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3. Social Studies Common Exam
120 minutes to complete the test
40 min (2 min break)
40 min (STOP)
39 multiple Choice Questions
1 Critical Response Essay Question
Step #1: Answer the easy MC questions (do not skip around too much)
Check the time
Step #2: Answer the tough MC questions
Step #3: Answer the Essay Question
Step #4: Double-Check Multiple Choice. Make sure answers are bubbled in correctly.
Step #5: Proof Read Essay
Use remain time to triple check Multiple Choice. USE ALL OF YOUR TIME.

4. Test Taking Tips POE – Process of Elimination
1 in 4 Chance = 25% chance
1 in 3 Chance = 33% chance
Basically adding 8 points to your final score

5. Test Taking Tips
Avoid using the same letter answer 3 or more times in a row
If you are CERTAIN, those answer are correct – then forget it
If you are unsure, then one of those answers is wrong

6. Test Taking Tips If you MUST guess
AND you cannot eliminate any choices
Pick B or Pick C
Do not change – you are either a B person or a C person
NOT both

7. Don't Be Afraid to Change Your First Answer
Even though first answers are often correct, you shouldn't be afraid to change your original answer if, upon reflection, it seems wrong to you.
Dozens of studies over the past 70 years have found that students who change dubious answers usually improve their test scores.
When students changed their answers:
they went from wrong to right 51% of the time
right to wrong 25% of the time
wrong to a different wrong answer 23% of the time