This booklet provides information about the Juvenile Counselor Examination developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections program in California. The four sections of the booklet (1) review the nature and purpose of cutoff scores in general; (2) recommend and justify a minimum acceptable Juvenile Counselor Examination score; (3) review the factors that influence, and are influenced by, the choice of the cutoff score; and (4) recommend a method to be used in setting cutoff scores and using the Juvenile Counselor Examination to augment entry-level selection decisions. Statistics are provided to support the recommendations advanced. (KC)