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General Test Taking Strategies
General Test Taking Strategies
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A review of what general strategies to use during a multiple choice test.
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If I do not know the answer to a question and have tried all other strategies, I should...
ALWAYS choose letter "C".
Take an EDUCATED guess.
ASK a classmate.
ASK the teacher for help.
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Once I break down the question, I should...
Read and evaluate some of the answer choices
Read and evaluate each answer choice
Answer the question
Choose "C"
3
After answering all questions for a passage, I should...
Move on to the next passage.
Move on, even if I have not answered all questions.
GO BACK and second guess myself.
STOP to review answers BEFORE I move on to the next passage.
4
Most test questions will require me to...
Memorize the text.
Go back to the text.
Paraphrase.
Summarize.
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When I get to a question that asks me to choose the BEST answer, I should be aware that...
I may have to guess.
There will only be one good answer choice.
There will be a few answers that seem correct.
They will take longer to answer.
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Once I get my test, to get an overview of what is on it, BEFORE I begin I should...
SKIM the test questions.
ANSWER the obvious questions.
SKIM the passages.
ASK my teacher
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If I cannot write on the test or it is online, I should...
DO MY BEST from working memory.
ANNOTATE on a separate sheet.
Guess if I do not know the answer.
Google the question.
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When you finally choose an answer choice, I should make sure...
I can prove my answer correct in the text.
I have spent a few minutes on the question.
I have evaluated all answer choices.
I have annotated.
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If I do not understand a section of a passage, the first thing I should do is...
Annotate the whole section.
Skip over it and come back to it later.
Reread that section of the passage.
Keep rereading it until I understand.
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To get an idea of what a passage is about if I am running out of test time, I should...
Skip the passage and answer the questions.
Read the first paragraph.
Read the first sentence of each paragraph.
Only read the last paragraph.
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In order to get the main idea, I must...
UNDERSTAND how the author feels.
CHUNK the text.
UNDERSTAND what the topic is.
UNDERSTAND all vocabulary.
12
Once I get to answering the questions, the first thing I should do is...
Answer the question
Choose the best answer choice
Read and break down the question
Eliminate 2 answer choices
13
If there is vocabulary I do not understand from a question, I can...
Look it up online.
Ask the person sitting next to me.
Write it down and ask my teacher later.
Use context clues to figure it out.
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BEFORE reading a passage, I should...
Read the questions
Check to see how long the passage is
Annotate
Answer the questions
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Once I read and evaluate all answer choices, I should...
Choose the answer that SOUNDS the most intelligent.
ELIMINATE any answer choices that seem illogical.
ELIMINATE two answer choices.
Choose the longest answer choice.
