clep credit help fast plssss

[wyndnfire]

hello all, am new to this but i have been reading for a little over a week....i have been out of school for a little over 10 years and only earned 18 credits. at this point i need a total of 39 credits for my career goal i have in mind and i need the rest of my credits fast, which brings me to taking some clep tests...but am not sure how this works exactly.....can i actually add clep credits earned with my 18 credits earned years ago? do i have to be enrolled in school now to earn clep credits? how does clep provide the credits? does it look like a transcript and show credits earned? these questions are probably silly to some here and will probably come up with even more silly questions but really, i need to know this wont be a waste of time and money.