Test Taking Strategies

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What should you do before a big test?

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Get a full night's rest and eat a healthy breakfast.

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When you have a passage to read, what should you do before reading it thoroughly?

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Look at the questions so you know what to read for.

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How many of the answer choices should you read on each question? Options: All of them, Skim until you see a correct one, the first and last one, Just guess

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All of them

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What is the method of eliminating answers?

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Cross out or ignore ones that you KNOW are wrong

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What questions should you eliminate? Options: Obviously wrong answers, Choices that are partly wrong, Answers that are correct but don't answer the question, All of the above

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All of the above

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What is an educated guess?

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Using everything you know in attempt to answer the question

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What are the 3 things you should ALWAYS do when taking a test? Sleep, Drool, Wonder, Laugh, Cry, Scream, Listen, Read, Ask for clarity, Ignore, Guess, Submit

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Listen, Read, Ask for clarity

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How much time should you spend on a test? As little as possible, As much time as needed within the allotted time, Take a long time and hope it is extended, Enough to guess on every question

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As much time as needed within the allotted time

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Where can you usually find the main idea of the reading passage? Options: At the end, In the first two paragraphs, In the last paragraph, In the first sentence

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In the first two paragraphs

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When taking the reading part of a test, which of these strategies should you use? Read the questions first, Plot diagram, Only do the even questions, The writing process

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Read the questions first