Let me preface this with saying I searched the forums and found limited information on this test. I was wondering if anyone had any books that they would recommend for passing this test.

Which CLEP or DANTE exams were your memorable moments?


Which ones you felt you learned alot from ?


I can say Western Civilization I and II ....Humanities .....U.S. History I and II ...



I enjoyed studying on the different current events pertaining to cultural, technological and historical events...


Roman and Greek history ...the different philosophers like Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato ....

the Reformation period , Martin Luther , .....

Are these two tests the same, What I mean is will it be a duplication to take both of these test information systems CLEP and Management Information Systems Dantes.


if they are the same which one is the easis?

Any Ideas or suggestions

I took the pencil and paper version a couple of hours ago.

A disclaimer: I've been in the IT world for about 20 years and am currently an IT Director of a fairly large Jesuit University so I'm not a good example of someone coming off the street taking this one....that said:

I'm sure I passed it with room to spare. I prepared using only IC.

A couple of observations:

1. The test is a pretty good example of the difference between real world IT Management and the academic mindset. For example, there was a question that asked which IT type would be the one to produce a data flow diagram. In the real world, I would fire any of the four listed if they couldn't do it....in the academic world, there is a more easily definable answer. Also, there was only one question about steering committees (i.e. IT governance elements). In most IT/MIS organizations, governance committees play a very big role.

2. As some folks who have taken this exam have posted before me, there were far more questions that seemed more CLEP level computer questions than upper level DSST stuff. Things like the parts of a cpu, the difference between synch and asynch communcation, etc.

3. There were several questions related to differing kinds of systems: expert systems, decision support systems, GDSS, etc.

4. There were 89 questions on the exam. They were truly without sequence, I'd suggest using the randomization option when doing the IC cards.

5. There were only a few questions about the software development life cycle...although prototypes seemed to be a big deal. There had to be 3 or so questions about prototypes.

If anyone has any specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

Bo

I took the humanities CLEP exam this afternoon. It covered alot that was on the InstantCert flash cards, and a lot that wasn't (I'm not including anything I know was covered by InstantCert, but that I forgot enough of to utilize). Offhand, I only remember something on Medea, grouping of various people by their occupation (composer, author, painter of style X, etc). I'm not entirely sure if I hadn't already possessed a fairly decent background in humanities, I would have been able to pass the test (I got a 67) based solely on the InstantCert material. What are people's thoughts on this?

I have this exam scheduled to be tested on Monday. I plan on studying all weekend, do you feel that is enough time for me to pass. I work ft so finding time to study can be difficult, I'm considering putting it off for another week so I can really get this exam material down cold.

I called EC today to find out how many FEMA credits they will accept towards my Business Degree.
They told me they will only take 15 for electives.
My advisor went on to say in my case they will take 12 because I have Dantes “Here is to your Health” and in Business Degrees that is an elective.
Does this sound correct has anyone been told this before?

Also I was going to write the Fundamentals of Counseling and Drug and Alcohol (Dantes) but she told me these too will only go to my electives which only counts for 15 credits and I have FEMA credits to cover t hat.

Please let me know if this sounds correct, or if I need more clarification
Mapalo

If you were starting out and just want a degree, not particular what it is, what would you choose that is fastest?

My sons have both passed one German language CLEP 67 and one Italian AP (4).

Any ideas are appreciated!

(Even though these two are good at languages they just roll their eyes when I tell them that college takes 4 years).

fuggy

Hi everyone,
I have completed all my degree requirements and am currently on a vacation.
Anyone who has taken penn foster's online exams I need your help.
I need to know approximately how many questions will be there on the online exams and whether they are objective questions with 4-5 choices.
Also how difficult are these exams and can I take them 2 at a time.
Thanks,
Adoncia

Hi;
I'm new to InstantCert forums...first time I've really browsed around, but already it's been really encouraging! Hey, all these people have passed these oodles of CLEPS and DANTES "no problem" (well, at least without TOO much trouble), so why can't I ?

Also, I had a question about Social Sciences CLEP. Like other people, I've taken U.S. History I and II, Western Civ I and II, American Government, Sociology and Psychology CLEPS--now my only question is, need I review the flashcards for each indivdual subject, all 1000+ of them, for the Social Sciences CLEP? If I do, I'll hunker down with right good will ...but it would be nice if I could go through this a little faster .

Any advice about Social Sciences would be welcome!