WELCOME TO TESTING
- Counts for A THIRD of your score
- Last year
- Super important to do well
- Must score at least a 70 to qualify for State/Nats
- Consists of 100 MC test
• Four categories: Marketing, Management, Hospitality
and Tourism, and Finance
GENERAL TESTING TIPS
1. PRACTICE
• There is no substitute
•ProProfs/Quizlet
• WE ARE A RESOURCE 
2. Context
• Know the category that you want to be in
• Research a little
• Print out relevant articles/look up examples of your
category - familiarize yourself with jargon
MORE GENERAL TESTING TIPS, NUGGETS
3. Go Back and Correct
• Once you finish, go back and write down ones you
missed/read explanations
• Lots of repeats so be familiar with questions
• Always a good idea to RETAKE tests
4. DON’T OVERTHINK
• Clements Kids.
• Don’t psych yourself out
• Context clues/logic
3 STEPS TO TACKLING A QUESTION
Analyze
(underline important info/see what
question is asking you)
Strike
(process of elimination/strike them
out)
Reflect
(think about whether the answer
makes sense or not)
EXAMPLE NUMERO UNO
Going through the steps:
Analyze – “potential ethical issue”, “distribution channel”
Strike – we can strike out B and D since they do not include ethical
conflicts. C may be an answer choice except (and as you learn more of
business vocab this will be easier) there isn’t a conflict among
distribution channels. Only likely choice is A and that’s probably the
one that stood out to you first
Reflect – yes this makes sense, ethical conflict apparent
EXAMPLE NUMERO DOS
Analyze - “businesses affected”, “social factors”
Strike – A and D don’t make sense in context. C takes into account social factors but
B sounds the most reasonable. A business is dependent upon supply and
demand and demand can be altered by social factors making B the BEST answer
choice.
Reflect – yes makes sense, without demand for product a business can collapse or
increased demand positively affects business
EXAMPLE NUMERO TRES Y CUATRO
ADDITIONAL TIPS AND TIDBITS
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Make sure to answer all your questions, ¼ chance of getting it right
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Skip over ones you don’t know and come back to them
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Pace yourself. You’re given ample time
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CONTINUE TRYING TO EXPAND BUSINESS VOCAB.
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PROPROFS IS BAE
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Ask us for more materials if you want them (vocab lists, books, flashcards)
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QUIZLETS ARE ALSO BAE
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Know your category so you can figure out cluster and study smarter
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Once you take a practice test, continue retaking until you score 95 or higher
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Research. Read. Learn.
HELPFUL LINKS IF YOU WANT EM 
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FULL LENGTH TESTS ON PROPROFS 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU064XB-aHQ – Oregon
Deca’s Test Taking tips
http://quizlet.com/subject/deca/ - SO MANY DECA QUIZLETS
Search “DECA sample tests” and there should be pdfs for each
category on deca.org
If you want there are apps like DECA direct and DECA competition
that provide tests on your phone
Clementsdeca.com – competition tab – password: eppes2815 –
practice tests