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College Success Skills Basics

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Key words are paired with numbers
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Peg system
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

2. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Learning Resource Center
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

3. If you are focusing your attention and your mind wanders - you can notice your thoughts have wandered and gently bring them back

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4. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
cramming
Words such as all - always - never - none
True

5. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
do two or more things at once
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
do not
Recall

6. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
Peg system
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
10 second outline

7. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
10 second outline
Recall
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Format your paper - take notes leaving cue column blank - condense your notes into the cue column or put keywords there - use cue column to recite

8. Describe three forms of note taking
change
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
cramming
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

9. The guidelines for making intention statements
Recall
Words such as all - always - never - none
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

10. _______ should be viewed as opportunities to participate in life
problems
do not
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Recall

11. Be the _____ you you want to be
change
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Acrostic

12. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

13. 9 steps for muscle reading
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

14. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
Format your paper - take notes leaving cue column blank - condense your notes into the cue column or put keywords there - use cue column to recite
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
10 second outline

15. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
10 second outline
long-term memory
do not

16. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Learning Resource Center
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
cramming
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process

17. _______ should be viewed as opportunities to participate in life
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
problems
Acronym
long-term memory

18. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Acrostic
Format your paper - take notes leaving cue column blank - condense your notes into the cue column or put keywords there - use cue column to recite
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

19. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
cramming
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Peg system
Recall

20. 9 steps for muscle reading
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
do two or more things at once
Acronym
absolute qualifiers

21. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
do two or more things at once
do not
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions

22. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Learning Resource Center

23. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
cramming
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

24. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
Learning Resource Center
change
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
long-term memory

25. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
Words such as all - always - never - none
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
True
problems

26. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
totally enjoy them
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Format your paper - take notes leaving cue column blank - condense your notes into the cue column or put keywords there - use cue column to recite
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

27. What is an absolute qualifier?
Peg system
Recall
do not
Words such as all - always - never - none

28. Describe three forms of note taking
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Peg system
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

29. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
long-term memory
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

30. Grades are a measure of how well...
To focus your attention
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
you take a test
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

31. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Words such as all - always - never - none
problems
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

32. Diversity is valuable because...

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33. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
do two or more things at once

34. How should a chapter preview be done
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Acronym
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

35. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
10 second outline
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
To focus your attention
do not

36. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Learning Resource Center
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

37. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
do two or more things at once
long-term memory
totally enjoy them

38. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
Acrostic
Format your paper - take notes leaving cue column blank - condense your notes into the cue column or put keywords there - use cue column to recite
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
change

39. Some reading assignments require only a...
Learning Resource Center
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Words such as all - always - never - none
10 second outline

40. Be the _____ you you want to be
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
change

41. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
Recall
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
problems

42. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
To focus your attention
cramming
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

43. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
Recall
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
absolute qualifiers
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

44. Key words are paired with numbers
Peg system
you take a test
Acrostic
cramming

45. Diversity is valuable because...

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46. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
10 second outline
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

47. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
cramming
Format your paper - take notes leaving cue column blank - condense your notes into the cue column or put keywords there - use cue column to recite
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

48. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
absolute qualifiers

49. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
absolute qualifiers
Acronym
absolute qualifiers
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

50. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
Peg system
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
you take a test
Acrostic