Um.....I have to agree with 8Geee on this point, y'know.
Yes, it helps to have a good spread of general knowledge. But a large part of the test's focus is not just 'general knowledge', but equally (if not more so), it's interested in exactly how you apply what you know.
Literally being able to 'think outside the box'. Some people can do this, innately, without even knowing or understanding how it is that they can do so. The brain forms new connections all the time, and it's able to detect certain of those pathways, and to 'reinforce' them if it detects that they're getting more use than others. Thus, a 'regular' pathway is already well on its way to becoming habitual.....
(It's like my answer to bigpup's '6 fish in the pond' question. You have to read such things literally - 'how many are in the pond?' It's your 'common-sense' that assumes the dead ones have been removed.....but nowhere does it say that's the case. So, you answer the question literally, as read.....)
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