CLEP Exams
What Do CLEP Exams Cover?
CLEP offers 33 exams in five subject areas, covering material taught in courses that you may generally take in your first two years of college. Most CLEP exams are designed to correspond to one-semester courses, although some correspond to full-year or two-year courses.
Exams are approximately 90 minutes long, with the exception of College Composition, which is 120 minutes. Exams contain mainly multiple-choice questions. College Composition and a few other exams contain other types of questions and essays.
American Government
The American Government examination covers the scope and emphasis of material that is usually taught in a one-semester introductory course in American government and politics at the college level in the United States. These courses go beyond a general understanding of civics to incorporate political processes and behavior. The exam covers topics such as the institutions and policy processes of the federal government, the federal courts and civil liberties, political parties and interest groups, political beliefs and behavior, and the content and history of the Constitution.
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CLEP® American Government Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The American Government exam goes beyond a general understanding of civics to incorporate political processes and behavior.
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CLEP® American Government: At a Glance
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History of the United States I
Early Colonization to 1877
The History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877 examination covers material that is usually taught in the first semester of a two-semester course in United States history. The examination covers the period of American history from early European colonization to the end of Reconstruction, with the majority of the questions covering the period of 1790–1877. In the section covering the 17th and 18th centuries, emphasis is placed on the English colonies.
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CLEP® History of the United States I Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The History of the United States I exam covers U.S. history from early European colonization to the end of Reconstruction.
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CLEP® History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877: At a Glance
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History of the United States II
1865 to the Present
The History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present examination covers material that is usually taught in the second semester of what is usually a two-semester course in United States history. The examination covers the period of American history from the end of the Civil War to the present, with the majority of the questions covering the 20th century.
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CLEP® History of the United States II Examination Guide
The History of the United States II exam covers U.S. history from the end of the Civil War to the present.
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CLEP® History of the United States II: 1865 to the Present: At a Glance
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Human Growth and Development
The Human Growth and Development exam (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and aging) covers material that is generally taught in a one-semester introductory course in developmental psychology or human development. An understanding of the major theories and research related to the broad categories of physical development, cognitive development and social development is required, as is the ability to apply this knowledge.
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CLEP® Human Growth and Development Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Human Growth and Development exam covers theories and research related to physical, cognitive, and social development.
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CLEP® Human Growth and Development: At a Glance
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Introduction to Educational Psychology
The Introduction to Educational Psychology examination covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester undergraduate course in this subject. Emphasis is placed on principles of learning and cognition, teaching methods and classroom management, child growth and development, and evaluation and assessment of learning.
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CLEP® Introduction to Educational Psychology Examination Guide
The Intro to Educational Psychology exam covers cognition, teaching methods, child development, and learning assessment.
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CLEP® Introduction to Educational Psychology: At a Glance
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Introductory Psychology
The Introductory Psychology examination covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester undergraduate introductory course in psychology. It stresses basic facts, concepts and generally accepted principles in history, approaches and methods of psychology; biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception; states of consciousness; learning; cognition; motivation and emotion; personality; psychological disorders and treatment; social psychology; and statistics, tests and measurements.
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CLEP® Introductory Psychology Examination Guide
The Introductory Psychology exam stresses the basic facts, concepts, and generally accepted principles of psychology.
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CLEP® Introductory Psychology: At a Glance
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Introductory Sociology
The Introductory Sociology examination is designed to assess an individual's knowledge of the material typically presented in a one-semester introductory-level sociology course at most colleges and universities. The examination emphasizes basic facts and concepts as well as general theoretical approaches used by sociologists on the topics of institutions, social patterns, social processes, social stratifications and the sociological perspective. Highly-specialized knowledge of the subject and the methodology of the discipline is not required or measured by the test content.
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CLEP® Introductory Sociology Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Introductory Sociology exam assesses knowledge of the material presented in a one-semester introductory sociology course.
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CLEP® Introductory Sociology: At a Glance
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Principles of Macroeconomics
The Principles of Macroeconomics examination covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester undergraduate course in this subject, including principles of economics that apply to an economy as a whole, particularly the general price level, output and income, and interrelations among sectors of the economy. The test places particular emphasis on the determinants of aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and on monetary and fiscal policy tools that can be used to achieve particular policy objectives. Within this context, you're expected to understand measurement concepts such as gross domestic product, consumption, investment, unemployment, inflation, inflationary gap and recessionary gap. You're also expected to demonstrate knowledge of the institutional structure of the Federal Reserve Bank and the monetary policy tools it uses to stabilize economic fluctuations and promote long-term economic growth, as well as the tools of fiscal policy and their impacts on income, employment, price level, deficits, and interest rates. Basic understanding of foreign exchange markets, balance of payments, effects of currency, and appreciation and depreciation on a country's imports and exports are also expected.
