DANTES History of the Vietnam War

[snazzlefrag]

Well, I took the test. I am pretty sure I passed. DANTES questions are so different from the CLEP ones IMO. It went a little more in depth on some areas than I expected. Most of it was focused on the political figures than the battles. The Phoenix Program was nowhere on the test. I found that strange. Neither was the Strategic Hamlets.

Hi Arbornmedic,

It sounds like you did great. Isn't it strange studying for an exam without Instantcert? I was a bit nervous going into this exam because I had to find ALL my own study material, and so I wasn't quite certain that I had covered all my bases. But I did fine, and I'm sure you will too.


I also think that the DANTES questions are more complex than those we usually see on the CLEP exams. Then again, CLEPs are timed. So we would expect them not to include too many questions that require more than a minute or so to answer.

On the plus side, we don't have to worry about time on the DANTES exams, and the way the exams are scaled usually provides a boost for our own scores.

My particular version of the Vietnam exam did actually include questions about both the Phoenix Program and Strategic Hamlets. As you know, there are several versions of each exam. So it's likely that your version of the exam also covered some things that were not covered on mine. This makes sense, because it is not possible for them to cover every possible item in just one exam. But they still expect us to know about ALL the various items, just in case they show up on our version. So the multiple-version system allows them to test us on a selection of items whilst, at the same time, forcing us to learn other items even though they may not actually appear on our exam.

I suppose that's a good thing. But it can be frustrating when you focus on a certain thing, and then it doesn't even appear on the exam. If nothing else, it keeps us on our toes!

Anyway, please let us know how you do.

All the best of luck for your exam tomorrow too,
Snazzlefrag