College Study Skills Final Exam

Who is the person(s) responsible for the students success in college?

 

the student

What are stretch goals? 

 

Goals that are big and achievable

Becoming a master student is largely dependent on active learning and engagement.

True or False

True

This book teaches you how to become a master student.

True or False

false

What word is used to mean attaining a level of skill that goes beyond technique?

Mastery

What term describes a person who is enthusiastic and involved in class?

 

energetic

By design, you are not a “machine.”  

True or False

False

Becoming a Master Student is about learning, and learning results when you are passive. 

True or False

False

Which of the following is not a master student quality? 

 

Unable to organize and sort

Which of the following is not a master student quality? 

Incompetent

Joyful

Energetic

Able to suspend judgment

Incompetent

Which of the following is not one of the three phases of the master student process? 

intention

discovery

balancing

actio

balancing

Which of the following is not a part of writing a Discovery Statement? 

Suspending judgment

Using discomfort as a signal

Recording generalities

Telling the truth

Recording generalities

What is the secret of student success? 

 

There are no secrets.

The purpose of this book is to help you make a successful transition to higher education by setting a pattern of success that will last the rest of your life. 

True or False

 

True

Your school controls the value that you get out of your education. 

True or False

False

One definition of motivation is the ability to do a task even when you don't feel like it.

True or False

True

Sometimes the hardest part of meeting a goal or changing a habit is simply getting started.

True or False

True

In 60 seconds or less, you can often do something right away that takes you in your desired direction of meeting a goal or changing a habit.  Beginning this way is called "???".

 

"taking baby steps"

Which of the following is not an element of a habit loop.

cue

organization 

reward

routine

 

organization

Behavior that we repeat, usually without thinking is called what?

routine

The Power Process “Be here now” rules out planning.

True or False

False

Time is an equal opportunity resource.

True or False

True

Which of the following is not a suggested strategy for reflecting on your goals?

Check in with your friends

Check for alignment

Check for obstacles

Check for next steps

Check in with your friends

According to the text, everything written about time management can be reduced to:

Discover exactly what you want

Know how to get what you want

Follow up by doing what you intend to do

Multitasking is a good thing and a requirement to be successful into today’s technology environment.

True or False

False

Which of the following is not a set of values used as a basis for “Becoming a Master Student”?

Focusing attention

Never taking a risk

Showing self-responsibility

Having integrity

Never taking a risk

The text suggests that you do your Most Important Task (MIT):

 

As early in the day as possible

Students in higher education are usually urged to schedule:

 

Two hours of study time for every hour spent in class

Which of the following is not of an effectively (specific) stated goal?

Improve my appearance

Lose one pound this month

Graduate with an AA degree by 2019

Have $1,000 in my checking account by the end of the year

Improve my appearance

Short-term goals are goals that you can accomplish in 5 to 20 years.

True or False

False

Putting goals in writing is only effective for short-term goals.

True or False

False

Which of the following statement describes the items that should be listed as “A” on your ABC daily “To-Do List”?

Items that do not require immediate attention

Items are not currently urgent

Things that are the most critical

Things that can be postponed

Things that are the most critical

According to the text, overcoming procrastination is a complex process that must take months or even years.​

True or False

False

According to the text, which of the following is not one of the 7-step anti-procrastination plan?

Make it meaningful

Take it apart

Settle it now

Keep it to yourself

Keep it to yourself

The text suggests that you approach “25 ways to get the most out of now” by:

 

Choosing one technique at a time and using it until it becomes a habit

According to the text when “choosing your time”, you should study your easy subjects first.

True or False

False

According to the text to “get focused”, which of the following questions is not a question that you can ask yourself to help?

“Am I sure that this is worth the effort?”

“Is this a piano?”

“Am I being too hard on myself?”

“What is one task I can accomplish toward achieving my goal?”

“Am I sure that this is worth the effort?”

Strictly speaking, time cannot be managed.

True or False

True

Which of the following is not one of the key guidelines given by Michael Pollan for a person to use in order to eat nutritional foods?

Eat food (whole and/or fresh)

Mostly animal based 

Mostly plants

Not too much

Mostly animal based

Developing emotional intelligence requires being with people and away from a computer or a smartphone.

True or False

True

The word “love” as it is used in the Power Process: “Love your problems” means:

 

Accepting the fact that your problems exist

According to research, memory is:

The probability that certain patterns of brain activity will occur again in the future

A process that takes place in stages

Something you do—not something you “have”

The psychologist Donald Hebb said that:

 

“Neurons which fire together, wire together.”

In general, the activities that are good for your heart are also good for your brain.

True or False

True

In "The memory jungle" article, you are asked to visualize an elephant that enters a field and then disappears. This can help you remember that:

New information first enters short-term memory

It is important to review new information within 24 hours after it enters your short-term memory

It is important to move new information from short-term memory to long-term memory

Which of the following term means to encode in the memory by using your body as well as your brain?

 

Moving

When you repeat something out loud, you anchor the concept in two different senses.

True or False

True

To remember the content of a lecture more effectively:

 

Do a short review within minutes of a class (mini-review) followed by a weekly review of all your class notes

In order to test the idea that “you never forget,” you have to believe it first.

True or False

False

Which term does not refer to options that can be used to organize any group of items?

Space order

Alphabetical order

Chronological order

Category

Space Order

What is the area of your brain that lights up with extra neural activity each time you feel a strong emotion called?

amygdala

Student who cannot recall information under the stress of a final exam can often recite the same facts later when they are relaxed

True or False

True

When studying, you can accomplish more when you take regular short breaks.

