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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. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

2. How should a chapter preview be done
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
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

3. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Words such as all - always - never - none
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
cramming

4. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Acrostic
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

5. Be the _____ you you want to be
change
Acrostic
problems
Peg system

6. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
do not
To focus your attention
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
10 second outline

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

8. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
True
you take a test
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

9. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
True
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Acrostic
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

10. How should a chapter preview be done
Acrostic
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

11. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
change
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts

12. Diversity is valuable because...

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13. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
Peg system
Words such as all - always - never - none
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions

14. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
long-term memory
Acrostic
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

15. What does 'to be here and now' mean
To focus your attention
Acrostic
Acronym
True

16. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
Words such as all - always - never - none
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
do not

17. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
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
change
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

18. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
10 second outline
Acronym

19. 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
cramming
Recall
Acrostic

20. The 'AHA' happens because of...
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
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
Acrostic

21. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your life
totally enjoy them
long-term memory
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
True

22. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
totally enjoy them
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

23. The guidelines for making intention statements
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Peg system
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

24. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
you take a test
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Acrostic

25. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
Acrostic
Acronym
totally enjoy them
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

26. Be the _____ you you want to be
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
long-term memory
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
change

27. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
cramming
Acrostic
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

28. Key words are paired with numbers
Peg system
change
long-term memory
long-term memory

29. 9 steps for muscle reading
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
cramming
change
10 second outline

30. _______ should be viewed as opportunities to participate in life
Words such as all - always - never - none
cramming
do not
problems

31. Some reading assignments require only a...
To focus your attention
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
10 second outline
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

32. Some reading assignments require only a...
10 second outline
To focus your attention
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

33. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Words such as all - always - never - none
cramming
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

34. Describe three forms of note taking
Learning Resource Center
problems
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

35. 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
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

36. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
True
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
totally enjoy them
10 second outline

37. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
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
True
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

38. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
10 second outline
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

39. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
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
To focus your attention

40. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
10 second outline
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
totally enjoy them

41. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
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
Words such as all - always - never - none

42. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Words such as all - always - never - none
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
totally enjoy them

43. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
absolute qualifiers
do not
Acronym
To focus your attention

44. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
Words such as all - always - never - none
10 second outline
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

45. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
totally enjoy them
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

46. The guidelines for making intention statements
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
you take a test
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Recall

47. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
change
Acronym
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

48. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Learning Resource Center
Find out what the question is asking - make an 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
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

49. 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
you take a test
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Recall

50. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
totally enjoy them
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
absolute qualifiers