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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. Some reading assignments require only a...
To focus your attention
Learning Resource Center
True
10 second outline

2. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
Acronym
Acrostic
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Recall

3. The guidelines for making intention statements
Acronym
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

4. The purpose of ___________ only to make the best of the situation
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
cramming

5. Grades are a measure of how well...
do not
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It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
you take a test

6. Suggestions form verbal listening are...
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
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process

7. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
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
Acrostic

8. Describe three forms of note taking
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Words such as all - always - never - none

9. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
Recall
Acronym
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain
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

10. What are the techniques for answering essay questions
do not
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
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

11. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
do not
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

12. 3 ways to Network with others on campus
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
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Learning Resource Center

13. Describe three forms of note taking
10 second outline
Acrostic
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form

14. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
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
Learning Resource Center
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

15. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
do not
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
do two or more things at once

16. One of the most important resources on a college campus is the...
Learning Resource Center
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
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

17. What is an absolute qualifier?
Words such as all - always - never - none
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
do two or more things at once
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

18. 3 reasons for making an outline for an essay question
problems
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Peg system
cramming

19. During a lecture it is good to sit front and center and pretend you are having a personal conversation with the situation
problems
True
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

20. Key words are paired with numbers
Acrostic
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Peg system
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

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

22. _______ should be viewed as opportunities to participate in life
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions
Recall
problems

23. 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
of synergy: it is the idea that the whole is more valuable than the sum of it's parts
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
True

24. What is an absolute qualifier?
Words such as all - always - never - none
To focus your attention
do two or more things at once
Be alert to repetition - look for introductory concluding words or transition words or phrases - highlight obvious clues

25. The 'AHA' happens because of...
Luck - persistence - spontaneity - step-by-step process
problems
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
do not

26. What does 'to be here and now' mean
To focus your attention
Learning Resource Center
Acronym
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

27. Key words are paired with numbers
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
The ' BE HERE NOW' technique
Peg system
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards

28. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
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
do not
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

29. To do effective non verbal listening you must do what
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
Recall
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points

30. 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
Speeds up writing a detailed answer - less likely to leave out important facts - outline could win some points
Learning Resource Center
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

31. _______ should be viewed as opportunities to participate in life
totally enjoy them
Make intentions positive - observable - small and achievable - set timelines that include rewards
problems
Peg system

32. What are three clues that instructors give to show important points during class
Acrostic
To focus your attention
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

33. Five things that are included in an 'I' message
do not
To focus your attention
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Study group - join a club - go to a lab

34. When answering true and false statements _____________ usually indicate a false statement
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
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
absolute qualifiers

35. Be the _____ you you want to be
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
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

36. You ______ need to do all nine steps of the technique to get the most out of any reading assignments
long-term memory
do not
10 second outline
Choose when to speak - give feedback meaning - notice the speakers body language - listen for request and intention -allow emotions

37. The statement 'love your problems' does not mean you...
totally enjoy them
Preview Outline question - Read. Underline. Answer - Recite review Review again
do not
do not

38. When using the Cornell method of note taking you do what?
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
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline

39. Sometimes choosing to ________________ can be effective
Peg system
do two or more things at once
do not
do not

40. Word created from initial letters from a series of words (e.g. NASA)
Acronym
do not
Acrostic
you take a test

41. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
If the idea is a good tool use it if not put it on the shelf
Peg system
change
Acronym

42. 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
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments
problems

43. Information which is stored in ________________ stays there the rest of your 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
do not
long-term memory
Be quiet - maintain eye contact - display openness - send acknowledgments

44. When taking a test should you answer the shortest easiest questions first? Why?
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
totally enjoy them
cramming

45. What are the guidelines for brainstorming
totally enjoy them
change
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Focus on a single problem or issue - relax and sit quietly for a few minutes - collect your thoughts - set time limit

46. Diversity is valuable because...

47. The concept 'ideas are good tools' suggests
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
Recall
Before you start reading - preview the entire assignment - keep it short - read headings

48. Sentences that help you remember a series of letters that stand for something - ( Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally) order of math operations
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
Acrostic
It gives you a feeling of success and helps warm up your brain

49. The techniques to set the stage for note taking are...
Find out what the question is asking - make an outline
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form
Peg system
Complete outside assignments - - bring the right materials - sit front and center - conduct a short pre class review - clarify your intentions

50. Mnemonic devices increase your ability to...
Recall
Observations - feelings - wants - thoughts - intentions
Study group - join a club - go to a lab
Cornell - mind mapping - Outline form