Becoming A Master Student (2nd Half)
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Final exam readiness quiz. Becoming a master student chapters 7-12
- 1.What does playing full out mean?
- A.
Avoiding every annoyance during problem solving
- B.
Avoiding a no-pain, no-gain mentality
- C.
Running as hard as possible
- D.
Living your life as if your life depends on it.
- 2.When does a Master Student use creative thinking?
- A.
In the early stages of planning and problem solving
- B.
Before the aha! stage of planning and problem solving
- C.
After the aha! stage of planning and problem solving
- D.
Only when convergent thinking fails
- 3.Which of the following are examples of "netiquette"?
- A.
Avoid flaming
- B.
Do not use sarcasm
- C.
Avoid typing in all uppercase letters
- D.
All of the above
- 4.The highest level of language for powerful thinking includes which terms?
- A.
Plan to, try to, and intend to
- B.
Might, maybe, and hope to
- C.
Ought to, should and had to
- D.
Will, promise to and commit
- 5.
- A.
The beliefs and behavior of people who assume their culture is superior to all others.
- B.
Generalizing about a group of people based on the behavior of isolated group members
- C.
Allowing people to assume the role of victim and to avoid taking responsibility for their own lives.
- D.
Represented by the visible aspects of diversity.
- 6.
- A.
You should participate in every conversation that you can
- B.
You can choose conversations that exhilirate and sustain you.
- C.
Conversations with instructors are often frustrating
- D.
You often do not have any control over which people you converse with
- 7.Which of these is not one of the three paths to financial freedom?
- A.
Taking action and ussing the stategies for earning more money or spending less money, or both.
- B.
Taking advantage of credit card offers that you receive in the mail
- C.
Commiting to spending no more money than you have
- D.
Telling the truth about how much money you have and how much you spend.
- 8.
- A.
A sport played in the summer
- B.
An online scam to get your personal information.
- C.
Filling out financial aid forms
- D.
A personal finance software program
- 9.
- A.
Not drink milk
- B.
Avoid fad diets
- C.
Eat quickly and leave the dinner table promptly
- D.
Eat larger portions and fewer meals
- 10.
- A.
You have to make choices about what you do to your body
- B.
Alcohol is the least dangerous of abused substances
- C.
Almost half of all traffic fatalities are causeed by the elderly on medication
- D.
Most people who need drug abuse treatment receive it.
- 11.
- A.
Go around fixing others
- B.
Not get involved with others directly
- C.
Contribute to the welfare of others
- D.
Show others how dissatisfied we are.
- 12.
- A.
Use the all-or-nothing approach
- B.
Question when a product is endorsed by a celebrity
- C.
Try to divert attention from the relevant issue
- D.
Recognize that most events have only one cause
- 13.People with active addictions are what?
- A.
Usually rich enough to addord their addictions
- B.
Usually young white males
- C.
A diverse and varied group of people
- D.
Always great at hiding their addictions
- 14.Which is not a strategy for taking control of your credit cards?
- A.
Taking advantage of cash advance offers
- B.
Checking statements against your records
- C.
Using just one credit card
- D.
Scrutinizing credit card offers
- 15.
- A.
Point out sexist language and behavior
- B.
Get comfortable with sexual comments and actions
- C.
Accept that men get more recognition in school
- D.
Ignore sexist behavior in others
- 16.
- A.
The government is forcing us to live with other cultures
- B.
Foreign students are taking all the good jobs from Americans
- C.
Our daily lives are a cultural tapestry woven by many different peoples
- D.
It causes us to lose the abilitly to function effectively on teams
- 17.If you choose to transform a person's complaints into requests, what can you do?
- A.
Have a more logical reason to be defensive
- B.
Deny responsibility if you are indifferent to the issue at hand
- C.
Show the person how things have always been done
- D.
Help the person translate his own complaint into an action plan.
- 18.What does DOT stand for?
- A.
Decreasing options technology
- B.
Develop options technology
- C.
Decreasing options technique
- D.
Develop options technique
- 19.
- A.
A piece of persuasive writing
- B.
A dry recitation of facts
- C.
A list of previous jobs
- D.
Reference list of information
- 20.
- A.
Include a piece of persuasive writing with your résumé
- B.
Contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- C.
Get a feel for the organization by researching its recent successes in the marketplace
- D.
Highlight your interpersonal skills on your résumé
- 21.
- A.
Face your problems alone
- B.
Quit and do nothing about your problems
- C.
Admit when you dont have the resouces to handle a problem and get help
- D.
Get help when you realize you dont have the resources to handle your problems.
- 22.
- A.
Comparing the item's price to its value
- B.
Purchasing larger size packages of items for a lower per-serving price
- C.
Shopping at discount stores as opposed to specialty retail stores
- D.
Examining your personal values before making purchases.
- 23.Copying and pasting material from a Web page directly into your paper is not the same as taking direct quotes from a source.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.
- A.
Assumptions are usually unstated.
- B.
Many assumptions can be held at the same time.
- C.
Many assumptions may contradict each other.
- D.
All of the above
- 25.
- A.
Women
- B.
Men
- C.
Women or men
- D.
Neither women nor men
- 26.Term life insurance is the least expensive kind of life insurance because it pays only if you die.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 27.When building relationships across cultures what should you not do?
