Author:
John Stephens
Date Of Creation:
28 January 2021
Update Date:
3 July 2024
Content
If you're stuck on a difficult question on a test, you can increase your chances of choosing the correct answer by strategically guessing. Finding contextual cues will help you solve a difficult question. Choose an option that you are familiar with, even if you are just as skeptical as ever knowing about the sentence. Find a rule in the right and wrong multiple-choice questions, choose "wrong" if the sentence contains absolute meaning like "all" or "there are no correct answers". When taking a quiz with multiple choice questions, you should exclude, pay attention to grammatical cues, and choose the most detailed answer if you are in doubt.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Guess right and wrong answer on test
Start answering questions for which you know the answers. Of course you want to answer as many questions as possible before time runs out. In addition, on a true or false test, knowing the answer to a question that comes before and after a difficult question can help you figure out the pattern of the answer. Predictions based on the law of right and wrong are more effective than guesswork.
- When skipping a question on a test that has its own answer sheet, be sure to skip the corresponding question on the answer sheet. This way your answers will not be confused.
Choose the opposite answer if all the surrounding questions have the same answer. Suppose you know that the questions that come before and after the difficult question have the answer "correct". Most likely the answer to the question you are wondering will be "wrong". The probability that three answers are similar is relatively low.
Choose "wrong" answer if there appears in the sentence with absolute meaning. Words with absolute meaning are words that do not allow exceptions, for example: everyone, never, always. Few things happen without exception, so questions with absolute meaning often have the answer "wrong".- Questions with absolute meaning for which the answer "correct" is often a well known fact; These statements are not suitable for inclusion in the test.
Choose the "correct" answer if you see words like "a few", "most" or "a little". It is highly likely that sentences with words with relative meaning - as opposed to words with absolute meaning - often have the answer "correct". When a proposition allows exceptions, it is highly likely that it will at least be true in some cases.- Relative words include "regular", "or" "," sometimes "and" often ".
Choose "right" if you really have a hard time. Choose the "correct" option if the right / wrong tips are not applicable and you know nothing about the answer. Repeating a fact is easier than making a false statement, so the proponent often includes more "correct" answers than "false" answers.
- For example, if you are stuck with a sentence in which there are no absolute or relative words in the sentence, the answer to the preceding sentence is "true" and the one that follows is "false", you should choose "correct" for this question.
Method 2 of 3: Guess the answer of a multiple choice test
Speculate before reading the options. When reading a question, try not to look down at the options or cover them with your hand. You should try to guess the answer, then read through the options and see if there are any close to your guess.
Eliminate completely different answers as well as largest and smallest numbers. Eliminate choices that are humorous, obvious or completely unrelated. If the answer is a number, exclude the smallest and largest numbers, and then guess between the choices and the numbers in the middle range.
Watch for grammar cues. This seems obvious, but sometimes the proponent will come up with a question whose grammar is only correct when given a certain answer. Read the question and all options carefully, excluding answers that do not match the grammar of the question.
- For example in the English test, the question asked is: "A salamander is an" (Vietnamese meaning "Iguana is a species"), and "amphibian" (Vietnamese meaning "amphibian") is the only option that starts with vowels, you will immediately know which is the answer.
Select "All questions above" if this option appears only once in the test. If there is only one question with the answer "All of the above" or "There are no correct answers", this is most likely the answer. However, exercise judgment when you are confident that there is at least one inappropriate choice.
- If you are completely puzzled and cannot rule out an option, the "all" or "no correct answer" option will be the answer. When a question comes up with an "all" or "no correct answer", the chance of this option being the answer can be up to 65%.
Method 3 of 3: Base speculation
Ask for the tests before. Ask if the teacher has kept a record of the past tests and can share them with you. From there, you can know the question type and find the rule of the answer.
- Note that revision is always better than trying to outdo your teacher. If you have to choose between two things: review or brainstorm frequency of "correct" answers, choose study.
Find out if you will be penalized for leaving an answer blank. Ask the teacher or do your own research to see if the standardized test will subtract the answers from the answers in the blank. Some people argue against guessing by deducting points if you answer incorrectly. If you leave your answers blank without any deduction, it's best not to guess.
- In the past, the SAT test used to have an anti-guessing deduction mechanism. This test ignores the blank answers and only deducts points for incorrect answers. But in 2016, the College Board organization removed this mechanism. Other tests such as the PSAT, ACT, and AP also do not have an arbitrary anti-guessing deduction mechanism. With these tests, you get points with the correct answer, and if you answer incorrectly or leave it blank, you won't get any points.
- Standardized tests are subject to change, so it is important to find out if an updated test applies unpredictable deduction.
Before guessing, answer questions for which you know the answers. Time management is often the key factor when taking the test. Instead of spending too much time guessing a difficult question, go through all the questions you can confidently answer. Don't run out of time and leave an easy-to-score question blank.
Find contextual hints in the test. You can find hints for a difficult question in other sections of the test. These questions can recall knowledge or provide you with contextual cues to find the answer to a difficult question.
- For example, a multiple choice multiple choice question reads like this: "Is Weta a plant, an insect, a fish or a mammal?" Another question on the test is: "How many weta species have the entomologists identified?" If you know that entomologists specialize in insects, you should answer the question first.
Choose answers that seem familiar. Sometimes the answer will give you a feeling of familiarity like you have seen before. If you are wondering between a familiar solution and a sentence containing words that you have never met before, choose a sentence that provokes a familiar feeling. advertisement
