Test Taking Skills

The most important thing to do at the beginning of a test is

• PANIC

• Take a deep breath and trust yourself

Taking notes while reading helps you focus, even if you can't read your own notes.

• True

• False

The most important question to ask yourself on a test is:

• Does this answer make sense?

• What's for lunch today?

• Is my teacher mad at me?

• Where does that highway go to?

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%

All of the following are ways to combat testing anxiety except?

• Taking deep breaths

• Not getting enough sleep

• Banishing negative thoughts

• Avoiding the perfectionist trap