how many precent should I answer right if I want to pass?

[jupeisi]

40% enough? how many points should I get to pass course 6.

[Roto]

15% should do 'er.

[rekrap]

Meh.

[AG]

Why not just answer them all? Do you have somewhere else to be?

[Dr T Non-Fan]

I don't understand your question.
I don't recommend skipping anything. That means you think you can be perfect on other questions.

Here are some tips off the top of my head:

1. Answer ALL the exam's questions. If you completely blank on some question, skip it, but make a mental note to get back to it, should you suddenly remember the pertinent list (it could happen halfway through another question!).
2. During the read-through, make a mental note of easy questions and difficult ones. Start transferring needed lists to short-term memory.
3. During the read-through, note the amount of points (the percentage of the whole exam that the question represents) of each question.
4. Do one of the following:
a) Do the easy ones first.
b) do the hard ones first.
c) Do the heaviest-weighted ones first. (My choice.)
d) Randomly answer bits and pieces of every question. (Not recommended.)
5. Just write down as much as possible. They can't take away points. You're starting at 0.
6. For numerical problems, write down all the formulae and describe each variable so that the grader knows your level of knowledge. Without it, any mistakes you make can be chalked up to not knowing the subject.
7. The conventional wisdom is that you should shoot for 70. A little margin in there, to be safe. Big issue is: how do you know where 70 is? Do not overestimate your answers, but do not sit there not writing (15 seconds of not writing would be considered "being stuck on a question") until at least two hours into the morning. Meaning: if you get stuck on a question, start the next one.
8. Easier questions require more of an answer than 70% of it. For example, the 12 types of FIS risks: everyone should know it. 8 or 9 of them won't cut it.
9. Each MC question is worth 0.5 points or 0.5% of the exam's total score. Yes, they add up, but don't spend any more time on these relative to the point weighting, than you do on the WA portions. For 18 questions at 3 minutes per point, spend about 27 minutes on MC. Anything taking up more than 2m30s needs a guess, or skip it and come back to it. You can even note the time that you start the MC portion, so you don't get bogged down.

I think that's enough for now. Get some rest, and get to the exam center early. Breathe. Go over stuff you are sure that you don't know.

[Roto]

Originally Posted by Dr T Non-Fan

I don't understand your question.
I don't recommend skipping anything. That means you think you can be perfect on other questions.

Here are some tips off the top of my head:

1. Answer ALL the exam's questions. If you completely blank on some question, skip it, but make a mental note to get back to it, should you suddenly remember the pertinent list (it could happen halfway through another question!).
2. During the read-through, make a mental note of easy questions and difficult ones. Start transferring needed lists to short-term memory.
3. During the read-through, note the amount of points (the percentage of the whole exam that the question represents) of each question.
4. Do one of the following:
a) Do the easy ones first.
b) do the hard ones first.
c) Do the heaviest-weighted ones first. (My choice.)
d) Randomly answer bits and pieces of every question. (Not recommended.)
5. Just write down as much as possible. They can't take away points. You're starting at 0.
6. For numerical problems, write down all the formulae and describe each variable so that the grader knows your level of knowledge. Without it, any mistakes you make can be chalked up to not knowing the subject.
7. The conventional wisdom is that you should shoot for 70. A little margin in there, to be safe. Big issue is: how do you know where 70 is? Do not overestimate your answers, but do not sit there not writing (15 seconds of not writing would be considered "being stuck on a question") until at least two hours into the morning. Meaning: if you get stuck on a question, start the next one.
8. Easier questions require more of an answer than 70% of it. For example, the 12 types of FIS risks: everyone should know it. 8 or 9 of them won't cut it.
9. Each MC question is worth 0.5 points or 0.5% of the exam's total score. Yes, they add up, but don't spend any more time on these relative to the point weighting, than you do on the WA portions. For 18 questions at 3 minutes per point, spend about 27 minutes on MC. Anything taking up more than 2m30s needs a guess, or skip it and come back to it. You can even note the time that you start the MC portion, so you don't get bogged down.

I think that's enough for now. Get some rest, and get to the exam center early. Breathe. Go over stuff you are sure that you don't know.

Hey DTNF,

I got like 4 1's last year on questions I didn't know crap about... and no '0's.

Is a '0' reserved for completely blank answers? or did my BS hit a relavent point?

Is there any reason to believe a '1' is no different from a '0' in the ultimate weighting scheme? (one would think it would be but perhaps there is a threshold below which all are 'ineffective' or equivalently sucky scores)

[rekrap]

I believe 0s are automatically assigned to blank answers and to those that have relative (to other candidates) almost no pertinence or relevance in their answers, especially when the majority of candidates know the list.

For example, last year's #8 to start the afternoon:
Many knew the several bullet duties, and could easily come up with a violation, if they knew the duties, I'm sure. For anyone who couldn't even come up with more than 1 of the duties, say they answered
1. Loyalty - not being loyal.
2. Care bears - stare!
3. Dynasty - Not Knotts landing or Dallas
4. Make pretty paper...
5...

They would get a 0, even with that first one being reasonable.

For DTNFs example of the 12 risks. That's a gimmie. IF you only get one or two becuase you didn't memorize that list (doh!), you will be lucky to get a 1, since MOST candidates could get all 12 cold, with examples if they really even studied for a week before the exam.

Now, I do believe 0s are also given to those candidates who beg for mercy, just out of spite.

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Originally Posted by Roto

Hey DTNF,

I got like 4 1's last year on questions I didn't know crap about... and no '0's.

Is a '0' reserved for completely blank answers? or did my BS hit a relavent point?

Is there any reason to believe a '1' is no different from a '0' in the ultimate weighting scheme? (one would think it would be but perhaps there is a threshold below which all are 'ineffective' or equivalently sucky scores)

I don't consider a 1 all that much better than a 0. So, no, it's no different. You might have wasted some time on those questions, but did you need that time for four other questions? For every 1 you get, you'll need an 11 on another question to average to a 6 (assuming equal weights). Or an 8 AND a 9 on two other questions. That's how bad 1's can be.
That's why I recommend going after the big weighted questions early. I didn't want those to be 0's or 1's (although often times they turned out to be).
Worst score you want to shoot for on any given question is a 4. And less than a third of the questions should be reluctantly left that way.

[Roto]

Originally Posted by Dr T Non-Fan

a) Do the easy ones first. (My choice.)

builds confidence.



risky, b/c if you get stuck on something you thought was easy...

could be game over.

[Teddybear99]

Originally Posted by Roto

builds confidence.



risky, b/c if you get stuck on something you thought was easy...

could be game over.

List Type Questions

Then MC to give my hand a break

Then Computational Questions