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Life Skills Vocab
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Subject
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soft-skills
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. Not succumbing to influence from friends to do or not to do something
Mathematics and science
Skimming
Handling Peer pressure
Being in the present
2. Speak with confidence - stand tall - use good grammar. Success is a skill.
Define Success
Practice new behaviors
Self Esteem
Self-Image
3. Using computers to communicate - create - and other essential things of modern professionbal life
Long term goal
Citizenship
Computer skills
Showing respect
4. A statement that sets forth the values that an individual or institution lives by and that establishes future goals.
Active Listening
Mission Statement
Handling Peer pressure
Prioritize
5. Listening and responding with full attention to whats being said
Active Listening
Mathematics and science
Honesty
Goal Setting
6. Do not be self critical - motivate yourself - change your vocabulary - remember you are not alone.
Self-critical
Tone of voice
Creativity
Showing respect
7. Subtly skillful handling of a situation - using tact
Diplomacy
Self Esteem
Positive Action
Communication Skills
8. Result of your choice
Skimming
Communication Skills
Consequences
Game Plan
9. Reading only the parts of a written work that outline or summarize its content
Writing
Being Popular
Self-Image
Previewing
10. Not doing anything harmful - unsafe - or against the law
Avoiding Negative actions
Organizing
Long term goal
Stepping-stones goals
11. Voice that makes an impression
Stepping-stones goals
Visualize
Tone of voice
Makig decisions
12. Admired or wanted as a friend
Short term goal
Being Popular
Consequences
Honesty
13. DOing things that are helpful or healthy
How to study
Game Plan
Computer skills
Positive Action
14. You need to learn and practice how to speak about your ideas and plans in front of people - organize and express your thoughts - think about why would they care for your words - i.e what's in it for them?
Stepping-stones goals
Speaking
Organizing
Creativity
15. Things like active listening - that help you share feelings - thoughts - and information with others
Stepping-stones goals
Communication Skills
Avoiding Negative actions
Bad habits that keep you from peak performance
16. Things that you want to accomplish in one year or less
Avoiding Negative actions
Short term goal
Ethics
Responsibility
17. Getting the best out of oneself - knowing the difference between 'want' and 'need' and knowing the importance of time
Self-management
Active Listening
Tone of voice
Visualize
18. Things that you want to accomplish in over one year
Mathematics and science
Long term goal
Responsibility
Decisions
19. Procrastination - perfectionism - lack of a game plan
Short term goal
Computer skills
Bad habits that keep you from peak performance
Communication Skills
20. Identify the decision of problem - consider the alternatives - choose the best alternatives - act on the decision - evaluate the decision
Visualize
Citizenship
Mathematics and science
Makig decisions
21. A time when you feel most energetic and motivated.
How to study
Organizing
When to study
Honesty
22. Expressing your ideas - reflection on you - with proper grammar and choice of words
Writing
Bad habits that keep you from peak performance
Citizenship
Sensitivity
23. The strength to stand up for what you know is right
Courage
Self Esteem
Values and goals
How to study
24. Take small bites of the information - hilight or underline key words and phrases - quiz yourself on small sections to ensure understanding
How to study
Active Listening
Game Plan
Prioritize
25. The ability to be truthful and fair
Honesty
Game Plan
Concern
Trade offs
26. The identifiction of long- and short-term goals.
Influencing
Stepping-stones goals
Goal Setting
Self-Image
27. To be alert to what one is doing at a particular moment
Being in the present
Handling Peer pressure
Self-Image
Avoiding Negative actions
28. Being an active - helpful membership in a community
Trade offs
Citizenship
Being Popular
Computer skills
29. Something you choose or make up your mind about after thinking over all possible choices
Long term goal
Trade offs
Perfectionism
Decisions
30. Getting others to do things for you by appealing to their emotions of empathy...
Ethics
Decisions
Influencing
Showing respect
31. The compulsion to do things perfectly
Perfectionism
Courage
Being Popular
Makig decisions
32. Part of the Golden Rule - treat others as you want to be treated
Tone of voice
Showing respect
Values and goals
Stepping-stones goals
33. Show us how to behave and what to aim at
Values and goals
Organizing
Prioritize
Handling Peer pressure
34. A combination of understanding - empathy - and acceptance
When to study
Writing
Values and goals
Sensitivity
35. You need to know the basics: addition - subtraction. You should also know fractions - decimals - and percentages - also need to know how chemical and physical reactions occur in many situations
Tone of voice
Decisions
Mathematics and science
Organizing
36. Build on your strengths - practice doing whatever it is that helps you maintain a positive...
Previewing
Self-Image
Responsibility
Game Plan
37. Something you give up in order to get something more important
Positive Action
Trade offs
Values and goals
Stepping-stones goals
38. Put a stop to negative or _________ thoughts that can work against you.
Self-critical
Ethics
Organizing
Communication Skills
39. The ability to be dependable - to make wise decisions - and to accept the result of your actions and decisions
Active Listening
Positive Action
Responsibility
Writing
40. The best way to approach a complicated - long-term team project
Makig decisions
Stepping-stones goals
Self Esteem
Handling Peer pressure
41. Do not depend on other people's definition of success - you must define your own
Define Success
Sensitivity
Trade offs
Handling Peer pressure
42. Outlining what you have to say or do before you get to it
Organizing
Game Plan
Emotional Stability
Long term goal
43. The conscious act of planning your life rather than just letting things happen
Game Plan
Responsibility
Tone of voice
Practice new behaviors
44. An important indicator of maturity
Define Success
How to study
Makig decisions
Emotional Stability
45. Reading through a book or document quickly - picking out main ideas and key points
Makig decisions
Sensitivity
Citizenship
Skimming
46. To see your self working where you want to - competently handling clients - and feeling at ease and happy with your situation
Writing
Visualize
Practice new behaviors
Self-management
47. A place that is comfortable - quiet - has everything that you need - and you are sitting up.
Communication Skills
Where to study
Being Popular
Stepping-stones goals
48. An interest in other people
How to study
Courage
Mathematics and science
Concern
49. Based on inner strength and begins with trusting your ability to reach your goals
Self Esteem
Game Plan
Diplomacy
Courage
50. To make a list of tasks that need to be done in the order of most to least important - - if you can - do the difficult things first
How to study
Prioritize
Avoiding Negative actions
Long term goal