5 mistakes students repeat in mock exams
CSCA Mentors · Sep 02, 2026
Time misallocation, guessing under negative marking and skipping the error log — and how to fix each one.
1. Spending too long on the first hard question.
2. Guessing when the penalty outweighs the expected gain.
3. Never revisiting flagged questions.
4. Reviewing only the score instead of the per-topic accuracy breakdown.
5. Taking mocks without a fixed schedule, so fatigue is never trained.
