Test Advice -- Need 10 Easy Credits!

[sydonia1972]

Hello,

I need advice on 4 DSST tests. I am looking for 4 easy tests that require minimal prep/study time, so I can graduate this May? I originally needed 16, however, I just passed Drug & Alcohol Abuse and Here's to Your Health. Thank goodness Regis University switched to CBT in October 2006.

Anyway, I have the list narrowed down to

Criminal Justice
Principles of Finance
Principles of Supervision
Intro to Business
Organizational Behavior
Management Information Systems
Introduction to Law Enforcement
Fundamentals of Counseling
Human Resource Management
Money and Banking

Also, does anyone have advice on what order to take them in? It looks like some of the information may be overlapping, and I don't want to waste anytime.

Thanks in advance for your input!

[Old Rusty Pipe]

http://www.petersons.com/pdf/free/DSST.pdf

Check it out. It covers:

-Principles of Supervision
-Intro to Business
-Human Resources Management
-Organizational Behavior

I have taken Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior and passed them with no difficulty. I actually used the material from the Intro to Business and the Supervision sections to help me prep. It has practice questions for each of those, so if you're scoring over 60% then you are probably good to go.

I can't comment on the rest, except to say that a quick forum search will show that Principles of Finance appears to be a very difficult test.

Hope that helps.

[cederic824]

I have taken Principles of Supervision, Organizational Behavior, and Human Resource Management, along with the cleps Business Law and Intro to Management within the last 10 days. Those 3 Dsst's overlap quite a bit and are pretty simple. Get the Official DSST study guide if you need to supplement your IC studies.
I have taken Management Info Systems previously. It is not too bad if you have a IT background, I don't. IC is all I used on this one.
There are numerous posts about the difficulty of Money and Banking, so I would discard that one.

[bceagles]

I took and passed the following DSST exams with minimal/no prep. I'm no genius ..... If I can pass these then anyone with the slightest amount of prep shouldn't have a problem:

DSST Exam Score EC Grade
Personal Finance 63 A
Business Math 70 A
Principles of Supervision 52 A
Human Resources Management 55 A
Prin. Of Financial Accounting 51 B
Here's to Your Health 51 B
Fundamentals of Counseling 47 B
Criminal Justice 51 C
Organizational Behavior 53 B
Ethics in America 46 C
Management Info Systems 54 A
Intro to Computing 60 A
Prin of Finance 50 B
Intro to World Religions 52 B

Let me know if I can help!

[iwannapass]

Organizational Behavior looks good and it seems like it would go together with Principles of Supervision, Human Resources, and Intro to Business. What about FEMA? does your school accept those? I knocked out 25 in 2 weeks.

[sydonia1972]

Originally Posted by iwannapass

Organizational Behavior looks good and it seems like it would go together with Principles of Supervision, Human Resources, and Intro to Business. What about FEMA? does your school accept those? I knocked out 25 in 2 weeks.

My university's testing center doesn't promote FEMA, so I doubt it is not available. What are FEMA tests?

[sydonia1972]

Thanks everyone. This helps a lot!

[BurnieGirl]

Originally Posted by sydonia1972

Hello,

I need advice on 4 DSST tests. I am looking for 4 easy tests that require minimal prep/study time, so I can graduate this May? I originally needed 16, however, I just passed Drug & Alcohol Abuse and Here's to Your Health. Thank goodness Regis University switched to CBT in October 2006.

Anyway, I have the list narrowed down to

Criminal Justice
Principles of Finance
Principles of Supervision
Intro to Business
Organizational Behavior
Management Information Systems
Introduction to Law Enforcement
Fundamentals of Counseling
Human Resource Management
Money and Banking

Also, does anyone have advice on what order to take them in? It looks like some of the information may be overlapping, and I don't want to waste anytime.

Thanks in advance for your input!

Which ones did you pick?