Greetings all, I find it hard to believe that it has been four months since I last posted here, but I checked and my last post was in November of 2007.

I sat for the DANTES Here’s To Your Health on February 18, 2008 and took the written, fill in the bubble exam. Oh how I loath thee, you tiny little bubble exam!!!

Anyway, I am glad to report that I passed with a scaled score of 60, with 48 being the minimum passing score. I am also very happy to report that the Instacert flash cards was all I used to study for this exam and the material was enough to help me feel confident through the whole exam.

It was 101 questions and I finished in about 45 minutes. Some things I remember:

Know that melanoma is skin cancer and the definition of benign.
and malignant.
Know that the most important hormones for women are estrogens and progestin.
Know what nicotine does to blood platelets.
Know what carbon monoxide is and why it is dangerous.
Know the difference between viruses and bacteria.
Know what blood cells AIDS affects.
Know the most common STD and which are not curable but treatable.
Know specifically about Herpes.
Know that Chlamydia is the most common STD.
Know the definition/meaning of isometric, restrictive & isokinetic exercises.
Know he the difference between anaerobic and aerobic energy.
Know which exercise is the most popular, and the one that is for rehabilitation.
Know the meaning of socialization.
Know what gender identity is.
Know the highest level of Maslow’s human needs.
Know that repression is the most basic of all defense mechanisms.
Know the definition of the positive use of stress.
Know what endorphins do to you.
Know what placenta is.
Know the true definition of birth control.
Know the definition of androgyny.
Know the stages of dying and who Kubler-Ross is.
Know what type of drug alcohol is classified as.
Know what a pathogen is.
Know the difference between LDL and HDL cholesterol.


These are just some of the questions that I remember from the exam. I jotted down these notes in my car right after I took the exam because I knew I would not remember these by the time I posted this.

Please remember and be cautious that you could get a different exam than I did, so it is imperative that you study all of the material and know at least 90% of the answers on the flash cards before you attempt this exam. Many of the questions are common sense, but many were also over my head and not in the Instacert material.

As I took the exam I put marks on a scratch piece of paper that I had written the words, know, maybe, and guess. These were to help me keep count of the number of questions I felt confident about and also gave me an idea of what my score would be.

At the end of the exam I had marked 47 questions as “know”, 27 questions as “maybe” and 27 questions as “guess” As you can see there were a lot of guesses and maybes, but I still passed with a 60, so instacert was a great help for this exam.

So there you have it, my two cents about this exam. I hope this helps. I am now off to tackle Statistics and Intro to Business Law

Good luck to you all, Jay


CLEPS

American Government 62
U.S. History I 58
U.S. History II 64
Intro Psychology 56
Humanities 51
Info Systems & Com App 60
Intro Sociology 73
Principles of Marketing 69
Principles of Management 71
Intro. Educational Psychology 58
Human Growth & Development 62


DANTES

World Religions 68
Here’s to Your Health 60

CONGRATS JAY!! After a long break like that, it's great to get back into the swing with a passed exam! Great job!

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You can't fail if you never give up
- Some ridiculous Zach Braff movie, but what a cool quote!!

I'm the king of procrastination. I first submitted my app to TESC in 1993. THIS will be the year of my degree completion!

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! )

Way to go...Stats lloks harder than it is...IC will help a ton for that test

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Excelsior BS - General Business - 2008
Enrolled at Jacksonville State University - MBA - complete in 2010 (60% complete)

121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!

54 credits transfered in from prior college
54 credits by examination
6 credits from community college
3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior

CLEP:
Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
Principles of Microeconomics (61)
Principles of Marketing (66)
Principles of Management (72)
Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
Introductory Business Law (65)
Social Sciences & History (61)
DSST:
Principles of Supervision (58)
Principles of Statistics (67)
Introduction to Computing (60)
Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
Principles of Finance (55)
Money and Banking (52)
Ethics in America (66)
Management Information Systems (58)
ECE:
Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
Organizational Behavior (C)

GMAT: 600

Way to go and THANK YOU for posting what you remember. It will definitely help out others.

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The best things in life aren't things.
~Brandon