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0:01In this video , I will share with you
0:03seven very powerful tips for taking
0:05tests from the Cesgranrio board . And
0:08everything I'm going to show you here
0:10is based on the experience I
0:11accumulated by passing 19 public
0:13service exams , in addition to having
0:15analyzed dozens of tests from
0:17Cesgranrio . I will talk about exam time
0:20, essays , how to handle difficult
0:23questions , Portuguese , and many other
0:26very important subjects that are often
0:29neglected by both beginner and
0:31experienced candidates . So , if you
0:35really want to know the Cesgranrio
0:37board , stay with me in this video , as I
0:39am absolutely certain it will make a
0:41big difference on your exam . Let's go
0:43straight to the first tip , which is how
0:46to handle difficult questions . I don't
0:49know if you know , but in every
0:51competitive exam , the examiner selects
0:54a percentage of easy , medium , and
0:56difficult questions to be solved .
1:00Another very important thing that many
1:03people don't know is that the examiner
1:05sometimes places questions right at the
1:08beginning of the test or strategically
1:11at some point to mentally destabilize
1:14the candidate . Those difficult
1:16questions I mentioned , a percentage of
1:19them , often come in a sequence as well .
1:21So , added to this , the candidate needs
1:23to manage their exam time . What does
1:25that mean , professor ? If they spend too
1:28much time on one , two , or three of
1:31these very difficult questions , they
1:33will lose test time and might not
1:35manage , at the end , to get to the easy
1:38questions — that is , questions they
1:40would easily get right without any
1:42problems and solve quickly — because
1:45they wasted too much time on hard ones .
1:48And what , after all , is the tip , master
1:51, for dealing with a difficult question
1:53on the day of your exam ? First , skip
1:57the question while leaving notes . Write
2:00this down : you won't just read it and
2:02skip it ; you have already read it . You
2:04have to take advantage of the fact that
2:06you read it and leave some notes behind
2:07. What kind of notes ? Let's go , I'll
2:11show you a test on the screen here , and
2:13it will become clearer . I have the
2:14Caixa Econômica Federal exam here .
2:17Let's assume this question here ,
2:19question 57 , was a question you
2:21identified as difficult , the kind I
2:22just mentioned . What are you going to
2:26do when reading this question ? As you
2:29identify alternatives that you can
2:31eliminate , you should immediately cross
2:34them out . You can mark an ' X ' or you
2:37can simply cross out letter A , or cross
2:39out the whole question . I don't
2:41recommend , of course , that you cross it
2:42out so much that you can't read it .
2:44Just draw a line there to identify it .
2:46Look , I've already marked this here as
2:49a question , an incorrect option .
2:52Suppose you manage to eliminate A and
2:54B. Well , you go to the next one , you'll
2:57skip it , and at the end of the exam ,
2:59when you return to this question , you
3:01have two hypotheses . You will have
3:04plenty of time to solve it , calmly , you
3:06will read it at ease . Or if you don't
3:09have time , if time is running out ,
3:11which is very , very common , what will
3:13you do ? If you have to guess , you've
3:16already eliminated two options , okay ?
3:19This is a very important tip . The
3:21second tip is as follows . To eliminate
3:24these questions , look for errors . Why ,
3:27professor ? Why look for errors ? Because
3:29the error is more evident . So , if you
3:32are very doubtful about a question with
3:35five options , look for errors in the
3:37options . The error is much easier to
3:40identify than a correct option . For you
3:43, for example , to say that all of this
3:45is correct , it's easier for you to look
3:48for a little detail here that makes
3:50this option wrong . So you will , as I
3:53said , cross out the wrong options , move
3:55on to the next question , and keep doing
3:58this dynamic throughout your entire
4:00exam . Let's go to the second tip . How
4:02to solve Portuguese questions ?
4:05Practically every Cesgranrio exam , it's
4:07hard to find a competitive exam that
4:08doesn't have Portuguese questions in
4:10its syllabus . What you will do , first
4:13of all , even before reading the text ,
4:15pay close attention , you will read the
4:18questions . I'll show you on the screen .
