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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. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
Acronym
totally enjoy them
totally enjoy them
do two or more things at once

2. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
cramming
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
10 second outline
do two or more things at once

3. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Peg system
True

4. Key words are paired with numbers
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Acrostic
Peg system
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

5. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
absolute qualifiers
long-term memory
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
True

6. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
True
Acrostic
Recall
problems

7. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Recall
totally enjoy them

8. What is an absolute qualifier?
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Words such as all - always - never - none
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
Acronym

9. 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
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
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

10. The guidelines for making intention statements
Words such as all - always - never - none
cramming
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
do two or more things at once

11. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
absolute qualifiers
do two or more things at once
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Acrostic

12. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Acronym

13. Diversity is valuable because...

14. How should a chapter preview be done
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
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

15. Some reading assignments require only a...
change
10 second outline
do two or more things at once
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

16. How should a chapter preview be done
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
True
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

17. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Learning Resource Center
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
long-term memory
do not

18. Be the _____ you you want to be
change
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Recall

19. Some reading assignments require only a...
totally enjoy them
10 second outline
Recall
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

20. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
change
totally enjoy them

21. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
you take a test
problems
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

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

23. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
Recall
do two or more things at once
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

24. Key words are paired with numbers
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
long-term memory
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Peg system

25. _______ should be viewed as opportunities to participate in life
problems
Words such as all - always - never - none
Acronym
Acrostic

26. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
To focus your attention
Recall
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions

27. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
Acronym
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
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

28. Diversity is valuable because...

29. Grades are a measure of how well...
you take a test
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
long-term memory
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

30. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
absolute qualifiers
change
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

31. The 'AHA' happens because of...
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Words such as all - always - never - none
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

32. 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
True
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Acronym

33. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
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
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
absolute qualifiers

34. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
problems
absolute qualifiers
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
long-term memory

35. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
do two or more things at once
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
totally enjoy them
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

36. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
do not
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

37. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Learning Resource Center
change
do two or more things at once
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

38. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
long-term memory
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
totally enjoy them

39. 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
Learning Resource Center
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

40. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
do not
Acrostic
True
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

41. Be the _____ you you want to be
Words such as all - always - never - none
change
To focus your attention
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

42. What is an absolute qualifier?
change
do two or more things at once
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Words such as all - always - never - none

43. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
To focus your attention
10 second outline
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

44. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
absolute qualifiers
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

45. Describe three forms of note taking
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Acrostic
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

46. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions

47. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Peg system
long-term memory
cramming

48. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
cramming
do two or more things at once
Acronym
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

49. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
do not
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Learning Resource Center

50. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
you take a test
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
do not
cramming