Keyhole and Angle Ranking Tips?

[Elysian12]

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For the most part, the rest of the sections I am content with how well I do. However, Keyhole takes me way too long leaving me to rush on the other sections. Any tips on how to approach the problem? Should I go to answer choices first or imagine the object from TFE first etc.

For angle ranking, I am way to inconsistent. Ill review the 15 questions after my exam and say okay I get it. Ill review the same 15 questions and ill get different answers each time. I have tried laptop method, quick glance method, hill method, and many others. If someone can explain the quick glance method thing in detail that would be great.

I am using Crack PAT and Bootcamp for PAT section.
Been getting 18s/19s

 

[DragoBlue]

Same boat as you, TFE and especially Keyhole are my hardest ones, taking a lot of time. As for angles i mange to average 12/15 but they can be tricky..

For Keyhole I suggest just keep practicing it. Pay attention to detail. It took me a long time looking at each answer for each question but really, practice!! From 8/15 I am up to 13/15 average now. Someone mentioned before to compare in groups, if possible.

When comparing very similar angles there's a few ways to go about it. It really depends on the situation. For example I might look at the vertex and see which end seems longer (the longer the end, the smaller the angle.) If that's not really possible I usually just quick glance it, going back and forth and see where the angle widens. Not sure how else to explain that, sorry! For obtuse angles I imagine pouring water on the terminal side of the angle. The faster the water goes down to the vertex, the smaller the angle.

 

[yihaej12]

For angle ranking i basically did what Drago said but in addition, for angle ranking, I try to sit farther away from the screen. For some reason it helps me distinguish between angles better.

For Keyhole, I usually just check out each answer choice starting from A. I just go around each edge of the object and compare to the answer choices. Bootcamp sometimes has crazy small differences between the actual object and the keyhole and there weren't any of that on my DAT. The differences were pretty obvious to see.