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