Al-Hikmah University Journal

Test-anxiety is defined as an unpleasant feeling of nervousness experience by students before, during or after taking a test. One of the common educational problems is test-anxiety which affects learning and academic achievement.  However, Common causes of test-anxiety include: Fear of failure, Pressure to perform well, past negative experience with taking a test, among others. Symptoms of test-anxiety include Physical, Emotional and Behavioural/Cognitive symptoms. The common and lasting effect of test-anxiety involved concentration difficulties in examination situations, depressive symptoms, somatic discomforts and problems in preparing for examination. It also lay emphasis on the techniques that could be used to overcome test-anxiety. Finally conclusions and suggestion such as public enlightenment to make everyone be aware of the effect of test-anxiety which is necessary to engage in effective practice.