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CLEP® Principles of Macroeconomics Examination Guide
The Principles of Macroeconomics exam covers aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and monetary and fiscal policy tools.
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CLEP® Principles of Macroeconomics: At a Glance
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Principles of Microeconomics
The Principles of Microeconomics examination covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester undergraduate course in introductory microeconomics, including economic principles that apply to the behavioral analysis of individual consumers and businesses. You will be required to apply analytical techniques to hypothetical as well as real-world situations and to analyze and evaluate economic decisions. You're expected to demonstrate an understanding of how free markets work and allocate resources efficiently, how individual consumers make economic decisions to maximize utility, and how individual firms make decisions to maximize profits. You must be able to identify the characteristics of the different market structures and analyze the behavior of firms in terms of price and output decisions. You should also be able to evaluate the outcome in each market structure with respect to economic efficiency, identify cases in which private markets fail to allocate resources efficiently, and explain how government intervention fixes or fails to fix the resource allocation problem. It is also important to understand the determination of wages and other input prices in factor markets, and be able to analyze and evaluate the distribution of income.
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CLEP® Principles of Microeconomics Examination Guide
The Principles of Microeconomics exam covers economic principles applying to individual consumers and businesses.
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CLEP® Principles of Microeconomics: At a Glance
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Social Sciences and History
The Social Sciences and History examination covers a wide range of topics from the social sciences and history disciplines. While the exam is based on no specific course, its content is drawn from introductory college courses that cover United States history, Western civilization, world history, government and political science, geography, sociology, economics, psychology and anthropology. The primary objective of the exam is to give you the opportunity to demonstrate that you possess the level of knowledge and understanding expected of college students who meet a distribution or general education requirement in the social sciences and history areas.
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CLEP® Social Sciences and History Examination Guide
The Social Sciences and History exam covers a wide range of topics from the social sciences and history disciplines.
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CLEP® Social Sciences and History: At a Glance
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Western Civilization I
Ancient Near East to 1648
The Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 examination covers material that is usually taught in the first semester of a two-semester course in Western Civilization. Questions deal with the civilizations of Ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East; the Middle Ages; the Renaissance and Reformation; and early modern Europe. You may be asked to choose the correct definition of a historical term, select the historical figure whose political viewpoint is described, identify the correct relationship between two historical factors, or detect the inaccurate pairing of an individual with a historical event. Groups of questions may require you to interpret, evaluate or relate the contents of a passage, a map or a picture to other information, or to analyze and utilize the data contained in a graph or table.
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CLEP® Western Civilization I Examination Guide
The Western Civ I exam deals with Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Near East; the Middle Ages; Renaissance and Reformation.
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CLEP® Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648: At a Glance
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Western Civilization II
1648 to the Present
The Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 examination covers material that is usually taught in the first semester of a two-semester course in Western Civilization. Questions deal with the civilizations of Ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East; the Middle Ages; the Renaissance and Reformation; and early modern Europe. You may be asked to choose the correct definition of a historical term, select the historical figure whose political viewpoint is described, identify the correct relationship between two historical factors, or detect the inaccurate pairing of an individual with a historical event. Groups of questions may require you to interpret, evaluate or relate the contents of a passage, a map or a picture to other information, or to analyze and utilize the data contained in a graph or table.
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CLEP® Western Civilization II Examination Guide
The Western Civ II exam covers European history from the mid-seventeenth century through the post-Second World War period.
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CLEP® Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present: At a Glance
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American Literature
The American Literature examination covers material that is usually taught in a two-semester survey course (or the equivalent) at the college level. It deals with the prose and poetry written in the United States from colonial times to the present. It is primarily a test of knowledge about literary works — their content, background and authors — but also requires an ability to interpret poetry, fiction and nonfiction prose, as well as a familiarity with the terminology used by literary critics and historians. The examination emphasizes fiction and poetry and deals to a lesser degree with the essay, drama and autobiography.
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CLEP® American Literature Examination Guide
The American Literature exam deals with the prose and poetry written in the United States from colonial times to the present.
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CLEP® American Literature: At a Glance
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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
The Analyzing and Interpreting Literature examination covers material usually taught in a general two-semester undergraduate course in literature. Although the examination does not require familiarity with specific works, it does assume that you have read widely and perceptively in poetry, drama, fiction and nonfiction. The questions are based on passages supplied in the test. These passages have been selected so that no previous experience with them is required to answer the questions. The passages are taken primarily from American and British literature.
