Taking the College Mathematics (CLEP)

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Originally Posted by hottaway

I am about to go take my college math clep and am freaking out. I have come up with a theory...tell me if you think I am crazy. I think I can answer about 1/3 of the questions with the knowledge I have. This leaves 2/3, if I pick "c" on those, this might give me 1/4 of the 2/3 correct. This gives me half correct id there are 90 questions for example...anyone following me? Now the question is should I pick 'c' for the ones I don't know or 'b'? I know if I would have spent the time studying instead of thinking about this I would be better off. thanks guys and wish me luck!

If you are purely guessing, it doesn't matter which answer you choose for each question. You will ALWAYS have a 1 in 4 chance of being correct on any individual answer. Don't assume that there will be an equal distribution of C's....there could be more A's, or more D's...in which case, choosing all C's would put you at a disadvantage.

A better approach would be to 'guestimate' the answer. If you notice that certain answer options cannot possibly be correct, you can narrow down your answer and increase your odds of guessing correctly. One of the obviously incorrect answers could be C, in which case you would do well to NOT choose C.

But in terms of pure guessing, there is no statistical advantage in choosing all C's.

Hope that helps,
Snazzlefrag