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The exam MCQs are normally really, really hard, and i spend far too much time trying to work them out – and i very rarely score more than 7-9 out of 20 anyway as a lot of it is guess work.
My thinking for this exam is going to be as follows:
Spend the 15 minute reading time going through the MCQs and working out the ones i know for sure – probably 4 or 5 of them.
When the exam starts, i am going to answer the MCQs i know and then just pick a random letter for the other questions and stick with it. So 15 or 16 of the answers will all be letter B (for example) along with the 4 or 5 that i (hopefully) know.
This way i can be done with the MCQ’s within 5 minutes of the actual exam starting and spend more time on the rest of it.
OMG..Danny….that’s quite risky?? The MCQ’s account for 40% of the paper? This is my 3rd time doing this exam and I totally agree..the MCQ’s can be super hard but i’ve actually spent a good bit of my time on study leave this time doing the MCQ’s AND timing myself…(72 mins) I find doing the MCQ’s, as they cover all of the topics really makes you understand how to do certain workings and it flags the areas you need to go over. Plus, sometimes an MCQ may involve a working that I have to do again in Part B somewhere and if I forget how to work something out because I’m under time pressure, I can go back to where I spotted a similar working in part A.
you’re much better off giving Part A your best shot and just stick to the 72 mins if you can. Guessing the letter in my experience doesn’t work.
What if you get really stuck on something in Part B and you could have made up for lost marks in Part A?
I know everyone will do their own thing but I just think this is a big risk.
Best of luck anyway 🙂
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