4:20We have here the Caixa Econômica
4:22Federal exam . Right away , you see a
4:25very large , quite extensive text . The
4:28first thing you will do is not — and
4:30note this well — read the text . We have
4:33right after this the continuation of
4:35this text , a text , so you see a very
4:37large text . You will go through the
4:40questions to know which points of the
4:42text are being tested , what the
4:44examiner is requiring of you ,
4:46especially because there are questions
4:48that you don't even need to read the
4:51text to answer . There are questions
4:53where the examiner makes an excerpt
4:55from the text , puts it in the question ,
4:56and you don't need to return to the
4:58text to read it . So it's important to
5:00take this general look at all the
5:02questions . Three here are just a few ,
5:06see . For example , question number four
5:07is one of them , see . It asks which
5:10option uses the comma correctly . You
5:15don't even need to read the text to
5:17answer this question . So it is
5:19important for you to take a look at all
5:22of them , the same way , the five , right ?
5:25So , out of five questions , for two you
5:27don't even need to read the text . So ,
5:30you do a quick scan , a general overview
5:33of the Portuguese section , then go read
5:35the text already looking for those
5:37points you saw in the questions that
5:40will be asked by the examiner . And the
5:44third tip is about the essay : should
5:46you solve the essay first , right away ,
5:48or leave it for the middle or even the
5:51end of the exam ? Some teachers
5:54recommend that you solve the essay
5:56right away . You get your exam , and the
5:59first thing you do is solve the essay .
6:01Why ? To take advantage of your more
6:04fluid reasoning , not being tired yet
6:06from facing an exhausting test , and
6:08just solving the essay straight away .
6:11That is one option . The second option ,
6:14which is the one I always adopted , is
6:17to solve the essay at the end . And I
6:19will tell you why . For two reasons .
6:21First , because of anxiety itself ; just
6:24imagine if you read the essay topic and
6:27think : " My God , I don't know anything
6:29about this subject . " You will get
6:32nervous because of that , and your
6:34entire exam performance will be
6:36compromised , okay ? So , leaving it for
6:39the end , you don't even look at it and
6:41what do you ensure ? You ensure that you
6:44have a good performance on your
6:46objective test . Why have a good
6:49performance on the objective test ?
6:52Don't forget , if you haven't reached
6:54the minimum number of questions , you
6:55could write a perfect essay . It won't
6:58matter at all . You need to guarantee a
7:01minimum number of questions to have
7:02your essay graded . So , it matters
7:05little if you wrote a beautiful essay ,
7:07having spent half of the exam time
7:09doing an excellent job . If you then
7:12fail to reach the minimum for the
7:14objective questions . So I always
7:16considered the following . Well , first I
7:18need to ensure that I will be among
7:20those candidates who will have their
7:22essay graded . I will do my best here on
7:25the objective test . Later , at the end ,
7:29I would go to the essay , also without
7:31that worry of having looked at the
7:34topic and gotten nervous , anxious , and
7:37having , in a way , mentally destabilized
7:39myself . This was the strategy I adopted
7:42. As I said , some people adopt one
7:44strategy or another . So you will have
7:46to test and understand what you adapt
7:48to best . But knowing these options , you
7:51will be able to make your assessment
7:53and decide what is best for you . Let's
7:56move on to our fourth tip . Remember
7:58there are seven , and if you're enjoying
8:00this , now is the time . Subscribe to the
8:02channel so you don't miss the next
8:03videos , the next tips , and strategies
8:05to pass a public service exam . Fourth
8:07tip , teacher , very important . Now I
8:09will cover a type of question very
8:12frequent on the Cesgranrio board , in
8:14Cesgranrio exams , which are questions
8:17where the examiner inserts a little
8:19story there , a hypothetical situation
8:22for you to go to the alternatives .
