Sunday 29 May 2016

Tips and tricks to pass TCS Aspire Learning Course

          Hello everyone. In this post I will brief out a few tricks to pass the TCS Aspire Online Learning modules. The Aspire Modules are quite lengthy and for those who are not much familiar with programming languages may feel difficult to clear the cut-off soon enough. You might as well know that the batching process is carried out on the basis of the cut-off score for every month. If you don't clear the cut-off score for this month, you will get an option to reset the modules in which you have undertaken atleast one quiz(after the batching process of the month is completed). So, you might have to redo the module in order to improve your score.

          The reason why I am making this post is because I am used to learning stuff at the last moment and that I am quite sure that there is absolutely no use in learning these modules long before the joining date.(Once you clear the Aspire Batching Cut-off, you will be allotted to a particular stream and will be given the tech-lounge modules to learn before you join. Also, your joining date will be around two months(usually) after the month in which you cleared it.). I have also come across so many future-TCSers asking for easy ways to crack the Aspire module. My advice is to try to do the Aspire module in fair manner and resort to this strategy in the worst case.

Tip 1: The questions that are asked in the quiz are mostly repeated again and again. So, before every quiz go through the queries at the end of each chapter and find out the answers to it. The answers that are given by others are not very trustworthy.

Tip 2: Again, as I have already mentioned that, after each batching process, there will be an option to reset the module. So, for those modules that you find tough, you could simply attend every quiz before the end of the batching process and if required, take a screenshot of the questions so that when you have the reset option available, you could reset the module and take the quiz once again.(Before taking the quiz, find answers to all the questions that you have come through, as the questions are mostly repeated.)

Tip 3: This is the easiest way to score in Aspire modules. Once you start learning each chapter, copy the entire text into a MS Word document. When you start attending the quiz, there will be a time countdown of 30 to 60 seconds. In the mean time, open the word or pdf document and use CTRL+F to search for the answer.(When searching for the answer, choose a keyword from the question which would easily fetch you the result). For the final module quiz, you could copy-paste the entire module text and keep in handy. It is advisable not to directly use CTRL+F on the web browser as it may be detected.

Tip 4: The Python Module is the easiest and the most important module which could fetch you easy marks. Download the Python software (version that is recommended in the course material) and keep it open while you attend the quiz. There are so many "Find the output" type questions which you can type in the Python software and find out. Also, use Tip 3 to find answer to non-output type questions

Please use these tips only if it is absolutely necessary. It is always better to depend on your abilities. Do take the Aspire modules seriously as these tips might make you clear the cutoff, but you might not be so lucky in passing the Initial Readiness Assessment (IRA-1) when you join TCS. Please feel free to comment below if you have any queries regarding the joining and the tests.

Good luck to all future TCSers

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