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Tips

• Eat before a test. Having food in your stomach will give you energy and help you focus but avoid heavy foods which can make you groggy.
   
• Don't try to pull an all nighter. Get at least 5 hours of sleep before the test.
   
• Put the main ideas/information/formulas onto a sheet that can be quickly reviewed many times, this makes it easier to retain the key concepts that will be on the test.
   
• Go to the bathroom before walking into the exam room. You don't want to waste anytime worrying about your bodily needs during the test.
   
• Keep a positive attitude throughout the whole test and try to stay relaxed. If you start to feel nervous take a few deep breaths to relax.
   
• Don't rush but pace yourself. Read the entire question and look for keywords.
   
• Always read the whole question carefully. Don't make assumptions about what the question might be.
   
• If you don't know an answer, skip it. Go on with the rest of the test and come back to it later. Other parts of the test may have some information that will help you out with that question.
   
• If you have time left when you are finished, look over your test. Make sure that you have answered all the questions, only change an answer if you misread or misinterpreted the question because the first answer that you put is usually the correct one. Watch out for careless mistakes.
   
• Qualifiers like "never, always, and every mean that the statement must be true all of the time. Usually these type of qualifiers lead to a false answer.
   
• Qualifiers like "usually, sometimes, and generally" mean that if the statement can be considered true or false depending on the circumstances. Usually these type of qualifiers lead to an answer of true.
   
• If any part of the question is false, then the entire statement is false but just because part of a statement is true doesn't necessarily make the entire statement true.