I’ve overlooked a very important part of chapter 2 yesterday.
It is a part which tells about styles of test questions which I may expect.
Handbook mentions that I should expect facts in the test to be presented differently than in the study materials.
Here is an example:
“Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?” about statements like “The hovercraft was invented in the 1950s” or “The Chancellor of the Exchequer is responsible for crime,
police and immigration”
To answer to these questions I must know that hovercraft was invented in 1950’s & that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is responsible for the economy.
About hovercraft I can learn reading page 56 of the handbook and about the Chancellor- reading page 113.
The point is we cannot learn the materials in handbook like a script…what is a pity.
The test questions may be indirect.
Example 1
We can be asked: “What is Roger Bannister famous for?
But we may be also asked in that way: “Who ran the first four-minute mile in 1954?”
Example 2
Instead of “When were women first given the right to vote?” I may be asked “Why is 1918 an important date in the history of women’s rights?”
So once more we are being reminded that we will be tested on our understanding of the subjects covered in the materials rather than our memorizing facts.
But still we must memorize dates as we may be asked which of these dates or facts is correct.
Example 3
“Which famous female novelist, born in 1775, wrote novels concerned with marriage and family relationship?”
A. J. K. Rowling
B. Virginia Woolf
C. Jane Austin
D. Agatha Christie
To answer this question I need to know that it was Jane Austin who wrote novels concerned with marriage and family relationships and that she was born in 1775.So summarising:
1. I mustn't ignore anything because it may seem too obvious or too general.
2. I will be tested on a whole topic, not single facts.
3. I must not only know what novels Jane Austin wrote but also know when she lived and what her novels were concerned about.
UNDERSTANDING IS CRUCIAL!
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