[TBone]

During the exam, would I be able to skip around to different questions and come back to questions I skipped for each set of questions? Can I skip around in the simulations?

Also, do they make you turn in your “scratch paper” after you complete each packet?

FAR: 66, 75
AUD: 67, 69, 70, 74, 74
REG: 71, 79
BEC: 73

[Texan_Stuck_In_OK]

Yes (within the testlet), yes and no for each testlet unless you request more. You turn in the scratch paper at the end.

A 88, B 76, F 84, R 76 Passed 2014

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[TBone]

i heard the advice of not wasting too much time writing down formulas and mnemonics before completing the intro/pre test stuff for fear of being locked out before even getting to take the test. How long do you get to complete that part and how long should it take?

I want to at least immediately write down a few formulas before i do anything else.

FAR: 66, 75
AUD: 67, 69, 70, 74, 74
REG: 71, 79
BEC: 73

[Texan_Stuck_In_OK]

Personally, I click through all of the intro screens, then when my actual testlet is on the screen write them down. I'm too paranoid about running out of intro time and invest the few seconds it takes from my allotted time. But, I've always ended up with time left. I never go back and review my answers…I tend to change right answers to wrong ones :- /

A 88, B 76, F 84, R 76 Passed 2014

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[Anonymous]

Some (if not all) testing centers do not allow you to write down anything unless your timer for the actual test has started. And I agree with Texan, the time allotted is more than enough to finish the test, depending on how you manage your time.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't skip around on the MCQ. If you want to go back then at least give it an answer in case you run out of time and flag it to go back to. I would suggest looking at the topics of the SIMS and answering the ones you are most comfortable with first, then going back to the ones you are less comfortable with.

[Anonymous]

I would personally try to eliminate as much as you can and then make your best guess. Flag the problem if you made an educated guess and you think there's a chance you can figure it out if you skim it through again, don't flag if you know you have no clue.

[Anonymous]

“Flag the problem if you made an educated guess and you think there's a chance you can figure it out if you skim it through again, don't flag if you know you have no clue.”

That is great advice, I wish I would have read this a few weeks ago before I took my FAR retake; better yet before I took any of my other exams. Often times I flag everything I was unsure of and then come back wasting so much time trying a 2nd attempt on a problem. Spending wasted time re-reading the problem and trying to solve it when in reality, I knew I had no chance other than an educated guess. Then I get to the SIMs and am fighting the timer.

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