Labor Relations ECE Exam for upper level credit

[snazzlefrag]

Hello all,
I just finished the test in Labor relations so I wanted to let you know what I found. Since there is little specific study material, it was difficult to decide what to concentrate on. The following topics seemed to weigh heavily on the version I took...

"Good faith" bargaining
The role of the National Labor Relations Board in dispute resolution.
The difference and actions of Wagner act and all the amending acts.
Differences between a private and a public sector union and the difference in rules governing them.
Mediation vs Arbitration
Rules of arbitration
The "chain of command" for dispute settlement within the union
Rules for attempting to organize a union and the employers rights when it comes to opposing a union.

As far as preparing for the test....I used the ECE study guide from the Excelsior site and pulled up the major outline subjects on Wikipedia.I also looked at the sections and questions on Labor relation and employment law on Principals of management and Human resources on InstantCert. For an upper level test...it really was not as bad as I expected. I passed the test with an A.

tampa,

Thanks for posting this info.

I find it interesting that you were able to get an 'A' on this exam using just Wikipedia and parts of Instantcert. I feel very encouraged, and not quite so nervous about Excelsior exams after reading your feedback.

How would you say the wording of the questions is in comparison to DANTES/CLEP? Are there trick questions? Or are the questions relatively straighforward as long as you have studied for the exam?

I know that the ECEs have a lot more questions (160?) on them than the DANTES/CLEPS, but would you say that the ECEs are harder, the same, or easier than the other exams you have taken?

Thanks in advance,
Snazzlefrag