SAS Base Specialist Exam format - Practice Based vs Multiple Choice

[premdaniel1]

I just completed the Practice exam for Base Specialist Cert on PearsonVue and am planning to take the real test shortly. My question to those who have completed the A00-231 - the new performance based exam.

Do all the Performance based / project / coding based questions come first and after all the projects are done, then the test moves to the 20+ multiple choice questions? Are are they mixed together in the course of the 125 minute exam.

I am trying to pace myself, so that I have enough time at the end to review all the projects and verify the answers. Please share your experience. I plan to use the Enterprise Guide Interface. Any challenges? gotchas? window sizing issues that I can anticipate. 

[Mark2010]

Allow me to chime in here at the beginning to answer what I can and remind previous candidates of the 'Candidate Agreement' and 'Confidentiality Agreement. at the beginning of the exam. No sharing content, right?

Read through this if you haven't seen it:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/Tips-and-Strategies-for-the-A00-231-SAS-Base-...

What you experienced in the format of the practice exam is the same that you will experience in the actual exam. Projects are presented first, followed by standard questions.