Preparing for the Exam
Good night's sleep the night before exam
Leave in plenty of time to arrive in time in case of traffic congestion, weather, etc.
Don't arrived stressed out
Suggested References to Bring
Waterworks Regulations
Alabama Manual
CSU (Sacramento) manual or manuals
Other familiar references (tabbed or with index)
Nonprogrammable calculator
Sharpened pencils with good erasers
What to Do and Don't
DO Flag questions that you want to revisit
DON'T write questions or answers in reference materials.
DO Draw sketch or diagram when possible
DON'T look up answers that you know
DO Review questions when done, but DON'T change your first response unless you realized you misread question, made math mistake, used wrong units, etc.
Study Tips
Results from previous exams can help identify contents areas on which other operators had difficulty. You can check these results on the Mountain Empire Community College web site. You may want to spend more time on content areas where the pass rate for previous exams was low.
Studying Tips
Know the contents areas on your exam
Know the tasks for each domain on your exam
Highlight key concepts when studying
Answer end of section/end of chapter questions
Tab sections where you have difficult, e.g., corrosion control- Langalier Index
Take practice exams
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