MSCTC - Michigan Sheriffs' Coordinating and Training Council question I keep getting wrong on MSCTC practice tests

Coming back to this thread because I just passed my MSCTC yesterday. Everything people said about the study guide section is spot on — that was the hardest part for me too. For anyone still studying, don't skip the applied questions in the msctc safety regulations & compliance. They're the closest to what you'll actually see.

Great discussion. One thing nobody mentions: sleep the night before matters more than one more study session. Went in fully rested for my MSCTC and felt sharper than expected.

The advice about understanding why wrong answers are wrong — not just memorizing right ones — is genuinely the best MSCTC advice in this thread. Rebuilt my prep around that and it made a real difference.

I'll be honest, the thing that finally made this click for me wasn't studying harder, it was studying in smaller chunks. I work full time and I've got kids, so I wasn't ever going to sit down for a three hour cram session. What I did instead was keep the practice tests on my phone and just do five or ten questions on my lunch break, and then I'd go back the next day and redo the exact ones I missed. That repetition is what did it. The questions you keep getting wrong aren't testing what you think they're testing, at least that was my problem. I was reading too much into them.

Once I slowed down and actually read what each answer was really asking, the category I kept blowing started making sense. Don't beat yourself up about it. Honestly missing the same type over and over is a good thing because it tells you exactly where to put your limited time. I'd say give yourself two weeks of little daily sessions instead of one big panic weekend. It wasn't perfect but it stuck way better than anything else I tried.

Honestly I almost quit after my third failed practice attempt. The evidence handling stuff was killing me and I couldn't figure out what I was missing until I found msctc/questions/evidence handling chain of custody and just drilled it over and over. It's not intuitive at first but once it clicks it really clicks.

Don't give up. I went from consistently missing those questions to passing on my next attempt. The key for me was slowing down and actually thinking about the sequence rather than just memorizing terms. You've got this.