8:25Let's go , let's go to the screen here
8:26and I'll show you , it will be easier to
8:28understand . Here is what I am talking
8:29about . I am using as a model , including
8:31the Caixa Econômica Federal exam . I
8:33will use only this exam so you can see
8:35that all these tips I am giving here
8:36apply , they appear in every competitive
8:38exam , and you will nail a good part of
8:40your test just with these insights ,
8:42with these strategies that I am giving
8:44you here . Question 47 , look here . The
8:48examiner brings an entire plot , an
8:51entire story before asking the question
8:53to the candidate . And why is this
8:56important ? Because it brings some
8:59details , some peculiarities in this
9:02story that if you don't observe
9:04carefully , you might make a mistake
9:07when choosing the correct alternative .
9:10So , what is the invaluable tip here ?
9:13Read with great attention , great care ,
9:16underline , highlight the important
9:19points of the text so you don't run the
9:21risk of misinterpreting the story told
9:24there , the actual situation told , and
9:27getting the choice of the alternative
9:29wrong . You can see question 47
9:33addresses a story . If we take another
9:36look at the exam here , look : a manager
9:38of an organization privileges two types
9:40of skills . It creates a plot , it
9:43creates a situation before questioning
9:45the candidate . So this is very present
9:48in Cesgranrio exams and the tip is :
9:51read and reread if necessary , with
9:53plenty of attention , and mark the
9:55points in highlight . Fifth tip , another
9:58type of question very frequent , which
10:00are questions where the examiner brings
10:03lists and enumerations . This has two
10:06implications for the candidate , when
10:08studying and during the exam . When
10:11studying , the candidate will come
10:13across , is studying a subject where
10:15some alternatives are listed , some
10:17hypotheses , four or five hypotheses .
10:20Whoops , five hypotheses . The chance
10:23that the examiner will take these five ,
10:25put them in the alternatives , and ask
10:26you which one is correct . Let's go to
10:29the exam and I'll show you . Take a look
10:32, question 26 from the Caixa Econômica
10:35Federal exam , for the bank technician
10:37position , asks the candidate to
10:39consider the scenario where Caixa
10:41Econômica Federal accepts , in a loan
10:44contract granted to a certain client ,
10:46the deposit of a set of valuable
10:48jewelry as collateral for the full
10:50amortization of the debt incurred . In
10:56this question , the examiner is dealing
10:58with bank guarantees . In all the
11:02options , they provided a type of
11:04guarantee , that is , a list , an
11:06enumeration , and asks which one of
11:08these fits the scenario provided . In
11:12that little story once again that I
11:14mentioned a moment ago . In this case
11:17here , it is quite common , we often hear
11:19about pawning jewelry , right ? So here ,
11:21it is a pledge . But look , all these
11:24hypotheses here are types , right ? They
11:27are types of guarantees , whether real
11:29collateral or personal guarantee . And
11:31look how frequent this is . Here is
11:33another situation of a list and
11:35enumeration . Here is another situation
11:38of a list and enumeration . Here is
11:40another one . So , when you are studying ,
11:43preparing for the CSGri exam , you
11:45already know , oops , they like lists and
11:47enumerations . If I come across a
11:49concept or something that has a listing
11:53there , some subtopics , these subtopics
11:56might end up on your test as
11:59alternatives . Got it ? Sixth tip , stay
12:02alert because the sixth and seventh
12:04tips are just as important as the
12:06others . The sixth tip is questions that
12:10translate or express some absolute
12:11character . Let's go , I'll explain it to
12:14you . If you find " exclusively , " " always ,
12:17" " never , " " ever " in the alternatives ,
12:20what do you do ? You turn on the alert ,
12:24underline these alternatives . You must
12:26have heard of this before , but I'm
12:27going to show you in practice here . You
12:29will see a small difference . It's worth
12:31it . Stay with me . Let's go . Let's go to
12:33the screen so it will be easier too .
12:34Here again , Caixa Econômica Federal as
12:36an example , it is question 43 . This
12:39will even help you when you eventually
12:41need to guess on the test . It asks here
12:44basically to talk about generative
12:47adversarial networks . My God , I never
12:50studied this subject and now I'm going
12:53to look for alternatives that I can
12:55eliminate . This is the best strategy .
