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| Test Preparation Tips |
 Look for question patterns
If you are able to detect patterns in the questions, you can eliminate bad choices and select the correct answer. Read guidelines for deciphering repeated patterns:
• Is the question looking for a match to the pattern or the exception to the pattern?
• Is the question looking for an input, tool and technique, or an output?
• What process group does the question cover?
• What are the process results? These objectives are outputs.
• What knowledge area does the question cover?
Two basic types of patterns are matching and exception:
• Matching: A question that calls for a matching pattern names a series of items and asks you to pick the item in the responses that's most nearly like the others. For instance, banana is a match for apple, orange, and grapefruit.
Possible exam question: Which of the following processes belongs to Risk?
• Exception: The exception pattern presents you with a list of items and asks you to identify the one that doesn't belong: Among apple, brick, orange, and grapefruit, brick is the exception. Another term for an exception pattern is a mismatch.
Possible exam question: Which of the following processes does not belong to Risk?
Look for key words and phrases in the question such as:
• Best or worst
• First or last
• Belongs to or does not belong
• Must or except for
• Most effective or least effective
• First or last
• Greatest or least
• Most helpful or least helpful
• Not including
• Key activity
• Preferred response
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