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Has anyone used the Cliffs Notes for this exam just by itself? I looked over at the IC specific feedback forum as well but based on my experience from my last exam, it wasn't too good. Thanks everyone!
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I used REA for that one, it worked well enough for me to get a 70 on the marketing test. If you do use the REA books, be sure to do the tests in the back, as there is often additional information in the explanations to the practice exams not covered in the text.
Best of luck,
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Yes use the REA tests and read every single explanation carefully.
This test is a little heavy on history so you need to know who pioneered scientific management etc.
REA is a great resource for this test. I ended up with a 72 after studying REA and another flaschard site for a week.
Marketing took 2 days to study for since it was pretty simple.
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I just passed Management test with the score of 72 and I don't think that using ICert by itself would've been enough. Make sure you go through CLEP sample question and Peterson's tests, they offer material not covered by Instant Cert. Know how to calculate break-even point. I had questions on almost all theories/names that were on the flashcards and a few that were not.
Conflict management - become familiar with major types, including accommodation.
Teams - know forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning stages.
I was also tested on the following: escalation of commitment, ethical theories, Blake-Mouton managerial grid model.
I hope this helps
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I used the Cliffs notes exclusively for this exam. I found them to be fairly complete. I ended up copying and pasting them into a Word document and then printing and highlighting the text. I cannot read that much material from a screen. The printed notes also proved helpful for the HR management exam as well as Org. Behavior.
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I used IC plus forum feedback then did the free Peterson's test that you can get to from free-clep-prep. A lot of people talked about Managerial grid, so I looked that up on Wikipedia. Any term that came up in the forum feedback that wasn't in IC or Petersons, I googled.
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I used exclusively REA and thought it was plenty to prepare me.
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Hey guys, I am taking the Principles of Management Clep on May 18th I have taken the class but it was when I was 18 and in my first semester of college. I am now 22 and a senior. I am looking over the flash cards and I recall what they are talking about but as far as specific answers I have had a lot of trouble. I am wondering if InstantCert is the way to go for 18 days of studying. I paid 20 bucks for the membership and do not want to pay for anything else. I am also using free-clep-prep. If you guys have any information or thought that would be great.
Thanks.
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I would memorize the managerial theories like it was Scripture from the Bible. I found more questions about the different theories on the test then anything else. Due to that fact, I ended up failing the test with a score of 48. Wasn't too keen about that. If you do a quick search on the forums, though if you can't find it I have copies on my thinkpad, you can find the study guides for the principles of management that another member did up not too long ago.
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I just took it 2 wks ago. I used instant cert, Peterson's, Cliff Notes & CLEP practice test. Each of these had some new information that the others didn't. I found the test to be very different than anything I expected. My test had more 'practical' situations and trying to relate theories, etc. to these situations. I thought there would be more theorist and what they did, but I only had a couple of questions specifically related to which theorist did what, etc. I was so grateful to pass by 6 points.
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