True or False

True

A is a preformatted chart that prompts you to visualize relationships among facts and ideas called?

 

graphic organizer

Q-Cards is a memory strategy that involves a special kind of flash card with the question on one side and the answer on the other side with only one side being a question.

True or False

False

In spite of their limitations, mnemonic devices can be useful.

True or False

True

To set a trap for your memory, you link an event that you know will take place with something that you want to remind yourself to do.

True or False

True

Mnemonic devices are memory techniques that include:

Creative words such as “NASA,” which stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Sentences to help you remember a fact or idea

Rhymes and songs

Which of the following is not a strategy to increase mental focus and enhance memory?

Use complex names for all digital documents

Make conscious choices about what to remember

Use outlining software to encode information

Store information where it is one click away

Use complex names for all digital documents

Which of the following is not a strategy for remembering names?

Never admit that you don’t know a person’s name

Recite and repeat in conversations

Use associations

Limit the number of names you learn at one time

Never admit that you don’t know a person’s name

The Power Process: “Notice your pictures and let them go” states that mental pictures are useless.​

True or False

False

Muscle Reading is designed to:

Ensure that you spend more time on your reading assignments

Help you relax so that reading will eventually feel easy and effortless

Increase your energy and skill as a reader

Increase your energy and skill as a reader

Boosting your reading skills will promote your success in school and can also boost your income.

True or False

True

Which of the following is not one of the 3 sentences that correspond to the three phases of the Muscle Reading Technique?

Sit perfectly still while reading.

Pry out questions.

Focus and flag answers.

Recite, review, and review again.

 

Sit perfectly still while reading.

The steps in Phase 1 of Muscle Reading take place:

 

Before you read

The suggested strategies for previewing a reading assignment do not include:

Scanning pages for headings, words printed in bold type, charts, diagrams, summaries, and review questions

Scanning pages for familiar facts and ideas

Scanning pages for passages that look interesting to you and immediately slowing down to read them in detail

Look for ideas that spark your imagination or curiosity.

Scanning pages for passages that look interesting to you and immediately slowing down to read them in detail

To get the most benefit from marking a book, underline at least 25 percent of the text.​

True or False

False

The primacy-recency effect suggests that we most easily remember:

 

Both the first and last items in any presentation

Muscle Reading Phase 3 “After you Read” states that you should plan to review the material within how long after reading the material?

 

24 hours

Which of the following techniques are not included in the Corson technique?

Asking yourself: What exactly do I not understand?

Locating the first sentence, paragraph, or page in a reading assignment that confuses you

Spending 1 hour to overcome your confusion

Keeping a record of what you do to overcome your confusion

Spending 1 hour to overcome your confusion

Which of the following is not given as a technique to help remember what you read?

Use the 70-30 principle

Use a commonplace book

Use the Feynman technique

Write short intention statements

Use the 70-30 principle

According to the text, which of the following is not an effective alternative to “speed reading?’

Becoming a flexible reader

Reading narrowly

Pseudo-skimming

Reading wisely

Reading narrowly

When using context to infer the meaning of a word, you can look for:

Definitions of key terms in the text

Antonyms of the word

Synonyms of the word

To practice pseudo-skimming, read the last sentence in each paragraph and then label it is an important paragraph or a filler paragraph.

True or False

False

The part of a word with its core meaning is the:

root

The form of the language used by educated speakers and writers and most likely to be understood by speakers and writers of English, no matter where they live is called what?

 

Standard English

Information literacy is a skill that includes:

Finding information from appropriate sources

Evaluating information

Organizing information

According to the text, online materials have replaced printed books as the most reliable sources of information.

True or False

False

What are sources of information called that summarize, explain, and comment on the documents prepared by others and/or work of others?

 

Secondary sources

Which of the following term describes the databases in a library that list all of the library’s accessible sources?

 

Catalogs

The four A's of taking meeting notes are Attendance, Agenda, Agreements, and Actions.

True or False

True

Besides the technical, one of the problems in taking an online course is procrastination.

True or False

True

Before recording a lecture you should obtain the professor's permission.

True or False

True

Since power points are usually created by the lecturer, they provide no benefit towards your own study

True or False

False

The Cornell format of note taking includes a cue column that is used

 to list potential questions or key words generated from the note column.

Mind mapping helps you in the note taking process because it

involves both left brain and right brain functions.

During a lecture, if you hear something you disagree with, you should

write down your disagreement and continue to focus on the rest of the lecture.

Effective note taking consists of three parts:

observing, recording, and reviewing

Note taking is useful only if you

participate as an energetic observer in class.

If you miss a class, you

can email and call.

Skilled students are thorough thinkers and

distinguish between fact and opinion.

A powerful starting point for critical thinking is

 

creative thinking.

The term serendipity comes from the story "The Three Princes of Serendipity" and refers to

the ability to see something valuable that you were not looking for originally.

Conducting a brainstorming session works best when you

avoid making judgments and evaluations during the session.

The Master Student uses creative thinking

in the early stages of planning and problem solving.

Some ideas, like family and equality, mean the same thing to everyone.

True or False

False

Even in the electronic age of communication sometimes an email reply is not the best form of response.

True or False

True

A form of logic that appeals to the people works for some because of the mistaken assumption that popularity, quality, and accuracy are the same.

True or False

True

Even though web based information is accessible to everyone and digitally stored, it must be evaluated with the same critical thinking skills used for traditional written material.

True or False

True

If one event follows another it is because the two events have a cause-effect relationship.

True or False

True