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eleanor.w.cooper
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List of OG questions by difficulty

by eleanor.w.cooper Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:26 am

Has anyone seen a list of OG questions by difficulty? I know that OG Archer has them by topic and generally question difficulty increases as the question number is higher, however it would be helpful to have a list of the "harder" and "devilish" questions without having to click on each one...

Thanks!
StaceyKoprince
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Re: List of OG questions by difficulty

by StaceyKoprince Wed Apr 09, 2014 5:00 pm

We actually haven't done that on purpose. :)

We don't want you to answer just based on what's rated hard! First of all, those ratings are based on the collective skills of our student population, but you have your own strengths and weaknesses, so your "personal ratings" won't match up exactly.

Second, on the test, you will not see harder and devilish-type questions unless you "earn" your way to them. So we don't want people to ignore the easier and medium problems.

Third, even if you do find an easier or medium problem easy for you, you can still learn something from that problem. Often, shortcuts and traps are more apparent on the easier problems. If you learn / spot them there, then you'll be less likely to have problems on harder ones that test similar topics or concepts.

As a very general rule, it tends to be the case that higher-numbered problems are harder (for everything except RC). So if you're generally looking to have a mostly-harder mix, do higher-numbered problems. But don't just cherry-pick the hardest ones according to a list - ours or anyone else's.

Good luck!
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