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CLEP® Analyzing and Interpreting Literature Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Analyzing and Interpreting Literature exam includes questions on passages taken from American and British literature.
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CLEP® Analyzing & Interpreting Literature: At a Glance
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College Composition
College Composition contains multiple-choice items and two mandatory, centrally-scored essays. The exam measures your awareness of a variety of logical, structural and grammatical relationships within sentences; revision skills in the context of works in progress; and your ability to use authentic materials and perform rhetorical analysis. In addition to the multiple-choice section, College Composition includes a mandatory essay section that tests skills of argumentation, analysis and synthesis.
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CLEP® College Composition Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The College Composition exam covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester college course in composition.
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CLEP College Composition: At a Glance
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College Composition Modular
College Composition Modular measures your knowledge of the fundamental principles of rhetoric and composition and your ability to apply the principles of standard written English. In addition, the exam requires familiarity with research and reference skills. In one of the two essays (the optional essay module produced by the College Board for College Composition Modular), you must develop a position by building an argument in which you synthesize information from two provided sources, which you must cite. The requirement that you cite the sources you use reflects the recognition of source attribution as an essential skill in college writing courses.
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CLEP® College Composition Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The College Composition exam covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester college course in composition.
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CLEP College Composition Modular: At a Glance
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English Literature
The English Literature examination covers material usually taught in a two-semester course (or the equivalent) at the college level. The test is primarily concerned with major authors and literary works, but it also includes questions on some minor writers. You are expected to be acquainted with common literary terms such as metaphor and personification, and basic literary forms such as the sonnet and the ballad.
In both coverage and approach, the examination resembles the historically organized survey of English literature offered by many colleges. It assumes that you’ve read widely and developed an appreciation of English literature, know the basic literary periods, and have a sense of its historical development.
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CLEP® English Literature Examination Guide
The English Literature exam is primarily concerned with major British authors and literary works.
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CLEP® English Literature: At a Glance
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Humanities
The Humanities examination tests general knowledge of literature, art, music and the other performing arts. It is broad in its coverage, with questions on all periods from classical to contemporary, and in many different fields: poetry, prose, philosophy, art, architecture, music, dance, theater and film. The examination requires you to demonstrate your understanding of the humanities through recollection of specific information, comprehension and application of concepts, and analysis and interpretation of various works of art.
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CLEP® Humanities Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Humanities exam tests general knowledge of classical to contemporary literature, art, music, and other performing arts.
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CLEP® Humanities: At a Glance
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Biology
The Biology examination covers material that is usually taught in a one-year college general biology course. The subject matter tested covers the broad field of the biological sciences, organized into three major areas: molecular and cellular biology, organismal biology and population biology.
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CLEP® Biology Examination Guide
The Biology exam covers molecular and cellular biology, organismal biology, and population biology.
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CLEP® Biology: At a Glance
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Calculus
The Calculus examination covers skills and concepts that are usually taught in a one-semester college course in calculus. The content of each examination is approximately 60% limits and differential calculus and 40% integral calculus. Algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic and general functions are included. The exam is primarily concerned with an intuitive understanding of calculus and experience with its methods and applications. Knowledge of preparatory mathematics is assumed, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry and analytic geometry.
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CLEP® Calculus Examation Guide
The Calculus exam is approximately 60% limits and differential calculus and 40% integral calculus.
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CLEP® Calculus: At a Glance
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Chemistry
The Chemistry examination covers material that is usually taught in a one-year college course in general chemistry. Understanding of the structure and states of matter, reaction types, equations and stoichiometry, equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics, and descriptive and experimental chemistry is required, as is the ability to interpret and apply this material to new and unfamiliar problems. During this examination, an online scientific calculator function and a periodic table are available as part of the testing software.
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CLEP® Chemistry Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Chemistry exam covers material that is usually taught in a one-year general chemistry course.
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CLEP® Chemistry: At a Glance
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College Algebra
The College Algebra examination covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester college course in algebra. Nearly half of the test is made up of routine problems requiring basic algebraic skills; the remainder involves solving non-routine problems in which you must demonstrate your understanding of concepts. The test includes questions on basic algebraic operations; linear and quadratic equations, inequalities, and graphs; algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions; and miscellaneous other topics.
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CLEP® College Algebra Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The College Algebra exam covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester college course in algebra.
