Tutor: OK. What do you do next?
Barbara: Read the questions?
Tutor: Yes. It's very important to read the questions. Not just once, but several time.
Mac: I usually make a few notes when I’m looking at the questions. Sometimes a question looks easy and then when you start writing you realize that it’s actually more difficult than you thought.
Gerry: Yeah, but you don’t want to spend too much time writing notes.
Tutor: No but it's a good idea to jot down a few ideas to see if you can remember the arguments for the topics you studied most.
Barbara: Once we've decided, is it better just to start at the beginning and answer the questions as they appear on the exam? Or should we start with the easy questions?
Gerry: Mmmm.... Well, I start with the questions that I know better. And leave the ones I’m not sure of for the end.
Mac: That’s what I do, but I still keep an eye on the clock, especially, when the questions are all worth the same number of marks.
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