EXERCISE.UNLESS YOU HAVE A DAILY WORKOUT ROUTINE, YOU MAY NOT BE ME...

3. Exercise.Unless you have a daily workout routine, you may not be meeting your body’s need for exer-cise. Our bodies appreciate a good aerobic workout every day. Exercise helps you sleep more soundlyand feel more relaxed throughout the day. Vigorous exercise is a great way to combat anxiety because itreleases endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good chemical.Light exercise, such as a walk, can also double as study time. You can study your flashcards during awalk around the neighborhood. You can record an audio tape for yourself to listen to as you runthrough the park. Get in the habit of identifying times you can double up on studying and anotheractivity to maximize your productivity.If you take care of your body and brain by getting enough sleep, eating healthily, and exercising ade-quately, your body and brain will take good care of you on the GMAT exam. You are in training now:Get with the program.

M u l t i p l e - C h o i c e S t r a t e g i e s

As we noted earlier, the GMAT exam, like all standardized tests, will not only measure your academic knowl-edge and skills, but it will also measure your test-taking skills. Fortunately, you can use specific strategies onstandardized tests to help you determine the right answers to multiple-choice questions on the exam.Avoid DistractersExcept for the two essays in the AWA section, all of the questions on the GMAT exam are multiple-choicequestions. The good news about multiple-choice questions is that they provide you with the answer. The badnews is that ETS® almost always provides distracters in addition to the correct answer.Distracters are wronganswers designed to look like possible right answers. In the Quantitative and Verbal sections of this book, youwill find detailed strategies for separating the correct answers from the distracters. Here is an overview of thebasic technique: