Test Taking

Strategies for Answering Matching Questions

• Read through all of the items on the list; don’t choose the first answer that seems correct. You may find a more precise answer further down the list.
  
  
• Answer the questions you know first, and check them off as you use them.
  
  
• If you’re unsure of an answer, don’t mark it. If there are an equal number of items to match and you choose one incorrect match, another match will also be wrong.
  
  
• To save time, match longer items (such as definitions) to shorter items (such as vocabulary terms) so you’ll be reading the longer items only once.

Susan Ziegert, University of Wisconsin – Waukesha, Test Taking: Strategies for Answering Matching Questions