Did the morse exam for the first time on Thursday @PWK. Very Very Slow compared to the 5 words per min the maple leaf software (Which I can also reccomend) gives you.
Very tense exam though the sound of 100 people listening that hard was deafening!!
Theres no way round it just learn it using any method, but bear in mind you dont have to be absolutely proficient, if you can know every word by dots and dashes not even recognising the sound you should be OK cos there is plenty of time to think inbetween groups (& letters) in the exam
Youll be fine!!!!