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Test-taking strategies

Checklist for objective and essay test-taking |Eleven point text-taking method | Fifteen tricks for improving your test-taking quotient | Five point test-taking method | Rate your test-taking skill

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Rate your test-taking skill

• Do you preview your entire exam paper before beginning? 
  
  
• Do you allocate and keep track of time while taking the exam?
  
  
• Do you review the exam once you've finished? 
  
  
• Do you avoid changing answers frequently unless you are certain that your first answer is wrong? 
  
  
• Do you always read all of the choices on a multiple choice exam before choosing an answer? 
  
  
• Do you use the point value of short answer questions as a guide to how much information to provide? 
  
  
• Do you read the directions before beginning the exam? 
  
  
• Do you write a brief outline before writing an essay question answer? 
  
  
• Are your essay exam answers neat, organized, and grammatically correct? 
  
  
• Do you look for clues in essay questions that suggest how to organize your answer? 
  
  

If you answered any questions usually or never, you need to consider and review those areas.

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