TIPS FOR TAKING TESTS
- When taking a multiple choice test, cover up the answers, form an answer in your head, then check the choices to see if your answer matches any of the given answers.
- Answer all the questions you know, skip the questions you don't know, and come back to them later.
- Read all parts of the test, there may be hints or answers elsewhere on the test.
- Keep a positive attitude throughout the whole test and try to stay relaxed. If you start to feel nervous take a few deep breaths to relax.
- Keep your eyes on your own paper, you don't want to appear to be cheating and cause unnecessary trouble for yourself.
- When you first receive your test, do a quick survey of the entire test so that you know how to efficiently budget your time.
- Pace yourself, don't rush . Read the entire question and pay attention to the details.
- Write legibly. If the grader can't read what you wrote, they'll most likely mark it wrong.
- Always read the whole question carefully. Don't make assumptions about what the question might be.
- Don't worry if others finish before you. Focus on the test in front of you.
- If you have time left when you are finished, look over your test. Make sure that you have answered all the questions. Only change an answer if you misread or misinterpreted the question because the first answer that you put is usually the correct one. Watch out for careless mistakes and proofread your essay and/or short answer questions.
- Double check to make sure that you put your first and last name on the test.
There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects." Sonia Sotomayor
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