Overall, the Maternal Newborn CAT was extremely stressful for me. I set myself in the same environment I have been working in and was very confident in the answers I was choosing, but as the number of questions kept increasing, I doubted myself more and more. I have never had a CAT go over 100 questions, so I thought that I was doing poorly. The questions seemed to be difficult types of questions, but I felt like I knew the answers and was quick to choose my response. After finishing the CAT (200 questions later), I was confused as to how I only got 34 wrong. I did better in the first 75 questions than I have on my previous CAT exams, all that ended at 75 questions. I also found that 90% of the questions I was receiving were on the hard level. I also went spans of 15-20 questions where I got zero incorrect, but then it dropped me down a level.
Moving on to future CAT exams, I am unsure of what I would or should change to not get that many questions again. I did well score wise and was extremely confident in my answers, but it was still the longest CAT I’ve taken so far. I will maintain the same environment next time and hope it goes better.
That is curious, Sam, and I wish I had an explanation for you! Chalk it up to an experience that is now behind you where you learned how to handle longer tests.