Test-Taking Strategies

All Lotus Notes exams are difficult and require a broad working knowledge of the subject as indicated by the competencies for that exam. The exam questions are very rarely precise, and students should take note of the following considerations when choosing an answer from the four choices:

• All choices can be correct. Choose the most precise.

• All choices can be incorrect. Choose the least incorrect.

• After choosing an answer, apply the answer back to the question. The answer must answer the question. This may sound redundant, but quite often on applying what at first glance appears to be the correct answer back to the question, you realize that the answer is not correct for the question the way it is written.

• Questions and answers usually apply to the default behavior of Notes and not to workarounds or very advanced development, unless specified in the question and answer.

• Read all questions carefully, because a word such as must or not can make a huge difference in the correct answer.