In my exam preparation, I follow this strategy:

Take practice tests: Udemy has many practice tests for specific exams. When I can't find them there, I look for practice tests on the internet or in GitHub repositories. For competitive exams, I recommend subscribing to QConcursos; lifetime subscriptions that fit your budget frequently appear.
Work on your weak points: As with any learning process, your success rate will probably not be good at the beginning.

If the percentage is above 85%, move on to the next step.
If, for example, there are 40 questions and you got 15 wrong, study those 15.

When reviewing your mistakes, ask yourself if the mistake occurred due to a lack of interpretation or a lack of technical knowledge. Even in technical certifications (such as AWS), it is common to make mistakes due to interpretation, and not just content.

If the error is technical, add the question to Anki and review it. This can be done in two ways: 1) Use cloze deletion cards to memorize the concept behind each alternative. 2) (My preference) Memorize the question and its variations using a type of multiple-choice card, such as the add-on Multiple Choice for Anki

This type of card helps to avoid superficial memorization. For example: if the correct answer is alternative B, the brain tends to memorize "it's letter B" (the easiest way), and not the reasoning. To reduce this effect: - Do not put letters in the alternatives.

Use a mechanism that randomizes (shuffles) the options.

This add-on uses a binary scheme to mark the alternatives:

0 = wrong alternative
1 = correct alternative In addition, it offers other question formats, and the documentation is very detailed.

If retention is low, generate variations.

If your question retention is very low, consider:

Generating other similar questions with AI (with fewer clues/details).
Or breaking down each alternative into cloze cards, as mentioned above.

🐍🚬 When above 85%:

If your percentage is consistently above 85%:

Focus on more complex simulations.
Separate the most difficult questions and generate a simulation covering the entire content domain, following the pattern of these questions (this can be done with generative AI).

Alternatively, look for new practice exams on Udemy or GitHub: In the context of AWS certifications, there are options closer to the actual exam (e.g., Stephane Maarek) and others that are easier for beginners (e.g., Andre Lacono).

By applying this process, I considerably increased my success rate in practice exams, using spaced repetition with questions.

1 points InfamousNeat9207
In my exam preparation, I follow this strategy:

Take practice tests: Udemy has many practice tests for specific exams. When I can't find them there, I look for practice tests on the internet or in GitHub repositories. For competitive exams, I recommend subscribing to QConcursos; lifetime subscriptions that fit your budget frequently appear.

Work on your weak points: As with any learning process, your success rate will probably not be good at the beginning.

If the percentage is above 85%, move on to the next step.

If, for example, there are 40 questions and you got 15 wrong, study those 15.

When reviewing your mistakes, ask yourself if the mistake occurred due to a lack of interpretation or a lack of technical knowledge. Even in technical certifications (such as AWS), it is common to make mistakes due to interpretation, and not just content.

If the error is technical, add the question to Anki and review it. This can be done in two ways: 1) Use cloze deletion cards to memorize the concept behind each alternative. 2) (My preference) Memorize the question and its variations using a type of multiple-choice card, such as the add-on Multiple Choice for Anki

This type of card helps to avoid superficial memorization. For example: if the correct answer is alternative B, the brain tends to memorize "it's letter B" (the easiest way), and not the reasoning. To reduce this effect: - Do not put letters in the alternatives.

Use a mechanism that randomizes (shuffles) the options.

This add-on uses a binary scheme to mark the alternatives:

0 = wrong alternative

1 = correct alternative In addition, it offers other question formats, and the documentation is very detailed.

If retention is low, generate variations.

If your question retention is very low, consider:

Generating other similar questions with AI (with fewer clues/details).

Or breaking down each alternative into cloze cards, as mentioned above.

🐍🚬 When above 85%:

If your percentage is consistently above 85%:

Focus on more complex simulations.

Separate the most difficult questions and generate a simulation covering the entire content domain, following the pattern of these questions (this can be done with generative AI).

Alternatively, look for new practice exams on Udemy or GitHub: In the context of AWS certifications, there are options closer to the actual exam (e.g., Stephane Maarek) and others that are easier for beginners (e.g., Andre Lacono).

By applying this process, I considerably increased my success rate in practice exams, using spaced repetition with questions.

2 points Various-Reputation74

Sadly I can't use premade tests (or rather I can but it's not a good way) as I study in Poland and it can differ quite a lot from us curriculums, textbooks or just names of concepts (sometimes they're not just basic translations). That's why I'd prefer to use my personal notes so just needed concepts are in there, no less, no more. Still thank you for your answers, I find the overall method great, just need to deal with quizzes somehow

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1 points valvze

https://neobloc.org lets you generate a deck as big as you wan, then you can 'transform' the deck into MCQs or short answer quizzes as well. Works really well if you get bored of doing flashcards.