How to study

I do something like:

1. Skim material (This is a vibe check).
2. Go back over material, slower, with an eye towards the exam topics.
3. Take basic notes.
4. Pick a topic, create a lab with a working example.
5. Find source materials, or more examples of a given technology.
6. Talk with others about the topic.
7. Understand the existing lab, look at debugs, logs, packets.
8. Read more source Material.
9. Take more advanced notes documenting observations about behavior.
10. Understand where this concept fits with other related concepts …

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References

Bloom’s taxonomy - Wikipedia