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Forexample,ifaquestionhas5optionsandyoumanagetoeliminate2
options-yourchancesofgettingthequestionincreasefrom20%to33%!
Avoidlosingeasymarksonotherquestionsbecauseofpoorexamtechnique.
Similarly,ifyouhavefailedtofinishtheexam,takethelast10secondstoguess
theremainingquestionstoatleastgiveyourselfachanceofgettingthemright.
Practice
Thisisthebestwayoffamiliarisingyourselfwiththestyleofquestionsandthe
timingforthissection.Practisingquestionswillputyouateaseandmakeyou
morecomfortablewiththeexam.Themorecomfortableyouare,theless
youwillpaniconthetestdayandthemorelikelyyouaretoscorehighly.
Initially,workthroughthequestionsatyourownpace,andspendtime
carefullyreadingthequestionsandlookingatanyadditionaldata.Whenit
becomesclosertothetest,makesureyoupracticethequestionsunder
examconditions.
PastPapers
TheECAAisaverynewexamsotherearen’tmanysamplepapersavailable.
PastandSpecimenpapersarefreelyavailableonlineathttps://www.-
undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/economics#entry-requirements.
Onceyou’veworkedyourwaythroughthequestionsinthisbook,youare
highlyadvisedtoattemptthem.
RepeatQuestions
Whencheckingthroughanswers,payparticularattentiontoquestionsyou
havegotwrong.Ifthereisaworkedanswer,lookthroughthatcarefullyuntil
youfeelconfidentthatyouunderstandthereasoning,andthenrepeatthe
questionwithouthelptocheckthatyoucandoit.Ifonlytheanswerisgiven,
haveanotherlookatthequestionandtrytoworkoutwhythatansweris
correct.Thisisthebestwaytolearnfromyourmistakes,andmeansyouare
lesslikelytomakesimilarmistakeswhenitcomestothetest.
