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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. What is an absolute qualifier?
True
cramming
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Words such as all - always - never - none

2. Be the _____ you you want to be
problems
change
10 second outline
Acronym

3. Diversity is valuable because...

4. Grades are a measure of how well...
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
you take a test

5. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
10 second outline
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

6. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
do two or more things at once
True

7. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
totally enjoy them
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
long-term memory

8. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
cramming
change
problems
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions

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

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

11. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
To focus your attention
absolute qualifiers
problems
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again

12. The guidelines for making intention statements
True
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
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

13. Some reading assignments require only a...
do not
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
To focus your attention
10 second outline

14. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
True
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

15. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
problems
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Peg system
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf

16. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
True
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

17. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
change
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Acronym
you take a test

18. Diversity is valuable because...

19. _______ should be viewed as opportunities to participate in life
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
problems
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

20. What does 'to be here and now' mean
Learning Resource Center
Words such as all - always - never - none
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
To focus your attention

21. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
totally enjoy them
do two or more things at once
Acronym

22. Key words are paired with numbers
Peg system
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Acronym

23. 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
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
To focus your attention
long-term memory

24. Describe three forms of note taking
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Recall
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

25. 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
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
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

26. 9 steps for muscle reading
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Learning Resource Center
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

27. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
True
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
Acronym

28. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
you take a test
Learning Resource Center
To focus your attention

29. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
change
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
you take a test
Peg system

30. 9 steps for muscle reading
absolute qualifiers
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again

31. Some reading assignments require only a...
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
long-term memory
Acrostic
10 second outline

32. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
Words such as all - always - never - none
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
problems
long-term memory

33. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
To focus your attention
totally enjoy them
absolute qualifiers
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique

34. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
do not
change
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

35. 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
To focus your attention
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
you take a test

36. What does 'to be here and now' mean
To focus your attention
cramming
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
long-term memory

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

38. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
Learning Resource Center
Recall
do not
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

39. How should a chapter preview be done
10 second outline
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
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

40. 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
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

41. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Acronym
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

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

43. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
totally enjoy them
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Words such as all - always - never - none
problems

44. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
cramming
To focus your attention
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Peg system

45. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
do not
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

46. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
long-term memory
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
problems

47. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Learning Resource Center
True

48. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
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
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

49. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
do two or more things at once
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
To focus your attention
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

50. Grades are a measure of how well...
Learning Resource Center
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
you take a test
10 second outline