Questions on Biology Clep-peterson test

[ShotoJuku]

Thanks. I will review the peterson and REA test tomorrow. I am reading cliff quick review now, boy, I can't believe that I am still studying. I started at 9:30 this morning, and now it is 10pm.

I really hope I can pass the test after tremendous hours of studying. Guess just have to wait until next Tuesday.

[COLOR="Navy"]The BIO exam is a very broad topic, however you seem to have a firm grip on it already and YOU WILL PASS!!

:iagree: [/COLOR]

[BabyTex]

WOW. two month? How many hours a day? I have studies almost 5 weeks until now. But it went on and off and this week I spend over 10 hours everyday to reinforce the knowledge. I have the AP cliff book. It seems have more details about everything , but I don't think that I have enough time to study it all. Also, when did you take the test? Are there any question you can still remember that I should be award of ?

I took the CLEP test at the end of April, 2010. For the first month I probably only studied an hour a day, but when I got down to the last few weeks that was all I studied all day. I knew the AP cliffs notes book forwards and backwards, except some of the biological diversity section. Have u ever taken chemistry? If so, don't focus much on the first section of the cliffs AP book because u already have a firm grasp of that section. The questions were very similar to those on the Peterson's CLEP practice, which is why I strongly encourage you to wait until you score well on those. I remember there were about 10 to 15 questions based on graphs, charts, tables, etc which Peterson's goes over. My table, chart questions were on evolution and ecology.

Here is what I remember:

In terms of the biological diversity section, know the basics of the domain archae and domain bacteria and know the indepth of the kingdom fungi (ex. what are lichens? what phylum have closed and open circulatory systems (if you know page 160 with the chart of phylum, common names, tissue complexity, etc you will be fine for this section).

I didn't have many questions on plants except like what is the difference between primary and secondary growth and know the control of stomata, transport of water and sugar I had some basic questions on those (AP goes more indepth than you need to for this section, but the rest are good)

You should know the basics of the animal form and function, I had several questions on managing blood glucose, the difference between passive and active immunity, open and closed circualtory systems (I didn't need to know the giant chart on hormones on page 202)

I had quite a few questions on reproduction, lk know the steps on page 213 about hormonal control of human reproduction. You should have a firm grasp of embryonic development, I had a question about the differences between frog and human embryo so know the stuff on page 216)

For behavior, I didn't need everything that was in the cliffs AP section all I needed was the beginning stuff on pages 225 and 226 and the social behavior on page 228.

For ecology, all I needed was the ecology succession (when primary and secondary succession occur), community ecology (it gives u a definition and u choose like resource partitioning, competitive exclusion principle, etc), coevolution (lots of this), lots of ecosystem (memorize the different pyramids and make sure you know what biomass is), I didn't have many questions on the cycles but I would encourage you to know the nitrogen cycle, oh and definitely know the biomes I hated learning that but it was very useful (I had lots of questions like what biome is characterized by high temperature, heavy rainfall, canopies)

Don't worry about the laboratory section in the AP book you don't need it.

You should know all of cell respiration, photosynthesis, cell division, heredity and molecular genetics.

For evolution, you need to know the difference between gene flow, and the different types of genetic drift (I was given a definition and told to say what type of genetic drift it was, but first I had to know it was genetic drift, lk it gave a definition and said founder effect, bottleneck effect, nonrandom mating, etc), know the patterns of evolution as well those are very useful and know the process of speciation (there were tons of questions on these two sections!!!!)OH I HAD TWO QUESTIONS ON PATTERNS OF MACROEVOLUTION KNOW THIS SECTION!

I know I have basically told you to study everything, but hopefully by pinpointing the specific areas that I had it will help you cut out some of the unneccessary stuff. The questions were actually not as confusing as I expected, they were mostly straight forward although there were 2 or 3 that were confusing. I found the AP Cliffs book to prepare me perfectly for the test, it teaches exactly what you need to know and then some so even if I studied stuff that wasn't asked directly on the test it came in handy in process of elimination. This is one test that is not difficult to finish within the time limit, so don't worry about rushing through it. Take your time, breathe and if u dont know the answer choose the best answer, mark it and review it later. I tend not to leave things blank just in case I run out of time and can't go back.

I've had a lot of practice with tables and graphs, but if u haven't I would encourage you to dedicate some time to understanding what they mean (Peterson's tests are great at this as the last sections are only about graphs and tables)

Oh and one last thing, you should know the people and what they came up with (know Oparin, Haldane, Stanley Miller and the endosymbiotic theory).

If I were you, I would study one more week, take a Peterson's test and if you get above atleast a 65% then take the test, if not study another week. I know you just want to get it over with, but your better off studying and doing well, then not studying and failing. As much as I want to take the chemistry CLEP and get it over with, I'm not ready so I have to keep studying until I am. Best of luck!

[vanessa000abc]

I took the CLEP test at the end of April, 2010. For the first month I probably only studied an hour a day, but when I got down to the last few weeks that was all I studied all day. I knew the AP cliffs notes book forwards and backwards, except some of the biological diversity section. Have u ever taken chemistry? If so, don't focus much on the first section of the cliffs AP book because u already have a firm grasp of that section. The questions were very similar to those on the Peterson's CLEP practice, which is why I strongly encourage you to wait until you score well on those. I remember there were about 10 to 15 questions based on graphs, charts, tables, etc which Peterson's goes over. My table, chart questions were on evolution and ecology.

