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Following this guidance you may avoid several accidental errors in paper 1 and improve your grade.</p> <hr class="hidden-separator"> <h3>Success with multiple choice questions</h3> <div class="greyBg"> <p>These slides give advice from an examiner about how to approach multiple choice questions.</p> <div id="carousel-278" class="dynamic-gallery carousel slide" data-id="278"><div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox"><div class="item active"><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide1.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide1.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide2.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide2.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide3.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide3.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide4.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide4.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide5.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide5.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide6.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide6.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide7.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide7.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide8.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide8.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide9.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide9.JPG"></a></div><div class="item "><a class="fancy" href="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide10.JPG" data-fancybox="gallery-278" title="" data-caption=""><img alt="" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide10.JPG"></a></div></div><a class="left carousel-control" href="#carousel-278" role="button" data-slide="prev"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-chevron-left"></i></a><a class="right carousel-control" href="#carousel-278" role="button" data-slide="next"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-chevron-right"></i></a></div><ol class="std-carousel-indicators"><li data-index="0"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide1-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="1"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide2-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="2"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide3-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="3"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide4-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="4"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide5-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="5"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide6-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="6"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide7-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="7"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide8-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="8"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide9-thumb128.jpg"><li><li data-index="9"><img title="Click to view" src="../../../std-galleries/5-278/slide10-thumb128.jpg"><li></li></ol> </div> <p>As can be seen from the slides multiple choice questions are more difficult than they look. The simple steps shown will help you to get the highest mark possible from your Biology knowledge and understanding.</p> <div class="navyblue"> <p><a href="../../images/00_random-images/distractions_in_multiple-choice.png" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="../../images/00_random-images/distractions_in_multiple-choice.png" style="float: right; width: 600px; height: 234px;"></a>Remember</p> <ul> <li>Read the full question carefully.</li> <li>Avoid choosing by word association or a reflex.</li> <li>Don't linger on a question, you have 1 minute 20 secs.</li> <li>Come back to longer questions at the end.<br> (mark them with a "?" on the question paper)</li> <li>Keep the answer sheet clean.</li> <li>Do exactly as the instructions say with the answer sheet.</li> </ul> </div> <p>Practice more of these questions on the free InThinking Revision App ( with a photo of the app)</p> <p>On topic pages you can also find plenty of longer answer exam style questions with model answers and question sets we call quizzes. </p> <div class="blueBg"> <h3>Get our free InThinking Revision App</h3> <p><a href="http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.inthinking.studyib">Google play store </a>and <a href="http://apps.apple.com/app/studyib/id1500730887">Apple app store</a>.</p> <p><img class="intro-image" readonly="true" src="../../../mathsapplications/app_image-1.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 123px; float: left;"></p> <p>With our mobile app even without a site subscription you can access hundreds of multiple choice questions specially written for IBDP Biology students.</p> <p>Filter them by topic or sub-topic and chose between 5, 10, 15 or 20 questions to practise in a test. You choose the questions from a bank of over 1000.</p> <p>Alternatively you can train yourself with Biology terms using our flashcards. On your phone. It's revision in the palm of your hand so you can practice anywhere!</p> </div> <div class="panel panel-red"> <div class="panel-heading"> <div> <p>Further practice</p> </div> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <div> <p>Here are a few options for how you could use our resources for more practise:<br> (Note: links to an object on a selection of pages from the site - which illustrate the resources. The first one must be a free page, the others behind the paywall)</p> <div class="index-list"> <div class="index-list"> <div class="item"> <div class="bg-cover cover-96" onclick="window.location='/biology/page/609/cell-division-16'" style="background-image: url('https://file-manager-thumbnails.studyib.net/biology/images/01_cells/mitosis(1).png')" title="Cell division 1.6"> </div> <div class="content"> <h4 class="head"><a href="../../page/609/cell-division-16/index.htm#mcqs" target="_blank">Cell division 1.6</a></h4> <p class="body">Practise some multiple choice questions about mitosis and the cell cycle on this page. They all contain short explanations about the correct answers.</p> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="bg-cover cover-96" onclick="window.location='/biology/page/600/carbohydrates-lipids-23'" style="background-image: url('../../images/02_molecules/maltose.png')" title="Carbohydrates & Lipids 2.3"> </div> <div class="content"> <h4 class="head"><a href="../../page/600/carbohydrates-lipids-23/index.htm#mcqs" target="_blank">Carbohydrates & Lipids 2.3</a></h4> <p class="body">Getting to know the molecules is good to do using multiple choice questions. Try these questions.</p> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="bg-cover cover-96" onclick="window.location='/biology/page/796/energy-flow-42'" style="background-image: url('../../images/04_ecology/energy_flow-1.jpg')" title="Energy flow 4.2"> </div> <div class="content"> <h4 class="head"><a href="../../page/796/energy-flow-42/index.htm#mcqs" target="_blank">Energy flow 4.2</a></h4> <p class="body">Energy flow in ecosystems is a topic where the essential understandings are often confused by an unusual example. Practise multiple choice skills in this topic. They all contain short explanations.</p> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="bg-cover cover-96" onclick="window.location='/biology/page/1158/translation-73-hl'" style="background-image: url('../../images/07_nucleic_acids/ribosome_assembly_small.png')" title="Translation 7.3 HL"> </div> <div class="content"> <h4 class="head"><a href="../../page/1158/translation-73-hl/index.htm#mcqs" target="_blank">Translation 7.3 HL</a></h4> <p class="body">Test your biological understanding of the complex process of Translation. The multiple choice questions on this page each contain short explanations to help you understand why the answer is correct.</p> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="bg-cover cover-96" onclick="window.location='/biology/page/1346/kidney-and-osmoregulation-113-hl'" style="background-image: url('../../images/11_animalphysiol/kidney.jpg')" title="Kidney and osmoregulation 11.3 HL"> </div> <div class="content"> <h4 class="head"><a href="../../page/1346/kidney-and-osmoregulation-113-hl/index.htm#mcqs" target="_blank">Kidney and osmoregulation 11.3 HL</a></h4> <p class="body">These multiple choice questions summarise some essential understandings and skills in this topic. 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