<p>According the the Official Study Guide etc. Etc. Edition II theres a new points-off system:</p>
<p>1/4 for 5 answer questions
1/3 for 4 answer questions
1/2 for 3 answer questions (listening only)</p>
<p>Weird...</p>
<p>5 answer being 5 difficulty, or 5 choices? Which tests have 4 answer choices anyway? (if that’s what it refers to)</p>
<p>I believe language tests have 4.</p>
<p>It’s always been that way; almost everything has 5 answer choices though. I believe Latin has 4, so I’m guessing many other languages have fewer than 5 answer choices.</p>
<p>It’s whatever penalty makes the expected value of guessing exactly 0 points</p>
<p>It’s always been like that. Basically, the guessing penalty is 1/(x-1) times the number wrong, with x being the number of answer choices. Language tests have 4 choices, with stuff like the listening portion of Chinese having only 3.</p>
<p>So are the T/F/CE questions on Chem considered 5-answer questions?</p>
<p>^I think so.</p>