“Time management is key.” Your timing skills could add or subtract 100 points from your score. Timing skills are very important because the CAT has unusual pacing constraints:
DOUBLE-PENALTY for any unfinished questions in each section. The penalty for unfinished questions is severe, worse than getting a question wrong. You should pace yourself to make sure that you finish all the questions in the allotted time.
NO DOUBLE CHECKING - If you finish a section early, you cannot go back to double check your earlier answers. For example, if you hurry and finish your section with 20 minutes left, you are stuck at the end of the test for 20 minutes.
NO SKIPPING - When you hit a tough question or get a mental block, you cannot skip the question without entering an answer. Instead, you have to trudge through it, guess, and hope you don’t waste too much time. In addition, all answers are final and you have to answer the question in front of you.
GO FASTER AND FASTER - The value of each question decreases as the section progresses. The first few questions will determine most of your score, so you have to start slowly and carefully and then accelerate as the test progresses.
Keep in mind
| Question #1-7 | Go slowly because the questions are valuable. Double-check yourself before answering. |
| Question #8-19 | Speed up here to a “normal” pace. Be careful, but not as cautious as earlier in the test. |
| Question #20-end | Move rapidly and guess more frequently and make sure to finish all of the questions. |
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