DSST The Official Test Preparation Guide [Paperback]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Peterson's; Original edition (February 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0768906091
• ISBN-13: 978-0768906097
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!!, September 24, 2001

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Pup "pointerpup" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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I used this book for a couple of tests. I was so amazed how closely the material in this book matched what was on the exams. If you are taking the "Ethics in America" exam, all you need is this book! I passed with 10 points to spare. Using ONLY this book. I also passed the HR Management,Personal Finance and Organizational Behavior with high marks.Before I found this book, I bought a used text book for Org.Beh. 500+ pages! Compared to the 10? pages in this condensed study guide. I love this book because everything you need to know is there. In fact, I recognized some of the sample questions in the book on the exam! I wish they had a book like this for all their exams.

53 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but not complete, November 3, 2001

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J. Turner (Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
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This 400 page guide covers eight lower level DSST examinations: Business Mathematics, Ethics in America, Human Resource Management, Introduction to Business, Organizational Behavior, Personal Finance, Principles of Financial Accounting, and Principles of Supervision. By taking these exams, you could possibly earn 24 credit hours.

While this is a great study guide, it was useless for what I purchased it for - upper level credit examinations. I was misled into thinking it contained more exams than it does.

If you are preparing for those eight exams, it contains a pretest, presents the material and then has a sample examination, and would be a very useful resource in my opinion. Just not useful for me.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DANTES Subject Standardized Tests - An Alternative to CLEP, June 2, 2005

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E. Watts "The Whole Ed Catalog" (Huntsville, AL) - See all my reviews
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The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) and its Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) is not as well-known as the College Board's College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Nonetheless, it is used as a basis for granting credit by examination by even more colleges, and many feel that the tests are somewhat easier.

This book is excellent for its intended use, as a test-preparation guide. Not a full course text. Just a guide.

It begins with some tips about studying for and taking multiple-choice exams. These are useful, but nothing the college-bound student shouldn't already be familiar with, so I found this section to be a little weak.

Next there are sections covering 8 of the 37 DSSTs. I suppose this makes sense, as a book covering all the tests would be pretty big. (Not necessarily 5 times as big as this one, which is set in large type with a lot of white space.) Each section consists of a pre-test, supporting material based on the DSST fact sheet outlines, some sample questions, and a practice test.

This is pretty standard for exam-prep books, and I give this one high marks for this portion of its content. I would NOT recommend taking these tests based solely on the information in these summaries. You MIGHT squeak by, but using this book alone would be the absolute bare minimum of preparation.

Finally, copies of the DSST fact sheets, (which are freely available online and elsewhere) are included for just the 8 exams covered in the book. They aren't that much help, although they do include the (outdated) bibliography which was mostly lacking within the text, and some possibly current data about ACE credit recommendations. (You need to contact your own college to get the real grading curve anyway.)

I have no idea if Chauncey-Thompson-Peterson's plans to cover any of the other tests in future editions, but since this book has been available for some time, my guess would be "No." The 8 tests covered are: Business Mathematics, Ethics in America, Human Resource Management, Introduction to Business, Organizational Behavior, Personal Finance, Principles of Financial Accounting, and Principles of Supervision.