

In _The Quintessential Quintuplets_ , when taking her mid-term exam, Yotsuba
doesn't know the answer to a question, so she uses a policy to guess the
answer.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZGcYT.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZGcYT.jpg)

I think this policy is a meme among students in Japan. In fact, in where I
live, students also have similar policies. The most famous two might be:

  1. Choose the evidently different option. If one of the options is ridiculously simple/complicated/short/long compared to the others, then it's probably the correct one.
  2. If _1_ doesn't work, the most probable answer is the 2nd last option, the 2nd most probable answer is the 1st option.

Of course, _2_ may vary slightly across the country.

What are some famous policies for students to guess the correct answer in a
test in Japan?


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What are some famous policies for students to guess the correct answer in a test in Japan?


I don't think there is any specific policy that is commonly followed.

If anything, the answer is random choice. One common thing that any Japanese
student has heard of is _rolling a pencil ([Enpitsu
korogashi](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%89%9B%E7%AD%86%E8%BB%A2%E3%81%8C%E3%81%97))_.
A typical pencil has six sides (hexagonal), and students roll it to decide
which one to mark as correct when s/he has no idea for the question.

Of course, if you think the 3rd option is correct for 5 questions in a row, it
will make you nervous. And people may think the first and the last option is
unlikely to be correct, but these are rather a matter of (folklore)
psychology.


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