I bought this in preparation for the Precalc and Composition exams. This helped immensely by showing the exact types of questions that would be on the exams. There's also an introduction section for each exam listing the specific subjects that are covered. I was rusty in a few areas, so I just researched these subjects online, and I got all the knowledge I needed to properly answer the questions. When the exams came around, I passed with flying colors. -- Some people say they're disappointed this book doesn't have study material needed to answer questions on the exams, but that's misguided thinking. Since the exams test on so many fields of knowledge, the book would need to be thousands of pages long to teach everything. If you need to know more about a subject, that's what the Internet is for. This book is specifically meant to give you an edge on how the CLEP exams are laid out, and it does so perfectly. If you're taking a couple of these exams, you owe it to yourself to get this book.Read full review
This is a must-have for anyone interested in taking CLEP exams. It has a practice test for every CLEP test. While not a source for information, it is crucial to help you identify what areas you need to work on, and also useful in preparing for the actual CLEP. (I'd suggest books by COMEX or REA for studying the actual subjects.) Study with other books first, and the day before you take your test, take the test in this book. If you get a low score, you'll know to postpone your test, but if not, you know that you're good to go! :-D It has the most accurate practice tests of any CLEP test practice source.
You definitely need a text book to go along with any of the subjects you wish to test. You will not pass anything with this book, alone. It doesn't even tell you which areas to prepare for. You could spend all of your time studying one concentration, and be so far from what actually needs to be studied in order to pass. Much better to pay for each individual "study guide" of questions for $10 a piece if you are only looking to CLEP one or two subjects....and borrow/purchase a used college text book as well.
I bought this book to start studying for an exam. I love the study tests within the book. The title is misleading. I thought that there would be material to read and then take the test but I was wrong. It is very the tests and the subjects included in the tests with the percents of how often they will appear.
I am very pleased with the book it allowed me to see what tests that I could possibly take as well as prepare myself for them
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