[Anonymous]

Do you guys actually go back and review all the questions you flagged before moving on from a teslet? If you do review, do you just quickly skim read the question again and see if you get a new perspective, and if nothing clicks, do you guys move on?

I think I’m not going to flag problems that I’m completely lost on from now on, since it won’t really benefit me to re-read them.

[Anonymous]

Becareful about changing your answer, because your first instinct is usually right.

[Anonymous]

I actually flagged a lot of questions when I took FAR and I'm also doing it during my review in AUD. I normally read questions 2-3 times before looking at the answers and if it still doesn't click, I just pick an answer and flag it. So I flag questions when I'm 50/50, do not know the answer right away, or if I feel like the question is trying to trick me. And yes, I go back to them and re-read the question as I have not seen it before. 75% of the time I stick to my original answer. Proper time management during the exam also helps, if you know you have time left, then it will not hurt to go back with your flagged questions, if you don't, then just move on.

[Kimboroni]

I flagged questions on my first section, but stopped after that for the reason Kricket said– if I'm not going to go back to it to review and possibly change the answer, then there is no reason to flag. Once I've answered, I stick with that choice.

This is probably unconventional, but it has worked so far. What I do is first go through and answer all of the ones that I can easily pick out an answer. If I don't know the answer, I leave it unanswered. Answered question tabs turn blue, so it is easy to see which ones I've answered and which ones I haven't. Then I start picking off the ones that aren't blue yet. It really seems to help with my time management, so that I don't eat up my time on a problem or two with so many questions in the testlet left unanswered. I've already done most of the questions when I start working on the more time-consuming ones.

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

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[Anonymous]

I wouldn't trust myself to do that method. I can totally see myself just clicking “next” after the last problem, lol.

What I did for FAR was also writing down some questions I definently wanted to look at for sure.

[ijustwant76]

I flag problems just to see how strong I'm doing in the testlet. If I've spent a lot of time on it, I'll guess and move on. Flagging to come back to it later isn't going to help unless you've remembered something.

[smeech8000]

Flagging can be helpful – it is possible that, despite being completely lost on a particular topic, you may see something later in that testlet* that gives you a lightbulb moment regarding that question.

* I can guarantee with near-certainty that you will see a question in #2/#3 that basically spells out the answer to a question in #1, but of course by that point it's of no use!

I will second what Kimboroni said (and I like his/her method) about time management. You could develop a system like this (in conjunction with other test-taking strats like first eliminating non-answers, etc.):

1) If you know the answer, select it and move on.

2) If you're not sure but have a good guess/instinct, select the answer and flag.

2a) If you're not sure at all then leave it blank.

This way, after you finish #24/30 you can go back to the beginning and review like this:

3) If it was flagged then just reread the question to make sure you haven't glossed over a critical element. If something sticks out, reevaluate; otherwise your first instinct is probably correct.

3a) If it was left blank and you still have no clue either go with C or whatever you feel is the best of the rest.

Be careful in your review, however, as a LOT of time may potentially be wasted on step 3. Most people will probably tell you that they wasted time talking themselves out of the correct answer as opposed to changing for the better, but I believe that a second look doesn't hurt provided you ADHERE TO YOUR TIME BUDGET.

FWIW I used every second of the allowed time for AUD, REG, and FAR, and although I would have liked more time to review my SIMS I wouldn't say I felt overly rushed during any of them. I finished BEC an hour early because I had a lot of theory (as opposed to calculation) MCQ's and, quite frankly, 3 WC's are child's play compared to twice as many SIMS.

B 92
A 99
R 90
F 92

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