MULTIPLE GUESS TEST

Often despite our best efforts to prepare for an exam, some questions may seem like they came from the depths of Hell. If you leave the question blank you know for a fact that it is incorrect. So, guess! Remember, you will or should be very familiar with the test material. Therefore, other question and/or other answers may help your choice. You may also use the following to limit the number of answers to guess from.

Guess (using any clues available) at the answers for the following questions, then check your answers to the right.
 

Pick the one best answer.

1. A chair is:

1. An object with four octagonal shaped legs.
2. An object which has two heights, one 22 inches.
3. An object which has a base measuring 52 inches and a seat measuring 44 inches.
4. An object with legs, a seat and a back.

2. A comedy is:

1. A sad play.
2. A long book.
3. A work - especially a play in which the characters undergo amusing distress, and the action usually turns out well for the chief characters.
4. An epic.

3. The mature human being has how many teeth?

A. 15      C. 54
B. 32       D. 7

4. The treaty of Brest Litovsk was ratified by Moscow because:

1. Tsar Alexander I wanted to prevent Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.
2. Russia was unable to keep up with the armament manufacture of Austria.
3. Russia could not keep pace with the military production of Austria.
4. Nicolai Lenin wanted to get the Soviet Union out of World War I.

5. The planarian has:

1. An anterior brain.
2. Three legs.
3. Red eyes.
4. A posterior brain.

6. A biologist who specializes in the study of the relationship of an organism to its environment is known as an:

1. Ecologist
2. Structuralist
3. Taxonomist
4. Naturalist

7. Important in feeling pain are:

1. Bone
2. Ear
3. Muscle
4. Nerves

8. The Strong Vocational Interest Blank is used to measure:

1. Aptitudes   C. Achievement
2. Interest       D. Adjustment

9. Charles Dickens’ Hard Times deals with:

1. The difficult life of a factory worker.
2. The politics of the French chateau country.
3. The court of King Edward III.
4. The limitation of European existentialism.

10. T or F It is generally sunny during the summer.

11. T or F It is always sunny during the summer.

Suggestions for selecting the best answer to the questions on the left.
  In reading the rationale behind determining the correct answers below, please remember that these strategies are guidelines and not absolutes. No one can predict 100 percent any one professor’s techniques in testing. Also this technique is not supposed to be taken as a substitute for studying. However, using these techniques to supplement conscious preparation, it is reasonable to expect maximum results for one’s efforts.  This test is a series of demonstration items that can show you how to approach items you may think you can’t answer.

1. Pick the most general alternative—it is more likely to be correct. Here answer D is the best answer.

2. The longest alternative is frequently the best answer. Just plain human bias. The next best choice is the shortest answer.

3. When values are involved, the middle value is usually correct.

4. When two responses mean the same thing (B & C), probably neither is correct. That brings you to a choice of 2 instead of 4. D is correct.

5. When two responses are opposite, one of them is probably correct. The choice, then, is between A & D. A is correct.

6. Look for the response that agrees dramatically with the stem. In this example, A is correct. This is a rare error, but it does occur.

7. Here is another grammatical cue - the verb is plural, so the response should be too.

8. Look for similarities between words in the stem and the responses. Here the giveaway is interest. Frequently, the real thing will be more subtle, but look for it.

9. This one is less direct. Hard Times = difficult life. A is correct.

10. &11. Watch absolute words. Always, never, only, all, none are some examples. Most of the time these are determiners of incorrect responses. More general words are more likely to be correct. 10 is true and 11 is false.