Test Taking Skills To do well on a test, you must have good knowledge of the information that is being tested. But you must also have a strategy for taking tests that allows you to show what you know. The DETER strategy can help you do your best on any test. Each letter in DETER reminds you what to do. Xavier University of Louisiana | Student Academic Success Office | St. Joseph Suite 307 1 Drexel Dr. | Box 164 | New Orleans, LA 70125 | http://www.xula.edu/saso/ |504.520.5466 | Fax: 504.520.7806 SOURCE: http://www.how-to-study.com