HERE ARE OUR LAST MINUTE ADVICE TO THOSE WHO ARE TAKING THE JANUARY 2013 BOARD EXAM
One day before the exam
1.
Visit the examination place, there are usually 3
different places.
2.
Attend our coaching
3.
Attend mass and seek God’s blessing
4.
Relax yourself-get a good massage, listen to music.
5.
Don’t study anymore, enjoy the last day!!!
One night before the exam
1.
Sleep!!.. but you can’t !
2.
Try to relax your mind..
3.
Don’t think of the day ahead or the exam.
4.
Listen to your
favorite music
Prepare during one night before the exam
1.
Prepare your things-pencil, calculator, scale,
rule
7/8 etc.. etc…
1.
Don’t bring lots of food
2.
Wear the clothes that’s very comfortable.
3.
Bring water
4.
Don’t forget your PRC stub!
During the board exam
1. Don’t be late
2. The watchers will make you fill up
some forms, don’t get nervous
3. After you fill-up relax yourself and pray, ask guidance from HIM.
4.
Read the instructions
again and again. Ask questions if necessary.. Receive the questioner and the
answer sheets, check if it is complete, always be aware of the time, check how
many question are there.
10 Tips for Exam Management by
Mark Obra
TIP 1: BRUSH UP ON YOUR READING
COMPREHENSION SKILLS
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Your ability to
understand whatever you read is no doubt the most important aspect in the board
exams (and, more importantly, in your career).
·
Every word that
appears in the question that you read serves as clues to the right
answer. During the exam, you will encounter questions wherein you will
not be able to recall the word-by-word definition as taken from the book or
reviewer. (I am sure it will happen), you would then have to rely on
analyzing the meaning of the question being asked based on the words that you
see.
TIP 2: BE MENTALLY AND
PHSYCOLOGICALLY PREPARE
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Never underestimate
your body’s limitation, it is important to be physically prepared during the
exam itself.
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Sleep well during the
night before the board exam
·
During the
examination, you should be ready for long hours of thinking and
answering.
·
Be prepared for
uncomfortable seats (like chairs with no backrests)
·
Doing a little
stretching or closing your eyes for a few minutes might also help.
·
Do not let pressure
and nervousness control you. The board exam is like a war and you will be
going into battle.
·
You have to release
that warrior instinct in you and own the examination. More people with
positive mental attitudes succeed in life than people who are pessimistic.
TIP 3: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
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Do not expect that
everything you have read and studied will come out in the exam.
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Possibly 35% to 50%
of what you have studied will appear in
the actual exams.
·
Do not get
demoralized if you find out that only a few of the questions in the exam were
studied. Now you have to start reading comprehension and elimination
techniques.
·
Don’t worry all of
you is feeling the same!
TIP 4: DON’T STAY LONG ON THE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU DON’T KNOW
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Prioritize to answer
the questions that you know.
·
Come with the unsure
questions once you have already answered the correct ones
TIP 5: WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN IS
WRITTEN
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Erasures are
prohibited. Once you have shaded an answer, you cannot change it and pick
another one.
·
This means that when
your answer sheet is processed by the machine, it will detect two answers and
will automatically mark that item wrong.
TIP 6: DON’T HURRY-MAKE MOST OUT OF YOUR TIME
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Regardless
of questions difficulty, you have lots of time in answering each question.
·
We strongly recommend
that you answer the easier questions first. If you do not know the answer
or you are having difficulties deciding which among the choices to pick, just
skip it immediately and proceed to the next item.
·
You will be going
back to it later after you have read all the others. This is a very good
strategy because sometimes there are questions or choices similar to the one
you are having trouble.
TIP 7: USE THE ART OF
ELLIMNATION
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Use the art of elimination to increase this
probability especially for questions you do not know. By eliminating the two
obvious wrong choices you have only two choices and have the potential to get
the right answer.
TIP 8: READ QUESTIONS VERY VERY
VERY CAREFULLY
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Read the question twice, thrice or even four times before you
answer. Do not be a high-speed answerer by just reading the first few
lines of the question and assuming that you already know what is being asked.
·
You might miss
important words that give hints to the right choice. You also have to
look out for “Stinger Words” like the words IDEAL, NOT, MINIMUM, MAXIMUM and
EXCEPT.
TIP #9: CATEGORIZE YOUR ANSWER BEFORE SHADING THE ANSWER SHEET
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Categorize your answers to and find out how your
fare:
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Absolutely sure
·
90% Sure
·
50-50
·
No idea
TIP #10:
QUESTIONARE FIRST, ANSWERS SHEET LATER
Shade
your answer neatly on the answer sheet. Don’t erase cause theres a potential
that the machine will jump when erasure is detected.
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