DSST Organizational Behavior

Hey y'all-

In an effort to finish my B.S, I frequently visit this site for any advice or tips. So, in the hopes this might help, I would like to give a little feedback about the Org Beh(DSST) test.

I took the test on Sep 18th 2004 and got my results on the 7th of Oct. It cost $60 for the test and $20 for a sitting fee (THIS VARIES). It was about 90 questions long and took me about 2 hours to test. From what felt like divine intervention, I received a 68 on it. As most of us know, you need a 48 to pass.

The materials I used specifically for this test were the DSST Study Guide from Chauncy and instantcert.com. These were both helpful, but to be honest I did not feel very confident due to the lack of depth presented (after all they are just study guides).

My lack of confidence could also have been attributed to poor studying. I only read through the info presented in the study guide and on the website once. While taking the test I had that "I know I read over that" feeling, over quite a few questions. This feeling may have been alleviated with more "run-thrus", and maybe one decent textbook to obtain clarifying information.

Also, being former military, I had taken Navy leadership traing (NAVLEAD); I sincerely believe this, along with the psychology class I had taken, was what helped me to muddle through the test.

Types of questions asked were:

-Info on theories/ theorists

-Motivators, attitudes, values, norms

-Leadership styles

-Organizational structures

-Types of conditioning/learning( classical, operant, observational)

-Group and Individual type dynamics

Hope this helps.


P.S. I took the Ethics in America yesterday. I'll let y'all know what happens.

 

Based on my experience, military people generally do well on this test since organizational behavior concepts are basically pounded into their heads at all levels of PME and reinforced often in the workplace.

The material covered gets to be second nature to most GIs, which is one of the reasons many private sector companies value military experience.