Myths
ACT Facts
During the ACT
Scores
100
The ACT is an IQ test.
What is false?
100
The math test is not timed.
What is false? 60 questions in 60 minutes
100
What time must you arrive by on the test date?
What is 8:00 am.
100
Scores are online for viewing within ____ weeks.
What is 2.
200
There are months where the test is harder.
What is false?
200
The English test is over rote recall of rules of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary.
What is false? The test consists of five essays or passages, each of which is accompanied by a sequence of multiple-choice test questions. Different passage types are employed to provide a variety of rhetorical situations. Some questions refer to underlined portions of the passage and offer several alternatives to the underlined portion. You must decide which choice is most appropriate in the context of the passage. Some questions ask about an underlined portion, a section of the passage, or the passage as a whole. You must decide which choice best answers the question posed.
200
What two items must you bring to enter the testing room?
What is picture id and registration ticket?
200
Score reports are usually released ___ to ___ weeks after the test.
What is 3 to 8 weeks?
300
The ACT mimics high school curricula.
What is false. It is close but not exact.
300
The Reading Test will ask questions over several different passages.
What is true? The passages will ask you to look at what is directly stated and what is the implied meaning.
300
When is the break?
What is after the second test?
300
If you take the ACT writing test how long after your scores are released is your writing score released?
What is 2 weeks? Your scores will not be official until the writing score is released.
400
Students can see scores before deciding whether to cancel them.
What is false? The deadline for adding, changing, or canceling college reports is the Thursday noon (central time) immediately after the regularly scheduled Saturday test date.
400
ACT Reading passages are what level?
What is freshman year of college?
400
You are allowed to eat during the ACT test.
What is false? You may bring a snack for the break but it cannot be eaten in the testing room.
400
What is the highest score you can make on an ACT test?
What is 36?
500
I can send my multiple-choice scores without sending my Writing scores.
What is no? If you took the Writing Test, your scores from that test date can be reported only after your Writing scores have been processed.
500
The passages during the Reading section will be all fiction Literature?
What is false? Passages on topics in social studies, natural sciences, literary narrative (including prose fiction), and the humanities are included.
500
All answers should be marked.
What is true? You are not penalized for incorrect answers.
500
What is the average composite score for the nation?
What is 21?
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