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CLEP® College Algebra: At a Glance
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College Mathematics
The College Mathematics examination covers material generally taught in a college course for non-mathematics majors and majors in fields not requiring knowledge of advanced mathematics. Questions on the College Mathematics examination require you to demonstrate the ability to solve routine, straightforward problems and non-routine problems that require an understanding of concepts and the application of skills and concepts. In addition, you need to demonstrate understanding of topics like: sets, logic, real number systems, functions and graphs, probability and statistics, as well as topics in algebra and geometry.
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CLEP® College Mathematics Examination Guide
The College Mathematics exam covers material generally taught in a college course for nonmathematics majors.
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CLEP® College Mathematics: At a Glance
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Natural Sciences
The Natural Sciences examination covers a wide range of topics frequently taught in introductory courses that survey both biological and physical sciences at the freshman or sophomore level. The primary objective of the exam is to give you the opportunity to demonstrate a level of knowledge and understanding expected of college students meeting a distribution or general education requirement in the natural sciences. The Natural Sciences exam is not intended for those specializing in science; it is intended to test the understanding of scientific concepts that an adult with a liberal arts education should have. It does not stress the retention of factual details; rather, it emphasizes the knowledge and application of the basic principles and concepts of science, the comprehension of scientific information, and the understanding of issues of science in contemporary society.
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CLEP® Natural Sciences Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Natural Sciences exam covers intro-level topics for nonscience majors surveying both biological and physical sciences.
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CLEP® Natural Sciences: At a Glance
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Precalculus
The Precalculus examination assesses the mastery of skills and concepts required for success in a first-semester calculus course. A large portion of the exam tests your understanding of functions and their specific properties: linear, quadratic, absolute value, square root, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric and piecewise-defined functions. Questions on the exam will present these types of functions symbolically, graphically, verbally or in tabular form. A solid understanding of these types of functions is at the core of all precalculus courses, and it is a prerequisite for enrolling in calculus and other college-level mathematics courses.
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CLEP® Precalculus Examination Guide
The Precalculus exam tests students' knowledge of specific properties of many types of functions.
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CLEP® Precalculus: At a Glance
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Financial Accounting
The Financial Accounting examination covers skills and concepts that are generally taught in a first-semester undergraduate financial accounting course. Questions on the exam require you to demonstrate knowledge of accounting concepts and terminology, and ability to use and analyze accounting data and financial reports issued for both internal and external purposes. In addition, you need to demonstrate the ability to apply accounting techniques to simple problem situations involving computations, and understand the rationale for generally-accepted principles and procedures.
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CLEP® Financial Accounting Examination Guide
The Financial Accounting exam focuses on the skills and concepts taught in a introductory financial accounting course.
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CLEP® Financial Accounting: At a Glance
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Information Systems and Computer Applications
The Information Systems and Computer Applications examination covers material that is usually taught in an introductory college-level business information systems course. Questions test knowledge, terminology and basic concepts about information systems as well as the application of that knowledge. The examination does not emphasize the details of hardware design and language-specific programming techniques. References to applications such as word processing or spreadsheets do not require knowledge of a specific product. The focus is on concepts and techniques applicable to a variety of products and environments. Knowledge of arithmetic and mathematics equivalent to that of a student who has successfully completed a traditional first-year high school algebra course is assumed.
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CLEP® Information Systems and Computer Applications Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Info Systems and Computer Applications exam covers material that is usually taught in an intro-level business course.
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CLEP® Information Systems and Computer Applications: At a Glance
This document is designed to be shared with students. It includes an exam description, knowledge and skills required for the exam, listings of suggested textbooks and websites for studying, and sample questions. We encourage you to print this fact sheet and offer it to students during advising sessions, as well as post it on your website.
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Introductory Business Law
The Introductory Business Law examination covers material that is usually taught in an introductory one-semester college course in the subject. The examination places not only major emphasis on understanding the functions of contracts in American business law, but it also includes questions on the history and sources of American law, legal systems and procedures, agency and employment, sales and other topics.
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CLEP® Introductory Business Law Examination Guide
The Introductory Business Law exam covers contracts, the history and sources of American law, and other topics.
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2013 CLEP® Official Study Guide
The only guide with official practice questions for all 33 CLEP® exams, published by the official sponsor of CLEP.
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CLEP® Introductory Business Law: At a Glance
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Principles of Management
The Principles of Management examination covers material that is usually taught in an introductory course in the essentials of management and organization. Questions on the exam require you to demonstrate knowledge of management functions and techniques, and ability to associate the meaning of specific terminology with important management ideas, processes and techniques. You will also be required to apply knowledge, general concepts and principles to specific problems.
