Money and Banking DANTES/DSST Test

DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support) / DSST (Dantes Subject Standardized Test)

There are 204 multiple-choice practice questions and detailed explanations contained in the Practice Tests and Study Guides below.

The ACE (American Council on Education) recommends 3 upper or lower level college credits for this exam.

Studying, and passing, the practice tests below will allow you to confidently take and pass your Money and Banking DSST / Dantes test. The overall key concepts, and specific individual points, that will allow you to pass your test are within the practice questions and detailed explanations.

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DSST Practice Test and Study Guides - Begin your studies here # of questions
Central Banking and the Federal Reserve System 43
Commercial Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries 1 46
Commercial Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries 2 19
International Monetary System 34
Monetary Policy in the United States 36
Money and Macroeconomic Activity 14
Roles and Kinds of Money 14


Course Information and Overview
This DSST Test consists of material typically taught in an introductory-level college course. The actual DSST Test is 90 questions and allows 120 minutes to complete.

According to Prometric this Money and Banking Dantes/DSST Test consists of questions from the following subject areas:

  • The Role and Kinds of Money (5%)
    Money and its alternative definitions
    Money and assets
  •  Commercial Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries (31%)
    Bank deposit deregulation
    Banking industry structures
    Management and operation of financial markets and intermediaries
    Deposit insurance
    International banking
  • Central Banking and the Federal Reserve System (18%)
    Organization and structure
    FED historical framework
    Monetary management (Current)
  • Money and Macroeconomic Policy (21%)
    Basic classical
    Keynesian economics
    Rational expectations and monetarism
    Inflation and money
  • Monetary Policy in the United States (18%)
    Monetary policy (Conducting)
    Targeting of interest rates vs. monetary aggregates
    Policy effectiveness
    Monetary policy vs. fiscal policy
  • The International Monetary System (7%)
    International monetary institutions and debt crisis
    International exchange rates and payments
    Monetary policy in conjunction with flexible exchange rates

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