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Personal Finance

(121 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

121 users submitted test results since January, 2009
118 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:

August 31, 2010	User passed	with a score of	463 out of 500
August 28, 2010	User passed	with a score of	430 out of 500
August 28, 2010	User passed	with a score of	433 out of 500
August 21, 2010	User passed	with a score of	467 out of 500
August 21, 2010	User passed	with a score of	446 out of 500
August 20, 2010	User passed	with a score of	406 out of 500
August 13, 2010	User passed	with a score of	419 out of 500
August 13, 2010	User passed	with a score of	458 out of 500
August 7, 2010	User passed	with a score of	460 out of 500
August 6, 2010	User passed	with a score of	460 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.