Tools Available While Testing
The tool that allows you to highlight important information.
What is the Highlighter Tool?
The tool that allows you to enlarge the entire screen, including all text, images, and objects up to 400% for better viewing.
What is the Magnifier Tool?
By doing this before the test starts, you won't be distracted and you won't break your concentration once the test begins.
What is go to the bathroom?
Before answering a question, determine exactly what is being asked. Never glance over a question or the possible answers, as superficial reading, or skimming, may cause you to miss important information. Look for “gotcha” words like “not” or “except,” and ensure you know exactly what’s being asked.
What is read all test questions carefully?
Doing this helps activate the body's relaxation response, slowing down your heart rate and lowering your blood pressure.
What is do a deep breathing exercise?
The tool that allows you to narrow down possible choices by allowing you to mark answer choices you believe are not correct.
What is the Cross-off Tool?
The tool that provides a moveable, horizontal line that is used to follow along with each line of text.
What is the Line Guide Tool?
This helps you stay focused, improve concentration, and improve academic performance. Not doing this creates a higher risk for many health problems, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, poor mental health, and injuries.
What is get enough sleep?
If you know an answer is incorrect, get rid of it. It may not be related to the question or may be completely off. Doing this can increase the chances of a random guess being correct.
What is eliminate any wrong answers?
To do this focus on your own test and pace, and forget about the others in the room. Just worry about your own test to help alleviate anxiety.
What is not comparing yourself to other test takers?
The tool that allows you to place a short note almost anywhere within the window where you can type a short message for later reference. Can be used to mark a special part of a passage or to leave a reminder of some important information.
What is the Notepad Tool?
This tool has the ability to perform the four arithmetic functions: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
What is the Basic Calculator Tool?
By doing this you are giving your brain the energy needed to work efficiently. This increases your brain function, memory, attention, and mental focus.
What is eat a good breakfast?
Doing this will help you identify what the correct option should say. Before you look at the options, think of your own answer. Compare your answer to the options. Look for the same ideas and key terms
What is form your own answer?
Doing this calms your mind and relaxes your muscles and organs. You are essentially telling your body it's safe and can take a break from focusing or thinking.
What is closing your eyes?
The tool that is a comprehensive calculator with the ability to perform square root, exponential, logarithmetic, trigonometric and factoral functions as well as the four arithmetic functions.
What is the Scientific Calculator Tool?
The tool that allows you to mark a question for review at a later point in the test.
What is the Flag Tool?
Doing this increases your ability to recall information, to stay focused on the task at hand, to feel alert and helps boost your mood. If you do not do this, you will become dehydrated and will therefore become more prone to headaches that make it harder to concentrate.
What is stay hydrated?
When you are not sure of a question's answer, mark it and come back later. Give your brain more time to think about that question as you tackle other problems. As you work on other parts of the test, you might remember the answer.
What is flag the question and come back to it later?
Doing this helps to release built-up tension and induces your body's relaxation response. The relaxation response slows breathing, reduces blood pressure, and lowers heart rate.
What is tensing and then relaxing muscles?
The tool that allows you to see which questions have been attempted or flagged, and which remain unanswered.
What is the Review or End Test Button?
The tool that allows you to listen to test information displayed on the screen. This includes words and numbers, test directions, questions, answer choices, and other information on the screen.
What is the Text-to-Speech Tool?
Doing this improves concentration and focus, which allows you to pay attention to the details and instructions for test questions. It helps you maintain attention during the entire duration of the test and can have a big impact on reducing test anxiety and improving test performance.
What is have a positive attitude?
Doing this helps your brain function optimally. It allows you to focus, retain information better, and approach questions with a clear mind. It also makes it more likely that you will make rational decisions. Stress tends to cloud your judgment and impairs your ability to think logically.
What is relax?
To do this you picture a positive outcome or a positive situation to reduce activity in the part of your brain called the amygdala. The amygdala is central to switching on your stress response, so effectively, your background level of stress is reduced. You are better able to focus.
What is think happy thoughts?