Here is what I remember:

In terms of the biological diversity section, know the basics of the domain archae and domain bacteria and know the indepth of the kingdom fungi (ex. what are lichens? what phylum have closed and open circulatory systems (if you know page 160 with the chart of phylum, common names, tissue complexity, etc you will be fine for this section).

I didn't have many questions on plants except like what is the difference between primary and secondary growth and know the control of stomata, transport of water and sugar I had some basic questions on those (AP goes more indepth than you need to for this section, but the rest are good)

You should know the basics of the animal form and function, I had several questions on managing blood glucose, the difference between passive and active immunity, open and closed circualtory systems (I didn't need to know the giant chart on hormones on page 202)

I had quite a few questions on reproduction, lk know the steps on page 213 about hormonal control of human reproduction. You should have a firm grasp of embryonic development, I had a question about the differences between frog and human embryo so know the stuff on page 216)

For behavior, I didn't need everything that was in the cliffs AP section all I needed was the beginning stuff on pages 225 and 226 and the social behavior on page 228.

For ecology, all I needed was the ecology succession (when primary and secondary succession occur), community ecology (it gives u a definition and u choose like resource partitioning, competitive exclusion principle, etc), coevolution (lots of this), lots of ecosystem (memorize the different pyramids and make sure you know what biomass is), I didn't have many questions on the cycles but I would encourage you to know the nitrogen cycle, oh and definitely know the biomes I hated learning that but it was very useful (I had lots of questions like what biome is characterized by high temperature, heavy rainfall, canopies)

Don't worry about the laboratory section in the AP book you don't need it.

You should know all of cell respiration, photosynthesis, cell division, heredity and molecular genetics.

For evolution, you need to know the difference between gene flow, and the different types of genetic drift (I was given a definition and told to say what type of genetic drift it was, but first I had to know it was genetic drift, lk it gave a definition and said founder effect, bottleneck effect, nonrandom mating, etc), know the patterns of evolution as well those are very useful and know the process of speciation (there were tons of questions on these two sections!!!!)OH I HAD TWO QUESTIONS ON PATTERNS OF MACROEVOLUTION KNOW THIS SECTION!

I know I have basically told you to study everything, but hopefully by pinpointing the specific areas that I had it will help you cut out some of the unneccessary stuff. The questions were actually not as confusing as I expected, they were mostly straight forward although there were 2 or 3 that were confusing. I found the AP Cliffs book to prepare me perfectly for the test, it teaches exactly what you need to know and then some so even if I studied stuff that wasn't asked directly on the test it came in handy in process of elimination. This is one test that is not difficult to finish within the time limit, so don't worry about rushing through it. Take your time, breathe and if u dont know the answer choose the best answer, mark it and review it later. I tend not to leave things blank just in case I run out of time and can't go back.

I've had a lot of practice with tables and graphs, but if u haven't I would encourage you to dedicate some time to understanding what they mean (Peterson's tests are great at this as the last sections are only about graphs and tables)

Oh and one last thing, you should know the people and what they came up with (know Oparin, Haldane, Stanley Miller and the endosymbiotic theory).

If I were you, I would study one more week, take a Peterson's test and if you get above atleast a 65% then take the test, if not study another week. I know you just want to get it over with, but your better off studying and doing well, then not studying and failing. As much as I want to take the chemistry CLEP and get it over with, I'm not ready so I have to keep studying until I am. Best of luck!

I really appreciate your time on writing those insightful points here. I didn't found the things you list on the IC feedback forum. So those question could be invaluable for me to add on my studying. I still have five days to study and I believe by that time that I will be ready. Thank you so much.
BTW, do you suggest me to take Peterson test 3? I heard that the test 3 is much more complicated than the real CLEP. I just don't want be discouraged.

[ShotoJuku]

BTW, do you suggest me to take Peterson test 3? I heard that the test 3 is much more complicated than the real CLEP. I just don't want be discouraged.

YES - take them all!!

[BabyTex]

I really appreciate your time on writing those insightful points here. I didn't found the things you list on the IC feedback forum. So those question could be invaluable for me to add on my studying. I still have five days to study and I believe by that time that I will be ready. Thank you so much.
BTW, do you suggest me to take Peterson test 3? I heard that the test 3 is much more complicated than the real CLEP. I just don't want be discouraged.

Yes take them all, they are all great practice and I didn't find Petersons test 3 to be much harder than the real CLEP.

[vanessa000abc]

I made 53% on the 3rd Peterson test. I am so nervous now, because I am taking the test tomorrow at 8:30am. I think I am ready, but I also don't want to be too positive. Wish me luck.

Thank you for those who have kindly give me suggestions and encouragement.

[pauljoejake]

I know you can do it -

[BabyTex]

I made 53% on the 3rd Peterson test. I am so nervous now, because I am taking the test tomorrow at 8:30am. I think I am ready, but I also don't want to be too positive. Wish me luck.

Thank you for those who have kindly give me suggestions and encouragement.

I'm sure you are gonna do great, just go in and don't stress, u know u know the stuff!

[vanessa000abc]

I'm sure you are gonna do great, just go in and don't stress, u know u know the stuff!

Thanks to baby tex. I took your advice and read AP biology book and I made 68 on my test. I am so happy. Thanks.

[BabyTex]

Thanks to baby tex. I took your advice and read AP biology book and I made 68 on my test. I am so happy. Thanks.

YAY! I'm so happy for you! Congratulations, you should be very proud of yourself! Great work!