True or False

True/false questions test your recognition of facts and concepts—of whether the information stated is TRUE or FALSE.

Read Carefully

• Read the entire statement
• If the statement has more than one part, identify these parts
• Test each part for truth
• If any one part is false, the entire statement is false

Qualifiers

• These are the same words to watch for in Multiple Choice questions
• Words such as: sometimes, rarely or almost
• These qualifiers generally make a statement TRUE
• Strong qualifiers such as always or never generally indicate a FALSE statement

Watch for Negatives

• These are words like not and cannot
• Read the statement without these words and see if you can decide on TRUE or FALSE
• Add the negative, and the correct answer would then be the opposite
• And remember, two negatives make a positive!

Sources
Carter, Carol, Joyce Bishop, Sarah Lyman Kravits. Keys to Effective Learning. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Ellis, Dave. Becoming a Master Student. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.