12:57Here the GANs , which are generative
13:00adversarial networks , are characterized
13:03by being used exclusively . Whoa , "
13:07exclusively . " The chance of this being
13:11wrong is quite high , because we know ,
13:13almost everything allows for an
13:15exception . So you go there and
13:17highlight it . It may be that not , it
13:19may be that in fact it does not allow
13:20an exception , but it is more difficult .
13:23Examiners usually use this to make an
13:25answer choice incorrect . So you come
13:28here and underline " exclusively . " "
13:30Consist only of , " oops , " exclusively
13:34only . " See , I've already eliminated two
13:37options here . My chance of getting it
13:39right goes from a very low percentage ,
13:4120 % and almost doubles . Here are the
13:46other questions ; I won't read them all
13:48to avoid getting tedious , but anyway .
13:50You can see that with a quick read here
13:52. I was already able to show you two
13:54situations , and this is present in
13:56practically the entire test . Throughout
13:59several questions , you will encounter
14:02words like never , always , ever , only ,
14:04exclusively . So , pay attention , mark
14:08them , underline them , as it may help
14:10you secure one or two points that , in
14:12the final ranking of the contest , could
14:15be the difference between being called ,
14:18appointed , and being left out . Last tip
14:21, but no less important , take short
14:24breaks during your test . What do you
14:27mean , professor ? One hour , an hour of
14:29testing , maybe a little less . Stop , do
14:32something , shift your focus . Change
14:35your focus , change your concentration ,
14:38because taking a competitive exam is
14:41extremely draining , it consumes a lot
14:43of energy , and this break is
14:45scientifically proven to help resume
14:48reasoning and also , of course , for
14:50better learning , it greatly improves
14:53the learning process . So you are taking
14:571 hour , 1 hour 10 , 1 hour 30 , 45
14:59minutes , it will depend on each
15:01candidate . Stop for 5 minutes , drink
15:05some mineral water , eat a snack , go
15:07back to the test , drift off a bit
15:09thinking about a subject , thinking
15:11about something different , looking at
15:14the wall , anyway , do something that
15:16changes , that takes your brain's
15:18attention away from the test
15:20specifically . I will even tell you a
15:23very interesting story that happened to
15:25me in the police chief exam during the
15:26psychological test , specifically . I had
15:29already passed , I had passed the essay
15:31part , only the oral exam was left . What
15:33happened ? In , in the psychological
15:35assessment , specifically , right , in a ,
15:37in a logical reasoning test , all the
15:39candidates , right , in the room there ,
15:4030 candidates , and we had time to do
15:42each type of test . If I'm not mistaken ,
15:45it was a test with 20 questions and it
15:47was 10 or 15 minutes , something like
15:49that . I don't , I'm not sure about the
15:52time now , but what I want to convey to
15:53you is the following . On a certain
15:55question , I simply couldn't move
15:57forward . I couldn't , I just couldn't . I
15:59started to get nervous and some
16:01thoughts started to come , ah , will I
16:02not be able to solve this ? Will I not
16:04be able to do it ? Am I going to fail
16:06this test ? I just stopped , I stopped
16:10everything , sat down , ate a cereal bar
16:12I had brought , drank some water ;
16:14everyone must have thought I was a bit
16:16crazy , right ? In the middle of the test
16:19, stopping everything , while everyone
16:20else was solving it so quickly . And I
16:22stopped everything , skipped that
16:24question , went on to the next ones , and
16:26things flowed with such great ease .
16:29Later , I had the chance to go back to
16:30that question . I don’t remember now
16:32if I solved it correctly or not , but I
16:34did finish the entire test . Maybe if I
16:36had kept at it , stayed focused , focused
16:38, focused , focused , focused , I
16:40wouldn’t have been able to get out of
16:42that bind . So , if you’re taking a
16:45test and suddenly come across a very
16:47difficult , very difficult question and
16:48can't move forward , stop , take a break ,
16:50drink some water , have a snack , because
16:52it will all help your brain and make
16:54your reasoning more fluid . If you liked
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