Skipping sections on the DAT PAT?

[Adventureisoutthere]

I'm finding mixed answers in regards to skipping around on the PAT. I want to know if it's possible to jump to any question you want without hitting the skip button a bunch of times? Any advice from people that have already taken their DAT?
On all my practices I start at hole punch (Question 46) go till the end, then jump back to question 1 and go till 45. This helps me tremendously in timing each section bc I can blaze through Hole Punch, Cubes, pattern Folding and have 38-40 minutes for Keyholes, TFE & angles (which I really need).
So I would really like to be able to do this on the actual DAT but I'm getting mixed responses about the ability to skip around.

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[cacajuate]

You will have to mark every question up until 46, which I think would be a waste of time. I would just go through the first 45 and do the ones I could do quickly and mark the hard ones for after.

 

[l4dygaga]

You would have to press next 45 times. The "review" button only becomes available at the very end of every section.

 

[Adventureisoutthere]

Alright I will try a couple of different strategies then, thanks!
If I skip a question without marking it will it remind me at the end which questions I've skipped? (like on Topscore and CDP)

 

[adin]

yes, there's a column for 'completed' 'incomplete' and 'marked' after you've gotten through the questions
I'm really bad at TFE so I marked them all C and came back later and I think that helped me with time. Focus on your good sections!

 

[CraigHack]

Like what someone above said, you have to click next a lot to get to whatever section you're trying to do first. That said, I had a very similar strategy. I did angles, TFE, and keyholes (in that order) for my last 3 sections, while matching your first 3 sections. The 5-10 seconds spent clicking through to hole punching was worth the boon it provided me in time management, since I always took too long on keyholes when I was practicing.

 

[ando25x]

Wait, If i want to skip sections, do i need to mark all the questions ive skipped? On the CDP, i just press skip until I reach the hole punching section. Is it like CDP on the real DAT, or do i need to mark every single skipped question in order to move on?