Test Taking Strategies
Pitfalls
Time Management
Preparation
Long-Term Impact
100

The strategy you use when time is running short and there are blank questions.

What is LOTD (Letter of the Day)?

100

The process of using too much time on certain questions and not enough time for others.

What is time mismanagement?

100

The three parts of POOD that determine time management.

What are now, never, later?

100

The item you should take to become familiar with the test format.

What is a practice test?

100

The event that can happen at school according to your ACT score.

What is grade enhancement?

200

The strategy you use when you are starting a question and only 2 of the answers could be correct.

What is POE (Process of Elimination)?

200

The process of missing a question or a bubble, along with misreading.

What are careless errors?

200

The pacing for each step of POOD.

What is now is fast, later is faster, and never is fastest?

200

The way you can improve your focus for the ACT the night before you take it.

What is get enough sleep?

200

The highest a grade can be raised to if scoring proficient on the ACT.

What is a B?

300

The strategy you use right at the start of the test to determine which questions to complete first.

What is POOD (Personal Order of Difficulty)?

300

The process of not taking advantage of what the teacher is helping you with.

What is not preparing?

300

The amount of time that should be spent previewing a passage.

What is 30-60 seconds?

300

The thing you should avoid doing before taking the ACT in order to lower your stress.

What is cramming?

300

The highest grade that can be raised by the ACT if scored highly proficient.

What is an A?

400

The strategy you use to save time for all reading passages.

What is skim?

400

The process of not doing the questions in POOD.

What is completing questions in the ACT order?

400

The amount of time that should be spent working the passage.

What is 3 minutes?

400

The thing you should do in the morning to nourish your brain.

What is eat a healthy breakfast?

400

The item that can be received for the future as a result of a high ACT score.

What is a scholarship?

500

The part of the body used instead of the brain during skimming.

What are the eyes?

500

The process of not necessarily looking for what the best answers may be.

What is only looking for correct answers?

500

The amount of time that should be spent selecting and understanding the questions, reading what is needed, marking the answer in the passage, and using POE.

What is 7 minutes?

500

The strategy you should use during the test to help you improve.

What is using test-taking strategies?

500

The way you can improve your chances into getting into a college or university.

What is scoring high on the ACT?

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