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| Popular Exams Myths |
 4. If you haven't understood what you have read, there's no use taking the exam.
Because university is much different than high school, there's a large volume of information you have to learn about in so little time. That’s why it's highly unlikely that you would be able to comprehend each topic fully. When exam time comes around, it's only normal that there is a huge percentage of information that you don't really understand.
What's significant is for you to ask your teacher or classmates for clarification if you still have the time. If you are lack of time, take the exam anyway – half your classmates probably don't know it all, either - just remember to have the subject matter explained to you after the exam so it will add to your stock knowledge.
5. The exam questions are not easily understandable.
Exam designers don't want to make it difficult; they just want to make it difficult for cheaters. You nee to expect some degree of difficulty as it's not an IQ test or a test of general knowledge but of the course that you're taking up.
6. Exams are for people with good memories.
These days very few teachers give exams based on your having to enumerate several items or memorize a list of terms. Teachers are now more concerned with testing your comprehension skills – how well you analyze a topic, how you compare and contrast, how you relate an item to the general lesson.
7. Exams are just for people who work extremely fast.
Undoubtedly, there are time limits in examinations because these are based on topics that have already been taken up; it's not as if you're about to solve a Math problem whose solution method you'll be seeing for the first time. The only thing which is new in an exam, it's only the manner of presentation: same principles, different data.
8. Calculations are either right or wrong.
Credit is almost always given for effort. You'll still be credited for attempting a solution, even if you don't get the final answer right. You might even find a correct solution that has never been tried before!
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