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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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your best idea of the answer in your mind

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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

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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

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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,

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the last of which is "all of the above"

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and you know 
the first and third answers are correct,

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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.