1. Recall VS. Recognition
Subjective questions: essay or
long answer
Objective questions: true/false,
multiple choice, matching

2. Essay Questions
Skip the introduction
Use pre-writing
Avoid personal opinions

3. Multiple Choice Questions:
Parts of the question
Stem
Options
Decoys (Distractors)
Answer like a true/false question

4. True/False Questions
Beware of qualifiers
Answer “true” ONLY if answer is
100% true!
Questions are more often true than
false. On average, true statements
occur 51% of the time.

5. Matching Questions
Answer top left first
Answer those which you are sure of
first
Wrong answers multiply! This is one
of the most dangerous question types
to guess.