09-16-2013, 10:47 PM
corpsole2 Wrote:Westerner,There were a very very few like that, that threw me for a loop. Most were like I described, with some clue hidden inside.
Thanks. I am reading the bios via Wikipedia. I also borrowed Michael Kort's Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union. I also have five plus pages of notes written down, but I guess I am wondering how in depth some of the questions can go? For instance, one of the questions on the Vietnam War test asked where Vo Nguyen Giap learned his communist ideology. I didn't have a clue, as I only skimmed his bio. I wonder if there are more questions like that on USSR test?
Quote:Also, the analytical side of me is trying to determine how they weight questions on the DSST. I figure if I get 97 questions, I should get a passing score even if I get 30 questions wrong. I know that there is no way of knowing this, but I like to figure this out anyway.I'm not sure at all about this but... What I did was I tried to mark every question I thought I might have a chance of getting wrong, and if that number was around 25, I felt pretty confident of passing with a decent score. That's how I did it, personally. I did this especially with the Modern Middle East, Soviet Union, Vietnam War and Civil War DSSTs, and you can see the scores in my sig. So, there's that, if it helps.
Quote:I guess I am sweating these upper level tests more than I should, but I really don't want to fail and have to take it again six months from now. I am shooting for the March graduation for my B.A., and I do not want to repeat, so I am trying to ensure that I will pass.I know how you feel.
But if you prepare well, as it sounds you're doing, you should be fine.
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The Lord is my shepherd. Psalm 23
"I'm going on an adventure!' ~AUJ
"It is our fight." ~DoS
"I am not alone." ~BotFA
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that's given to us." ~FotR
"There is still hope." ~TTT
"Courage..." "This day, we fight!" ~RotK
CLEP: A&I Lit 74 ~ Am Lit 73 ~ Eng Lit 72 ~ Humanities 75 ~ College Math 77 ~ Western Civ I 63 ~ Western Civ II 69 ~ Natural Sci 64 ~ US History I 76 ~ US History II 69 ~ Sociology 68 ~ Am Gov 69 ~ Social Sci & Hist 71 ~ College Comp 61 ~ Marketing 70 ~ Management 66 ~ Psychology 67
DSST: Supervision 453 ~ Tech Writing 61 ~ Computing 427 ~ Middle East 65 ~ Soviet Union 65 ~ Vietnam War 74 ~[COLOR="#0099cc"] Civil War 68
[/COLOR]Other: College+ Biblical Social Justice B ~ ECE World Conflicts Since 1900 A
TESC courses: Capstone A ~ Leaders in History A ~ Photography 101 A- ~ Games People Play A ~ International Relations A- ~ Mass Communications I A
$5 off IC - 59690
My hair jewelry business
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