Biology Test Prep Test-Taking Strategies

Open Ended

What are some test taking strategies that you are familiar with?

Multiple Choice

You spend 30 minutes in the afternoon going over your notes

• schedule a daily review

• bring everything you need

• pick the right place to study

Multiple Choice

You are going to study geometry, so you bring your book, compass, protractor, notebook, and pencils

• schedule a daily review

• bring everything you need

• pick the right place to study

Multiple Choice

You find a quiet desk at the public library to read and take notes on a short story for your English class.

• schedule a daily review

• bring everything you need

• pick the right place to study

Multiple Select

What are the THREE best strategies you can use to be sure you understand a test question?

• Choosing or writing your answer befroe you're done reading the entire question.

• Circling or marking keywords, symbols, and qualifiers.

• Crossing out phrases such as "at least, no more than, at most, and no fewer than"

• Reading the entire test question thoroughly

• Breaking long complicated questions into smaller parts

Multiple Choice

Imagine you see this test question:

Which speaker is most likely to agree with the new health care policy?

What do you need to consider in order to answer the question correctly?

• The words "most likely" tell me that all speakers might agree on some level, but only one probably agrees completely.

• The words "most likely" let me that only one speaker will agree with the new policy.

• The fact that the question is about multiple speakers indicates that there are multiple correct answers

Multiple Choice

Imagine you see this test question:

Which statment is not an example of a metaphor?

What should you look for in the answer?

• I should write a metaphor.

• I should look for an example of a metaphor.

• I should look for something other than a metaphor.

• I should look for the definition of a metaphor.

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are taking a math test and see this multiple-choice test question:

Karen grew a pumpkin that weighed 7 pounds. Nancy grew a pumpkin that weighed 10 pounds. Who grew the larger pumpkin?

Based on the wording of the question, what kind of answer do you expect?

• A number

• A ratio

• A name

• A fraction

Multiple Select

Imagine you are taking a math test and see this question. Choose the THREE answer options you can most likely eliminate as incorrect.

After rehersal, a theater group orders a pizza. The pizza has 8 total slices and each person gets 2. What percentage of the pizza does each person get?

• 4

• 2:8

• 25%

• 2.5

Multiple Choice

For a passage-based question, which series of actions is best to take before choosing or writing an answer?

• Read the introductory material, read the question, and the read the passage.

• Read the introductory material, read the question, and then skim the passage.

• Read the passage, read the introductory material, and then read the question.

• Skim the passage, read the question, and then read the introductory material.

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are taking a test and see this visual data.

What information are you likely to learn from this graph?

• The percentage of students enrolled in school in the fall months

• The percentage of students who use each type of transportation to get to school

• The percentage of students ernolled in each subject in school.

Draw

Highlight or underline one key word or phrase in this question.

Draw

Highlight or underline one key word or phrase in this question?.

Multiple Select

Imagine you are taking a test and you see this question.

Which statements describe the cyanobacteria blooms' impact on the cycling of carbon in the biosphere? Select the two that apply.

Which 3 answers can be eliminated?

• Blooms release carbon dioxide from the biomsphere

• Cyanobacteria remove nitrogen from the water to grow.

• Blooms in warm water increase more quickly.

• Cyanobacteria are eaten by other organisms in the biosphere

• Blooms remove oxygen from the hydrosphere and use it in the biosphere.