Under what circumstance is it NOT to your advantage to guess on a multiple-choice exam?
A)when you are making a "wild guess" and a correction formula is being used
B)in any test situation where you are making a "wild guess"
C)when you can rule out one or more of the alternatives as being incorrect
D)when the guessing threshold is low

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When a correction formula is applied to the scoring of a multiple-choice exam, guessing blindly (making a "wild guess") can reduce your score. This is because the correction formula typically penalizes incorrect answers to discourage random guessing, thus making it disadvantageous to guess without any basis.

Under What Circumstance Is It NOT to Your Advantage to Guess