Faculty of translation theory and practice department of translation theory and practice

During the test, answer easy questions first. There is no rule that says that test questions have to be answered in numerical order. However, you can increase your confidence while reducing your anxiety by answering easy questions first. By increasing confidence in this manner, you will be more likely to relax which in turn aids in recall of information and enables you to answer more difficult questions. Furthermore, test questions are often interrelated, so answering one question may lead to answering another more difficult question. Finally, by answering easier questions first, you can ensure that you have answered questions you are knowledgeable about before time runs out.

Physical Self: The self that controls how your body reacts and feels in the testing situation.
The following guidelines should be considered in helping to control the physical self:
Establish and maintain a regular sleeping pattern. In response to busy schedules with numerous tasks and priorities, two areas of daily living are often neglected or slighted. The first area you may cut in your schedule in an attempt to find more time is that of sleep. Naturally, the amount of sleep a person needs varies. It is true that some individuals can function efficiently on less sleep; however, an average of 6 to 8 hours still holds true for most people. If you wake up sluggish or become sluggish quickly within the day or if you find that you are less attentive, it could be due to lack of sufficient sleep.

A mind and body that is well-rested is better prepared to handle the rigors of a testing situation. Of particular importance is the fact that the mind is able to recall information much more efficiently if a sufficient amount of sleep has been obtained. For this reason, an all night cram session can be particularly detrimental to test performance.

2. Establish and maintain regular, nutritional eating habits. Nutrition and regular eating is another area that you might choose to neglect in response to your schedule and time constraints. Doing so, however, is to neglect the fact that nutrition is necessary for the body and the mind to function.
It is important to eat the right amount of the right foods. You need to be aware of how and what you eat and that how much you eat can affect your ability to perform a test. Balanced, nutritional meals with appropriate amounts of protein and carbohydrates are especially important. Typically, this type of meal gives the greatest amount of energy over a longer period of time. Therefore, this type of energy can best sustain the body and mind throughout the testing situation.
You should also be aware that too much food or heavy meals consisting of large amounts of fat before a test can also be detrimental to your test performance. In this case, a greater amount of oxygen is needed in the digestive system to process the food. The oxygen is reduced in other areas of the body, including to some extent the brain, which in turn makes you tired. Being tired dulls the mind's ability to recall and recite information and thus can lead to poorer test performance.
3. Recognize and control symptoms of General Adaptation Syndrome. General Adaptation Syndrome describes the physiological response of the body to situations of fear or anxiety. In such situations, the body responds with an increase in adrenaline which causes other reactions such as an increased respiratory rate, quickening pulse, sweaty palms and nervous stomach.
Academic self: The self that controls how you are prepared academically and how you handle taking the test.

The following guidelines should be considered when controlling the academic self.