Did a full timed practice test today and ran out of time with 13 questions left. Definitely have a time management problem.
The (ACE) Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop exam has 94 questions and the time limit is 123 minutes by my understanding. That works out to roughly 61 seconds per question — which should be doable except I keep stopping on "ACE exam" type questions.
My bad habit: I over-analyze questions I'm unsure about rather than making a best guess and moving on.
Any strategies that worked for you? Specifically:
- Do you go through once and skip hard questions to come back to?
- How many questions on "ACE" should I expect — is it worth the time investment?
- Is the real exam usually easier to pace than practice tests, or harder?
I'm good enough on the content, I think — it's purely pacing that's failing me.
Quick data point: I spent 7 weeks studying, 1-3 hours a day, and passed with a 79%.
The section on ACE exam took me the longest to feel confident about. Eventually I just drilled practice questions until I could answer them without hesitation.
What testing center did you end up booking? Some of them have much shorter wait times than others right now.
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