Business Mathematics — Information & Free Practice
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Business Mathematics
- Provider
- Prometric
- Format
- Multiple choice: one correct answer and three incorrect options; remote ProProctor, Prometric test-center or institution-arranged NTC delivery subject to registration requirements.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 100.
- Time limit
- 2 hours
- Passing score
- 400 is the ACE-recommended minimum score; institutions determine their credit-awarding policy.
- Exam fee
- $100 examination fee; additional test-site administrative charges may apply. Military funding eligibility is separate from general eligibility.
Examination outline
Number Sense (5%)
- Percentages, Fractions, and Decimals
Algebraic Concepts (16%)
- Linear equations and inequalities
- Simultaneous linear equations
- Quadratic equations and functions
- Graphing equations and evaluating functions
Statistics (14%)
- Central tendency
- Expected value
- Weighted averages
- Dispersion
- Probability distributions
Business Applications (49%)
- Index numbers
- Interest
- Depreciation / salvage value
- Discounts and credit terms
- Installment purchases, promissory notes and other loans
- Markup/markdown
- Taxes
- Cost calculations
- Breakeven analysis
- Financial ratio calculation and analysis
- Interpretation of graphical representations
- Extrapolation and Interpolation
- Currency Conversions
- Investment performance measures
- Inventory valuation
Financial Mathematics (16%)
- Annuities and present value
- Amortization and future value
- Annual percentage rate
- Effective annual rate
Examination sources
- Business Mathematics current examination page
Exam Information, Download Fact Sheet hyperlink to http://getcollegecredit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSST_BusinessMathematics.pdf
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 1, Exam Content Outline, adoption and allocation statement
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 1, Exam Content Outline, sections I through IV.a
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 2, Exam Content Outline, IV.b through IV.o continuation
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 2, Exam Content Outline, section V
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 2, References, selection guidance
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 2, Sample Questions, introductory sentence
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 1, Exam Information, question count and duration
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 1, Credit Recommendations, minimum score
- Business Mathematics fact sheet
page 1, Exam Information, permitted calculator and financial reference tables
- About DSST
Story, availability to students
- College Student (DSST), Prometric
DSST Registration Instructions, civilian remote registration
- College Student (DSST), Prometric
DSST Registration Instructions, test-center registration
- College Student (DSST), Prometric
DSST Registration Instructions, ProProctor conditions
- College Student (DSST), Prometric
Payment
- College Student (DSST), Prometric
Identification Requirements
- College Student (DSST), Prometric
Score Reports/Transcripts
- College Student (DSST), Prometric
Retest Policy
- College Student (DSST), Prometric
Reschedule/Cancel Policy
- Business Mathematics current examination page
FAQ, cost of taking a DSST exam
- Business Mathematics current examination page
FAQ, locating a testing center
- Business Mathematics current examination page
FAQ, military retest funding
- ProProctor User Guide
page 6, The Essentials, version-specific requirements
- ProProctor User Guide
page 7, Environmental Requirements, left column