Leave blank or guess??

EuroFootball
Thu, 17 May 2007 20:20:16 +0000

I took the APES last year, and left 10 blank. I feel dumb afterward, as someone had explained to me. Say, I chose to answer (GUESS) all these 10 questions, I only need to get 2 guesses correct out of 10, because getting 2 correct would cover for the other 8 (assuming I miss all 8 other questions.) Meaning that out of 10 questions, getting only 2 right and 8 wrong would balance out and would be the same as leaving all 10 blank. (Leaving 8 blank = -2 points, and getting 2 right would = +2 points.)

However, most likely, you are able to get 3 correct, and that would increase your score.

So, I’d say, guess if you can eliminate 1-2 choices. Leave blank if the question looks totally gibberish (however, even guessing on those might be for your benefit.)