Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Exam

ACE ID:

DANT-0039

Organization's ID:

SS303, ST303

Organization:

Prometric Inc, DSST Credit-by-Exam

Location:

Prometric DSST exams are offered at colleges, universities or military bases that are not owned by Prometric.

Length:

2 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Introduction to Geology

Credit is recommended for examinees with scores of 400 or above.

Description

Objective:

This exam was developed to enable schools to award credit to students for knowledge equivalent to that learned by students taking the course. This examination includes core knowledge, surface processes, tectonic earth processes and applications.

The exam contains 100 questions to be answered in 2 hours. Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored.

Skills Measured:

1. Core Knowledge:
Earth materials: minerals and rocks;
Igneous rocks: intrusive, extrusive;
Sedimentary rocks: characteristics, interpretation; Metamorphic rocks;
Rock cycle; Geologic time: planetary geology, relative time, absolute time, field relations.

2. Surface Processes:
Weathering and soil; Mass wasting
Streams and floods; Groundwater and karst; Glaciers and glaciation
Oceanic and coastal systems; Deserts and wind; Hydrologic cycle
Climate Change

3. Tectonic Earth Processes:
Plate tectonics: geomagnetics, plate boundaries, plate movements;
Structural geology: folding, faulting, mountain building; Volcanoes and volcanic hazards; Geophysics: earthquakes and seismology, interior of the earth, gravity and isostasy

4. Applications :
Mineral and energy resources; Environmental geology

Instruction & Assessment