I'm currently taking multiple-choice exams. Sometimes I have no idea how to answer a few questions say, 5 out of 30. Since I'd just be guessing blindly and might even be biased, would I have a better chance of getting at least one right if I just picked 'A' for all of them?"
>>34397777Assuming they were randomly generated - that is, that the test-maker didn't have an unconscious bias for making B the right answer, your chances would be 1 in 5, or 4-to-1 that you'd be wrong.You can do better than that with a little thought. Typically in any selection of 5 possibles, one will be an obvious outrider and most likely wrong and one will be the answer you'd get if you made the most obvious mis-reading of the question or the most obvious math error. That narrows your guesswork down to 1 in 3.
>>34397777If you've actually run out of time and can't think about the answer at all, just pick anything at random - all A's is fine. But as the other anon said, it's often the case that if you think about it even a little, one or more of the answers is obviously wrong, even if you don't know which one is right. Choosing at random from the not-definitely-wrong answers improves the odds.
no fag. Being able to correctly answer the questions when you don't know what the answer is, is what separates high IQs from diligent retards who just study a lot. You need to be using logic to eliniate any wrong answers and at least be giving yourself a 50/50 rather than 1/4 guess. Mentally cross reference words with other similar words and speculate on what the latin or other roots mean and see if you can surmise some estimation for what shit means. Or if its math then its even easier to elimate shit by working backwards from the answers or just know the answer must be less than X etc.
>>34397777Congrats on your lucky digits.Multiple choice exams have a fun exploit that they tend to leak a lot of information about the answers. So for example, if you have no idea how to answer one question, you can look at the other questions to find some that cover the same concepts. Then you can look at their answers to see if the questions have any answers that are consistent with each other. If so, those consistent answers are much more likely to be the correct answers for their respective questions. Alternatively, you can look for answers that are obviously inconsistent with each other and eliminate them. It's a simple technique but a powerful one. Interestingly, the more comprehensive the test, the more information that tends to leak out of the choices.
