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passed Principles of Marketing! - SoliDeoGloria - 03-17-2013
I passed Principles of Marketing with a 72 on Friday! I was actually quite nervous about taking this test. Because I had heard it was pretty easy, I didn't push too hard with studying. I spent an hour or two over the course of about 5 days reading through the REA Principles of Marketing book, writing down the definitions to help me remember them. The day before the test I took the first REA Practice Test, and only scored 68%, getting a number of questions that I hadn't heard of those terms before! Not only that, the score calculator on the CD-ROM said that 68% = a 50. Then I got really nervous and started frantically looking over the IC flashcards trying to figure out what I had missed. I finally took the OCSG test and scored 81%. I was very surprised to receive a score on the actual test of 72! I am so thankful to the Lord for guiding me through this one!
There were more international-related questions than was covered in the REA book. And a lot of this exam was common sense...there were a lot of questions that I just went through and eliminated all the answers I knew couldn't be right. I'm also curious if anyone knows why the CD-Rom would score my test as a 50, with 68%, but in the book itself, it says 68% translates to a 60? Very glad to be done, but it was an interesting subject. To future test-takers, I would recommend, to feel more comfortable, using a combination of REA and IC. But if you understand the concepts, obviously REA can be your main study source
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passed Principles of Marketing! - seanmathews - 03-17-2013
Way to go!
I really enjoyed these series of business tests when i took em.
passed Principles of Marketing! - walternc3 - 03-18-2013
This was one of the easier ones for me too. Nice score!
passed Principles of Marketing! - HorseManiac - 03-18-2013
Congrats on your awesome score! I'm taking this one on Wednesday so I appreciate your feedback!
