08-23-2014, 01:28 PM
I started studying last night and did the practice tests on the DOD Libraries site. I got progressively worse - 63, 61, 59. This exam is one of those that requires high percentages of correct answers to pass. I wanted to go into the exam scoring about 80 to 85 on the practice exams. Anyway, I didn't have more time, so I studied my mistakes for about an hour this morning and literally felt sick to my stomach when I went to take the exam.
I started the exam and didn't have any idea what the answers were to the first 21 questions. I got a little weepy, but pulled it together and plowed through it. I marked almost half for review. I went back and did the review questions trying to eliminate enough answers to have a shot at guessing correctly. I scored a 449 - 400 is passing. Then I burst into tears!
This exam is so doable - if you actually study for it - it is all memorization. You need to know everything related to constitutional amendments, case law, and criminal justice terms. If I had done that, I would have not suffered through it. I don't think there was one question on the exam that required anything more than knowing those things - in other words - you really didn't need critical thinking skills at all.
As an aside, I usually find the website above to be right on when you compare test questions to practice test questions. But this time I didn't get one question on the real exam that was on any of the three practice exams.
I have the two Ethics DSSTs on Monday and Tuesday night. If I pass those, I'll be done.
Having this experience on this test was sobering - I'll be studying all weekend.
:ack:
I started the exam and didn't have any idea what the answers were to the first 21 questions. I got a little weepy, but pulled it together and plowed through it. I marked almost half for review. I went back and did the review questions trying to eliminate enough answers to have a shot at guessing correctly. I scored a 449 - 400 is passing. Then I burst into tears!
This exam is so doable - if you actually study for it - it is all memorization. You need to know everything related to constitutional amendments, case law, and criminal justice terms. If I had done that, I would have not suffered through it. I don't think there was one question on the exam that required anything more than knowing those things - in other words - you really didn't need critical thinking skills at all.
As an aside, I usually find the website above to be right on when you compare test questions to practice test questions. But this time I didn't get one question on the real exam that was on any of the three practice exams.
I have the two Ethics DSSTs on Monday and Tuesday night. If I pass those, I'll be done.
Having this experience on this test was sobering - I'll be studying all weekend.
:ack:
Denise
MS - Management and Leadership, WGU 2022
BS - Liberal Arts - Depths in Healthcare and Psychology, Excelsior College 2014
Certificate - Workers Comp Admin, UC Davis Extension, 1995
AA - Licensed Vocational Nursing and Selected Studies, Mesa College 1989
Certificate - Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN), Mesa College 1977
Also, someday maybe a MS in Forensic Psychology, just for fun. Oh, and a BS in Animal Behavior. And, maybe when I'm 85 a PhD in something fun.
MS - Management and Leadership, WGU 2022
BS - Liberal Arts - Depths in Healthcare and Psychology, Excelsior College 2014
Certificate - Workers Comp Admin, UC Davis Extension, 1995
AA - Licensed Vocational Nursing and Selected Studies, Mesa College 1989
Certificate - Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN), Mesa College 1977
Also, someday maybe a MS in Forensic Psychology, just for fun. Oh, and a BS in Animal Behavior. And, maybe when I'm 85 a PhD in something fun.
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