Pretty much as above. For me writing out the question with the answer on the other side, followed by constant reading of the aforesaidmaentioned card worked for the verbatim stuff. Acronyms (with acronyms for the acronyms) also helped a lot. Discussion at the local watering hole helped with the understanding of the application. It must have worked as I passed!! In fact 30+ years later I can still quote a number of the answers verbatim
ex-egll (28(!!) course