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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.
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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. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

2. Key words are paired with numbers
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Peg system
totally enjoy them
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions

3. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
To focus your attention
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Recall

4. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
True
totally enjoy them
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

5. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
totally enjoy them
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions

6. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
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
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Acronym

7. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
long-term memory
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Acrostic

8. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Words such as all - always - never - none
Acrostic

9. Some reading assignments require only a...
10 second outline
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
long-term memory

10. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
problems
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
you take a test
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

11. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
problems
Learning Resource Center
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

12. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
10 second outline
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Acrostic

13. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Acronym
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
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

14. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
True
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Acrostic
do not

15. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
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
change
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
long-term memory

16. What is an absolute qualifier?
Words such as all - always - never - none
problems
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
True

17. Key words are paired with numbers
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Peg system
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
do two or more things at once

18. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
long-term memory
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions

19. Be the _____ you you want to be
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
change
do not
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

20. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Learning Resource Center
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
do not

21. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Learning Resource Center

22. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
True
you take a test
cramming

23. Describe three forms of note taking
Words such as all - always - never - none
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions

24. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
Words such as all - always - never - none
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

25. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
long-term memory
problems

26. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
True
totally enjoy them
absolute qualifiers
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

27. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
True
you take a test
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

28. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
Acronym
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
To focus your attention
Recall

29. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
cramming
totally enjoy them
Learning Resource Center
change

30. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
totally enjoy them
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Peg system

31. Grades are a measure of how well...
absolute qualifiers
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
absolute qualifiers
you take a test

32. Describe three forms of note taking
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
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
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

33. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Words such as all - always - never - none
absolute qualifiers
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

34. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
To focus your attention
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

35. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again

36. Be the _____ you you want to be
Peg system
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
change
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

37. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Peg system
do not
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

38. What does 'to be here and now' mean
cramming
Learning Resource Center
To focus your attention
Words such as all - always - never - none

39. 9 steps for muscle reading
Acronym
absolute qualifiers
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
problems

40. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
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
do two or more things at once
do not
Peg system

41. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
do not
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

42. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Peg system
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process

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

44. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
totally enjoy them
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
long-term memory
Acrostic

45. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

46. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
Peg system
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
True

47. The guidelines for making intention statements
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
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
cramming

48. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
you take a test
True
Learning Resource Center
10 second outline

49. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
totally enjoy them
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
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

50. What does 'to be here and now' mean
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
Words such as all - always - never - none
True
To focus your attention