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Listen to it again later and fill in any blanks in your notes.  \nCreate mind maps  \nGE N E RA L R ULES F O R A LL T ESTS  \n• Get practice tests from your professor, or create your own, and take the test in the same time frame you are given in class with the same kind of distractions  \n• Do a cheat card exercise. Even if you’re not allowed to bring a cheat card or sheet of notes into the test, force yourself to make one. You’ll find that you’re compressing the most important information onto that card, thereby studying it in a very effective way.  \n• Calculate how much time you should allow for each section according to the point value. (You don't want to spend 30 minutes on an essay question that counts only 5 points. )  \n• Do a mind dump. Make notes of anything you think you might forget. Write down things that you used in learning the material that might help you remember.  \n• Answer the easy questions first. This will give you the confidence and momentum to get through the rest of the test.  \n• Express difficult questions in your own words. Rephrasing can make it clear to you, but be sure you don't change the meaning of the question.  \n• Visualize your study environment if you’re stuck on a question. Research has shown that people can often make connections to things they’ve learned when they do this, since learning is context and environment-dependent.  \nMU LT I P L E C HOI C E ST RAT E G I ES  \n• Answer the easy questions first, then the harder ones. Don’t get nervous if some questions look unfamiliar. Skip them and return to them later.  \n• Pay attention to qualifiers (“usually,”“none,”“always,”“never”) and key words (“except,”“all but the following,”“the best,”“the least,” etc. )  \n• Try to anticipate the correct answer before looking at the options.  \n• Read all of the options; eliminate the ones you know are incorrect.  \n• Look for options that contain other options. These are called \"umbrella\" options because the other options fall within their scope.  \n• Familiarity of a response option does not necessarily make it the correct choice.  \n• Sometimes the longer response may be the clue to the correct response.  \nTRU E-FA L S EST RAT E G I E S  \n\n| 100% qualifiers are usually false statements. no, never, none, every, all, always, only, entirely |\n| --- |\n| Qualifiers that fall between extremes are usually true.\u003Cbr>seldom, sometimes, often, frequently, most, many, few, some, usually, generally, ordinarily |\n\nNever leave a blank – you have a 50% chance of getting it right!  \nMATC HI N G CO L U M NS ST RAT E G I ES  \n• Read all the items in both columns first before selecting answers.  \n• Instead of looking at the one-word column first and trying to select a match, read the column with the definitions or explanations and match those to the oneword column.  \n• Mark easy choices first and eliminate them as you move to the more difficult.  \nSH ORT A NSWE R A N D F I L L-IN-TH EBLA NK ST RAT E G IES  \n• If you don’t know the complete answer but remember something, write it down. 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