Find out the exam format
Ask your lecturer how many questions there will be on the exam. Will there be essay questions, short answer questions, multiple choice questions and/or diagrams to label? Will there be the option to choose between different questions? How many marks will each section be worth? Lecturers often cover this material in their final lecture or a tutorial.
Using past exam papers
- Get copies of past exam papers by searching Exams.
- Is the course still taught by the same lecturers? Changes in staffing will affect lecture material and exam questions.
- Is there a pattern to the type of questions asked? This may give you a clue about which material to concentrate on during your study.
- Turn lecture outcomes into questions to check your understanding of lecture content.
- Review your lecture notes, and then practise answering essay questions under exam conditions. Give yourself the same amount of time you would have in the exam, write by hand on paper, and remove distractions eg, music, TV and email. You can expect to write approximately 1500 words in an hour. Afterwards, have a break and then look over your lecture notes. How could you improve your answer?
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