Test Taking Strategies

[Dwalker12]

For the passages and question sets for the multiple choice I was wondering what people’s preferences were for either reading the whole passage and then answering or answering while you read? I was also wondering if anyone who’s taken a review course has gotten any advice on this topic and what it might have been? I feel that it might be better to read the whole thing first, to avoid answering questions for which additional pertinent information is beyond where I stopped. However, I notice that I frequently have difficulty remembering all the info if I read the whole thing. Makes me wonder if it’ll be alot easier to do on the test when I can underline.

 

[ardeshir]

I generally just look at each answer first and keep reading till i can answer it. In most topics they are quite fragmented any way.
The one piece of advice I will give is that it seems for some reason, that for Trading / Rebalancing questions, with the way they ask the questions, it is better to read the whole passage first, and then go for the answer…

 

[SHoot85]

Just MO experience, but I don’t think I can recall an item set where the information for each question was NOT sequenced in the paragraph in chronological order - that is to say, question #1’s answer is usually found first, question #2’s answer next, etc. So for ME, first thing I do is look at the question so I prepare my mind what to look for carefully while I read. I find this maximizes efficiency for me. When I think I found the answer, I’ll usually quickly scan ahead in paragraph to see if the next upcoming question (question #2) pertains to the next sentences to make sure question #1 was “finished”. Rinse and repeat.