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Study Guide & Strategies
True / False test
- Most true/false tests
contain more true answers than false answers.
When in doubt, guess true. You have more than 50% chance of being
right
- Pay close attention to
qualifiers, negatives, and long strings of statements
- Qualifiers are words that
restrict or open up general statements.
Words like "no, never, none, always, every, entirely, only"
restrict possibilities and usually imply false statements. They
imply a statement must be true 100% of the time. Qualifiers like
"sometimes, often, frequently, ordinarily, generally" open up the
possibilities of making accurate statements and usually indicate
true answers. They make more modest claims that are more likely to
reflect reality.
- Negatives are confusing.
If the question contains negatives, like "no, not, cannot," circle
the negative and read the sentence that remains. Decide whether
that sentence is true or false. If it is true, the opposite or
negative is usually false.
- Every part of a true
sentence must be true.
If any one part of the sentence is false, the whole sentence is
false despite many other true statements. Therefore read long
sentences carefully and pay attention to each group of words set
off by punctuation. Sentences with long strings of words are most
likely-- but not always--false statements.
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