Cumulative Final exams and Principals of Review.  Duke University has some helpful advice on how to prepare for cumulative finals and how to ensure that you really DO know the material.

On-Line Workshop:  Seven Strategies for Improving Test Performance.  An interactive workshop from Virginia Tech.

Test Analysis.  To prepare for a test, analyze your performance on an old test.  What kinds of questions were asked?  What did you get wrong, and why?

Answering Essay Questions. Helpful information for preparing for and taking essay exams, from the University of Victoria.

Tips on Essay Exams from the UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center offers clear, concise advice on preparing for and taking essay exams.

The Multiple Choice Exam from the University of Victoria provides good tips on preparing for an taking multiple choice tests.

Strategies for Reading Exam Questions from the University of Victoria provides useful information on reading, understanding and approaching questions on exams.

Test Questions—Six Levels of Learning from the University of Victoria illustrates six different kinds of learning that could be tested on an exam. Use this page to help you learn to analyze exam questions and determine the kind of learning that each question is testing.