Reply To: TEST TAKING TIPS

[Chad Carter (Course Director)]

Natalie,

Good question!

The scoring guidelines from the ABO say there are not “penalty” points but rather capturing a certain number of the desired responses. For example 3 out of 7, 5 out of 7 or 6-7 out of 7.

Now, you can’t just say contradictory information to “cover bases”. So don’t put “Proclined max incisors” on one line and “Retroclined max incisors”.

What I did is in my first response area type out lines with 1-15 and then I hit all that I could think of but it was a reminder to stop when I was getting to far in the weeds. None of the sample cases from the ABO show a case with 20 responses they are looking for. It’s generally around 5-8 key points.

Does that clear it up?

Thanks

Carter