Before the exam.
Ask your teacher if it’s an ‘open book’ or ‘closed book’ exam.  If it’s open book, make sure you take all the reference books you need with you to the exam.

The day before the exam
Stop revising!
Don’t do any revision the day before the exam.  You have enough information in your head to pass the exam, and if you revise right up to the last minute you will just give yourself confusion, stress, and brain ache!  Have a rest. Relax. But don’t get bladdered!  What you really do not want when sitting an exam is a roaring hangover!

On the day of the exam.
Give yourself plenty of time and get to the place of the exam early – at least 15 minutes before the exam is timed to start.  This gives you time to relax and get yourself into gear to take the test.

The person who watches over you while you take the exam is called the ‘invigilator’.
Listen carefully to the instructions given to you by the invigilator.

Taking the exam:
Read the question, and each of the four answers, before making your selection.
Don’t rush!  You’ll have plenty of time to answer all the questions.

Look at any illustrations.  Remember that the illustrations provide you with information which will be required to answer the question correctly.

You don’t have to do the questions in the order they appear in the exam.
Go through all the questions. If you’re not sure about a question, don’t waste time on it, choose the ‘flag’ option to mark the question and return to it after you’ve gone through the whole exam paper. This way you’ll have all the easy questions answered and can spend more time on the hard questions.

If you’re really having difficulty with a question.
Look at the answers and do a 50/50 by getting rid of the answers that can’t possibly be correct. There are usually two answers which are obviously wrong. Then if you have a guess between the last two answers,  you’ll have at least a 50% chance of getting the right answer.

Answer every question!
If you leave a question unanswered you will get a zero.  If you have a guess, at least you have a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right.

And that's it! Be cool, enjoy the exam, and let me know how you got on!