Next, we tested the prediction that the Forced Choice test format reduces demands on recollection-based retrieval strategies relative to the Yes/No test, enabling performance to be more successfully supported by familiarity-based judgments. To this end, we first conducted a 2 × 2 × 2 mixed ANOVA with Test Format (YN, FC) and Response Type (Remember, Familiar) as within-subjects factors and Age as a between-subjects factor on the proportion of correct responses to old items (i.e., hits in the Yes/No test, correct responses in the Forced Choice test). This revealed a main effect of Response Type, F(1, 62) = 295.58, p < .001, ηp2 = 0.827, with more responses associated with ‘remember’ than ‘familiar’ responses across groups, which was qualified by a Test × Response Type interaction, F(1, 62) = 6.89, p < .05, ηp2 = 0.100, that did not vary with age (F < 1). This reflected a greater contribution of recollection to correct ‘old’ responses in the Yes/No test than the Forced Choice test, t(63) = 2.38, p < .05, d = 0.57, but a greater contribution of familiarity to correct responses in the Forced Choice test than the Yes/No test, t(63) = 2.71, p < .01, d = 0.68. The main effect of Age and the Age × Response Type interaction were not significant (Fs < 1), indicating older adults made similar proportion of correct remember and familiar responses to old items as did younger adults.