FY13 - DSST Civilian Pass Rates

[Prloko]

I'm one of those that encourages all the Airmen in my shop to take the easy ones at least. They mostly come to me for help weeks before their EPR is due, so taking it cold is usually the only option. I always tell them to take A&I Lit and the Computing tests in hopes that maybe they will catch the CLEP bug like I did after taking a couple. I was especially excited for one Airman who spent time in Germany and got all 12 credits on the German CLEP after MONTHS of nagging him. I suppose I am the epitome of FW&A since I've taken 67 tests...

If you take an exam cold with no hope of passing it, YES it is FW&A because these exams are not FREE. If it is a subject you are comfortable with, that's different as these exams are basically designed to test prior knowledge. I too have taken about 21 exams, I studied a little for the ones I knew I could pass, and I studied HARD for the ones I wasn't so sure about, that is what a responsible steward of the taxpayer would do.

I was a Contract Specialist in the AF. It was my job to purchase the needs of the war-fighter. You don't know how many MSgts and Majors I had to deal with, who felt the money was basically "free" and tried to more product than they needed. Or the one's who couldn't understand that a flat screen tv is not a military necessity and did not require a top of the line model delivered with overnight service (these are the same tv's you see in orderly rooms with CNN on).