Those who know me better will know how I studied for my Knowledge Engineering exam (cursing and swearing at the same time). The exam format is to choose any four out of six questions (which mean two questions from each lecturer). Well, I choose only to study exactly four questions for this exam... leaving behind 1/3 of the notes that probably account for 3/5 of the thickness of all notes. I chose to do questions from the first lecturer because it is more calculation-based (which means you must know how to apply what you have learnt). I like such questions as they are more challenging (hee hee... less people will know how to solve) and more importantly, fewer things to commit to memory so long as I understand the fundamentals. I chose second lecturer's materials because of better flow and the existence of tips (that's why you shouldn't miss any class). The lack of understanding of blackboard and control systems (not the blackboard that you see in class) slowed down my learning curve considerably and most of the time, I had to just rely on pure memory (I know it's not good but what to do?).
Frankly, this way of revision is really not my usual style. I generally will revise all and seldom skip any parts. To put it literally, study in a kiasu way (宁可杀错，不可放过) – sometimes even read up the texts for better understanding rather than just rely on lecture notes). In fact, I was real worried the day before exam... worried because I may not know how to do those resolution proof questions (in fact, I can't solve the past year exam questions on this)... worried also because what if those things which I didn’t managed to revise pops out during exam... I even called Xian that night and told him that this will be my first time (well, probably the last – too scary) going into an exam hall with the bare minimum and to see what I can do on the spot.
Well, well, guess what... I got an 'A' for this module!
KELONG... well maybe lah but you definitely need to be exam smart for this "feat".
But I really do wonder if it is a result of moderation and what's my real grades?