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JQ+ Tests take me a while

 
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Just curious if anyone else finds that the JQ+ tests take a pretty long time. I may just be slow, though I end up finsihing them (well, the four I have taken) with barely any time left on the clock. Just curious if the real exam seems to take as long? I hear most of the people finish up the real test with plenty of time to spare and to go over their answers. On the JWhiz tests I can finish them much much faster. Not that the questions are always that much easier (most seem to be though), but sometimes it simply because you either know the answer or you don't. On JQ+ it sometimes involving trying out each and everyone of the possible answers provided. Just curious on other's experiences who have passed and have taken the JQ+ tests.
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As far as I am concerned, I really liked JQ+. At first I took the tests exam-wise, that is, 59 questions in 2 hours, but then I noticed that some questions were coming back again and some never.
So to get the real value of what I knew of Java from the JQ+ perspective I just customized myself a nice test of 700 questions and took it several times. All questions together, from very easy to real brainer, everything in the same bowl. It took me some time to finish (but since time is not an issue in the real exam, I didn't pay much attention to it.) but the percentage I got was actually the real JQ+-percentage, some percentage you can seriously think about, and not a nice 99% because you have seen the questions four times already.
Anyway, if you plan on spending a good deal of time on JQ+, it's worth it.
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Valentin,


but since time is not an issue in the real exam, I didn't pay much attention to it.)


I thought the real exam was two hours?
 
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Yes it is 2 hours but you'll see that you'll have more than enough time to complete 59 questions... (provided you are ready, of course )
 
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Originally posted by Valentin Crettaz:
So to get the real value of what I knew of Java from the JQ+ perspective I just customized myself a nice test of 700 questions and took it several times. All questions together, from very easy to real brainer, everything in the same bowl.


Man, Valentin, that would have been a great idea! I wish I thought of that before I completed four of the tests. Are each of the 9 or so preset tests supposed to have totally different questions? I think some do repeat themselves but it might be just that I took one of the tests at work so that when the test generater created the tests at home it included some I already had seen.
 
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Hi Rick,
The standard preset tests (9) should not repeat any question. Actually, the way it is programmed, it cannot repeat any question for standard tests.
If you feel that some questions are repeating it may be due to similar looking statement and options. But while answering a question, if you think that you've seen that question before and you remember the answer, it is very likely that you'll mark it wrong. The reason is even though they might look similar but they have subtle differences that require a thorough understanding of concept involved.
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I have taken all 9 Preset tests and 6 Random tests - I usually finish them in 70-80 minutes. Then I go back and review every single question - right or wrong. Sometimes I find I got the answer right, but not for the reason I thought when I answered the question. For the wrong ones, I go back and research the answer to make sure I agree and understand why the answer is what they say it is (sometimes the questions seem ambiguous - or maybe I just try to make to much out of them - sometimes it's because they ask about some method in a class I seldom use). In all, this process takes around 2.5 to 3 hours.
The Random tests are harder in that there are usually 6 of the Real Brainer type questions - and seem to have a lot more of the Very Tough and Tough questions than the Presets.
 
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