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Thanks for stopping by this is 2 minute classroom

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And today I'm going to give you seven 
tips for multiple choice exams

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And if you want to further develop your
study and test taking skills.

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I've linked some books I recommend 
and a study playlist in the description

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Now on to the tips,

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we'll start with the basic ones and then
move on to the more advanced tips

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But all of these tips are relevant

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Tip number one is to read through 
the instructions carefully

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I'm always shocked at how many students jump right into the test without reading the instructions

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and maybe you're one of them

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There is often valuable information in the instructions about how to take the test and what you are allowed to do.

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So read it first

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After reading the instructions, you can move on to tip number two,

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which is to answer the easy questions first

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This is a solid tip for nearly every type of test

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It provides an overview of the test

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and gives you several small victories to boost your confidence right at the beginning of the test

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Tip number three is to answer the question in your mind before reading the answer options

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Use a piece of paper or your hand 
to cover the answer options

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You may have to be a little more 
creative If it's a digital test

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Then with the answers covered

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read the question and formulate your best idea of the answer in your mind before looking at the answers

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So, why do this rather than just reading the options?

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Because you won't get confused by the answer choices

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and thinking two or three of the 
options sound like good answers

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If one of the options is similar to the answer you came to in your head

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then you can answer faster and with more confidence

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Try it out

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Tip number four is to read every answer option

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Similar to the instructions,

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many students skip this step on at least a few questions

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often to their demise

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Because most multiple choice test questions want you to find the most correct answer

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there may be multiple correct answers

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So if you stop at the first one, you may 
not see the most correct one

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Even if you think you've found the answer read them all

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Tip number five is to use the process of elimination

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When you come to a question that you don't know the answer to

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you can increase your odds by 
eliminating answers you know to be incorrect

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Physically cross them out if you can

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if you can narrow it down to two or three answers

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You'll increase your odds for guessing 
correctly from the remaining answer choices

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I'll do a separate video about guessing strategies for multiple choice tests and link it below

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Because it's a separate video all by itself

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And if you're finding these tips valuable consider subscribing

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because you'll likely find a lot more 
value from my future content

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Tip number six is specifically for 
all the above type questions

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You don't actually have to know if all 
of the above answers are correct

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You just need to know if more than one are correct

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for example

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If the question has five possible answers the last of which is "all of the above"

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and you know the first and third answers are correct, 
but are uncertain about the other two,

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you can confidently answer all of the above

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Tip number seven is to answer every question.

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I was amazed as a teacher to see students not 
answer multiple choice questions

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I understand that you may not know the answer

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but you can certainly write or circle a random answer

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There can also be a lot of strategy to guessing

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which I'll make a separate video on

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The only time you don't want to guess is
when you lose points for wrong answers

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in my experience the vast majority of tests award you zero points for a wrong answer

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but on certain tests you'll lose 
points for answering incorrectly.

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So make sure you know the test before you guess

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Now watch this video on last minute test taking strategies that will WORK!

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and this video of mine which 
YouTube thinks that you'll find relevant

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Thanks for watching and I'll catch you next time