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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. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
totally enjoy them
long-term memory
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
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2. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
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
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

3. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
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absolute qualifiers
To focus your attention
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

4. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
do two or more things at once
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

5. Diversity is valuable because...

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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
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

7. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
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Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
totally enjoy them

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

9. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
Words such as all - always - never - none
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Acrostic
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

10. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
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

11. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
long-term memory
absolute qualifiers
long-term memory
totally enjoy them

12. The guidelines for making intention statements
To focus your attention
Acrostic
long-term memory
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

13. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
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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
To focus your attention

14. Grades are a measure of how well...
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
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
you take a test
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

15. What does 'to be here and now' mean
To focus your attention
Peg system
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

16. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
To focus your attention
cramming
long-term memory

17. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
do not
totally enjoy them
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Acrostic

18. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
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
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

19. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
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

20. 9 steps for muscle reading
problems
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Learning Resource Center

21. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
do not
Words such as all - always - never - none
Acronym
Peg system

22. _______ should be viewed as opportunities to participate in life
Acronym
problems
you take a test
change

23. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
Acronym
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
cramming

24. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique

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

26. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
long-term memory
True
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Acrostic

27. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
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
Words such as all - always - never - none

28. Diversity is valuable because...

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29. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
problems
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
To focus your attention
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique

30. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
Words such as all - always - never - none
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
10 second outline
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

31. The 'AHA' happens because of...
you take a test
Peg system
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
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

32. Be the _____ you you want to be
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
change

33. 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
you take a test
problems
absolute qualifiers

34. 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
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
True

35. Grades are a measure of how well...
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
do not
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
you take a test

36. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
True

37. Describe three forms of note taking
you take a test
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Peg system
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

38. Describe three forms of note taking
Words such as all - always - never - none
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
do two or more things at once
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique

39. 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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40. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
Learning Resource Center
totally enjoy them
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

41. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
True

42. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
totally enjoy them
True
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cramming

43. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Learning Resource Center
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions

44. 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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45. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
do two or more things at once
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
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
Recall

46. 9 steps for muscle reading
you take a test
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Recall

47. Some reading assignments require only a...
do not
10 second outline
To focus your attention
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

48. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
do not

49. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
long-term memory
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

50. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
long-term memory
To focus your attention
totally enjoy them
Words such as all - always - never - none