Final exams are rapidly approaching. Here are some hacks about multiple choice questions that you can practice with your practice exams and have perfected by the time you take your final exam:
- Read the entire question AND answer set BEFORE making a selection. Sometimes, because we feel crunched for time or get overly excited when recognizing a concept we know, we have a tendency to quickly jump to conclusions on multiple choice tests. Be sure to FULLY READ and consider the question and each response before making your selection.
- Check your feelings at the door! Be objective, and do a straightforward analysis of the problem. Save your policy arguments for the essay portion and make your answer selection based on the cold, hard facts.
- A correct answer may not be the right answer. Professors LOVE to put answers on the exam that seem to be the same but really one either has more information and is just MORE RIGHT than the other answer. Recognize them when they appear and then make an EXTRA effort to read the facts and responses very carefully.
- Do not change your answer unless you are absolutely, 1000% sure. Just don’t, okay? Okay!
- Do not look for patterns in your answers. You may think it’s strange that all of sudden you have five B’s in a row, but don’t start second guessing yourself. Simply analyze each problem separately and move on. For all you know, those 5 B’s might all be correct.
