Exam prep tip: Plan your exam tactics

A little bit of forward planning, and you can have your exam tactics worked out in advance

(a) How long is your exam? (2 hours?  3 hours?)

(b) How many questions will you need to answer?

  • all of them?
  • do you have a choice of questions?
  • are some mandatory, some elective?
  • are all questions worth the same number of marks?

(c) How much time do you want to allow to read the paper? (10 minutes?)

(d) How much time do you want to spend checking it at the end? (15 minutes?)

Then do the sums

(a – c –  d)/b = time for each question (assuming each question is worth an equal number of marks)

Now

Write down the start time of your exam and your start time for each question, and follow this schedule in your exam.

During your final revision, aim to answer each question in the time allowed.

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  1. Thanks for this great content. My exam is going to be started in the last week of September. But my preparation is very bad. Have you any suggestion for me?

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  2. Wonderful Tips. Glad to read them. I think many students often ignore the benefits of using past test papers which can help in revisions or preparing test reviewers for an incoming test. You have shared a great tip then can help students in their final week of exams. I will definitely bookmark this page for future updates. Thanks for sharing great stuff here.

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  3. Some times it is very difficult for me to remind math and state formulas. Can you help me remember this? I am unable to find any solution.

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