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SAI Performance Analyst
(Physiotherapy)
CBT Exam Strategy
A practical 7-page strategy to help you manage the SAI CBT, avoid common traps, and protect your score.
Free 7-page guide · Built for SAI CBT
Don't Just Prepare. Prepare for the CBT.
Learn how to manage your 2-hour paper, handle negative marking, approach difficult questions, and use your final minutes effectively.
100
MCQs
100
Marks
2 hours
Duration
−0.25
Per incorrect answer
What You'll Get Inside
Six focused strategy areas covering exactly what to do before and during the CBT — no filler.
3-Pass Strategy
Sure-shot first, think-and-solve next, difficult questions last — with time targets for every pass.
Time Management
Minute-by-minute pacing targets so the clock never decides your score.
Negative Marking
When to attempt, when to eliminate and infer, when to skip — with −0.25 at stake.
Section C Strategy
How to read passage-based sports cases and find the finding that drives the decision.
High-Yield Revision
Exactly what to revise the day before across physiotherapy, sports science and more.
Final 15-Minute Protocol
Secure the paper, attack high-value uncertainties, run the final audit.
READ → THINK → ANSWER → MOVE
The strategy is built to prevent one difficult question from consuming the time needed for several easier questions.
The 3-Pass Approach
Do not attempt the paper in one linear sweep — clear the sure shots first.
PASS 1
Sure-shot Questions
~45–50 min
Answer questions where you know the answer immediately. If the answer is reasonably clear, answer and move on.
PASS 2
Think-and-solve Questions
~35–40 min
Return to questions where you can eliminate options — calculations, clinical reasoning and interpretation.
PASS 3
Difficult/Uncertain Questions
~20–25 min
Use this time for difficult case-based or highly uncertain questions. Keep approximately 5–10 minutes for final review.
Keep approximately 5–10 minutes for final review. And do not let your strong areas become time traps — if an answer is obvious, select it and move on.
Pace the Paper
Recommended progress targets to keep you ahead of the clock across all 100 questions.
These are recommended strategy checkpoints, not timings specified by SAI. The official notification specifies a 2-hour CBT with 100 MCQs.
Think Like a Sports Physiotherapist
Section C consists of sports-related, passage-based and analytical case studies — testing reasoning, interpretation of sports data, and evidence-based decision-making.
| Section | Marks |
|---|---|
| A — Common paper: basic sports science + sports awareness | 40 |
| B — Applied sports science: physiotherapy | 40 |
| C — Sports-related case studies (first tie-breaker) | 20 |
For athlete-based questions, run this sequence instead of reaching for conventional textbook answers: understand the athlete and the problem, identify the objective, interpret the findings, then select the most appropriate decision or intervention — the way you would in a high-performance sporting environment. Final merit tie-breakers run Section C first, then B, then A.
What Should You Revise the Day Before?
Do not start a new textbook. Focus on high-yield revision across three groups.
High-Yield Physiotherapy
- Sports injuries
- Injury mechanisms
- Screening
- Assessment
- Rehabilitation principles
- Return-to-sport
- Sports emergencies
- First aid
- Sports physiotherapy
- Load management
Sports Science
- Energy systems
- Fatigue and recovery
- Training principles
- Strength & conditioning
- Anthropometry/body composition
- Exercise physiology
- Biomechanics
Other Important Areas
- Sports nutrition/hydration
- Sports psychology
- Research methodology
- Biostatistics
- Anti-doping/WADA basics
- Emerging sports technology
- Athlete wellness
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