Test- Taking Skills (Brain POP)

The most important part of taking a test is:

• Getting plenty of sleep

• Eating a good breakfast

• Writing neatly and clearly

• Studying hard beforehand

Which term describes how you might feel if you don't eat a good breakfast or get a good night's sleep before a test?

• Lethargic (tired)

• Nauseous (sick)

• Ignorant (not-understanding)

• Desperate (hopeless)

Place the following events in order; A) Look over the whole test; B) Read all directions; C) Answer the first question

• A, B, C

• B, A, C

• B, C, A

• C, B, A

Which questions should you answer first?

• The longest ones

• The shortest ones

• The ones you're super sure you know the answer to

• The ones that have the fewest multiple-choice options

Tim says that answering easy questions can build your confidence. In other words:

• It will ensure you get an "A"

• It will make you feel less nervous

• It will give you hints about tougher questions

• It will prevent you from failing apart

How should you first approach a multiple-choice question?

• Read the choices out loud

• Eliminate the longest and shortest choices

• Try to answer it without looking at the choices

• Try to answer it without looking at the question

A multiple choice test has four choices. You know that two of them are definitely wrong. Therefore, you have a ___ chance of getting the question right,

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

You're taking a multiple-choice test, with four choices for each question. If two of the choices are very similar, you should:

• Eliminate the other two choices

• Choose the longer answer

• Choose the shorter answer

• Eliminate both of the similar choices

Essay questions are more _____ than multiple-choice questions.

• open-ended

• difficult

• simple

• annoying

Which term best describes a good essay?

• Written quickly

• Brief

• Orderly

• Long