Study Strategies
## Outsmart Tricky Questions
Many DAT questions are designed to trick you with similar-looking answers. Use
elimination and pattern recognition:
- Cross out obviously wrong choices to narrow options.
- Look for recurring shapes or angles in the answer choices.
- Trust your pattern recognition skills—sometimes your brain spots the answer before you realize how.
These techniques help you maximize accuracy even under pressure.
Examples
- Eliminating answer choices in a keyhole problem that have too small an opening.
- Spotting repeated patterns in angle discrimination questions to answer faster.