This document provides strategies for effective test taking and studying. It outlines the DETER method for test taking which includes carefully reading directions, examining the entire test, budgeting time, starting with easier questions, and reviewing answers. Additional study skills discussed are the SQ3R method of surveying, questioning, reading, reciting, and reviewing material. Mnemonic devices like word associations, acronyms, acrostics, rhymes, stories, and visuals can help with memorization.