There are plenty of articles available about how exactly to prepare for any computer certification exam. However, there's also things you can do to improve your chances of success on exam day throughout the key to the entire process -- the time that you're actually taking the test.
I've taken many a certification exam over the years, and helped many others prep for theirs. Here would be the five things you must do on exam day to maximise your time and efforts.
1. Show on time. Yeah, I understand everyone says that. The testing center wants you there 30 minutes early. So why do a lot of candidates appear late, or perhaps in a rush? If you have a morning exam appointment, take the traffic into consideration. If it is a part of town you do not normally drive in during rush hour, you may be amazed at just how much traffic you have to go through. Plan ahead.
2. Use the headphones. Most candidates in the room along with you understand that they should be quiet. Sadly, not all of them do. Smacking gum, mumbling privately (loud enough for you to hear, though), and other little noises can really get on your anxiety with what is already a pressure situation. In a particular testing center I use, the door towards the testing room has one setting: "Slam".
Luckily, that center also offers a headset hanging at every testing station. Call ahead to determine if yours does. Some centers ask them to but don't leave them at the testing stations. Wearing headphones throughout the exam is a good method to increase your powers of concentration. They allow you to block out all noise and annoyances, and do that which you found do -- pass test.
3. Get ready for the "WHAT??" question. Regardless of how well-prepared you are, there's likely to be one question on any exam that simply stuns you. It may be off-topic, in your opinion. It may be an issue that would take 20 of your remaining 25 minutes to answer. It might be a question you don't even know how to begin answering. Whatever the reason, it's the question which has you thinking, "WHAT??" I have talked with candidates who reached such a question and were obviously so thrown off that they didn't do well on any of the remaining questions, either.
There's just one thing to do in this situation: shrug it off. Compare yourself to a major-league pitcher. If he gives up a home run, he can't obsess with it. He's reached face another batter. Cornerbacks in football face the same problem. When they quit an extended TD pass, they can't spend the next 20 minutes thinking about it. They need to shrug it off and become ready for the following play.
Don't worry about getting a perfect score about the exam. Your concern is passing. If you get a question that seems ridiculous, unsolvable, or unnatural, be done with it. It's done. Move on to the next question and nail it.
4. Finish having a flourish. Ten questions from the end of your exam, have a 15-to-30 second break. You cannot walk round the testing room, but you can stand and stretch. By this time in the exam, candidates are usually a little mentally tired. Maybe you're still taking into consideration the "WHAT??" question. Don't worry about the questions you've already answered -- they're done. Take a deep breath, remember why you're there -- to pass this exam -- and relax down and nail the last ten inquiries to the wall.
Before very long, your passing score appears on screen!
Author Resource:
Charles Wright is a freelance author that is now producing articles for Atlanta Computer Repair- Nerds Next Door . If you need an experienced and competent Computer Repair In Atlanta call Nerds Next Door at 888-596-4321.
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