Good thing he went to the Harvard of the Midwest lest he not even spelled his name right on the test.
Any decent college will teach you test-taking tips. Hell, even in the Air Force prior to every one of our annual competitive promotion tests we were given a quick pre-test briefing which included being told not to spend too much time on any question and go through the test and do all the "easy" questions and then go back and do the ones you skipped to avoid getting hung up and possibly not finishing the test in the allotted time.