{"id":53,"date":"2016-11-02T09:58:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T09:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/passit.ca\/real-estate-pulse\/?p=53"},"modified":"2019-02-16T01:30:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T01:30:54","slug":"improve-your-exam-odds-be-a-key-word-fanatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passit.ca\/real-estate-pulse\/improve-your-exam-odds-be-a-key-word-fanatic\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Your Exam Odds: Be a Key Word Fanatic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The tipping point between a correct and an incorrect answer can be <strong>one<\/strong> word. Exam creators, as seasoned wordsmiths, craft questions based on real, but often subtle differences.<br><br>As a student, try underlining or carefully noting key words that <em>expand<\/em> or <em>restrict<\/em> MCQ answer options. They can appear as:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>negatives (derivations of no, e.g., <em>none<\/em> or <em>never<\/em>),<\/li><li>superlatives (the highest qualify or degree of something, such as <em>best<\/em> (rather than <em>better<\/em>)), or<\/li><li>qualifiers (e.g.,\u00a0<em>occasionally,\u00a0<\/em>or <em>not all the time).<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples include:&nbsp;<em>few, may, not, neither, many, often, seldom, probably, generally, all, always never, none, occasionally&nbsp;<\/em>and<em>&nbsp;sometimes<\/em>. Regardless, they offer important clues when seeking the correct answer. Too many people assume that multiple choice questions are easy and don&#8217;t require rigorous study effort. The fact is that MCQs on an OREA exam are not mere recitals of facts. They often require considerable thought and reasoning to arrive at the answer. To be properly prepared, you&#8217;re best to practice with a variety of sample questions, different scenarios and alternate MCQ wordings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">The tipping point between a correct and an incorrect answer can be one word. Exam creators, as seasoned wordsmiths, craft questions based on real, but often subtle differences. As a student, try underlining or carefully noting key words that expand or restrict MCQ answer options. They can appear as: negatives (derivations of no, e.g., none [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exam-infomania"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Improve Your Exam Odds: Be a Key Word Fanatic - Passit\u00ae Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/passit.ca\/real-estate-pulse\/improve-your-exam-odds-be-a-key-word-fanatic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Improve Your Exam Odds: Be a Key Word Fanatic - Passit\u00ae Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The tipping point between a correct and an incorrect answer can be one word. 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