FAST Test Taking Strategies

Question 1

Eliminating answer choices

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Question 2

Logging in and drawing on the scratch paper

Accepted Answer

bad strategy

Question 3

Highlighting key words in the answer choices

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Question 4

Answering 10 questions and taking a nap

Accepted Answer

bad strategy

Question 5

Keeping an earbud in while testing

Accepted Answer

bad strategy

Question 6

Highlighting key words in the question stem

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Question 7

Reading the passage and pausing to annotate

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Question 8

Logging in and putting your head down

Accepted Answer

bad strategy

Question 9

Highlighting textual evidence or specific vocabulary

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Question 10

Using the scratch paper to eliminate choices

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Question 11

Reading the test questions

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Question 12

Taking our your phone and looking up a word

Accepted Answer

bad strategy

Question 13

Using the scratch paper to annotate my thoughts

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Question 14

Starting the test and taking a nap

Accepted Answer

bad strategy

Question 15

Re-reading the passage

Accepted Answer

good strategy

Questions 15