Taking a Multiple Choice Test ITBS
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The document provides strategies for taking multiple choice tests like the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. It recommends using a two-pass system where students spend about a minute on each question on the first pass and focus on questions they were unsure of on the second pass. Students should use process of elimination to rule out obviously incorrect answers and educated guessing when they aren't completely sure of an answer. The document stresses estimating answers rather than working problems out fully to save time and suggests related techniques for math questions.
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Taking a Multiple Choice Test ITBS
- 1. Taking a Multiple Choice Test The Iowa Test of Basic Skills
- 4. TRUE OR FALSE? If there is a time limit on a test, it’s OK to spend as much time as necessary on a question.
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- #12 example of why reading all of the choices is important
- #15 Where qualifying words make B wrong—the passage said “used by royal and wealthy”. Use of “sometimes” as qualifier, often results in correct answers because it’s not absolute.
- #17 A and B are either the correct answer and the distractor—they look so much alike. Talk about scanning the passage for the answer. In this case looking for a number starting with a 6.
- #19 From a passage about the Oklahoma land rush. Rule out ones that are obviously wrong from what we already know.
- From the same passage: Example of when two words mean almost the same thing they must both be wrong.
- #22 Example of how a word in the stem can lead you to the right answer—what does fragile mean??
- #24 Example of using estimation (rounding @ 25cents) can give you a range of correct answers.
- Use estimation to determine what your answer will be close to
- If you are not sure what operation to use, try smaller numbers.