Multiple Choice — Select One and Select All

GRE Quantitative · Axiom Academy

LESSON Multiple Choice — Select One and Select All Two different question formats, two different scoring rules — and two different ways to attack them. 1. Select One — Exactly One Answer Wins This is the format you already know: five answer choices, and you pick exactly one . Choosing a new option doesn't add to your pick — it replaces it. Only one choice can ever be selected at a time, and only one choice is ever correct. Solve for x , then pick the one matching choice Example: If 3x = 45 , what is the value of x ? 2. Select All That Apply — Every Correct Box, No Wrong Ones Select All That Apply (SATA) is unique to the GRE. Any number of the choices can be correct — could be one, could be all five — and each one you click stays selected independently of the others, like checking boxes rather than picking one bubble. The catch: scoring is all-or-nothing . You earn credit only if you select every correct choice and zero incorrect ones. Missing one correct choice, or including one wrong one, earns exactly the same score as missing them all: zero. Checking one box doesn't uncheck another — any subset of the five choices can be selected at once. Select all correct choices AND no incorrect ones, or the question scores zero — there's no partial credit. Example: Which of the following integers are divisible by 3? (Select all that apply)

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