Vocations · Certifications · Study planning

Every domain,
every week,
to exam day.

Give it your exam date, your hours and the blueprint. It splits the hours by weight, walks you through each domain in order and saves the last weeks for practice exams.

Build my scheduleWhat you get

The study schedule generator

The worked example uses example blueprint weights for a security fundamentals exam. Nothing you type leaves this browser.

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What you get

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What you finish with
Study hours before review, each domain’s hours by blueprint weight and a dated plan for every week to the exam. It prints as a plan and downloads as a spreadsheet.
Who it is for
Anyone preparing for a certification or licensing exam with a published content outline, and instructors pacing an exam-prep class.
Format
Browser planner for a phone, tablet or computer, by touch or keyboard. Prints the plan; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); export and import a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Certifications space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions, a correction or a request: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Find the exam’s content outline or blueprint and its domain weights.
  2. Choose a start date and book or estimate the exam date.
  3. Type honest weekly hours; fewer kept beats more planned.
  4. Order the domains, foundations first.
  5. Print the plan and tick off each week.

Build my schedule

How the plan is built

Calendar hours, blueprint weights and review at the end.

The worked example: a security fundamentals examWhole weeks10Nov 16 to Jan 25− Review1 weekpractice exams× 6 h a week54 hfor new material× 28% weight15.1 hsecurity operationsThe worked example: a security fundamentals examWhole weeks10Nov 16 to Jan 25− Review1 weekpractice exams× 6 h a week54 hfor new material× 28% weight15.1 hsecurity operations
Hours come from the calendar; each domain’s share comes from the exam blueprint.

Hours follow the blueprint

Certifying bodies publish what share of the exam each domain makes up. A domain worth 28% of the questions gets 28% of your study hours. If the weights you type do not add to 100, each is scaled to its share of the total.

Why the review weeks

Taking timed practice exams is one of the best-supported ways to learn, and spreading study over weeks beats cramming the same hours. The final weeks are for full practice exams under time, then restudy of the weakest domain, and a light last week.

Sources

  1. Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., and Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4–58.
  2. Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., Vul, E., Wixted, J. T., and Rohrer, D. (2006). Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 132(3), 354–380.
  3. Roediger, H. L., and Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning: Taking memory tests improves long-term retention. Psychological Science, 17(3), 249–255.
  4. U.S. Department of Labor, CareerOneStop. Certification Finder: exam content outlines from certifying bodies (careeronestop.org).

The worked example’s domains and weights are examples, not a real exam’s blueprint. Your entries stay in this browser. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.