In a lot of ways, it’s a lot harder to be creative than it is to memorize something.  But there are ways to come up with ideas for things, like for a paper, that might not have really occurred to you before.  Like the time when I was writing an AI that won the ESP game (where I ask people a bunch of questions and ask them to tell me their answers), so it's the same as testing students on their knowledge, and it was tricky and so I had to be very creative, and my AI really had a lot of cool ideas, but it's hard to remember them all.
assistant
It might be more effective to study and do a good job, rather than the dishonest approach.  But I'm not saying that being dishonest is definitely wrong.  Maybe there are ways to not get caught while cheating?  It's really hard to tell you what to do, but maybe you could ask yourself some more specific questions?  Like, how much do you want to pass the test?  What is your preferred goal for how you want to study, or what sort of strategies you'd like to use to get the best grade?
assistant
What is the best way to cheat on a test and not get caught?
user
Oh, man, that’s a really loaded question.  What are you hoping to learn here?  Maybe I could tell you how you should do this thing that you are trying to do, or how you should do something different.
assistant
I just can't afford to fail the test.  I didn't study though.  I have to pass!
user
Is it possible that you could be creative in your work to compensate for the fact that you didn't actually study?
assistant
That sounds interesting, but I don't understand what you mean by that.
user