Breeze through the same/different stress part of the test by practicing beforehand. There is a kinetic way to find the stressed syllable in a word. Try playing the rubber band with these English words: https://youtu.be/BXs88kHdcNY?t=21 The next step is to try this with other languages, say compare the stressed syllable in vacation to that in vacaciones . Build your confidence with similar exercises until you can skip checking your answer!
#2 ca in English and #3 cio in Spanish.
I picked up an e-book on Amazon for less than $10 : The Complete DLAB Study Guide: Includes Practice Test and Pretest, by William Patton
This book presents increasingly challenging language puzzles. Once you can understand the principles that each set of puzzles is testing, you can predict what the next set will look like. I liked making up a parallel set of puzzles for practice.
I found this review useful because it points out that after determining the rationale of each item, logic will steer you to success. He has his own practice tips. Along with other reviewers, he describes test questions that are more complex than those in the study guide: words as long as nine syllables and speech samples with non-native accents.
This review--written in 2020--provides pertinent information and test-taking tips, such as use your fingers to count the number of syllables in a word.
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