Guessing on the EOC
The EOCs can be stressful. Some of us study and study and still find that we don't know the answer to some of the questions on the EOC. Some of us ask, "Did they just grab a dictionary, flip to a random page, and pick four random words?" when we see the type of syntax utilized on some the EOCs questions. Then there are even some who get nervous, and their minds shut down, and they mess up the questions they're suppose to be getting right.
Sometimes, we're left with no other options but to guess.
But how do we do it? How do you guess correctly? Well, there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of guessing the correct answers.
1.) Process of Elimination: this is probably the most straightforward and most commonly applied method most students will turn to. It's also the most effective. Most of us start with the usual question: which answer choices cannot possibly be correct? But what if you can only eliminate one?
Well, it's OK if you can only eliminate one. So long as you can eliminate one, you can ask more "advanced" questions to help refine your guesswork. In math, you'll see questions that share the same numbers or variables in some of the other answer choices. Sometimes, only one of them will posses a certain answer, and the other three will posses other answers. Usually, the one different one is wrong. Sometimes there will be two answer choices that are the exact same thing (e.g. 2/1 or 2) which automatically means those are incorrect.
Lastly, you'll want to address what you already know, and see if any of the answer choices contradicts what you know. Sometimes, even the most basic of knowledge can help you.
2.) Observe other questions: this one isn't as commonly known. However, it's a little known fact that some of the other questions can help you answer previous ones. For example, one question may ask what Ambivalence means, and the other question might ask you which scenario isn't an example of ambivalence, which means that
Sometimes, we're left with no other options but to guess.
But how do we do it? How do you guess correctly? Well, there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of guessing the correct answers.
1.) Process of Elimination: this is probably the most straightforward and most commonly applied method most students will turn to. It's also the most effective. Most of us start with the usual question: which answer choices cannot possibly be correct? But what if you can only eliminate one?
Well, it's OK if you can only eliminate one. So long as you can eliminate one, you can ask more "advanced" questions to help refine your guesswork. In math, you'll see questions that share the same numbers or variables in some of the other answer choices. Sometimes, only one of them will posses a certain answer, and the other three will posses other answers. Usually, the one different one is wrong. Sometimes there will be two answer choices that are the exact same thing (e.g. 2/1 or 2) which automatically means those are incorrect.
Lastly, you'll want to address what you already know, and see if any of the answer choices contradicts what you know. Sometimes, even the most basic of knowledge can help you.
2.) Observe other questions: this one isn't as commonly known. However, it's a little known fact that some of the other questions can help you answer previous ones. For example, one question may ask what Ambivalence means, and the other question might ask you which scenario isn't an example of ambivalence, which means that