i hear that if i just do 75 questions for 6 hours, the score will be based on the last 60 something answers....(this isn't a fact...i just heard about it)
then, why waste my energy to do more questions, which is like pushing myself to go further on the edge of a cliff?
just go easy and spend 4 minutes per each Q, and take two breaks. dunno if i am allow to smoke during the breaks though.
is this the ultimate strategy that we are not supposed to talk about?
so basically, it does not really hurt to do just 75 Q in 6 hours, if i think that chunk of them were sata (meaning i am above passing level) and that latter questions were not easy Qs, then just do 75Q. this is my strategy.
(actually spending 4 minutes per each Q was little ridiculous.)
if i feel that i m not getting any sata, and that Qs are getting easy, then i continue.
if not i just stop at 75th Q and do nothing for the next hours.
Sorry, your strategy doesn't make any sense to me. Please post back after you take your NCLEX and give an update on how you did. :)
Specializes in Occ. Hlth, Education, ICU, Med-Surg.
what a waste of a thread....you should take all this effort you've put into trying to get over on the exam and study so that you are properly prepared and don't have to try and make up this *@*&* just to make yourself feel better
This sounds like a bad idea. They are very strict about the NCLEX and if any activity seems odd, they review tapes/recordings/each question and how you answered it etc. I think it'd spark a red flag to see someone take 6 hours for 75 questions and you may find your results on hold/under investigation.
Also, you may be setting yourself up for failure. People get more than 75 questions because they were on the line of pass/fail at that point so say it stops at 100, they needed those extra questions to make sure you're competent. If you make it so you ONLY answer 75 because you purposely go SUPER slow, you may fail when in reality if you just answered some more questions, you would pass.
eh just study like crazy and know your stuff. If you show mastery of the material compy will pass you at 75, or keep asking you questions until it makes a decision either way this test is called "Computer adaptive Tests" so it evolves, and focuses on your weak spots. AND there's no way to "game" "beat" the test.
No you do not focus on trying to get everything right no matter how long it takes. You work at the pace of 1.36 mins per questions trying to get the right answer in approx the alloted time. assuming you'll be getting all 265 questions. Anyways good luck and do lotsa practice questions so that you're doing kaplan level questions at that speed and enough stamina to handle 265 questions with 2 short breaks and do it within 6 hr limint including breaks.
To only prepare for 75 question what will you do if you're given 265 questions but you used up most ofyour time already?
The best "strategy"in my opinion is to focus on one question at a time....look at what is in front of you and focus on getting what you are staring at at that very moment correct in a reasonable amount of time, of course. Good luck,
Inori, thnx for your reply, but i disagree when u said the following:
No you do not focus on trying to get everything right no matter how long it takes. You work at the pace of 1.36 mins per questions trying to get the right answer in approx the alloted time. assuming you'll be getting all 265 questions. Anyways good luck and do lotsa practice questions so that you're doing kaplan level questions at that speed and enough stamina to handle 265 questions with 2 short breaks and do it within 6 hr limint including breaks.
because it's better to get each Q right, instead of having a minute per Q pace.
then, i wouldn't even be in "running out of time" situ even when i do just 75 Qs. i feel more comfortable when i spend > 2 min. for those tricky sata Qs.
Ugh, if I had to spend 6 hours answering 75 questions, I'd literally go insane. Just study hard, practice a lot, and rock the test. In 6 hours, I'd taken my exam (75 questions), driven over an hour home, played games for an hour, got my passing result, and gotten drunk already. Much better way to spend 6 hours in my opinion!
I wouldn't attempt to game the system. Sure you can spend 6 hours on 75 questions if you want, but when the time runs out, that doesn't guarantee a pass. Also, the more time you spend on a question won't guarantee you got the question right. I can stare at one pharmacology question for 6 hours, but that doesn't mean I'll get that question right. I agree, with slow down, read the question a couple of times, eliminate the obvious and other stratagies like that... Either way best wishes on the NCLEX
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
your reasoning doesn't match how the exam works. The exam will increase the hardness of the question until you get it wrong and then you go down and there is no way to know what are test questions and what are high level questions which are the ones that determine whether you pass or fail. Taking 6 hours to answer 75 question will set of a red flag. My suggestion would be to do a test run and answer 75 questions in 6 hours and I am sure you will find that some questions will take less than a minute to answer where as others may take longer
I so agree with the people that say...just take the exam.. the time and effort your putting into this post could have been time you used to study so you only do 75 questions in under an hours and pass and move on with life.. You will be fine..don't give up or sale yourself short..you can pass this exam as so many others have.. Best of luck.
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Sorry, your strategy doesn't make any sense to me. Please post back after you take your NCLEX and give an update on how you did. :)