Establish what the test makers are asking for as specifically as possible (e.g., velocity on the x-axis in meters per second) while being careful to note any negative words such as not, except, or false. Don’t just read passively instead, paraphrase as you read so you can determine what the question is actually stating. Once you’ve characterized the question stem and answer choices and decided to tackle a problem, the next step is to actually read the question stem-but still don’t read the answer choices yet. Each step of Stop-Think-Predict-Match is outlined in more detail below. You will quickly bypass wrong answer choices without needing to analyze them fully or falling for the test makers’ trap choices, and you also will be leaving yourself open to using alternative strategies such as the process of elimination when necessary. This will allow you to use the question format to your advantage. Although you will make slight modifications to this strategy depending on which question type you are tackling, the core task remain the same: Carefully analyze each question and determine what the correct answer will look like before reading the corresponding answer choices. Second, the fact that every question is multiple choice means you can identify patterns among the questions and answer choices to help you choose the correct answer even when you’re not completely confident regarding the content.Īll the specific strategies for each section start with one key process: Stop-Think-Predict-Match. This means your focus when studying and answering questions should be on recognizing relationships and patterns more than on memorizing lists. Instead, all you’ll need to do is recognize and apply those ideas using the choices provided.
First, you won’t need to prepare your knowledge in such a way that you can recite vocabulary, facts, or statistics from rote memory. Instead, every question will provide you with the option to select one of four answer choices. You won’t find any fill-in-the-blank, matching, short response, or true/false problems on the PCAT. Aside from the Writing section, the PCAT only has one question type: multiple choice.
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