Performance Tips for Multiple-Choice

The following are guidelines that you can use to help correctly answer multiple-choice questions.

1. Circle or underline important words in the question.
   This will help you focus on the information most needed to identify the correct answer choice.

2. Read all the answer choices before selecting one.
   It is just as likely for the last answer choice to be correct as the first.

3. Cross out answer choices you are certain are not correct.
   This will help you narrow down the correct answer choice.

4. Look for two answer choices that are opposites.
   One of these two answer choices is likely to be correct.

5. Look for hints about the correct answer choice in other questions on the test.
   The correct answer choice may be part of another question on the test.

6. Look for answer choices that contain language used by your teacher or found in your textbooks.
   An answer choice that contains such language is usually correct.

7. Do not change your initial answer unless you are sure another answer choice is correct.
   More often than not, your first choice is correct.

8. Choose "all of the above" if you are certain all other answer choices in the question are correct.
   Do not choose "all of the above" if even just one of the other answer choices is not correct.

9. Choose "none of the above" if you are certain all other answer choices in the question are incorrect.
   Do not choose "none of the above" if even just one of the other answer choices is correct.

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