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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:One suggestion is to write down why you got each question wrong. Then you can look for themes of what to study more. This helps with the getting more questions right. I'd actually recommend writing a sentence for why each one is correct too in your case. Seeing themes there will let you answer faster. It will teach your brain what to look for.
As far as time management goes, skip a question if you can't answer it in under a minute (or 30 seconds or whatever you feel is appropriate). The test lets you flag these for later review. That way, you at least get to see all questions and don't miss an easy one late in the exam. Finally, if you do wind up with questions left at the end (which should be the hardest ones), guess. Never submit the exam with unanswered questions. Even if you have a 20-25% chance of guessing right, it adds up.
Roel De Nijs wrote:Let's do some math. You missed 14 questions, because you ran out of time, so from the questions you answered you actually scored 62/76 which is 81.5% and that would be enough to pass this exam. So no reason to be bummed.
Now you have to know why you ran out of time and missed 14 (possible easy) questions. Maybe it's because you don't have a solid grasp of some concepts of the java programming language (e.g. overriding, overloading,...). Maybe you have to spend too much time to decide if the code compiles or not. Maybe it's something else. When you know the reason(s) why, you can tackle them.
Jeanne's suggestion (to skip question which you can't answer in a given time) is an excellent one which I use myself too. That way you'll never miss any easy-to-answer question.
Another important suggestion: don't take the mock exams too often, because otherwise you'll get questions correctly by memorization instead of by knowledge. And that might represent in a deceptive score.
Good luck!