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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. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
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
True
cramming

2. How should a chapter preview be done
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

3. How should a chapter preview be done
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
long-term memory
do not
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

4. Be the _____ you you want to be
change
10 second outline
you take a test
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

5. Describe three forms of note taking
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
True
Acronym

6. Describe three forms of note taking
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
totally enjoy them
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

7. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
you take a test
do not
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

8. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Acrostic
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
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

9. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
do not
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Recall
Acrostic

10. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
totally enjoy them
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions

11. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
change
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
True
Recall

12. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
Acronym
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
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

13. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
you take a test
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process

14. Some reading assignments require only a...
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Acrostic
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
10 second outline

15. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
long-term memory
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
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

16. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
True
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Words such as all - always - never - none
Words such as all - always - never - none

17. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
problems
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

18. Diversity is valuable because...

19. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
10 second outline
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
cramming

20. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
Acronym
Recall
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

21. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
Words such as all - always - never - none
cramming
Recall
absolute qualifiers

22. The 'AHA' happens because of...
long-term memory
do not
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process

23. Key words are paired with numbers
totally enjoy them
Peg system
absolute qualifiers
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

24. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
Words such as all - always - never - none
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
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
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions

25. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
problems
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
absolute qualifiers

26. What does 'to be here and now' mean
To focus your attention
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
cramming
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process

27. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
long-term memory
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Recall
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

28. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
cramming
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

29. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
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
To focus your attention

30. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
10 second outline
Peg system
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
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

31. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
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
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

32. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
True
To focus your attention
you take a test
do two or more things at once

33. 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
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Peg system
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

34. 9 steps for muscle reading
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
absolute qualifiers
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Learning Resource Center

35. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
totally enjoy them

36. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Acronym
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Words such as all - always - never - none

37. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
absolute qualifiers
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

38. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
True
Learning Resource Center
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
long-term memory

39. Grades are a measure of how well...
you take a test
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
10 second outline
True

40. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
Peg system
absolute qualifiers
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

41. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
problems
10 second outline
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
do two or more things at once

42. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
cramming
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
do not
To focus your attention

43. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
10 second outline
absolute qualifiers
Acrostic
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

44. What is an absolute qualifier?
do not
do not
Words such as all - always - never - none
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

45. Diversity is valuable because...

46. 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
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
absolute qualifiers
To focus your attention

47. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Words such as all - always - never - none
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

48. What does 'to be here and now' mean
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
To focus your attention
Words such as all - always - never - none
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

49. What is an absolute qualifier?
problems
Words such as all - always - never - none
To focus your attention
do not

50. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
do not
do not
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Learning Resource Center