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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. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
problems
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
change
cramming

2. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
absolute qualifiers
Peg system
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

3. Key words are paired with numbers
problems
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Peg system
problems

4. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Acrostic
Peg system
totally enjoy them

5. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
change
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
change
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

6. Grades are a measure of how well...
you take a test
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process

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

8. Grades are a measure of how well...
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
you take a test

9. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
Acrostic
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
change
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

10. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
absolute qualifiers
True
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
To focus your attention

11. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
True
absolute qualifiers
10 second outline
problems

12. The guidelines for making intention statements
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
totally enjoy them

13. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Acronym
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique

14. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
problems
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

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

16. 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
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
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

17. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
long-term memory
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

18. Describe three forms of note taking
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
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

19. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
totally enjoy them
Recall
Acrostic

20. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

21. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

22. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
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
Learning Resource Center

23. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
cramming
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
do not

24. Be the _____ you you want to be
change
cramming
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions

25. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Learning Resource Center
totally enjoy them
Recall

26. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
do not
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
cramming
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

27. Diversity is valuable because...

28. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Acrostic
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

29. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
do two or more things at once
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
problems

30. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Learning Resource Center
10 second outline
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Acrostic

31. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
To focus your attention
long-term memory
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
totally enjoy them

32. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
10 second outline
problems
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

33. What does 'to be here and now' mean
long-term memory
To focus your attention
True
10 second outline

34. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
True
do two or more things at once
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

35. What is an absolute qualifier?
Words such as all - always - never - none
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Recall

36. Diversity is valuable because...

37. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
long-term memory
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

38. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Acronym
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
do two or more things at once
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

39. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
absolute qualifiers
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

40. What is an absolute qualifier?
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
totally enjoy them
Words such as all - always - never - none

41. 9 steps for muscle reading
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
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

42. 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
do two or more things at once
absolute qualifiers
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

43. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
Words such as all - always - never - none
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Acronym
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

44. Some reading assignments require only a...
absolute qualifiers
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
10 second outline
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

45. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
do two or more things at once
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
totally enjoy them

46. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Peg system
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
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

47. 9 steps for muscle reading
Peg system
totally enjoy them
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again

48. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
totally enjoy them
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Words such as all - always - never - none

49. Some reading assignments require only a...
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
10 second outline
long-term memory
do not

50. Key words are paired with numbers
Acronym
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Acronym
Peg system