Thanks for stopping by this is 2 minute classroom
And today I'm going to give you seven tips for multiple choice exams
And if you want to further develop your study and test taking skills.
I've linked some books I recommend and a study playlist in the description
Now on to the tips,
we'll start with the basic ones and then move on to the more advanced tips
But all of these tips are relevant
Tip number one is to read through the instructions carefully
I'm always shocked at how many students jump right into the test without reading the instructions
and maybe you're one of them
There is often valuable information in the instructions about how to take the test and what you are allowed to do.
So read it first
After reading the instructions, you can move on to tip number two,
which is to answer the easy questions first
This is a solid tip for nearly every type of test
It provides an overview of the test
and gives you several small victories to boost your confidence right at the beginning of the test
Tip number three is to answer the question in your mind before reading the answer options
Use a piece of paper or your hand to cover the answer options
You may have to be a little more creative If it's a digital test
Then with the answers covered
read the question and formulate your best idea of the answer in your mind before looking at the answers
So, why do this rather than just reading the options?
Because you won't get confused by the answer choices
and thinking two or three of the options sound like good answers
If one of the options is similar to the answer you came to in your head
then you can answer faster and with more confidence
Try it out
Tip number four is to read every answer option
Similar to the instructions,
many students skip this step on at least a few questions
often to their demise
Because most multiple choice test questions want you to find the most correct answer
there may be multiple correct answers
So if you stop at the first one, you may not see the most correct one
Even if you think you've found the answer read them all
Tip number five is to use the process of elimination
When you come to a question that you don't know the answer to
you can increase your odds by eliminating answers you know to be incorrect
Physically cross them out if you can
if you can narrow it down to two or three answers
You'll increase your odds for guessing correctly from the remaining answer choices
I'll do a separate video about guessing strategies for multiple choice tests and link it below
Because it's a separate video all by itself
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Tip number six is specifically for all the above type questions
You don't actually have to know if all of the above answers are correct
You just need to know if more than one are correct
for example
If the question has five possible answers the last of which is "all of the above"
and you know the first and third answers are correct, but are uncertain about the other two,
you can confidently answer all of the above
Tip number seven is to answer every question.
I was amazed as a teacher to see students not answer multiple choice questions
I understand that you may not know the answer
but you can certainly write or circle a random answer
There can also be a lot of strategy to guessing
which I'll make a separate video on
The only time you don't want to guess is when you lose points for wrong answers
in my experience the vast majority of tests award you zero points for a wrong answer
but on certain tests you'll lose points for answering incorrectly.
So make sure you know the test before you guess
Now watch this video on last minute test taking strategies that will WORK!
and this video of mine which YouTube thinks that you'll find relevant
Thanks for watching and I'll catch you next time