Senior Member

Not looking forward to spending a lot of time with the patrol guide through the summer.

eze · Co-Founder/Owner Rising Star

Our 2026 NYPD Captain Exam Course is now available for enrollment! The course begins April 6, 2026, and features our renowned question bank designed to enhance learning and retention of the Patrol Guide.
The course will be delivered through our new Learning Management System (LMS), accessible on both our Apple App and Google Play for convenient learning anywhere.

Click here for more information: Rising Star for the 2026 Captain Exam

You may also view a tutorial of our LMS and take a sample quiz by clicking here: LMS Tutorial & Demonstration

HomerSampson · Veteran Member

I just signed up for Rising Star. Their new app demo looks pretty cool with lots of useful feedback. Not sure why the other schools don't have anything like this. The Key app is real antiquated and glitchly. This new Rising Star thing has me somewhat excited to study and see where I sit among everyone else.

NauseousPBBN · Senior Member

Are all 1500 questions on Captain related duties?

Tony Rags · Founder/Partner

NauseousPBBN wrote:
Are all 1500 questions on Captain related duties?

The questions relate to all ranks/duties that a newly promoted captain is responsible for - this includes captain, lieutenant, sergeants and p.o. duties. Exactly what you'd see on exam day.

JediMaster · Veteran Member

-- Edited by JediMaster on Friday 27th of March 2026 12:56:34 AM

MyFuriousLeftNut · Member

Tony Rags wrote:
NauseousPBBN wrote:
Are all 1500 questions on Captain related duties?

The questions relate to all ranks/duties that a newly promoted captain is responsible for - this includes captain, lieutenant, sergeants and p.o. duties. Exactly what you'd see on exam day.

Just banged out the first section. Love all the data the lms gives but man, I forgot how angry your questions make me lmao, in a good way. Youngn's these days will have such a leg up with study metrics that we never got during the days of pen and paper exams. Anyway loving it so far.

Tony Rags · Founder/Partner

MyFuriousLeftNut wrote:
Tony Rags wrote:
NauseousPBBN wrote:
Are all 1500 questions on Captain related duties?

The questions relate to all ranks/duties that a newly promoted captain is responsible for - this includes captain, lieutenant, sergeants and p.o. duties. Exactly what you'd see on exam day.
Just banged out the first section. Love all the data the lms gives but man, I forgot how angry your questions make me lmao, in a good way. Youngn's these days will have such a leg up with study metrics that we never got during the days of pen and paper exams. Anyway loving it so far.

Happy to hear this! Especially the part about how angry the questions make you. As you know, we do this intentionally - learning & retention are built into our questions by design (not Ai generated crap). Get them wrong NOW, so it will never happen on exam day.

As far as the new LMS/app, we put a significant amount of money and effort into it to give you the best experience and diagnostic feedback on where you stand during your study journey. We think it's by far the best available, but you all will let us know. We appreciate any feedback to improve.

Good luck and study hard!!

VetteCop · Senior Member

Based off all the feedback Ive gotten from peers about the rising star questions I may give it a shot even though I have a nut hair of a chance being eligible for the exam. Heres to hoping they push it back just a little ha

Ive said it before on this forum, but Ive taken both schools for the exams before. I really dont understand how their classes are underway so early without a set exam date. Perplexing.

HomerSampson · Veteran Member

VetteCop wrote:
Based off all the feedback Ive gotten from peers about the rising star questions I may give it a shot even though I have a nut hair of a chance being eligible for the exam. Heres to hoping they push it back just a little ha

Ive said it before on this forum, but Ive taken both schools for the exams before. I really dont understand how their classes are underway so early without a set exam date. Perplexing.

Whenever there's a hint of an exam, it's off to the races for Key & Elite to see who can grab the most students ($$$) first.

HomerSampson · Veteran Member

MyFuriousLeftNut wrote:
Tony Rags wrote:
NauseousPBBN wrote:
Are all 1500 questions on Captain related duties?

The questions relate to all ranks/duties that a newly promoted captain is responsible for - this includes captain, lieutenant, sergeants and p.o. duties. Exactly what you'd see on exam day.
Just banged out the first section. Love all the data the lms gives but man, I forgot how angry your questions make me lmao, in a good way. Youngn's these days will have such a leg up with study metrics that we never got during the days of pen and paper exams. Anyway loving it so far.

Jesus!! I heard Rising Star was going all out with a new app. This thing is ridiculous with what it does and what it shows you on performance. And glad they finally allow taking questions as many times as you want. Cool stuff!