hi sadpanda 🙁 haha.. funny name.
anyway, those arn't dumb questions.
After registering to take the OATs from the opted webpage, you'll have to wait 4-5 days (or is it a week...) for a letter to arrive with a code that allows you to register for the OATs via Thompson prometric webpage. Once you have your code, go to the Thompson testing website and select a date and time for your test.
Depending on your testing center, you should be able to sign up for any day of the week except for Sundays. The times are usually 9 or 11 (i recommend earlier) so you'll get out before 1:30p. Im not sure about how many days ahead you'll need to sign up prior to the test, so the earlier the better you can always change it within 48 hours of the test date (or is it 24 hours...) for a $10 charge.
Yes. you will get your scores on your screen right after the last question on the QR section. you'll see "gathering data" or something similiar, and that's when you get really, really nervous. If you studied hard u'll most likely see favorable scores; you'll then get a copy of your score report, and go home happy.
g'luck 👍