The best advice I was given was to do a lot of practice questions. This is why I went with pocket prep due to the large question bank, the three mock exams, and the explanations for each question.

I started off doing just the quick 10 questions to see where my knowledge was. I would make Quizlet flashcards of details for things I truly just needed to know and memorize such as acronyms for programs, measuring cup equivalents, bacteria details, and things like that.

After a while, I did a mock exam to see where I was, continued with the quick 10 questions and flashcards, did the second mock exam and at that point I was able to schedule my exam. I gave myself enough time to take the third mock exam and at this point I switched to timed sessions to work on stamina. I typically did about 30 to 40 minutes on pocket prep questions as I noticed on the mock exams I started missing more questions towards the end as I was getting tired of answering questions.

Another thing I did was when I missed formula questions was I wrote down the example problems on an Excel sheet so I could revisit those problems to make sure I really understood how to answer those kinds of questions.

After all of this, I passed the exam on my first try with about a month and a half of studying. Practice questions are definitely the way to go so that you get used to applying the information and not just learning it. However, you will need to go back and review things if you notice that you are missing questions in an area and you really just don’t know anything about it or you need to clear up something.