Test-Taking Strategies

When you're writing an essay for a test what should you do first?

• ask a question

• Read the prompt

• Make an outline

• Cheat

When is the best time to start studying for a test?

• The day before

• Never

• Before the tests start

• Daily starting a week before.

When you come to a question you don't know the answer to, you should _____

• Mark it and come back later

• Take an educated guess

• Look at your neighbor's paper

• Order Chinese food

When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to you should _____

• Dab on the haters

• Use process of elimination

• Take your best guess

• Always choose (C)

If you are reading passages on a test you should _____ first

• Leave the classroom to take a break and think about the question.

• Ask the teacher

• Read the questions

• Read the passage first

Why should you eat breakfast on a test day?

• Because its the most important meal of the day!

• Because I love food :D

• You shouldn't because it makes you think about food the whole test.

• So you can think clearly

What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

• Ask the teacher

• Take a guess

• Skip it

• Read it over and over until you understand it

Why do you need to pace yourself during a test?

• Because you can

• So you have time to check your answers afterwards.

• So you have time to finish

• All of the above

What does it mean to prioritize the questions?

• Answering the hard ones

• Picking favorites

• Answering the easy ones first

• Answering the ones worth more points first

When you are going over a true or false question, does every part of the statement have to be true to be a true statement?

• No

• Yes

• 14.5

• It depends on the statement