DSST Environment and Humanity Feedback

[austinpwrz]

I took this test today. I am not sure if I passed but I have to say I don't think most people would pass just using Instacert on this one. There were ALOT of questions that weren't covered in IC. There is a good post on here about things to study. I took a class that covered this material so I may have passed . . .I hope! Again, if you take this exam make sure you use something other than IC. I took one of the exams on the DDST site and there were a few similar questions on the actual exam. I'd say there were about 12-15 questions were I had no idea what the right answer was so I had to guess. I think there were a few clues in the exam/questions that if you'd pid attention you could find the answer but I will know for sure when I find out if I actually passed.

[sgloer]

Any specific areas you felt were inadequately covered, off the top of your head?

[AGS]

I took this test today. I am not sure if I passed but I have to say I don't think most people would pass just using Instacert on this one. There were ALOT of questions that weren't covered in IC. There is a good post on here about things to study. I took a class that covered this material so I may have passed . . .I hope! Again, if you take this exam make sure you use something other than IC. I took one of the exams on the DDST site and there were a few similar questions on the actual exam. I'd say there were about 12-15 questions were I had no idea what the right answer was so I had to guess. I think there were a few clues in the exam/questions that if you'd pid attention you could find the answer but I will know for sure when I find out if I actually passed.

would you say most of the topic was 1/3 college biology ? like the topic of ecology ....

[austinpwrz]

Something about a defibrillator??. There two questions on this and one answer option was something about creating artifical precipitation. I picked that its purpose was reducing emmissions from smokestacks since there were two questions on it and it was the only consistent answer option between the two. There was a question on some grouping of chemicals (or something) that I never encountered in class or in IC. Couldn;t even begin to tell you what it was. Again, it is hard to say since the questions that I didn't know I really had never even seen before. The others I felt I could make an educated guess since there would typically be one answer option that I recognized. There is a post on here about knowing the role of the EPA, what country produces the most waste that is spot on. I would recommend that IC incorporate the questions in this post into the study materials since I believe every single item on the post was on the exam. If I think of anything else I will post again.

[austinpwrz]

There was a question on what fuel is produced from the fumes/combustion?? of waste materials?? answer options were propane, ethane and two other "ane" fuels.

[austinpwrz]

Two questions relating to the charcteristics of the troposphere and stratosphere which I knew the answers to from my class. (Possibly one question on where weather takes place.) Nothing pertaining to the layers beyond the stratosphere however.

[sgloer]

Nice, thanks for sharing!

[austinpwrz]

Just wanted to post my score for this exam. I passed with a 53, phew! If you happen to be a Thomas Edison student and don't like science, I recommend taking Global Environmental Change for 6 credits and this exam right after you finish the class to knock out your 9 science requirements. Use IC to study and read the posts in this forum to help you target supplemental material.

[fiveninerzero]

I supplemented my studies on Wikipedia by reading up on ecology for an hour. Some of the stuff overlapped with Astronomy (earth atmosphere stuff) so I was good from there.

I stumbled on the questions about the food chain.