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CLEP® Principles of Management Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Principles of Management exam requires knowledge of human resources and operational and functional aspects of management.
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2013 CLEP® Official Study Guide
The only guide with official practice questions for all 33 CLEP® exams, published by the official sponsor of CLEP.
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CLEP® Principles of Management: At a Glance
This document is designed to be shared with students. It includes an exam description, knowledge and skills required for the exam, listings of suggested textbooks and websites for studying, and sample questions. We encourage you to print this fact sheet and offer it to students during advising sessions, as well as post it on your website.
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Principles of Marketing
The Principles of Marketing examination covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester introductory course in marketing. Such a course is usually known as Basic Marketing, Introduction to Marketing, Fundamentals of Marketing, Marketing or Marketing Principles. The exam is concerned with the role of marketing in society and within a firm, understanding consumer and organizational markets, marketing strategy planning, the marketing mix, marketing institutions, and other selected topics, such as international marketing, ethics, marketing research, services and not-for-profit marketing. You're expected to have a basic knowledge of the economic/demographic, social/cultural, political/legal and technological trends that are important to marketing.
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CLEP® Principles of Marketing Examination Guide
The Principles of Marketing exam covers consumer and organizational markets, marketing strategy, and the marketing mix.
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2013 CLEP® Official Study Guide
The only guide with official practice questions for all 33 CLEP® exams, published by the official sponsor of CLEP.
$24.99
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CLEP® Principles of Marketing: At a Glance
This document is designed to be shared with students. It includes an exam description, knowledge and skills required for the exam, listings of suggested textbooks and websites for studying, and sample questions. We encourage you to print this fact sheet and offer it to students during advising sessions, as well as post it on your website.
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French Language
Levels 1 and 2
The French Language examination is designed to measure the ability to understand spoken and written French. This ability needs to be equivalent to that of students who have completed two to four semesters of college French language study. The examination contains approximately 121 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored. There are three separately timed sections. The three sections are weighted so that each question contributes equally to the total score. Any time you spend on tutorials or providing personal information is in addition to the actual testing time.
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CLEP® French Language Examination Guide
The French Language exam measures skills typically acquired through two to four semesters of French language study.
$10.00
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2013 CLEP® Official Study Guide
The only guide with official practice questions for all 33 CLEP® exams, published by the official sponsor of CLEP.
$24.99
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CLEP® French Language: At a Glance
This document is designed to be shared with students. It includes an exam description, knowledge and skills required for the exam, listings of suggested textbooks and websites for studying, and sample questions. We encourage you to print this fact sheet and offer it to students during advising sessions, as well as post it on your website.
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German Language
Levels 1 and 2
The German Language examination is designed to measure the ability to understand spoken and written German. This ability needs to be equivalent to that of students who have completed two to four semesters of college German language study. The examination contains approximately 120 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored. There are three separately timed sections. The three sections are weighted so that each question contributes equally to the total score. Any time you spend on tutorials or providing personal information is in addition to the actual testing time.
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CLEP® German Language Examination Guide
The German Language exam measures skills typically acquired through two to four semesters of German language study.
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2013 CLEP® Official Study Guide
The only guide with official practice questions for all 33 CLEP® exams, published by the official sponsor of CLEP.
$24.99
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CLEP® German Language: At a Glance
This document is designed to be shared with students. It includes an exam description, knowledge and skills required for the exam, listings of suggested textbooks and websites for studying, and sample questions. We encourage you to print this fact sheet and offer it to students during advising sessions, as well as post it on your website.
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Spanish Language
Levels 1 and 2
The Spanish Language examination is designed to measure the ability to understand spoken and written Spanish. This ability needs to be equivalent to that of students who have completed two to four semesters of college Spanish language study. The examination contains approximately 120 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored. There are three separately timed sections. The three sections are weighted so that each question contributes equally to the total score. Any time you spend on tutorials or providing personal information is in addition to the actual testing time.
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CLEP® Spanish Language Examination Guide
[PDF Download] The Spanish Language exam measures skills typically acquired through two to four semesters of Spanish language study.
$10.00
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2013 CLEP® Official Study Guide
The only guide with official practice questions for all 33 CLEP® exams, published by the official sponsor of CLEP.
$24.99
Book
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CLEP® Spanish Language: At a Glance
This document is designed to be shared with students. It includes an exam description, knowledge and skills required for the exam, listings of suggested textbooks and websites for studying, and sample questions. We encourage you to print this fact sheet and offer it to students during advising sessions, as well as post it on your website.
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