DSST Technical Writing (DANTES series) (Dantes Subject Standardized Tests Passbooks) [Plastic Comb]

Jack Rudman (Author)

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 200 pages
• Publisher: National Learning Corporation (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837366437
• ISBN-13: 978-0837366432
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,493,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars When life hands you lemons..., June 29, 2007

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Nathan A. Edwards (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DSST Technical Writing (DANTES series) (Dantes Subject Standardized Tests Passbooks) (Plastic Comb)

I must admit that when I received this item I was not impressed by its appearance, and the copy that I purchased was new! However, after getting over my initial dissatisfaction, I was able to make of it what I could. This item is, almost entirely, composed of practice exams. As such; I immediately circled all of the appropriate answers based on the answer key provided at the end of each chapter. I then spent about four hours reading the practice questions and the correct answers several times through. I also read the brief summary of the course provided at the end of the packet. Without any further study material or time devoted to the subject, I passed the exam on the first attempt by a fairly substantial margin. I will not take another exam without first repeating this process with similar packets for other subjects. If nothing else, I would recommend purchasing this product as a backup plan in case the opportunity to properly prepare for the exam does not present itself, as was the case in my situation.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Review Book, October 2, 2000

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Joseph Loomis (Gainesville, Fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DSST Technical Writing (DANTES series) (Dantes Subject Standardized Tests Passbooks) (Plastic Comb)

I bought this book wondering if it would be good or not. I was really happy to find that it was a great help and made me feel like I spent my money well. It was much more organized than any other study guide that I had purchased. I will recommend this book to anyone that is taking the Technical Writing Dante Test and needing a good study guide..

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very unhelpful book, August 14, 2007

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R. Sheen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DSST Technical Writing (DANTES series) (Dantes Subject Standardized Tests Passbooks) (Plastic Comb)

I bought this as an aid to the DSST Technical Writing exam. It is not a helpful book. I passed the exam with a 67, but only because I gave up on this and turned to some books and websites that were actually geared for teaching someone how to do technical writing.

1. This book is very dated (even though the front says copyright 2007). There was, for instance, a section on how to write telegrams! The font looked very dated too. So it raised questions in my mind as to whether some things the book said were really right for today's society.

2. It is NOT geared very well to the actual test. There were a LOT of concepts that this book kept pounding on that were not even covered on the real exam.

3. There is very little explanation in the book about the specifics of various types of technical communications. There is a brief overview in the back of the book but it is not detailed enough to be of much help. It was a nice skeleton introduction but didn't give me anywhere near the amount of detail I needed for the actual exam.

4. There are no explanations of answers to the practice tests--simply an answer key. This makes it difficult to know WHY an answer is right or wrong--you have to simply rote memorize things.

5. For a book that is supposed to teach you about writing clearly, I thought this book was a poor example. There isn't even an index--every time you want to find something you have to flip-flip-flip through the book trying to find the section. No glossary either.

Overall, I found this a very poor study aid. Buy a book about technical writing or google the topic--don't waste your money on this one.