What should you do before starting the test?

Read the directions and remember you have tools to help you

When writing a response to an extended short answer or essay...

Restate the question in your answer

Why should you reread or look back to the reading passages and questions given?

There are clues to help you select the correct answer choice

What should you do when you come to question you don't know?

Make an educated guess or use the mark for review tool

When you have a question with "all of the above" as an option what should you look for?

All the answers need to be correct

If you finish the test early, you should...

Check to make sure you have answered all questions

When there are multiple questions in a reading passage...

Look for clues in the other questions to help you

What should you do first on a "long paragraph" question?

Read the questions first for clues about what to read for

The cheeseburger helps you to remember what when writing a multi-paragraph answer?

Each paragraph should have an intro, body & conclusion

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Test Taking Tips & Strategies-OST PREP

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1
What should you look for in questions to help you choose/write the best answer/response?
Correct spelling
All of the above
Focus on words you do not know
Key words and phrases
2
What should you do before starting the test?
Read the directions and remember you have tools to help you
Not care, it's just a state test
Stay up all night and study
Sharpen your pencil
3
When writing a response to an extended short answer or essay...
You don't need to answer the question exactly, just write!
Give lots of your own opinions to impress the reader
Restate the question in your answer
Just give a list of facts
4
When guessing, what answer choices should you read?
None of the above
None. Just pick your favorite letter
All of them
The first one-if you guess, why waste the time reading all?
5
Why should you reread or look back to the reading passages and questions given?
There are clues to help you select the correct answer choice
There are secret messages in them
Rereading is a waste of time so I won't do that
It will allow you to practice your silent reading
6
What should you do when you come to question you don't know?
Raise your hand & tell the proctor you don't know what to do
Make an educated guess or use the mark for review tool
Skip it and don't come back
Take the whole test time on that one question if you need to
7
When doing math problems what should you do if you have to guess?
Do the problem 10 times
Pick the answer that has your favorite number
Just pick a letter, don't think about the answer
Estimate
8
When you have a question with "all of the above" as an option what should you look for?
At least one of the answers need to be correct
Pick that as your option always
All the answers need to be correct
At least 2 of the answers need to be correct
9
If you finish the test early, you should...
Check to make sure you have answered all questions
Tell the proctor you are done and want to go home
Go back to all the ones you know are correct
You can only go back to the ones you marked for review
10
When there are multiple questions in a reading passage...
You don't need to answer all of them, just most of them
Look for clues in the other questions to help you
Make sure you get through all of them quickly due to time
You can use the strike through tool to skip answering some
11
If you eliminate 2 wrong answer choices, your chance of choosing the right answer is greater.
False
True
12
If your math answer does not match one of the choices....
All of the above
recopy/re-enter the numbers in your work
Reread the problem
Try solving it again
13
What should you do first on a "long paragraph" question?
Read the entire paragraph 3 times
Read only the conclusion sentence
Read the questions first for clues about what to read for
Read only the first sentence to find the main idea
14
What should you look for in any reading passages you read on the OST?
All of the above
Details
The main idea
Clues
15
The cheeseburger helps you to remember what when writing a multi-paragraph answer?
Each paragraph should have an intro, body & conclusion
The buns are facts & the meat is opinions
That it is time for lunch
There should be lots of sentences

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