The IT Trench Warfare Blog ...Tips, Tricks, & References to Simplify your life in the IT Trenches

OK, I'm not really encouraging you to cheat on the test. But I am going to tell you my secret weapons for test day.

1. Schedule the test!!! It will get your butt in gear and give you a finite amount of time to get it done. Sure you can reschedule if you get sick, get a job, or have some sort of family emergency, but try to stick to the schedule and view rescheduling as a last resort.
2. Breath......Your brain works much better with oxygen.
3. Make a cheat sheet. No you can't take the cheat sheet in with you, but there are no rules that say you can't make a one in the testing room. As you are studying you will encounter some material that you are struggling to commit to memory. Terminology, associations, protocols, etc. are more problematic than some other material. Star building your own cheat sheet with charts, tables, and other entries of those things you are having difficulty with. Then when you have it all laid out and formatted in a way that makes sense to you, flip it over and see if you can replicate it from memory. Practice doing that over and over again until you can remember most of the stuff on your cheat sheet. Doing this will force you to repeatedly write those things you are least sure about over and over and that will help you to remember . Now on test day, go into the room and get comfortable. Breath. Then use that sheet of scratch paper that they gave you and recreate your cheat sheet. You may never need to look at it again but you will have it if you need it. Then as time starts ticking away and you can't remember the stuff you know you know, you have it written right in front of you. Breath.
4. In the event that you should not pass on your first attempt. Your score report will give you some clues as to where you missed points. Also sit down immediately after the test and write down anything you can remember about questions that stumped you. Use this information to create a detailed study plan and hit the books. Schedule the test again within no more than 2 weeks. If you wait longer, you will be starting over from scratch as you will have forgotten much of what you got right as well as what you got wrong.

That's it for today Until next time....Good Day, Good News and Goodnight!