POS-2820 Comparative Politics TECEP Review

[Kones]

I just took this exam and I agree that this was extremely difficult - and I studied!! The questions are very wordy and confusing and the topics were not properly outlined in the test description. Despite doing the Saylor course, the Study.com course and purchasing a used copy of one of the suggested textbooks I still felt woefully unprepared.
For anyone taking this test, it is broken up into four blocks of 20 questions each and then two essays. The depth and breadth of the topics is very broad and very detailed. The final block of questions were pretty much all about the governments of other countries. I specifically remember getting a few questions each about Israel, Africa and Latin America. My two essay questions both asked me to compare a topic between two different countries, so you need to know enough about the topics to have at least two examples.

I'll get my grade within two weeks, but I don't feel at all confident that I passed.

Thanks for your input. Hopefully you did better than you think and can sneak past this exam. I think they should slightly change the name of this exam to Comparative World Politics. For a US based educational facility, the focus of a lower level Comparative Politics course should be on US politics, and a Comparative World Politics course be an upper level equivalent.

Sneak past I did indeed. Just got my grade and I got a 70! What a relief. A little nerve wracking knowing how close I cam to failing. But now I can put it behind me. And I totally agree that this definitely felt more like an upper level exam.