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The Excelsior exam measures knowledge, comprehension, application, and analysis of material typically taught in a one-semester upper-level undergraduate course. The DSST exam is usually used to attain lower-level undergraduate credits. Both exams consists of four-option multiple-choice questions which test for the following:
- Knowledge of facts and terminology
- Understanding of basic concepts
- Ability to apply this knowledge and understanding to typical business situations
Topics covered in this course are:
- Organizational Behavior Overview
- The field of organizational behavior
- The study of organizational behavior
- The field of organizational behavior
- Individual Processes and Characteristics
- Perpetual processes
- Personality
- Attitudes
- Learning processes
- Motivation
- Perpetual processes
- Interpersonal and Group Processes and Characteristics
- Group dynamics
- Group behavior and conflict
- Leadership
- Power and politics
- Communication processes
- Group dynamics
- Organizational Processes and Characteristics
- Organizational decision-making
- Organization structure
- Organization design
- Organizational decision-making
- Change and Development Process
- Basic processes and concepts of change
- Applications and techniques of change and development
- Basic processes and concepts of change
(Taken from “Organizational Behavior,” DSST (Dantes Subject Standardized Tests), Thomson Prometric, www.GetCollegeCredit.com and from “Excelsior College Examination Content Guide for Organizational Behavior,” Excelsior College Examinations, www.excelsior.edu.)