Seven (7) Tips on How to Prepare Adequately for a Written Examination

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Examinations should not scare you.  As the name implies, it is a means of determining how much of a subject matter you have correctly learnt and mastered. The following tips would help you prepare adequately for any examination.

1    Know the scheme of work
For every examination, there is always a scope or scheme of work. This would enable you know when you have not studied all that is required of you to know. Most examining bodies give soft of hard copies of their scheme of work. Your duty is to lay hold on the scheme of work for the examination you are going to write.

2      Study, Study, Study
It is never enough to just know the contents of the scheme of work for the examination you are about to sit for. Take out the recommended textbooks and other learning aids. Do what you should do with them, study! Do not stop studying until you have covered every area listed in the scheme of work. Make it a must that you do not relax until you have studied all aspects of the scheme of work for that examination.

3      Past Questions
Examining bodies have set series of examinations in the past. It is a matter of necessity that you get your hands on as many past questions as possible. Take time out to solve each of them till you get them right. It will boost your confidence a great deal to know that you have solved some sample questions that you are likely to meet on the day of the examination.

4      Never Assume, Be Sure
There are many things you have to be sure of before the day of the examination. You must be sure you can solve the amount of questions that you will be given before the time to attempt them elapses. This means you have to simulate the examination situation before the actual date of the examination and be extra sure that you would not be under undue stress on the true day of the examination as a result of poor preparations in terms of simulating the examination condition beforehand. You must also be sure that you can correctly answer all the questions you encountered while studying. You must not pass over problems that you cannot solve on your own during your preparations for examination. You must make sincere efforts to get the correct solutions to all grey areas of study before the day of the examination. It will definitely be disastrous on the day of examination if you assume you are prepared and are not sure of it.

5     Spend in Cash and in Kind
There will be lots of expenses and sacrifices to make when preparing for an examination. If you must create extra time to guarantee adequate preparation for an examination, please do it. Textbooks and teaching aids, tutorials and class activities, individual and group projects, the list can go on. Do not ignore any of the things you are expected to do in preparing for the examination even if they are very inconvenient.

6      Practice, Practice, Practice
If it is possible, make it a daily routine to ensure that you do some studying for at least two hours every day. At some point it will be very evident that you are prepared for the examination and at other times it will seem like you are ill-prepared. The only thing that can guarantee that your confidence would not fail you on the day of the examination is practice. Keep on solving problems, mastering concepts and definitions. Simulate examination conditions over and over again till the day of the actual examination.

7      Give All the Help You Can
Never monopolize your knowledge. Share it with others who have difficulty comprehending the topics taught in class. Always be excited to grab any opportunity to make others better prepared for an examination, by offering to tutor them and provide answers to any tough question they might encounter in the course of studying. Provide all the help you can to help others ace an examination. It will boost your confidence and make you better prepared for the same examination

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