Hi All, So I'm studying for the USPTO Patent Registration Exam. This particular test used to be administered on a twice a year basis. Within all of these previously administered exams, which are routinely studied by applicants for the exam, there are a number of repeat questions, from test to test, that are either used verbatim, or slightly modified between tests.
For a number of these exams ranging from the years 2000 to 20003, I have at my disposal about 200 questions that are confirmed as either repeat questions, or modified repeat questions. I am fairly certain that this constitutes the majority of the extant repeat questions, if not the entirety of them. In regards to them, the expert advice is basically to memorize as many repeat questions as possible, as a random subset of these will typically constitute up to 40% of the examination. I have punched all 200 of these questions into Mnemosyne. It took me several hours of cutting and pasting, but the task is done. Now, I am going through the questions, and I am concerned about my plan, which is to go through 50 questions at a time, which mimics the exact length of one half of a live exam. My thought was to do this for the next few days, either once or twice per day, and then simply repeat the cycle. Can anyone give me some guidance as to what might be most optimal here? I'm not sure if my approach is really making good use of mnemosyne's algorithm, nor am I sure if it is at all an ergonomic way of studying. I had the idea of cutting the chunks in half, and doing 25 questions at a time, or even less, but for an extended session (i.e. doing a set of 20 questions for an hour or more until all are memorized). The idea here would be to gain mastery with a more digestible portion of the questions before moving on to study the others. I suppose the other issue is that doing it this way, I will only get back to old questions after 10 days of not having seen them. That's more than enough time to forget. To put it simply, I am confused as to how best to use this program. Let me know what you think. Best, James D. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/3d7eef5f-c0e2-4632-a61a-4d414cbe378b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
