I will be (hopefully) be taking my final DANTES test this Tuesday. I'm going to try Criminal Justice. I've gone through the flashcards 2x so far. I've been writing down terms and definitions I'm not familiar with (which gave me writer's cramp!). I've never taken a criminal justice class.

Anyone who has taken this test, any suggestions? What can I expect, etc. I HAVE to pass this test in order to "walk" at graduation in May. Can anyone help? Thanks much!

hopefulgrad,

This thread in the Specific Exam Feedback section will provide you with all kinds of information that will help you prepare for the exam:

[http://www.instantcertonline.com/for...tice-dsst.html

You have to be logged in to access it, and you'll find feedback on ALL of the exams that InstantCert covers.

Good luck!
JoAnne

If you have gone through twice and took notes you should be plenty prepared. Oh btw.. you should pry look through law enf. flashcards as well becausea lot overlaps. I took the tests the same day, and went through each set of flashcards once, took some notes, and used a lot of common sense.

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AS Aircraft Armament Systems Technology (CCAF)
BS Criminal Justice (American Military University)

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MA Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Security Mgt (AMU) .. not sure which one yet

CCAF Credits = 28 credits
FEMA = 20 credits

CLEP/DSST:
Principles of Supervision 1/18
Intro to LE 1/23
Criminal Justice 1/23
Intro to Sociology 1/30
Principles of Management 2/1
Intro to Computing 2/1
A& I Lit 2/22
Intro to World Religions 2/22

Total w/o FEMA = 52

I just took it last week. InstaCert cards are on the money for this test. Make sure you know all of the court decisions in the cards because they are ALL on the test, and it's not possible to narrow your choices... ie: they had these answers for like 5 straight questions:
A) Mapp vs. Ohio
B) Gideon vs. Wainwright
C) Powell vs. Alabama
D) Some other case but I'm drawing a blank
If you don't know the cases perfectly, you will likely get a bunch of questions wrong.
Tons of questions on juvenile deliquency, but again - nothing that IC cards won't prepare you for.
If you go to the 'exam specific' section, I recall a few people posted some exact questions (and their answer choices) of which ALL were on the actual exam that I took.

Best of luck!

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PASSED:
CLEP-Information Systems & Computer Applications: Scored 62; Nov 07
CLEP-Analyzing & Interpreting Literature: Scored 57; Feb 08
DANTES-Criminal Justice: Scored 54; Jan 08
DANTES-Fundamentals of College Algebra: Scored 47 (and 47 is the req'd pass score! ); Jan 08
DANTES-Drug & Alcohol Abuse: Scored 57; Feb 08
DANTES-Ethics in America: Scored 55; Feb 08
DANTES-Organizational Behavior: Score 54; Mar 08
DANTES-Technical Writing: Score 58; Mar 08

FELL SHORT OF A PASSING SCORE (I'll never say the 'F' word):
ECE-Organizational Behavior: Score D (but passed DANTES version 2 hours later! )