It has been a long time coming. I put it off for way to long and then the expiration of the exam voucher started creeping up so a few weeks ago I decided to book the exam date and get on with it.
I will not lie, the stress levels were high. I found a few resources regarding revision and the best ways to prepare for the exam. I also found a significant number of practices test kindly provided by people also studying for the exam.
So I decided to adopt my own study still of notes and testing myself. The day before the exam my office was kind enough to give me the day off and I spent it behind the books. After a full 9 hours of studying (yes with breaks between) I went to Systema to blow off a bit of steam. I then arrived home, did some more revision, hit the XBox 360 for an hour and finished the revision.
This morning I headed out early and arrived at the exam center 40 minutes early. This allowed me another look at my revision cheat sheet before doing the exam.
Going upstairs I was greeted with some nervous faces also writing their exams. After waiting for everyone to arrive we sat down and began the process of registering and opening the test which comprised of 40 multiple choice questions.
I started the test and 15 minutes later was finished. Not to brag but I figured that if I didn’t know it, reading the questions over and over wasn’t going to help. So I answered the questions and waited for the results. by God’s grace alone I passed!
So now on to level 2!
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