Retracing your steps
While you are taking the PHR or SPHR exam, you can mark any question to which you intend to return later in the exam by clicking the “mark” button on the computer screen. If you’ve eliminated one or more of the distractors, make a note so you don’t waste time reading and considering them again. (The exam administrator will give you an erasable noteboard and marker, which you can use to make notes.) It may also be wise to select your first impression of the right answer in case you run out of time and do not have time to reconsider the question later in the testing period. You can review the questions you have marked by clicking the “review marked” button. You can also review unanswered items by clicking the “review incomplete” button.