Tips on the Multiple-Choice Questions

1. Read the questions CAFEFULLY! Every word is important in both the question and answer. Avoid scanning the stem and picking the first answer that appears to be correct.

2. If answer choices are similar, remember that the correct solution goes back to all of the question, not part of it.

3. Be attentive to the use of “except”, “not”, or similar words in the stem.

4. Guess only if you can eliminate one or more of the selections as being incorrect. If you are completely ignorant of the subject, leave the answer blank. Few questions should be left blank.

5. The test appears to increase in difficulty with a few intermittent smatterings of easier questions. Skip questions that are harder and come back to them later. Put a mark through the number of those questions.

6. Double check every 10 questions that you are on the correct question.

7. A simple computer program randomizes the answers. Do not be concerned if the same answer appears several times consecutively or not at all for some time.

8. The longest answer is not necessarily the correct answer.

9. There is little on battles on the test. Some major battles might be on it.

10. Stay calm! All you have to do is select the correct answer out of five possibilities. 55 minutes should be ample time to answer 80 multiple-choice questions.