Other resources to maximize on Test Day are your erasable noteboard and marker. Finding a balance between using the noteboard when you need it but not so much that you waste your limited time is important. One efficient strategy is to make an elimination table, such as at the top of Figure 3.1. Rather than rewriting the letters A, B, C, and D for each question, write them only once and use a table to keep track of which choices you have eliminated. This has the added benefit of clearly retaining which choices you have eliminated for any given question, which is helpful for those questions you plan to return to later. As discussed previously, don’t use elimination for every question since it can be time-consuming even with this shortcut.
Write clearly on your noteboard. Conserve space by keeping all your work for a given problem in the same area. Number each question and box off its notes when you are finished so you can come back to it later if needed and so you do not confuse your work for one question with the work for another. If your noteboard fills up during a section, erase the bottom work, but keep your elimination table until you finish that section. When you do finish a section, completely erase your noteboard or ask your proctor for a new one (and a new marker if you sense yours is beginning to run out of ink).