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How Study Games Help You Prepare for Your Licensing Exam

Filed in: Exam Prep, Series 24, Series 63, Series 65, Series 66, Series 79, SIE Exam, Study Tips

Meet Game Center

Study games help licensing exam candidates remember more by making them recall terms and concepts instead of rereading them. Short games also make it easier to fit in extra review. Knopman Marks’ Game Center, included in Platinum and Diamond packages, offers seven games built from course flashcards and practice questions for FINRA and NASAA exams.

What Is Game Center

Game Center is a section of the Knopman Marks learning platform with seven quick games built from your course content. Each round takes a few minutes, so it fits into a commute, a lunch break or the end of a long day.

Six games use the flashcards provided in your course: Card Picker, Card Hunter I, Card Hunter II, Card Coupler, Card Sweeper and Crossword. The seventh, Sudden Death, uses practice questions.

Card Picker and Card Hunter I are available on mobile. All seven games are available on desktop.

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Why short games help you remember

Rereading notes feels productive, but it mostly builds familiarity. Exam questions ask you to recognize a rule or concept inside a scenario you have not seen before. That takes recall, not familiarity.

Games make you pull the answer from memory every round. Because each round is short, it is also easier to review a little every day instead of cramming. Small, frequent review sessions are one of the most reliable ways to keep content in memory through exam day.

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How to get Game Center

Game Center is included in Platinum and Diamond packages. It is not included in Gold.

  • Enrolling for the first time: choose Platinum or Diamond when you enroll.
  • Already studying with a Gold package: upgrade to Platinum or Diamond from the exam product page. Game Center appears in your course once the upgrade is complete.
  • Studying through your firm: your employer chooses your package. Ask your program manager whether your firm’s package includes Platinum or Diamond.
Package Includes
Platinum Game Center, unlimited live faculty classes, KM Copilot: an AI study tool that answers questions in real time, and additional video and flashcard resources
Diamond Everything in Platinum, plus Strategy Advising: a dedicated faculty advisor, weekly calls, and a custom study calendar

How to fit study games into your plan

Games work best as a short daily habit alongside your core study, not as a replacement for it.

  1. Learn new material first. Work through the week’s chapters or live classes before you play games on that content.
  1. Play 10 to 15 minutes a day. Use the mobile games during short gaps in your day.
  1. Revisit earlier chapters. Play games on last week’s content too, not only the newest material.
  1. Use Sudden Death to check what you can apply. It draws on practice questions, so it shows whether you can use a concept, not only define it.
  1. Finish the week with a practice exam. Note which topics you miss and play games on those next week.

Add Game Center to your study plan

In our Game Center pilot, more than 3,000 students played. Compared with students who did not play, they practiced more, logged in more often and improved their scores faster.

“Sudden Death has helped so much with active recall, and it makes remembering the content much easier.”
– Knopman Marks student

Game Center gives you a faster way to review every day, built from the same content your exam tests. It is included in every Platinum and Diamond package, along with unlimited live faculty classes, KM Copilot, and additional review videos, flashcards, and workbook.

If you are enrolling for the first time, choose Platinum or Diamond to get Game Center from day one. If you are already studying with Gold, you can upgrade from the exam product page and start playing as soon as the upgrade is complete.

FAQ

Do study games help you pass a licensing exam? Games help when they make you recall exam content and help you study more often. They work best alongside practice questions and full practice exams, which test whether you can apply what you remember.

Which exams include Game Center? Game Center is available in Platinum and Diamond packages for [exam list to confirm with L&C].

How do I get Game Center? Choose a Platinum or Diamond package when you enroll, or upgrade from a Gold package on the exam product page.

How much time should I spend on study games? Ten to fifteen minutes a day is enough for most candidates. Keep longer sessions for new material and practice exams.

Can I play Game Center on my phone? Yes. Card Picker and Card Hunter I are available on mobile. All seven games are available on desktop.

Can I use my own flashcards in Game Center? No. The games use the flashcards provided in your course, so every game reflects content your exam tests.

Written by Dave Meshkov

Dave's mission (and job: Managing Director of Course Design) is to make FINRA exam training engaging, approachable, and dare he even say, enjoyable. Having trained and coached over ten thousand students to exam success he knows how to present complex subjects in memorable and understandable ways. Prior to joining Knopman Marks in 2011, Dave practiced bankruptcy law at Weil, Gotshal & Manages and served as a law clerk in a the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court working on the General Motors and Lehman Brothers bankruptcies. Building on his legal expertise and training allows him to keep all our courses updated with the latest legislative and rule-making changes. Dave currently trains for the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam and the Top-Off Series 6, 7, 24, 57, 63, 65, 66, 79, 86, 87, and 99 exams. He also delivers executive one-on-one training and shares his passion for learning outside of work as a ski instructor and yoga teacher. Dave graduated magna cum laude from Fordham Law School, and cum laude with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

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