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OK POST · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Core Concepts and Terminology

  • Define every core term from Domain 2 in your own words on a single glossary sheet, marking each as confident, shaky, or unknown.

  • Group the Domain 2 terms into 4-6 concept clusters and name each cluster so you can see how the vocabulary connects.

  • Write one concrete example for each of the 10 terms you marked shaky or unknown.

  • Explain the three most frequently confused term pairs aloud without notes, then check your accuracy.

Your checkpoint

A one-page personal glossary of all Domain 2 terms with confidence ratings and examples for the 10 weakest terms.

Week 2

Core Concepts and Terminology & Exam Overview and Structure

  • Map the exam's domain weightings and question formats onto a one-page blueprint showing how many questions each domain is worth.

  • Identify the question stems that signal each core concept, and note the wording pattern for at least 15 concepts.

  • Complete 30 untimed practice questions on Domain 2 and log the reason for every wrong answer.

  • Rewrite each logged error as a one-sentence rule you can apply next time.

Your checkpoint

An exam blueprint page plus an error log of 30 Domain 2 questions with a written correction rule for each miss.

Week 3

Procedures and Best Practices

  • Sequence the standard procedures in Domain 3 into an ordered checklist from first step to last, noting where steps can run in parallel.

  • List the preconditions that must be true before each procedure starts and the completion criteria that end it.

  • Identify five common procedural mistakes and write the correct action for each.

  • Walk through two full end-to-end scenarios on paper, applying the checklist and marking every decision point.

Your checkpoint

A procedure checklist with preconditions, completion criteria, and two completed written scenario walkthroughs.

Week 4

Procedures and Best Practices & Tools and Technologies

  • Match each tool or technology in Domain 4 to the procedure from Domain 3 where it is used, and note one alternative for each.

  • List the input, output, and typical failure mode for the six most important tools.

  • Complete 40 timed practice questions mixing Domains 3 and 4 and record accuracy per domain.

  • Re-derive the correct answer for every miss without looking at the explanation first.

Your checkpoint

A tool-to-procedure mapping table plus a timed 40-question score report broken down by domain.

Week 5

Tools and Technologies & Regulations and Compliance

  • Summarize each regulation or compliance requirement in Domain 5 in two sentences: who it binds and what it demands.

  • For every requirement, name the tool or procedure control that satisfies it and note the evidence an auditor would expect.

  • Build a compliance crosswalk linking each Domain 5 requirement to at least one Domain 3 procedure or Domain 4 tool.

  • Answer 25 scenario questions on Domain 5 and flag any requirement you cannot tie to a control.

Your checkpoint

A compliance crosswalk table with requirement, binding party, satisfying control, and expected evidence for each row.

Week 6

Safety and Risk Management & Regulations and Compliance

  • Rank the top 10 risks in Domain 6 by likelihood and impact, and state one mitigation for each.

  • Describe how safety controls interact with compliance obligations, giving three worked examples.

  • Draft a one-page incident response sequence that names the trigger, the immediate safety action, and the reporting duty.

  • Complete 30 mixed questions on Domains 5 and 6 and log the reasoning error behind each miss.

Your checkpoint

A ranked risk register with mitigations plus a one-page incident response sequence covering safety and reporting.

Week 7

Exam Overview and Structure & Core Concepts and Terminology & Procedures and Best Practices

  • Take a full-length timed mock exam under real conditions and score it by domain.

  • Compare your per-domain accuracy against the official weightings to find where points are cheapest to gain.

  • Re-teach your three weakest concepts from Domains 1-3 in writing as if explaining to a colleague.

  • Rebuild your week 1 glossary, updating confidence ratings to show movement.

Your checkpoint

A scored full-length mock exam with a per-domain gap analysis and a prioritized list of the five weakest areas.

Week 8

Tools and Technologies & Regulations and Compliance & Safety and Risk Management

  • Drill only your five weakest areas from week 7 until you reach 80% accuracy on each in sets of 10 questions.

  • Take a second timed mock exam and compare domain scores against the week 7 baseline.

  • Recite the compliance crosswalk and risk register from memory in condensed form.

  • Write a one-page exam-day plan covering timing per question, flag-and-return strategy, and how you will handle unfamiliar terms.

Your checkpoint

A second mock exam score comparison showing improvement per domain plus a finalized one-page exam-day plan.

Milestones

Week 2: You can define at least 80% of Domain 2 terms from memory and have logged correction rules for 30 practice misses.

Week 4: You score 70% or better on a timed 40-question set across Domains 3 and 4, and can map every major tool to the procedure that uses it.

Week 6: Your compliance crosswalk covers every Domain 5 requirement with a named control, and your risk register ranks 10 risks with mitigations.

Week 7: Your full-length mock score is at or above 70% overall, and no single domain falls below 60%.

Week 8: Your second mock improves on the first in at least three domains, all five weak areas reach 80% accuracy, and your exam-day plan is written.