I disagree.
Advices ought to be encouraged since it gives u a better idea of time management and how to go about for an exam. I got help from this forum on how to complete the MCQ paper, i wonder if its still here, where someone adviced which ones to solve first and how much time to be given to each question. This shows no act of cheating!
And i didnt keep it to myself alone, i even shared it with my friends.
So i think such stuff must not be discouraged.
Let me put it this way. A person sitting in Singapore, for example, probably answered that same MCQ paper as you.
Now, he lets say he DID NOT have access to the TIPS you received. As such, he didnt have the advantage of managing his time by answering certain questions before others.
Thus, you had an UNFAIR advantage over him. You may have shared it with friends but the idea of an examination is as follows :
YOU SHOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHATS ON THE PAPER !!!! Otherwise it isnt a fair test, is it ?