PAT Strategies

Question 0

What is the recommended time for the TOP-FRONT-END questions?

Answer 0

1 min/question

Question 1

What is the time limit for the keyholes section?

Answer 1

12.5 minutes total, which is 50 sec/question

Question 2

What is the recommended pacing for angle ranking?

Answer 2

20 sec/question, or 5 minutes for 15 questions

Question 3

What is the recommended pacing for the Hole Punching section?

Answer 3

20 sec/question or 5 minute for 15 questions

Question 4

For pattern folding what are the three strategies you should use?

Answer 4

• -Unique shape (match the size and orbientation
• -Unique shading
• -Key landmark (a dot, dash, etc)

Question 5

What is the most important thing for you to remember in the PAT section?

Answer 5

Try to get to the angle ranking, hole punching, and cube counting, and even pattern folding as fast as you can!! You can always go back and do the other sections later, but you have to get the easy points! There is a reason the test makers put key holes and top-front-end questions first, they eat up lots of time