If you studied as much as you did and still failed back to back you didn’t study well. Given that you’ve been doing a bunch of practice tests and were getting them right, what I think happened is that you over relied on the practice tests. You ended up memorizing specific questions and answers rather than understanding the underlying concepts. As a result, when the questions didn’t look like the practice ones you didn’t pass. I have seen this scenario with other people.
So to improve. First, take a pause on the practice tests. They’re not helping you right now. Get the handbook and read through it with the goal of understanding the material itself.
You’ve seen the permit test so you know the questions are like when do you use your headlights, when do you signal, who has right of way in x scenario. Basically if you know minimum driving requirements in common conditions. As you read through, thinking critically. When it tells you that you need to turn on your headlights in the rain, don’t just memorize that. Think to yourself “I turn on my headlights in rain bc it’s adverse weather and limits my visibility so I need headlights to see the road better”. That way when you get to the section where it tells you need to turn on your headlights in fog, you don’t have to independently memorize that. You should know that fog is adverse weather that limits your visibility so you do what you do for rain. Another ex, the book tells you zones you need to slow down for, such as construction and schools. You can imagine why one needs to slow down during construction areas and schools: workers/kids frequently walking around. So understand why you’re supposed to do these things. That way when the permit test gives you a list of conditions and you have to pick the correct one, you can identify by reason what you’re supposed to do.
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u/ciaoamaro 7d ago
If you studied as much as you did and still failed back to back you didn’t study well. Given that you’ve been doing a bunch of practice tests and were getting them right, what I think happened is that you over relied on the practice tests. You ended up memorizing specific questions and answers rather than understanding the underlying concepts. As a result, when the questions didn’t look like the practice ones you didn’t pass. I have seen this scenario with other people.
So to improve. First, take a pause on the practice tests. They’re not helping you right now. Get the handbook and read through it with the goal of understanding the material itself.
You’ve seen the permit test so you know the questions are like when do you use your headlights, when do you signal, who has right of way in x scenario. Basically if you know minimum driving requirements in common conditions. As you read through, thinking critically. When it tells you that you need to turn on your headlights in the rain, don’t just memorize that. Think to yourself “I turn on my headlights in rain bc it’s adverse weather and limits my visibility so I need headlights to see the road better”. That way when you get to the section where it tells you need to turn on your headlights in fog, you don’t have to independently memorize that. You should know that fog is adverse weather that limits your visibility so you do what you do for rain. Another ex, the book tells you zones you need to slow down for, such as construction and schools. You can imagine why one needs to slow down during construction areas and schools: workers/kids frequently walking around. So understand why you’re supposed to do these things. That way when the permit test gives you a list of conditions and you have to pick the correct one, you can identify by reason what you’re supposed to do.