IPS Exam Preparing For Examinations During the Course Term
1. Invest in a standard dictionary1 and get into the habit of looking up any words about whose meanings you are unclear. This will improve your vocabulary and serve you well throughout all aspects of your life and career.
2. Obtain the Dictionary of Insurance2 and get into the habit of looking up all technical insurance terms with which you are unfamiliar. This dictionary will be useful throughout all your insurance courses.
3. Read the Introduction to the course.
4. Read and pay particular attention to the Objectives for each Study. They tell you where the emphasis is to be placed in the study material and what you are expected to know when you have completed it.
5. Read through course material BEFORE classes or BEFORE attempting correspondence course tests.
6. Ask questions in class, on the job, of classmates and colleagues.
7. Read--the newspapers, insurance periodicals.
8. Avail yourself of your local institute library, if there is one. Many companies also have libraries.
9. Take notes in class.
10. Do the review questions at the end of each study--mentally or in writing.
11. Answer, in writing, the test questions in the textbook. It will give you practice in
formulating and writing out answers. If you are a correspondence student, submit them for
marking in good time. You will have the benefit of the tutor's comments and the opportunity
of learning from your mistakes.
12. Early in the course, obtain copies of old examination papers3 and work through the
questions. Especially note the subjects that keep recurring frequently. They will appear again
in one form or another.
1 The Random House dictionary gives both American and British spellings.
2 May be purchased from your local institute or directly from The Insurance Institute of Canada
