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Hello all!
I'm studying for the Tech Writing test and was wondering if there are any free practice tests out there. I studied "Technical Writing 101" by Alan S. Pringle and have the DSST factsheet, but I don't want to base my readiness on a 12 question test. I didn't see any helps on IC.
If you have taken the test, do you know where I can test my knowledge and what materials did you use to study?
Thanks!
-Jess
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Not free, but you can take a $5.00 practice test at this site:
Prometric Online Testing - Error
Note that if you already have a 'real' account with DSST from taking other DSST tests, you'll have to create a new, different account and select 'DSST Practice Test' for the type of test you want to take. A limited number of DSST Practice tests are available on that site, and Tech Writing is one of them.
Since I already had a lot of work experience with Tech Writing, I didn't really study at all, just took the practice test the day before. I found the practice test to be very similar to the real one, so felt it was worth the $5 for the piece of mind it gave me before taking the real test.
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Your library should have it. Skim over the topics and study anything you are not familiar with. Know the different parts of a proposal, about abstracts, summaries, things like that. I thought grammer was a large part of the exam too, correcting sentences, rearranging, that sort of thing.
Good Luck
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This test was pretty easy. I checked out a Technical Writing book for a few days from the library. Worked great! A much easier test than English Comp in my opinion.
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