Test Preparation

1. Put your answers in the right “bubbles.” It seems obvious, but if you are taking the paper-and-pencil version of a multiple-choice test, you should make sure you are “bubbling in” the answer to the right question on your answer sheet. Check the question number each time you fill in an answer. Use a Number 2 lead pencil, and be sure that each mark is heavy and dark and completely fills the answer space. If you change an answer, be sure the previous mark is erased completely. For the PPST computer-based version, be sure that the circle next to your chosen answer is dark after you have clicked on it. Praxis II Test

2. Be prepared for questions that use the words LEAST, EXCEPT, or NOT. Some questions may ask you to select that choice that doesn’t fit or that contains information that is not true. Questions in this format use the words Least, Except, or NOT. The words are capitalized when they appear in test questions. This alerts you to the fact that you are looking for the single answer choice. Here is an example of a question in this format that might be on the math part of the PPST.
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