You get a question wrong in a mock. You read the explanation, you nod, and a week later you get the same sort of question wrong again. Reading an answer once does not put it in memory. Seeing it again, at the right gaps, does.
That is the idea behind the revision queue: a spaced-repetition schedule built from your own mistakes.
Key takeaways
- A wrong answer enters the queue and comes back the next day. Each later correct answer pushes it further out: 1, 3, 7, 14, then 30 days.
- A wrong answer to a queued question sends it back to the start.
- Get it right on the last step and it graduates, and leaves the queue.
- The queue is Premium, it is kept separately for each post, and it works for both CSS MPT and FPSC.
The schedule
When you finish an attempt on a post (a full mock, Practice Set, Custom Mock, drill or Today's practice), every question you answered wrongly goes into your queue for that post, due the next day. After that:
| What happens | Result |
|---|---|
| Answered wrong | Back to step one, due in 1 day |
| Answered right at step 1 | Due again in 3 days |
| Right again | 7 days, then 14, then 30 |
| Right at the 30-day step | Graduates: it leaves the queue |
| Skipped | Nothing changes |
The gaps grow because the longer you can go and still get it right, the better it is lodged. A question that keeps coming back is a question you do not know yet.
Doing a revision session
Open Revision under Study tools. It shows how many questions are due, and starts a session with up to 30 of them, the oldest due first. A revision session is practice: no negative marking, one minute per question, and it stays off the leaderboard. Your answers feed straight back into the schedule, so a question you get right moves up and one you miss starts again.
If you are on Premium, your Today's practice set also starts with up to five of your due questions, with fresh ones to make up the ten.
Replaying the misses from one mock
You do not have to wait for the schedule. After a mock you can start a revision session on that mock's misses, which gives you the questions you got wrong in that attempt, up to 30, while the memory is fresh. This is the quick follow-up for a mock you want to learn from today.
Two things worth knowing
The queue only fills while you are on Premium. A mock you finish adds its misses to the queue when you are paid up at the moment it is graded. Mocks you finished earlier, on a free account, are not added back. Once you are on Premium, the single-mock replay still works for them.
Each post has its own queue. On FPSC, the questions you miss on one post are tracked for that post. If you are preparing for two posts, you will see two sets of due questions, and they will not mix.
There is no way to add a question by hand. The queue is just your own mistakes, which keeps it short and relevant.
How it fits with the rest
Revision is the fix for things you got wrong. It does not find what to study next. For that, the results of a mock tell you where the marks are going, Studying Smart for an FPSC Post shows how to read them, and the weak-area drill builds a session from your weakest areas. The Sure, Unsure and Guess ratings help you decide which right answers you should also treat as unlearned.
Free accounts can still review their wrong answers by hand in the question review. Revision and the drill are on Premium, which covers both CSS MPT and FPSC. See pricing for the current plans.
Frequently asked questions
After 1 day, then 3, 7, 14 and 30 days, as long as you keep answering correctly. A wrong answer sends the question back to the 1-day step.
No. It is part of Premium. One Premium plan covers both the CSS MPT and the FPSC tests.
No. A revision session is practice, with no negative marking, and it is not ranked.
No. The queue fills from mocks graded while you are on Premium. Once you are on Premium you can still replay the misses from an earlier mock in a revision session.