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TEST TAKING

Learn effective strategies and tips for overcoming test anxiety and performing better on exams. Includes tips for multiple choice tests and different types of subjective tests.

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TEST TAKING

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  1. TEST TAKING

  2. TIPS FOR OVERCOMING TEST ANXIETY • Be Prepared • Practice positive self-talk • Use visualization • Practice relaxation

  3. TYPES OF TESTS • OBJECTIVE • SUBJECTIVE

  4. SUBJECTIVE TESTS • Essay • Short Answer

  5. OBJECTIVE TESTS • TRUE/FALSE • MULTIPLE CHOICE • MATCHING • FILL-IN-THE-BLANK

  6. SURVEY ENTIRE TEST BEFORE YOU START CHECK ALL ANSWERS BEFORE TURNING IN TEST READ DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY WRITE NAME ON EACH PAGE START WITH EASY QUESTIONS FIRST ON DIFFICULT QUESTIONS MAKE NOTE OF YOUR GUESS STRATEGIES AND TIPS FOR TEST TAKING

  7. MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS • Most commonly used test format in college. • Requires very careful reading and analysis of responses. • Select the best answer • Most common problem with Multiple Choice tests is not being prepared.

  8. MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS • Nature of a Multiple Choice Test is to have options that are true and false • Use true/false strategy to eliminate wrong choices.

  9. Multiple Choice Tests - Example • An ideal fascist state includes (1) an autocratic ruler and a single party personify the state, (2) national socialism, (3) equal and classless society, and (4) strong ideological impulse. a. (1), (2), and (3) b. (1), (2), and (4) c. (1), (3), and (4) d. (2), (3), and (4) e. All of them

  10. MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTTAKING TIPS • Longest or the most specific option will most often be the correct option. • Qualifying modifiers are used more often in the correct option than absolute modifiers. • Eliminate options that contain absolutes, silly remarks, or words that you would not be expected to know.

  11. MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTTAKING TIPS • The correct option may be one of two similar options, with the most specific option usually correct. • If you don’t know an answer, move on. You may find your answer or a hint in another question. • If you have two synonymous options, neither will be correct .

  12. MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTTAKING TIPS • The best option should be a grammatically correct extension of the question. • Test writers frequently overuse the “all of the above” option. • It’s better to know your material than to spend time looking for loopholes in an exam.

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