The multiple-choice test is a form of academic assessment in which the test takers are asked to answer a set of questions by selecting for each question the only correct answer from among a number of given choices. In Nigeria the multiple-choice design is adopted by all the major public exams for school students, including National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). By all means, the UTME – the entrance test for Nigeria’s tertiary schools – is the most widely known public test in the country that fully embraces the multiple-choice format. For each candidate, the UTME consists of 4 subject-based papers (including Use of English), with each question bearing 4 answer choices. And for every multiple-choice test – with particular focus on the yearly UTME – the following paragraphs suggest a tried and trusted technique for scoring as high as you can.


Identify each question based on its level of difficulty

In order to achieve your best possible score on the UTME, you simply have to apply a method that makes a most productive use of your test-taking efforts. To start with, you should promptly go through the questions as soon as the exam time begins to tick away, and identify each question as belonging to one of three categories, depending on how difficult you find them. The first category consists of easy questions; it is quite easy for you to recall, figure out, or pick out the correct answers to these questions. The second category comprises moderately difficult questions; these are quite challenging questions which you can answer correctly, especially by putting your thinking cap on. The third category includes the difficult questions, the correct answers to which you are either uncertain about or you don’t even have a clue.


Adopt a suitable approach

Putting the above grouping into consideration, the most suitable approach to dealing with the UTME or any other multiple-choice test for that matter, requires you to conduct at least three rounds of ‘reading through the questions,’ with the intent to provide correct answers as you read. In the first reading, you should deal with the easy questions; second, the moderately difficult questions; and third, the difficult questions. And for the best outcome, you should conduct each of these readings in an orderly manner, either from the first to the last question or vice versa – don’t jump around, that is.


Get all the marks you deserve

Assume you have forty questions to answer in a particular UTME paper, your first task as you work through the paper is to identify each question as easy, moderately difficult, or difficult. Of course, you should answer the easy questions right away; don’t ever miss any easy mark. As for the moderately difficult question, don’t try to solve it immediately; since it would demand more time than the easy question, it is better to note the moderately difficult question and come back to it only after you have answered all the easy questions at least.


Tackle the difficult questions last

Very importantly, you shouldn’t waste precious time on any difficult question; you should simply move on to the next question if you find a particular question to be tough. And for a particularly difficult question, you may have to eventually make a guess; in this case, your chance of guessing right is higher if you are able to eliminate at least one option as incorrect, and it is highest if you have just only two likely options to choose from. So, even if you cannot answer a question instantly, eliminate the obviously wrong answer choices as you go through each question; narrow down to three or two possible answers if you can.


Manage the exam period effectively

The exam period is the length of time you are allowed to use continuously on the given exam. So in your own best interests, you should endeavor to be in control of the exam time, from the first to the last minute, using all of it most profitably or wasting none of it. By and large, three scenarios are possible as to how you manage the exam time. Firstly, you can be OUT OF TIME, as in you are yet to finish up after the exam time has run out; secondly, you can complete your answers right ON TIME, in which case no time is left as soon as you finish up; thirdly, you can complete the exam IN TIME, which means you have some time left after you are done with the test. Clearly, the best outcome is to manage your exam time so effectively that you are able to complete the exam IN TIME. But after you are done with the test, the time left on the test clock is the time gained – and the most gainful thing you can do with any time gained is to use all of it to inspect your work over and over, and correct any identified error or omission in the process. Though it is a plus to gain exam time, you must be careful to prevent avoidable errors in your work as you strive to finish up IN TIME.


Aim for the best possible score

The coming UTME (in 2017) is expected to be a two-hour test, consisting of 60 questions in Use of English and 40 questions each in three other subjects. So for you as a candidate, it is logical to consider the 4-paper UTME as a single test that comprises 180 questions and for which 120 minutes are allowed; after all, you would be permitted to answer the questions in any order that suits you. In any case, your focus during the test should be on how to score as many marks as possible before the exam time runs out. While taking the test, do the best you can and even go the extra mile in getting every single mark that you truly deserve plus those that you can possibly obtain. All things considered, you must make every effort to stay in control of yourself, and work tirelessly for the whole duration of the test without losing focus all the way.

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