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During your exam experience, and as you practice with exam questions, here a few things you want to avoid doing…
- Don’t leave an answer blank! There is no penalty for guessing, so it will be to your advantage to make an educated guess. For most questions, you’ll be able to find a reason to eliminate one or two answer options, so then you will be selecting from a fewer number of options. This will increase your chance of choosing the correct one.
- Don’t dwell on questions! If you are unable to decide on an answer after reading a question and its answers three times, select your “best guess” as the answer and mark the question so that you can review it at the end of the exam. Then, move on to the next question.
- Don’t skip around! This will waste time because it requires you to re-read questions. Answer the questions in sequence, from the first question to the last. If you are truly stumped by a question (and you will be, and that’s ok!) select the answer that seems to be the best one, mark the question, and reconsider later if you have time.