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Personal Finance

(232 customer submitted test results)

Category: DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST)
Number of Questions: 291

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Study Format: Fill-in-the-blank flashcards
ACE Recommended Exam Value: 3 lower-level credit hours

Course Overview

The Personal Finance DSST exam covers the material that would typically be taught in an undergraduate course on personal finance or basic financial planning. InstantCert's course for this subject is a quick introduction to the fundamentals of managing and investing your money, paying taxes, and protecting your wealth.

Topics Covered in This Course

Foundations

Credit and Debt

Consumer credit
Bankruptcy

Major Purchases

Auto
Housing

Taxes

Payroll deductions
Income
Tax planning/estimating

Insurance

Life policies
Property and liability policies
Health, disability, and long-term care policies

Investments

Saving accounts and money markets
Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds

Retirement and Estate Planning

Funding retirement
Social Security
Estate planning

Customer Test Results for the Personal Finance DSST

232 users submitted test results since January, 2009
227 of those users reported a passing score (98%)

The following are a sample of the test results submitted by members who’ve taken the Personal Finance DSST exam after using InstantCert’s study program. These are unfiltered, unedited results and this list is automatically updated to show the ten most recent results:

February 1, 2012	User passed	with a score of	403 out of 500
January 31, 2012	User passed	with a score of	467 out of 500
January 5, 2012	User passed	with a score of	442 out of 500
January 4, 2012	User passed	with a score of	406 out of 500
January 1, 2012	User passed	with a score of	422 out of 500
December 14, 2011	User failed	with a score of	385 out of 500
December 12, 2011	User passed	with a score of	433 out of 500
December 7, 2011	User passed	with a score of	412 out of 500
November 29, 2011	User passed	with a score of	403 out of 500
November 26, 2011	User passed	with a score of	415 out of 500

Free Sample Questions For The Personal Finance Dantes

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Related Exams with Overlapping Subject Matter

The Personal Finance DSST exam does not have a lot of overlap with any of the other CLEP or DSST exams.