Get out the review sheet to see what topics are going to be covered.

Unless I tell you differently, place higher priority on the overheads and your notes than on the text.  If it's important enough to make an overhead about and to talk about, it's a good target for a complex multiple-choice or a short-answer.

It's important to get out your notes, because there will often be one or more overheads that you don't have to know (I will have told you during class).

Think about terminology -- that is, if there's an abbreviation, a phrase or a word that's unfamiliar, you want to know what it means.

I like to ask multiple-choice questions that give you a situation, and ask what is the best (not "perfect," just "best") thing to do or what is happening, according to the theory, model or underlying facts.

On short answer, if I tell you that something is important, or that you should "know" it (on review sheet), that's a tip off that it's a good candidate for a short-answer.  Short answers tend to be "list" or "draw the model".

On short-answer, one place I've noticed people get in trouble is when they don't read the question.  Say, the question asks for an example and they don't give one.  If the question says "define and give a short example," you need to do that.

On the short-answers, also, even if you draw a blank, put down something.  If it's in any way relevant, you'll get a point or so.

On multiple-choice, one place people get killed is not carefully reading the question.  I don't try to write "trick" questions but the wording is usually fairly precise.  There aren't any hidden meanings, but the wording is the way it is for a reason.  In general, steer clear of "always" (and similar absolute terms), look at anything that is underlined, and don't forget that with the content of much of what I teach, (people), that often there isn't a "right" answer so much as a "best" answer.

On multiple-choice, if something sounds totally off-the-wall or if you've never heard of it before, it probably isn't the right answer.

Also on multiple-choice, don't look for cryptic meanings or convoluted thought processes.  I've noticed that when people change that first spontaneous answer to  something else, they're going from the right answer to a wrong answer.  Read the question and think about it, but your first thought tends to be your best thought.

Answer all of the questions.