75%-100% IS A1

5. Some questions can be very tricky

The next secret to know about how WAEC set their WASSCE questions is that some of the
questions can easily fool the candidate. They may lead you to provide the wrong answer.

However, it isn’t the intention of the guys at WAEC to fool you. Remember I’ve already
made it clear to you that WAEC examiners are only doing their job properly. They go
according to whatever is stated in the syllabus. So, it can never be their fault if you or your
teacher fails to cover the syllabus before the examination.

Note also that you bear personal responsibility for all this. Your teacher will forever remain
nothing more than your guide or coach. You need to personally go the extra mile and fill in
the gaps, so to speak.

So back to my point as to how WAEC set their questions that may end up misleading you.

This sort of question can make a candidate deviate very easily. Because they sometimes
appear to be straightforward but they are not. Pausing to think a bit more can save and help
you.

But what you need to know is that such tricky questions are, in actual fact, very easy to
answer. All you need to do is to put a finger on exactly what you’re being asked to give as an
answer.

So, if you ever come across a question that appears very tempting because it looks simple and
easy to understand what must you do? Stop and think twice.