10 good test-taking strategies

• Quickly look through the test for an overview
• Answer easy questions first then the difficult questions
• Read the directions carefully 
• “Decide on and adopt study strategies that work best for you”
• “Stay relaxed and confident”
• “Analyze how you did on a similar test in the past”
• Eliminate options you know to be incorrect
• “Cover the options, read the stem, and try to answer” 
• Take good notes
• “Test yourself”

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