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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. Key words are paired with numbers
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
you take a test
Peg system

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

3. 9 steps for muscle reading
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
Peg system
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

4. 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
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

5. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Acronym
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again

6. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
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
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
you take a test

7. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
Acronym
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
you take a test

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

9. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
absolute qualifiers
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
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

10. Describe three forms of note taking
totally enjoy them
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions

11. Grades are a measure of how well...
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
cramming
you take a test
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

12. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Learning Resource Center
long-term memory
do not

13. 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
cramming
problems

14. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Learning Resource Center
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

15. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
Words such as all - always - never - none
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
True
cramming

16. Diversity is valuable because...

17. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
do not
long-term memory
change
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

18. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
you take a test
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
do not
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

19. Grades are a measure of how well...
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
cramming
you take a test
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

20. 9 steps for muscle reading
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
long-term memory
To focus your attention
problems

21. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
absolute qualifiers
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
cramming

22. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
Words such as all - always - never - none
do not
Recall
problems

23. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
absolute qualifiers
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Acronym
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique

24. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
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

25. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
do two or more things at once
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
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

26. Be the _____ you you want to be
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
change
long-term memory
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

27. What does 'to be here and now' mean
To focus your attention
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
you take a test

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

29. Diversity is valuable because...

30. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Learning Resource Center
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

31. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
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
you take a test
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

32. The guidelines for making intention statements
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
To focus your attention
do two or more things at once
you take a test

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

34. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
True
Recall
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
problems

35. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
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
absolute qualifiers
Learning Resource Center
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process

36. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
Acrostic
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
To focus your attention

37. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
Recall
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
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

38. How should a chapter preview be done
long-term memory
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
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

39. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
problems
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

40. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
True
long-term memory

41. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
Acrostic
Learning Resource Center
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

42. Describe three forms of note taking
you take a test
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Recall

43. The 'AHA' happens because of...
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
True
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

44. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
Acronym
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Learning Resource Center
you take a test

45. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
10 second outline
True
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
change

46. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
To focus your attention
True

47. What does 'to be here and now' mean
True
To focus your attention
Learning Resource Center
do two or more things at once

48. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
cramming

49. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
change
True

50. What is an absolute qualifier?
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
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Recall