Giving Mock Tests is an important part of any exam preparation especially, if the exam is the Common Admission Test (CAT). Giving Mock tests not only help the students in revision, but they also help in discovering weak areas and help students define strategies for taking the test on actual exam day. Any good mock tests will also include all the surprise elements of the CAT exam which examiners can throw at the students.
According to the experts, giving mock tests and then analyzing them thoroughly is the most important tool that will shape any students’ performance as they prepare for the zero-day.
Important steps in analyzing the mock tests
- The detailed analysis of the mock test is an important part of the preparation strategy. Apart from investing the time in giving mock tests students must spend equal time in analyzing the test once they have completed it. In fact, the priority must be given to those questions where a considerable amount of time was spent on a solution but the answer was wrong.
- The second priority must be given to the questions which were shortlisted for the answer but their solution consumed more than the stipulated time. It is a no-brainer that maximizing the score in CAT exam depends on filtering out the right questions.
- The difficult questions or questions which were out-of-the-box must be analyzed in the end. Do not leave them and try to learn a new concept presented in them so that similar questions can be attempted in the forthcoming tests, if time permits.
- Don’t be burdened with the fluctuation in the scores during the mock tests. They can be because you are not giving the test with your full concentration or are too tired to give it at all.
- Mock tests one week prior to the final exam tests your consistency, intelligence and hard work that you have put in during the past months. So, think of them final rehearsals before the main exam.