PSAT TEST 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What does PSAT stand for? - Answer -Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
How many times in your life do you take the PSAT? - Answer -2
How many times do you take the PSAT Sophomore Year? - Answer -1
When is your second time taking the PSAT, after Sophomore Year? - Answer -Fall of
Junior Year
Junior year, what kind of test is the PSAT? - Answer -scholarship
On the Junior Year scholarship test, who do you compete with? - Answer -other Juniors
around the country
What is the name of the college entrance exam? - Answer -SAT
What does SAT stand for? - Answer -Scholastic Aptitude Test
When do you take the SAT? - Answer -Spring of Junior Year & Fall of Senior Year
What differs about the SAT in regards to the PSAT - Answer -includes Junior Year
Work & has an essay
What is the Junior Year scholarship test also called? - Answer -NMSQT
What does NMSQT stand for? - Answer -National Merit Scholarship Qualification Test
The PSAT/NMSQT focuses on the skills and what? - Answer -knowledge at the heart of
education
The PSAT measures what you learn in ____ _______ & what you need to succeed in
________ - Answer -high school, college
The ____ ___ ___ ________ ___ ___ ____ is to:
- Take challenging courses
- Do your Homework
- Prepare for Tests & Quizzes
- Ask & answer lots of questions
- Take charge of your education & learn as much as you can - Answer -Best Way to
Prepare for the Test
, What grades take the PSAT? - Answer -10 & 11
Where do you take the PSAT? - Answer -Sea
When do we take the PSAT? - Answer -Wednesday, 10/19
Scholarships: Used by scholarship programs, including the _________ _____
_____________ ________, to look for eligible students. - Answer -National Merit
Scholarship Program
___ __ ___ ______ ___ _____ ___:
- Take a practice test & see what the tests are like
- Decide if you want to opt in to Student Search Service (If you share your email
address & opt in, it is easier for colleges, scholarship programs, and the College Board
to get in touch.) - Answer -How to Get Ready for Test Day
What to Bring:
- Two number two pencils with _______
- ________ __ ____________ _________ for one Math Section only (Four function are
not recommended.)
- Valid School ID
- ______ __________ Number - Answer -erasers, graphing or scientific, Social Security
____ ___ __ _____:
- Any devices, including smartwatches, that can be used to record, transmit, recieve, or
play back audio, photographic, text, or video content
- Protractors, compasses, etc.
- Highlighters or colored pencils
- Food or drink - Answer -What Not to Bring
_____ _______:
- Colleges use PSAT Scores for admission.
- You can't prepare for the PSAT
- Guessing is penalized
- Answer C is the most likely answer
- The PSAT is just like the SAT
- You have to get every question right to get the highest grade - Answer -PSAT Myths
What's a good PSAT Score?
- Score = ________ _______, converted using a scale
- Scores are arranged in order to determine your ___________.
- In 2015: 99th Percentile: ___ or better; 86th Percentile: ___ or better; 50th Percentile:
___ or better - Answer -number correct, percentile, 700, 600, 540
Structure of the Test
- Reading: __ questions in __ minutes
What does PSAT stand for? - Answer -Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
How many times in your life do you take the PSAT? - Answer -2
How many times do you take the PSAT Sophomore Year? - Answer -1
When is your second time taking the PSAT, after Sophomore Year? - Answer -Fall of
Junior Year
Junior year, what kind of test is the PSAT? - Answer -scholarship
On the Junior Year scholarship test, who do you compete with? - Answer -other Juniors
around the country
What is the name of the college entrance exam? - Answer -SAT
What does SAT stand for? - Answer -Scholastic Aptitude Test
When do you take the SAT? - Answer -Spring of Junior Year & Fall of Senior Year
What differs about the SAT in regards to the PSAT - Answer -includes Junior Year
Work & has an essay
What is the Junior Year scholarship test also called? - Answer -NMSQT
What does NMSQT stand for? - Answer -National Merit Scholarship Qualification Test
The PSAT/NMSQT focuses on the skills and what? - Answer -knowledge at the heart of
education
The PSAT measures what you learn in ____ _______ & what you need to succeed in
________ - Answer -high school, college
The ____ ___ ___ ________ ___ ___ ____ is to:
- Take challenging courses
- Do your Homework
- Prepare for Tests & Quizzes
- Ask & answer lots of questions
- Take charge of your education & learn as much as you can - Answer -Best Way to
Prepare for the Test
, What grades take the PSAT? - Answer -10 & 11
Where do you take the PSAT? - Answer -Sea
When do we take the PSAT? - Answer -Wednesday, 10/19
Scholarships: Used by scholarship programs, including the _________ _____
_____________ ________, to look for eligible students. - Answer -National Merit
Scholarship Program
___ __ ___ ______ ___ _____ ___:
- Take a practice test & see what the tests are like
- Decide if you want to opt in to Student Search Service (If you share your email
address & opt in, it is easier for colleges, scholarship programs, and the College Board
to get in touch.) - Answer -How to Get Ready for Test Day
What to Bring:
- Two number two pencils with _______
- ________ __ ____________ _________ for one Math Section only (Four function are
not recommended.)
- Valid School ID
- ______ __________ Number - Answer -erasers, graphing or scientific, Social Security
____ ___ __ _____:
- Any devices, including smartwatches, that can be used to record, transmit, recieve, or
play back audio, photographic, text, or video content
- Protractors, compasses, etc.
- Highlighters or colored pencils
- Food or drink - Answer -What Not to Bring
_____ _______:
- Colleges use PSAT Scores for admission.
- You can't prepare for the PSAT
- Guessing is penalized
- Answer C is the most likely answer
- The PSAT is just like the SAT
- You have to get every question right to get the highest grade - Answer -PSAT Myths
What's a good PSAT Score?
- Score = ________ _______, converted using a scale
- Scores are arranged in order to determine your ___________.
- In 2015: 99th Percentile: ___ or better; 86th Percentile: ___ or better; 50th Percentile:
___ or better - Answer -number correct, percentile, 700, 600, 540
Structure of the Test
- Reading: __ questions in __ minutes
