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1. Read the question and try to answer it BEFORE looking at the answers--BUT DO CHECK ALL THE ANSWERS, because it may be a trick question:
The capital of Georgia is:
A) True or False: Macon
B) True or False: Columbus
C) -
Read the question...
You know the answer is "Atlanta".
Start by looking for "..Atlanta" among the answers...
By thinking of the answer first, you are less likely to be fooled by a wrong answer...
YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU THINK BY NOW!! -
Do not spend too much time on any one question...
THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS YOU ARE CLUELESS ON...
The capital of Alberta is:
A) Red Deer
B) Calgary
C) Taber
D) Lethbridge - After you are done answering the questions you know, a second look MIGHT be worthwhile--Otherewise, guess "C" and move on
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If the question asks you something you do not know, see if you can cross out any of the wrong answers before you guess:
The capital of Alabama is:
A) True or False: Edmonton
B) True or False: Ottawa
C) True or False: Mon -
Treat EACH answer as a True/False answer
Eliminate as many answers as possible
Have you ever heard Birmingham called the capital of Ala?
Still clueless, guess "C" -
If the question asks you something you do not know, see if you can cross out any of the wrong answers before you guess:
The capital of Alabama is:
A) Edmonton
B) Ottawa
C) Montgomery
D) Birmingham -
Treat EACH answer as a True/False answer
Eliminate as many answers as possible
Ask yourself: have you ever heard of Birmingham called the Capital of Ala? See, you know more than you think you know!
Still clueless, guess "C" - Do not keep changing your answer...
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UNLESS YOU KNOW YOUR ANSWER IS WRONG DO NOT CHANGE IT!!!
Sometimes your gut knows more than your brain thinks it knows :) - After you have finished the test, go back to those questions you circled as being too hard or as having no right answer...
- Before you turn in your test sheet, hold it up to the light to make sure you have answered ALL questions
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See if one of the answers fits better grammatically than the others.
A zyzzyva is AN
A) True or False: animal
B) True or False: machine
C) True or False: mineral
D) True or False: vegetable -
"an" is the give-away
Note the phrasing of the question -
Look to see if any of the answers repeats key words from the question...
An example of a nuclear reaction is
A) hydration
B) combustion
C) sublimination
D) NUCLEAR fission -
Even if you do not know what the question means, the answer is probably (D) because it repeats a form of the word "nuclear", which is a key word in the question
Maybe "nuclear" is NOT used in the answer, but a word you know means the same thing -
Look to see if any of the answers is much longer than the others... The person making the test wants the right answer to be completely true...
The freezing point of water is
A) True or False: 32 degrees Kelvin
B) True or Fals -
"D"
The person making the test wants the right answer to be completely true. To make it completely true, they sometimes add more details to the correct answer, making it much longer than the other -
See if one of the answers sticks out as the "odd one out"
A) True or False: Boy
B) True or False: Girl
C) True or False: Son
D) True or False: Lad -
This trick can be dangerous, so use this as a last resort...
Sometimes the "odd one out" can fool you...
Maybe the answer was "Son" because it is the only answer about family relationships...
But this trick might help if you are guessing blind anyway -
The answer to this one refers to an:
a) overture
b) mountain
c) building
d) misnomer -
Only "overture" works to complete the sentence, because the sentence ends with "an"
a) True or False: overture
b) True or False: mountain
c) True or False: building
d) True or False: misnomer - Each answer you can eliminate as wrong increases your odds by how much?
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25%
Remember: each answer is really a True/False question - After every 10 questions, you should?
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Put your pencil down, look away, and rezone and refocus
YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU BELIEVE!! -
Pick the BEST answer. You should:
(a) always decide on an answer before reading the alternatives
(b) always do the multiple choice items on an exam first
(c) never change an answer
(d) always review your marked exam -
"D"
Watch out for superlative qualifiers (like "always," "but," "some," "not," "best," etc
You would do the other choices most of the time, but you are asked for the one BEST answer, and under some conditions a person might NOT use the first three strategies -
Which of the following is best known for his classic study of memory in children:
a. S. Bourth
b. Q. Bevem
c. R. Smith
d. H. Lawsen
e. P. Jones -
Just guess "C" and move on
Sometimes there are no testing tricks and you are just plain clueless--MOVE ON!! -
During the critical early years of childhood, the effect of BOF is:
a. the children NEVER learn to relate to others
b. juvenile delinquency in EVERY case
c. a tendency toward speech difficulties
d. INEVITABLE mental retardation -
C
All of the alternatives have universal qualifiers--for example, "every"
Few things are totally right or wrong, so a fuzzy answer is the best guess -
The Western state with the highest number of KUGS (-pi) in 1951 was:
a. True or False: Oregon
b. True or False: New York
c. True or False: Denver
d. True or False: Pennsylvania
e. True or False: Los Angeles -
A
All of the alternatives are either not Western in location or not states -
The research of R. Smith shows that the effect of GIK on human memory was:
a. True or False: people become more active in their everyday movements
b. True or False: relaxation increases up to a point
c. True or False: the children's -
C
Answer C is the only relevant answer in relation to the question’s topic: " MEMORY"
The research of R. Smith shows that the effect of GIK on human MEMORY was... - Universal qualifiers can turn an answer around, for example, what may seem "True" may be "False" or vice-versa! What are some Universal Qualifiers?
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all
every
never
not
in no case
in every case
Such words usually make an answer wrong -
When you see the following words, what are they?
all
every
never
not
in no case
in every case
These words usually make an aswer wrong -
Universal Qualifiers usually makes an answer wrong! Seldom will the test writer dare to make an answer Totally something
MEMORIZE THE following:
all
every
never
not
in no case
in every case
are usually wrong -
The prince abdicated the crown and returned to his castle.
Abdicated means:
A. True or False: Gave up
B. True or False: Sold
C. True or False: Reinvested into
D. True or False: Auctioned -
A
The clue is "returned to" - You should treat EVERY answer given on a multiple choice test as what?
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True or False
Imagine "true or false" before every answer