Test anxiety is a condition where someone experiences distress before, during, or after taking an exam. The document outlines three phases of test taking - the preparatory, execution, and reflection phases. It provides tips for each phase, such as avoiding cramming, creating study tools, reading questions carefully, and analyzing test performance after to improve. The document also discusses different types of exam questions like true/false, essay, multiple choice, open book, and sentence completion and provides strategies for answering each type successfully.