Sequencing your final 72 hours before the exam

If you've already done the lessons and a mock or two, the last 72 hours are about retrieval — pulling answers out of your head under time pressure, not stuffing more in.

Day -3 (Thursday for a Sunday exam)

• One full mock under timed conditions (60 min). Don't reset between questions — sit it like the real thing.
• Review only the ones you got wrong. For each, write the *principle* in your own words.
• 20 drill cards from your weakest two domains.

Day -2

• 30 drill cards across all five domains.
• Re-read four lessons total — the *two* you scored worst on yesterday, plus *prompt caching* and *token budgets* (always tested, always under-prepared).
• Skim the Real-world example callouts on those four lessons. The exam loves scenario phrasing.

Day -1

• Light. Take a half mock (12 questions) just to keep the engine warm.
• Memorize the three model IDs exactly. The lineup, the defaults, the mix pattern.
• Sleep early.

Test day

• Two-pass strategy. 90 sec per question first pass; mark and move. Second pass on the marked ones.
• First-instinct answers usually win. Don't change confident answers on the second pass.