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- Arrive early.
- Bring all materials with you. (Pens, pencils, erasers and calculator with extra batteries.)
- Listen carefully to your instructor's directions and comments. -Instructors frequently announce changes in the test or emphasize instructions you may overlook.
- Look over the whole test. Read the directions carefully and highlight words that tell you what to do.
- Read the whole test first marking off the questions for which you know the answers. Do these first.
- Budget time according to marks given per question and total time allotted.
- Write down key facts or formulas in the margins so you don't forget this key information.
- Answer easy questions first. This will help build confidence, trigger recall of other of other answers and the materials you studied and give you points immediately.
- If you don't know an answer make a mark next to the question and try to complete it later.
- Guess on answers you don't know. You may pick up part marks.
- Use all the time that is allowed. If you finish early, check your papers for errors - do they make sense. Check spelling, punctuation, grammar.
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