Answering more questions than required is a common mistake made by candidates during MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) tests. This usually happens due to haste, anxiety, and the eagerness to finish the test quickly.
There are several psychological and procedural reasons for this:
Skipping Instructions
At the start of the test, candidates often jump straight to the questions without reading the instruction page. They want to judge whether the paper is easy or difficult, and this often leads to missing rules about the number of questions to attempt.
Multiple Sections in the Test Paper
Many exams provide section-specific instructions, not just at the beginning of the paper. Candidates who skip around the questions often miss instructions at the start of each section, inadvertently answering more questions than required.
Technically, answering extra questions does not harm the evaluation process. The OMR software, such as Addmen OMR Test Checker, evaluates only the first N required questions in serial order.
Example:
If the test asks for 25 answers out of 50 questions and you answer 35:
The software will evaluate only the first 25 responses in order.
The extra 10 responses are ignored even if correctly answered.
No marks are deducted for answering extra questions.
While there’s no technical penalty, attempting more questions can negatively affect your performance in terms of strategy:
Time Wastage: You spend valuable minutes solving questions that won’t count.
Increased Risk of Negative Marking: If your test has negative marking, you may unintentionally include guesses in the first N questions that are evaluated, reducing your overall score.
Key Insight: Focusing on only the required number of sure-shot answers is the most effective strategy. It ensures minimum errors and optimizes your score, especially when negative marking applies.
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