I’ve completed 10 practice exams passing 6 of them by the skin of my teeth. My scores don’t seem to be improving like I thought they would. I have spent a lot of time reviewing the exams. Once complete and generally feel confident I understand the material then i take another exam and its totally different the things im missing are also very inconsistant any advice on what i can do to improve would be greatly appreciated i would like to get a couple exams consistantly in the 80 s before taking the real test thanks
Hi, @Bruce_Morissette. I’ve looked at your study progress and have some feedback.
As you mentioned, your scores vary quite a bit, but so does your time on each exam. For some of your exams, you spent well over the allotted time; in some, you spent less than half the time. I would suggest treating the full-length practice exams like the actual exam. This means using the full-time and ensuring you read each question entirely. If you have taken multiple exams and reviewed them for a while, but your scores are still inconsistent, this likely means you are rushing through questions. If you take many exams, you will naturally start looking for question patterns. I suggest reading each question and then visualizing what the answer could be. Then, look at the choices and see if any align with the answer you visualized. This will help you not just look for patterns.
After you take an exam, you should spend ~1-2 hours reviewing it. This means going through each question and the explanation, ensuring you understand where you went wrong. Once you discover an area of weakness, you can revisit that area in the textbook if needed.
Please let us know if you have any other questions as you continue to study. Thank you,
-Brenden
fyi the only ones ive gone over allowed time is the ones when i stopped for work ive never went over on time when i was able to not have to go to work im looking for areas of weakness thats what i need help with thanks
Hi @Bruce_Morissette. I understand! The main point is to treat it like a real exam and use the available time to do what I stated above. To find areas of weakness, please follow the steps and suggestions I outline in my previous comment.
Thank you,
-Brenden
Brenden is right: the best way to review is to go carefully over each exam to ensure you understand what you didn’t understand about those concepts. Then, you can fix those errors and get the questions right next time.
If you just want to see in general which areas you’re stronger/weaker in, the exam summary on the practice exams page is a quick guide.
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