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Tips for success in exams - Preparing for multiple choice papers

Multiple choice papers test the precision of your knowledge. They may also test your ability to distinguish between some confusingly similar terms or ideas.

This type of paper is also known as an objective test. Here you are presented with a number of short questions and have to choose the correct answer out of four or five alternative ones. All the questions are compulsory on a multiple choice paper. The questions are generally drawn from all parts of the syllabus, so you can’t rely on knowing two or three topics well leaving the rest alone, hoping that the ones you have concentrated on will be enough to get you through.

How to prepare for a multiple choice paper?

Make sure that you know your topic very well. The best way of preparing for a multiple choice paper is to practise on actual papers as much as possible. It is essential that you get to know the type of questions asked and the type of answers supplied to you to choose from.

Here are some general points to be considered.

Speed is essential. If you are stuck on a question, don’t spend time on it, but pass quickly to the next. When you have finished all the ones you can do easily, you can go back to the difficult ones and try again.

If you are certain that you don’t know the correct answer, make a calculated guess. Since your result depends on the number of right answers you give, there is no point in leaving any question unanswered even though you have only a one-in-five chance of your guess giving you the right answer.