Mid-Term Study Guide
Chapters 1-4
College Success Concise
1. A Japanese inventor created a technique that can be used to discover the underlying cause of a problem or the underlying reason for a decision. What is this technique called?
a. The Three Reasons
b. Values Clarification
c. The Five Whys
d. The Understanding Process
2. Sometimes you will be required to take courses that may not immediately seem to relate to your major. What should you do?
a. Choose a different course.
b. Change majors.
c. Connect the content to your life goals.
d. Talk to the professor about exempting the course.
3. Learning new study skills and spending time mastering new strategies is an example of which kind of adjustment?
a. Emotional
b. Cultural
c. Intellectual
d. Academic
4. Which of the following can be referred to as the “contract of the course”?
a. Office hours
b. Syllabus
c. Final exam
d. Attendance policy
5. On the other hand, a person with a growth mindset
a. believes that people can exercise their brains and improve their performance just like an athlete exercises muscle groups to become stronger.
b. thinks that effort is more important than having a gift or talent for doing something well.
c. sees failure as an opportunity to learn and do better the next time.
d. All of the above.
6. The act of delaying some task that needs to be completed is the definition of
a. procrastination.
b. delayed gratification.
c. ego strength.
d. chronic postponement.
7. Based on Table 3.5, Time on Task, how long does it take to read one page of general academic reading?
a. 2-3 minutes
b. 5-7 minutes
c. 10-15 minutes
d. 1-2 minutes
8. Which of the following is not a step in the Pomodoro Technique?
a. Decide on the task to be done.
b. Set a timer.
c. Work on the task.
d. If you have fewer than 5 check marks, take a 10 minute break.
9. True or False. Not completing tasks can result in feelings of low self-esteem, anger, and depression . (T)
10. True or False. The simplest way to manage your time is to brainstorm all the different ways you can go about accomplishing your final goal. (F)
11. If you don’t enjoy reading, it may be that
a. there are too many distractions that get in the way of your ability to focus on the task at hand.
b. you suffer from information overload.
c. you need to adjust your schedule to allow more time for reading.
d. All of the above.
12. Recursive reading means
a. reading a selection from beginning to end.
b. reading as a linear process.
c. reading, re-reading, and going back to make meaning and connections.
d. a and b.
13. When reading material for college, it is important to
a. underline or highlight as much material as possible to help you remember everything.
b. use different colors for highlighting or underlining (for example, red or hot pink means a possible test question).
c. take notes after you read a section by writing in the margin or other white space (or using tools if reading on a device).
d. All of the above.
14. True or False. Reading is increasingly important today because of the amount of information we encounter and consume. (T)
15. Many benefits of note taking are discussed in the text; which of the following is not a benefit?
a. Notes help you organize your ideas.
b. Notes help you stay focused on the task at hand.
c. Notes build on your prior knowledge of a subject.
d. Notes can help reduce the amount of time you spend reading.
16. One of the best strategies for preparing for tests is
a. scheduling 4 hours of study time for each hour you spend in class.
b. testing yourself over the material before the instructor tests you.
c. reading all the assignments in the required textbook twice the night before the test.
d. getting eight hours of sleep the night before the test.
17. If information is important and we are exposed to it frequently, the brain will store the information for us in
a. our short-term memory.
b. our long-term memory.
c. the encoding mechanisms of our brain.
d. All of the above.
18. Which of the following statements about sleep are accurate?
a. Sleep and college always conveniently go together.
b. Lack of sleep impairs judgment, focus, and overall mood.
c. According to a study at UCLA, sleep deprivation has a minimal impact on concentration.
d. All of the above.
19. Which of the following is a study myth?
a. You can multitask while you study.
b. Highlighting the main points of a text is useful.
c. Studying effectively is effortless.
d. All of the above.
20. Which of the following is an effective study strategy?
a. spacing.
b. interleaving.
c. practice testing.
d. All of the above.
21. When you work to convert your thoughts into memories, you are literally changing your mind. (T)
22. True or False. It takes about an hour per page to write a paper that doesn’t require research and over twice that amount of time to write a page for a research paper based on data presented in the text. (F)
23. “Eat the frog”
a. is a technique that is named after a quote from Mark Twain.
b. is a strategy based on the idea that a person should tackle the most unpleasant task first.
c. is connected to the principle that we can be distracted by anxiety over a job we are dreading.
d. All of the above
24. Which of the following is not a step in the Pomodoro Technique?
a. Decide on the task to be done.
b. Set a timer.
c. Work on the task.
d. If you have fewer than 5 check marks, take a 10 minute break.
25. Active reading is a term used to refer to
a. reading through passages without stopping.
b. interacting with text by asking questions and looking for answers.
c. reading without taking notes or marking text.
d. All of the above.
26. What is the relationship between education and income?
a. The more education you receive, the greater the increase in your average lifetime earnings.
b. The less education you receive, the greater the increase in your average lifetime earnings.
c. There is no relationship between income and education.
d. None of the above.