Tips for Taking True/False Tests (PDF) - The Excel Program

TIPS FOR TAKING MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTSThe following tips will improve your performance on Multiple-Choice Tests:1. Read each multiple-choice question carefully two times.2. After you have read the question, cover the answer choices. Try to anticipate thecorrect answer. Then look at the choices to see if your answer is there. If not, tryto select the best answer.3. On a multiple-choice test that has four answer choices, you have a 25% chance ofbeing correct even by wild guessing.Example:A four-sided shape is:a. a squareb. a trapezoidc. a rectangle* d. all of the above4. The most important thing to remember when taking a multiple-choice test is toalways read all the choices before marking the answer. The most commonmistake that students make is choosing the first answer that seems to be correct.They do not read all the answer choices. Beware, sometimes there may be abetter answer or the answer could be “all of the above”. Also watch out forthroat grabber answer choices.5. If either “all of the above” or “none of the above” suddenly appears as one of theanswer choices on the test, be extra careful, it could be a clue that it is the correctanswer. (If used as an answer choice in almost every question, it is not a clue)6. Be alert for the words “NOT”, “EXCEPT” or “LEAST”. You must select theanswer that is most wrong.Example:Which of the following is not a part of a flower?a. petal* b. frondc. sepald. stamen