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