?– Allow yourself plenty of time to get to the testing center. Don??™t get stressed
out by being late.
What we??™re trying to do in this process is upload the information you need to pass
your test into your long-term memory through repetition and practice. Then, shortly
before the exam, we??™re exercising the brain by retrieving that stored information and
bringing it to the forefront of your thoughts (kind of like loading data from a hard
drive into system RAM) so that it is ready and available when you take the test.
Next, let??™s talk about some strategies you should keep in mind when actually
taking the exam.
Taking the Exam
As I mentioned earlier, I??™ve written a number of industry certification exams in
addition to developing training materials for them. Because I??™ve done this, I have
some insights as to what goes on inside the devious minds of test item writers. I??™m
going to share them with you here:
?– Carefully read the text of each question (called the stem). Some of the
information in the stem is superfluous and intended to distract you. However,
the question stem usually contains one or two critical pieces of information
that influence the correct answer.
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