Make sure the answer..
Answers the question completely.
Highlight or underline important/key information/unfamiliar words.
If two answers are opposites
One is probably correct
Can there be trick questions?
Very few instructors would ever write a trick question. However, make sure you are not looking too much into the question.
After reading the question and before reading the answer choices
Try to predict the answer then select which ever is closest to your prediction.
Answers with these words are usually incorrect
Always
Never
All
Must
If an answer choice answers part of or only true under certain conditions then..
The choice is most likely not true.
Answers with these words are usually correct.
Seldom
generally
tend to
probably
usually
If two answers seem correct..
Imagine each one as the correct answer and determine which makes more sense.