Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre.
Formats could include - true/false, odd one out, most accurate answer, grid format, extension questions.
Read the instructions carefully. For example, it’s useful to know whether negative marking will be used, such that marks are deducted for wrong answers- If so make sure you understand the implications of the guessing correction.
Know how long you can spend on each question. For example if you have twenty questions and the exam is an hour, that’s 3 minutes per question.
Read questions carefully, highlighting key words or phrases.
Try to think about the answer before looking at the options - there may be two that are worded similarly but with different meaning.
It’s not a race - take time to think of the options and answer calmly.