First-Year Seminar
Test Preparation
Course Introduction
First-Year Seminar is an introductory course designed to support first-year students in their transition to university life. The course focuses on developing academic skills, enhancing critical thinking, and fostering personal growth through interactive discussions and collaborative projects. Students are introduced to campus resources, engage in interdisciplinary learning, and explore topics relevant to their personal and academic success. The seminar encourages active participation, self-reflection, and effective communication, helping students build a strong foundation for their undergraduate journey.
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Student Success in College Doing What Works 2nd Edition by Christine Harrington
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Chapter 1: College Expectations: Being a Critical Thinking
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Q1) Which of the following is true about critical thinking and content knowledge?
A) Research shows that critical thinking skills are more important than content
B) Research shows that content knowledge is more important than critical thinking skills
C) In order to have good content knowledge, you need to be a critical thinker.
D) In order to be a critical thinker, you need to have good content knowledge
Answer: D
Q2) Why is surveying an important step in active reading?
A) It provides you with an overview of the information
B) You discover key features such as charts that will help you understand the content
C) It helps you understand the organization of the chapter information
D) All of these statements are true
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is true about plagiarism?
A) Only intentional plagiarism has consequences
B) Intentional and unintentional plagiarism can result in serious consequences
C) There is not a serious consequence for first offenses
D) Plagiarizing automatically results in dismissal from your college
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Skills You Need: Memory, Note Taking, and Studying Techniques
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Q1) Creating links between concepts via a hierarchical structure is an example of:
A) Organizing
B) Elaboration
C) Reviewing
D) Looking at pictures while reading
Answer: A
Q2) The memory process of retrieval refers to:
A) Finding information or memories that were previously stored.
B) Storing information in a hierarchical manner.
C) Relying on sensory memories.
D) Rehearsing or repeating information.
Answer: A
Q3) What was the key finding from the Einstein, Mullet & Harrison (2012) study?
A) Students who engaged in testing did better than those who just studied
B) Students who spent more time studying did the best
C) Students who were most confident did the best
D) All of these statements are true
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Setting Effective Goals and Making the Most of Your Time
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Q1) Lilia decides to go to study instead of going to a party. This is most likely based on a _____ time perspective.
A) Past
B) Present
C) Future
D) Realistic
Answer: C
Q2) According to the journal article by Morisano, Hirsch, Petersen, Pil and Shore (2010), the importance of students setting goals and success in college is:
A) Most students who enter college typically do not have very clear goals.
B) Students who have clear goals are more likely to meet with success in college. C) Goals and student success are two very different variables and the research does not link them.
D) Their findings were inconclusive and more research is really needed to reach a definite conclusion about the relationship between goals and student success.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Its Show Time: Papers, Presentations, and Tests
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Q1) Students usually perform _____ on exams as compared to exams comprised of multiple choice items.
A) Worse
B) Better
C) About the same
D) There is no research evidence on this topic.
Q2) Changing answers in testing is:
A) Never a good idea, it's best to stick with your original answer.
B) Usually a good idea, especially if you have a good reason for changing the answer.
C) Always recommended.
D) Suggested by student success professionals but not supported by research.
Q3) Two of the most common styles to cite sources are:
A) MLA and APA
B) MLA and AMA
C) MPA and AMA
D) MPA and APA
Q4) Describe the writing process.
Q5) Describe three powerful ways to begin a presentation.
Q6) Compare and contrast take home, on-line, and traditional in person tests.
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Chapter 5: Motivation, Resilience, and Stress Management:
Strategies for When College and Life Get Challenging
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Q1) Which term best captures the meaning of Deci and Ryan's need for competence?
A) Self-efficacy
B) Autonomy
C) Self-esteem
D) All of these are accurate
Q2) Stress is unavoidable in our lives, however, there are many effective tools to help deal with stress including:
A) Joining a fraternity or sorority so that you can attend campus parties and perhaps have a drink or two to relax.
B) Eating right, exercising and getting a good night's sleep.
C) Making sure all your work is done before you go to sleep, even if it means pulling an "all-nighter".
D) Eating at fast food restaurants to save time in meal preparation.
Q3) ________ is a behaviorist.
A) Piaget
B) Beck
C) Skinner
D) Freud
Q4) What are the benefits of creating new connections at college?
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Chapter 6: How Are You Doing? Maximizing Learning via Self-reflection
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Q1) Attributing your successes and failures to ______ is most productive.
A) Personality
B) Luck
C) Effort
D) Traffic
Q2) What was the key finding from the Perry et al. (2010) research study?
A) Students who accessed help performed better academically.
B) Students who attended a workshop on study skills performed the best.
C) Students who attended a training session on attributing success and failure to controllable factors performed better than those show did not attend this training.
D) All of these statements are true.
Q3) Illusions of competence refers to
A) Having high self-esteem
B) Having high self-efficacy
C) Performing well on exams
D) Being overconfident
Q4) In the context of self-regulation, what are the benefits of meeting with your professor?
Q5) Why is it important to continue the self-reflection process after an exam?
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Chapter 7: Making Good Academic, Career, and Financial Decisions
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Q1) According to the Happenstance Theory,:
A) Talking to others and actively exploring your interests is the most important step to career decision making.
B) Most students make a career decision based upon what their parents think that they should do.
C) Taking a career interest inventory is the best approach to making a career decision.
D) Careers are based on luck so no action is needed.
Q2) Informational interviews serve many positive functions for college students including:
A) Allowing students to have a personal conversation with someone in their perspective field.
B) A means of gathering real life and in-depth information about a career field.
C) Allowing students to begin to build career connections and networks.
D) All of these are true.
Q3) What are the benefits of studying abroad?
Q4) Describe why internships are valuable.
Q5) What is service learning? What are the benefits of service learning?
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Q6) Describe the 6 step decision making process.
Q7) What is an informational interview? How is it beneficial?
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