Relax! The Computerized Placement Test (CPT) was designed to help you succeed in school. Your score helps you and your advisor to determine which courses are most appropriate for your current level of knowledge and skills. Once you identify your academic strengths and needs, you can get the help you need to improve underdeveloped skills before they can interfere with your learning.
You will be able to concentrate better on the test if you get plenty of rest and eat properly prior to the test. You should also arrive a few minutes early so you can find the testing area, bathrooms, phones, etc., and gather your thoughts before the test begins. (And if you wear glasses, remember to bring them with you!)
Pay careful attention to test directions and be sure you understand them before you begin each test.
You should understand that this is an adaptive test. Questions are chosen for you on the basis of your answers to previous questions. Because the test works this way, you must answer every question when it is first given. You cannot omit any question or come back to change an answer. You may change your answer on a particular question, but you must do so before continuing on to the next question. If you do not, the answer is accepted and you cannot return to the question.
If you do not know the answer to a question, try to eliminate one or more of the choices. Then pick one of the remaining choices.
You are not allowed to use dictionaries, calculators, notebooks, or textbooks of any kind on the test. Scratch paper for solving math problems will be provided by the test administrator. Any student who gives or receives help during the test, or uses notes or books of any kind, will not be allowed to continue. Following the test period, no test materials or notes may be removed from the room.
Remember to bring your Social Security Number and some form of picture I.D. with you to the testing area.
Practice! For some practice quizzes go to: Test Prep Review. |
