Objective tests usually have one right answer.  They often include true/false, fill in the blank and multiple-choice questions.

GENERAL TIPS:

• Underline or circle the important words in the directions.  They may ask you to pick the wrong answer instead of the right one.
• Know if there is a penalty for guessing.  If there isn't, answer every question.  If there is a penalty for guess, you many be better off skipping a question.
• Be sneaky.  Look for grammar.  If a choice doesn't fit grammatically, it probably isn't the right answer.  For example, if a question asks for the causes of the Civil War, the answer must have more than one cause.
• Should you change your first answer?  Maybe.  If you're remembered information that will help you make a better choice, use it.  If you've misread a question, change your answer.  If  you feel strongly about an answer, chances are it's right.

TRUE/FALSE TIPS

• If you see never and always on a true/false test, be careful.  There's often an exception to these absolute words that makes the correct answer "false."
• If you see sometimes and oftenin a questions, look at the answers closely.  As mentioned in the previous tip, there are few absolutes.  Answers to these questions are often "true."
• If a true/false question is long and involved, its answer is more likely to b "false."  Why? Every part of the statement must be correct for the answer to be "true."

MULTIPLE/CHOICE TIPS

• Instead of looking at the answers and picking one, answer the question yourself and see if your answer matches one of the choices.
• If you can eliminate one or more answers, do and then select from the others.
• Remember, though, there is not a magic for formula.  Just because you haven't marked "B" for a while, it's not necessarily time for it now.
• If you see the right answer and mark "C" without reading on, you many not realize the "D: is correct, too.  In this case, the correct answer may be "E: both C and D."
• One way to know if "all of the above" is true on a multiple-choice test is to see if you can find more than one answer that is true.  If it is, "all of the above" must be the answer. 

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