# Drill Mode

> Academium Surepass Help › Practice
> For: School Student, Individual Student
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-surepass/article/sp-drill-mode
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

**Drill Mode** is a fast revision game: quick multiple-choice and true/false questions against the clock. Think fast, hit hard, don't blink. Open it from the **Drill** card on the Practice page or your dashboard.

The Drill home shows your **Best score**, **Best streak** and **Runs**.

## Starting a run

- **One tap**: a random mode with random questions.
- **Choose your game**: pick a mode.
- **Customise**: choose the **Mode**, **Exam type**, number of **Questions**, **Seconds each** and **Subjects**, then **Start drill**.

## The modes

| Mode | Questions | Time |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Blitz** | 20 | 10 seconds each |
| **Survival** | Until you lose 3 lives | 15 seconds each |
| **Time Attack** | As many as you can | 90 seconds in total |
| **Sprint** | 10 | No clock. For warming up or accuracy. |

In Blitz, Survival and Time Attack, questions get harder as you go.

## Scoring

A correct answer is worth **1 point**, multiplied by your **combo** (correct answers in a row):

| In a row | Points each |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 |
| 5 or more | 10 |

A wrong answer, or running out of time, resets your combo. Every **7th question is a boss**: triple points, with less time.

## Perks

You earn a perk for every **3 correct answers in a row**, and can hold up to 3 of each.

| Perk | Does | Key |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Fifty-Fifty** | Removes half the wrong answers | Q |
| **Skip** | Passes the question with no penalty | W |
| **Freeze** | Stops the clock for this question | E |
| **Second Chance** | Forgives your next wrong answer | R |

## Surprise events

In Blitz, Survival and Time Attack, events can pop up for a few questions: **Double Points**, **Sudden Death** (one wrong answer ends the run, triple points if you survive), **Fifty-Fifty**, **Freeze Time**, **Speed Round** (half the time, double points) and **Shield** (your next wrong answer costs nothing).

## Good to know

- Drill uses only multiple-choice (single answer) and true/false questions.
- Drill scores are kept apart from your practice scores, so a bad run does not lower your practice average.
- Some accounts have a daily number of runs. When they are used up, the button says **No runs left today**; your runs come back tomorrow.
- If you have answered every question available to you, drills replay questions you have seen.

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