Do you run into articles where you already know the answers?

[InquilineKea]

I'm noticing this *a lot* in all the science passages in the prep books I'm using. I could practically answer a lot of the science questions without reading the passage at all (in fact, this once saved my life on my ACT reading comprehension test, as it contained an astronomy passage - without which I would have almost surely ran out of time).

But is this common?

[orst11]

I would say, of course instances like you mention exists in the actual test. I wouldn't say it is that common though. You will probably encounter 2-3 questions where you can simply eliminate some choices and better your chances, but this is often because of the topic of given sentences.

[bigant]

I'm noticing this *a lot* in all the science passages in the prep books I'm using. I could practically answer a lot of the science questions without reading the passage at all (in fact, this once saved my life on my ACT reading comprehension test, as it contained an astronomy passage - without which I would have almost surely ran out of time).

But is this common?

Safest to still read the passage, because the questions are always in relation to the passage, not necessarily the 'correct' answers.