In terms of the handling side I booked a short hour with my instructor on the morning and did a sort of mock of the handling. Because I was nervous flew like a ham fisted baboon that had had had a couple of drinks, but we did each exercise three of four times. Then, when I had the test itself, because I had already been through the nerves I was almost Yeagerish (well competent...). I thought it was well worth the extra hour of flight time.