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Avoidlosingeasymarksonotherquestionsbecauseofpoorexamtechnique.
Similarly,ifyouhavefailedtofinishtheexam,takethelast10secondstoguess
theremainingquestionstoatleastgiveyourselfachanceofgettingthemright.
Practice
Thisisthebestwayoffamiliarisingyourselfwiththestyleofquestionsandthe
timing.Youareunlikelytobefamiliarwiththetestwhenfirstencounterit.
Therefore,youwanttobecomfortablebeforeyousittherealthing.
Practisingquestionswillputyouateaseandmakeyoumorecomfortablewith
theexam.Themorecomfortableyouare,thelessyouwillpaniconthetest
dayandthemorelikelyyouaretoscorehighly.Initially,workthroughthe
questionsatyourownpace,andspendtimecarefullyreadingthequestions
andlookingatanyadditionaldata.Whenitbecomesclosertothetest,make
sureyoupracticethequestionsunderexamconditions.
PastPapers
TheNBTisaverynewexamsotherearen’tsamplepapersavailable,andat
present,pastpaperaren’tbeingreleasedeither..Specimensarefreelyavailable
onlineathttps://nbt.ac.za.Onceyou’veworkedyourwaythroughthe
questionsinthisbook,youarehighlyadvisedtoattemptthem.
RepeatQuestions
Whencheckingthroughanswers,payparticularattentiontoquestionsyou
havegotwrong.Studytheworkedsolutioncarefullyuntilyoufeelconfident
thatyouunderstandthereasoning,andthenrepeatthequestionwithouthelp
tocheckthatyoucandoit.Thisisthebestwaytolearnfromyourmistakes,
andmeansyouarelesslikelytomakesimilarmistakeswhenitcomestothe
test.Thesameappliesforquestionswhichyouwereunsureofandmadean
educatedguesswhichwascorrect(evenifyougotitright).Whenworking
throughthisbook,makesureyouhighlightanyquestionsyouare
unsureof,thismeansyouknowtospendmoretimelookingoverthemonce
marked.