multiple choice exams Options

[*krnxswat*]

during a test, have you ever tried to think of what the teacher might have been thinking when s/he was making up the test? like, for example, you've had 3 answers as 'A' in a row, and the 4th question, which you're unsure about, seems like 'a' as well but you don't choose 'a' cause you dnt think your teacher would do that. was that too confusing? haha

[EddieV]

My High School teachers never gave me multiple choice. So no, they mostly give us critical thinking essays.

[yo pusha]

yes i do that alot haha.. also this


A: 7/25
B: 9/17
C: 4/14
D: 9/25

i would pick D.. because two of the choises have "9" in it as the numerator and two of the choices have "25" as the denominator.. ya dig? maybe not.. lol


remind me of once we had a matching test.. and the teacher forgot to mix it up so it was like

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

etc.. but only some people got it all right because everyone else thought it would be impossible to get ABCDEFGH and they musta done something wrong. lol

[AngryBaby]

hell yeah haha. sometimes when when im stuck im like " well, the answer hasnt been C in a awhile. soooo......... it must be C!"

[*Blow_Don't_SUCK*]

Yeah I used to think that way up to 6th grade. Then on 7th grade my reading teacher told me, "Kids, when it seems like the teacher put up a pattern or some kid of trend for the answers, trust your own opinion or answers. Just because so far 10 questions you answered had C's in a row, doesn't mean every question has the letter C as answer."

[PiGo]

Yes.
I just took this test, and you had to put these events in order and it turned out to be e, d, c, b, then a and I debated about whether I was right or not for a minute.

[m.ar.i.a]

yes yes yes yes yes!
last week we had a test had the class average was a D+ (and that was the highest in the periods) and it was because like 12 out of 20 questions were B and up to 5 were there in a row each time :P i got a B-

and no, that wasnt confusing :)

[*xcaitlinx*]

i do that ALL THE TIME. sometimes it really hurts my grade because i second guess myself.

[*wind&fire*]

yeh... i began seeing patterns and when i got like say 5 C's in a row i became paranoid....

ITS PSYCHOLOGY DAMMIT!!

[AQu01rius]

Ok I actually assume answers in multiple choice exam sometimes.. But I think it never worked. LOL
(Deperation attempts.. counting numbers and guess the answer)

[Kenado]

Teachers do that on purpose, most likely, just to see if you change the answer. Like my English final I just had. I had 15 B's in a row, and surpirsingly they were right.

[talcumpowder]

We had a test where every answer was "C". I kid you not. Everyone, including the class failure got and A. Because, guess what? He put "C" all down his answer sheet.
So yeah, sometimes peple don't notice. Sometimes they do it to see your reaction.

[Just_Dream]

Teachers do that on purpose, most likely, just to see if you change the answer. Like my English final I just had. I had 15 B's in a row, and surpirsingly they were right.

wow you got all 15 right.. That's never happened to me!

L!ckitySplit - Yea I know what you mean! And it turns out that the choice is wrong ahhaha :P

Actually, there was a teacher of mines that would put in true or false questions.. like 10 of them. One time they were all true except for 2. Good thing I read the chapter. But I mean, not 15 of the same answers all in a row! :O Like, 5 of the true/false questions were true, all in a row. Then the next would be false, then back to true. Haha :P

Teachers are always trying to test us to see whether we really know the answer or are just guessing..

[*mona lisa*]

Oh, man. I hate it when teachers do that. I'm sit there thinking if my teacher would be so mean as to put patterns. It just confuses me. Some of my teachers have done that. Damn tricky teachers.

[anoniez]

I used to second-guess myself like that, but now I just ignore what's on the answer sheet completely and go with what I think is the answer to the question. it works a lot better. =p

[Sakuya]

Most definitely.
Sometimes I think they're making patterns out of the answers too...
That would explain some of my grades.

[jackizzle]

ha i think that all the time

like if it goes a a then i wont put another a one because i think nooo they wouldnt make it 3 a's in a row.

[gelionie]

Yepp I do that a lot... but sometimes the teachers are so tricky, and they put 3 A/B/C/Ds in a row.

[Kenado]

wow you got all 15 right.. That's never happened to me!

The test was 80 questions and there was a true and false part where most of them were false, and there like 15 falses in a row, I got that section right. XD

[emazing]

Yes, and for me that would be considered paranoia.

But anyway, I try to keep my answers as consistent as possible, and I always try to look for clues.

[*jooleeah*]

Yeah...

paranoia sucks. >_>

[Stephire]

My teachers use online generators.
:/

[*tweeak*]

I despise AP multiple choice tests. I try not to think about the order of the letters, because I'll fixate on them and make my grade even worse than it's be otherwise.

[silver-rain]

Oh it really annoys me when there's at least 4 of the same letter in a row, or when it goes a, b, c, d, or d, c, b, a.

[mzbbc]

ohmygod, i hate that. it's like you're doing fine, and then you look down and you're like, "woahhh why do i have like 5 (a)s in a row? i better change some of those..." and then i get the test back and it turns out they were all right. ugh

[artislife90]

Thats what makes multiple choice tests hard. My Lab teacher does it all the time to make you think your doing something wrong. She once gave a test were every answer was D "None of the above"...messed me up completely, yea she just enjoys messing with our heads.