This exactly matches my experience with test prep books from a decade later.
Honestly, it’s the first and foundational principle of learning to take multiple-choice tests—figure out what the guessing penalty is. And, in my experience, few such tests are calibrated to make guessing net negative.
Quick pruning of the set of possible answers and guessing if you can’t decide on the rest is just what you do.
This exactly matches my experience with test prep books from a decade later.
Honestly, it’s the first and foundational principle of learning to take multiple-choice tests—figure out what the guessing penalty is. And, in my experience, few such tests are calibrated to make guessing net negative.
Quick pruning of the set of possible answers and guessing if you can’t decide on the rest is just what you do.