PIRATES

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PIRATES

• Test Taking Strategy

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The Steps of the Test-Taking Strategy

• Step 1 Prepare to succeed
• Step 2 Inspect the instructions
• Step 3 Read, remember and reduce
• Step 4 Answer or abandon
• Step 5 Turn Back
• Step 6 Estimate
• Step 7 Survey

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Step 1- Prepare to Succeed

• Put your name and PIRATES on the test
• Allot time and order to sections.
• Say affirmations I have studied and I am ready
  for the exam.
• Start within 2 min.

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Step 2 Inspect the instructions

• Read instructions carefully.
• Underline what to do and where to respond.
• Circle the letter next to the most appropriate
  choice
• Write T in front of the statements that are
  true. Write F in front of statements that are
  false.
• Make a in front of statements that are true
  and a - in front of statements that are false.
• Notice special requirements.

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Step 3 Read, Remember and Reduce

• Read the whole questions.
• Remember what you studied.
• Reduce the choices.

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Step 4 Answer or Abandon

• Answer the Question
• Abandon the question for the moment.

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Step 5- Turn Back
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Step 6 Estimate

• Avoid absolutes
• Absolute Words
• All Every No Only
• Always None Never
• Non absolute Words
• Few Most Many Often
• Seldom Some Sometimes Usually
• Choose the longest or most detailed choice
• Eliminate similar choices.

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Step 7 Survey

• Survey to ensure all questions are answered
• Switch an answer on if you are sure, and
  absolutely positive.

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Controlled Practice Test 1

• Section 1 In the blank provided, write the
  letter of the most appropriate.
• ____ 1. Christmas occurs in
• a. Spring c. Winter
• b. Summer d. Fall
• ____ 2. Television and radio are
• Used by animals c. means of communication
• Used by fish d. means of visual communication
• ____ 3. Architects stopped using agronimum in
  construction because
• a. It was too expensive c. It wasnt strong
  enough
• b. It was too heavy d. It weighed too much

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• ____ 4. Legs and arms are part of the body.
  Which of the following is not?
• a. Branch c. Twig
• b. Nose d. A and C
• ____ 5. The most common use of bason solutions
  is
• a. Fermentation c. As a cleaning compound
• b. As the organic catalyst d. Pigmentation
• found in oil solvents.
• ____ 6.When the preservative monoglate is added
  to food
• a. The food rarely spoils c. The food never
  changes color
• b. The food always changes d. The food never
  spoils.
• color.
• ____ 7. The Cadmos family fought with the
  Justins because they wanted
• a. Their money back c. Their food back
• b. Their land back d. Their clothes back

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Section II Write the letter in the blank next
to the appropriate word

• ____ 1. boy a. A young cow
• ____ 2. minite b. A young gerbil
• ____ 3. calf c. A young male
• ____ 4. girl d. A young female

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Section III- Briefly discuss three of your
favorite television shows in the space below
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Section IV- Place a () in front of each sentence
that is true. Place a (-) in front of each
sentence that is false.

• ____ 1. Prisoners in Paduan prisons are usually
  allowed to use library facilities.
• ____ 2. Only farmers who grew alfalfa made money
  during the drought of 1956.
• ____ 3. Radio thermography is seldom used to
  diagnose apranorma
• ____ 4. It is important to learn to read.
• ____ 5. All doctors agree that aspirin is the
  best way to treat phrenitis.
• ____ 6. The Justins, who were land thieves,
  always got away with their thefts.
• ____ 7. Christmas always falls on December 24th.

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Section V Fill in the blanks with the
appropriate word

• Red, green and blue are _________________.
• Ketomite is made up mainly of _____________.
• If sendium is added to phosphorus, it forms
  ___________________________________.
• Two plus two equals ____________________.