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ECE Microbiology?

I have the giant binder for Microbiology and I am reading thru it. I also have Micro Demystified to supplement. How does the end of unit questions in the binder correlate with the actual exam. Meaning would useful to study the end of chapter questions? Also, exam guide is very general. For example: Blood Born Bacteria is a heading and Plague is listed under it: Do I need to know that the Black Plague is blood born, gram negative and whatever shape or just know the Black Plague is blood borne and Pneumonic Plague is spread by respiratory aerosol. Same thing with others listed like Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: is it more about shapes and specific bacterium names or more general like rash on the hands and feet and spread by ticks. Any advice?

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    Have you downloaded the content guide that corresponds to the micro exam? This will tell you exactly what you need to know. In addition, I would buckle down and spend the extra $65 for the Excelsior practice exam in microbiology since only the questions found on the practice exam will resemble the real questions.

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    I got the book Microbiology, the Easy Way. It broke down the material so anyone could understand it. This book made it possible for me to get the info right, I got a B on the test. I also reviewed with Chancellors study guide.

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    Yeah I have the study guide, that is what I was referring to. It states the minimum but it doesn't really say what the minimum info is about the topic, like I listed above. I'm going to get the practice tests but I want to try and get a better grasp on things as I have been told you can't print the practice tests. You can take them more than once though correct?

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    Yeah I have the study guide, that is what I was referring to. It states the minimum but it doesn't really say what the minimum info is about the topic, like I listed above. I'm going to get the practice tests but I want to try and get a better grasp on things as I have been told you can't print the practice tests. You can take them more than once though correct?
    You can take the practice test twice. I would take the first practice test in the beginning, then take the second practice test after you have done all your studying.
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    I'm working on Micro right now too and it sucks! =( I thought A&P was bad...sigh...boy was i WRONG...i got a 38 on practice exam A and a 50 on practice exam B and i'm through all the reading'/studying already...YIKES...gonna try to cram a little more, but i'm scheduled to take this exam on WED!

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    I got a 40 on the first practice exam.....its alot of material to cover.

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    yeah i just checked pearsonvue and they had an opening on the 11th i'[m gonna take so i rescheduled! That gives me this week to go back through all my notes again and re-read the sections i reallyl didnt understand =)

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    sca-ary! I'm saving micro for the end. ::shudders:: Chrono tomorrow!

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    Do yourself a favor and focus on the smaller percentage areas, and know those well, the larger ones study but don't bang your head against the wall. I just couldn't focus. I had Micro Demystified, Study Group 101, the Totora text, and the Vango notes, and I didn't go over much more than the first content area like 5% of the exam (can you tell I was sick of it). I took both practice exams, and scored in the 40s on them. Form B was the night before my exam. But I looked on the EPN and saw that someone recomened what I said above, apparently she did this for A&P and Micro, and sure enough I got a B.

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    How long did you guys take to prepare for your Micro exam? I am really thinking about getting it over with before the CPNE... I can pick between that and Sociology but I don't think I can do both. I was hoping 2-3 weeks would be enough?

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    I just rescheduled my micro exam from tomorrow till next wendesday.

    Good luck to everyone

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