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Summary: Eye Opening Review
Review: I found this review to be quite educational and informative. The interactive format allows you to test your knowledge and re-educate yourself on areas you may be lacking. Particularly helpful are the notes on where to find additional study information.
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Summary: Helped a Bit
Review: I have recently graduated from massage school and am studying for the exam. I found this book a helpful guide, but I also found several mistakes in spelling and to actual answers to the questions. So be aware of that if you decide to use this book!!
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Summary: Outstanding book for Texas Exam
Review: In studying for the state therapist's exam, this book proved to be more realistic for the State of Texas. The manner and wording of the practice tests, and the accompanying diskette were immensely helpful, and quite similar to the actual state test. I would note, however, that if you are seeking national certification, there are better study guides in existence.
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Summary: Incorrect Info
Review: Several of the tests have 5+ mistakes, including the diskette. I found it to be an invaluable review tool nonetheless. You just have to WATCH OUT and not memorize wrong information. I just took and passed the NCBTMB exam yesterday and working with the diskette prepared me well with the sort of questions on the exam. The only difference between the book questions was that too many of the ones with All of the above as an answer had D. All of the above as the answer. On the test itself there were NO questions with all of the above or none of the above as a choice.
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Summary: Appleton & Lange's Quick Review: Therapuetic Massage and Bo
Review: The book is just what I was looking for. However, the downside comes with using the diskette. I am not used to using the computer related items yet and had some difficulties. I "installed" the program a couple of times to use the simulated test. After the third installation, I got a message that it could not be installed more than 3 times per purchase of book. I don't know how to download things into the computer to keep and there was no warning included that anything like this would occur. So, I am a bit miffed that I can't run this diskete with my book anymore.
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Summary: Incorrect Info
Review: The book is really good at getting you use to taking a test. As for the information in the book I have counted 17 plus questions that have incorrect answers .
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Summary: Outstanding book for Texas Exam
Review: This book and study disk was very helpful in studying for the NCBTMB!! The questions were very similar to those I received. I passed the first time. I highly reccomend this to anyone studying to take Nationals. Good luck.
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Summary: VERY dissapointing !
Review: This is a good book for getting yourself into the mind frame of test-taking and for determining subject matter for study. However, the book is riddled with errors -- typos (inexcusable), answers which bear no relation to the question (obviously the questions were changed, but not the answer key), answers which indicate one response is correct letter but for which the answer points to a different response, and just plain incorrect answers. The author bases questions on exerpts from reference materials, but frequently words the question so that the original meaning is garbled (at best) or inaccurate. Many, many questions are of the format which includes a choice of "all of the above" -- the actual certification exam does not include ANY of this type of question. Additionally, many questions focus on obscure terminology (pathologies and anatomy) which only serve to frustrate the reader. The actual certification test includes very few terminology questions, but when included, the questions focus on common terms. The questions in the book on Chinese medicine deal with specific meridian locations and acupressure points, while the actual certification test is more concerned with the role each meridian plays in body fuction and with the five element theory (which the book barely addresses). For anyone weak in Chinese medicine, the book does not do an adequate job of preparing for the exam. Finally, the diskette included with the book was riddled with many of the same errors as the text. At best, the book gets the reader in a mind frame for answering multiple choice questions, but should not be the sole source for test preparation. The errors are extremely frustrating and I found myself asking if anyone proofread the text or actually tried to take the tests in the book and on diskette.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This is a good book for getting yourself into the mind frame of test-taking and for determining subject matter for study. However, the book is riddled with errors -- typos (inexcusable), answers which bear no relation to the question (obviously the questions were changed, but not the answer key), answers which indicate one response is correct letter but for which the answer points to a different response, and just plain incorrect answers. The author bases questions on exerpts from reference materials, but frequently words the question so that the original meaning is garbled (at best) or inaccurate. Many, many questions are of the format which includes a choice of "all of the above" -- the actual certification exam does not include ANY of this type of question. Additionally, many questions focus on obscure terminology (pathologies and anatomy) which only serve to frustrate the reader. The actual certification test includes very few terminology questions, but when included, the questions focus on common terms. The questions in the book on Chinese medicine deal with specific meridian locations and acupressure points, while the actual certification test is more concerned with the role each meridian plays in body fuction and with the five element theory (which the book barely addresses). For anyone weak in Chinese medicine, the book does not do an adequate job of preparing for the exam. Finally, the diskette included with the book was riddled with many of the same errors as the text. At best, the book gets the reader in a mind frame for answering multiple choice questions, but should not be the sole source for test preparation. The errors are extremely frustrating and I found myself asking if anyone proofread the text or actually tried to take the tests in the book and on diskette.
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