- A.
Learn about other cultures
- B.
Speak and listen with cultural sensitivity.
- C.
See people as the spokesperson for an entire group.
- D.
Learn about yourself and understand the lenses through which you see the world.
- 28.
- A.
Repeat the same words again and again.
- B.
Avoid using gestures.
- C.
Speak faster and louder.
- D.
Print what you are saying in block letters.
- 29.
- A.
Realize that most communication is verbal
- B.
Talk when you are decoding a message.
- C.
Be aware of when you are the sender and when you are the receiver.
- D.
Try to send and receive at the same time.
- 30.Skilled students are thorough thinkers and do what?
- A.
Make assertions based on emotions.
- B.
Ask few questions.
- C.
Not change their point of view.
- D.
Distinguish fact and opinion.
- 31.The process of discovery, intention and action can help you master any change ang achieve any goal.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 32.Transferable skills are general abilities that do what?
- A.
Apply across many different content areas.
- B.
Come close to the heart of what we do in our jobs.
- C.
Are gained by taking advanced degrees.
- D.
Are listed in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
- 33.
- A.
Avoid naps
- B.
Dont exercise
- C.
Read before bedtime
- D.
Watch television in bed.
- 34.
- A.
An online purchase over $1,000
- B.
An online purchase made from a company based outside the United States
- C.
Shopping online while you're drinking alcohol.
- D.
A purchase from an online auction service such as eBay.
- 35.When can mediators help?
- A.
When you need someone to recap your message.
- B.
When a conflict is difficult to resolve.
- C.
When you want to apologize and don't know how.
- D.
When you want someone to resolve the problem for you.
- 36.Reporting a rape is the same thing as pressing charges.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 37.Personal finance software like Quicken or Microsoft Money allow you to do what?
- A.
Compare your actual expenses to budgeted amounts
- B.
Print checks
- C.
Reconcile your records with bank and credit card statements.
- D.
All of the above
- 38.Leadership is a skill that can not be learned.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 39.
- A.
The instructor changing the content of a test
- B.
Extra testing time
- C.
Substituting courses
- D.
Providing note takers and sign language interpreters
- 40.
- A.
Identifying direct quotes with quoataion marks
- B.
Avoiding identifying details if your source is a Web page
- C.
Submitting only your work
- D.
Citing sources for content created by someone other than you.
- 41.
- A.
How you can practice self control
- B.
The ability to see something valuable that you weren't looking for originally
- C.
The ability to predict your success
- D.
Discoveries in the medical field
- 42.What is the best way to gather information about a future school?
- A.
Read research publications (shool catlogs, brochures, websites)
- B.
Contact people (academic advisors, students, staff members)
- C.
Visit the potential schools
- D.
All of the above
- 43.
- A.
Portfolios list facts, including your interests, skills and work history
- B.
Portfolios include tangible artifacts of your accomplishments
- C.
Portfolios list transferable skills and content skills on the first page
- D.
Portfolios catalog only your volunteer work or service-learning projects.
- 44.AIDS is the last stage of a viral infection caused by the human immunodeficeincy virus (HIV) and is what?
- A.
Not just transmitted through sexual contact
- B.
Uncommon among heterosexuals
- C.
Transmitted through coughs, mosquitoes and toilet seats
- D.
Easy to detect because of its obvious symptoms.
- 45.In addition to earning money, which is a benefit to working while in school?
- A.
Gaining experience
- B.
Establishing references
- C.
Expanding your contacts in the community
- D.
All of the above
- 46.An "I" message should never include feelings.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 47.One of the qualities of a critical thinker is that he accepts the fact that people disagree.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 48.
- A.
These substances are the only ways to have fun
- B.
Most of us allow others to dictate how we use our bodies
- C.
Reading this book will help you to overcome addiction.
- D.
Students need information about the costs of substance abuse.
- 49.Which is a way to solve finacial problems in a way that protects you for the future?
- A.
Lying to creditors about your situation
- B.
Continuing to overspend
- C.
Going for credit counseling
- D.
Thinking about your finances in general terms
- 50.TTime spent on conversations about the past is best spent doing what?
- A.
Justifying decisions
- B.
Regretting choices
- C.
Learning from our experiences
- D.
Blaming the true causes
- 51.
- A.
Enabling others to act by making requests, delegating and following up
- B.
Inspiring a shared vision by keeping people in tough with the ultimate value and purpose of the project
- C.
Sustaining the enthusiasm of a project by taking full credit.
- D.
Modeling the qualities you seek in others.
- 52.
- A.
Allows you to limit the amount of research information you will use.
- B.
Allows you to stop changing the precise order of your presentation
- C.
Allows you to start writing from the end of your outline if you need to
- D.
Allows you to use scholarly language to impress your teacher
- 53.
- A.
Stick to your terms
- B.
Not admit uncertainty
- C.
Give mroe support to ideas endorsed by an authority
- D.
Be aware of your hot spots
- 54.
- A.
Only full-time employment
- B.
Bilingual career options
- C.
A limitless supply of career options
- D.
U.S.-based careers
- 55.
- A.
Staying away fron organized support groups
- B.
Keeping a daily journal of you hopes, wishes and goals
- C.
Wasting time and taking anything unrelated to your major
- D.
Finding a mentor to watch your children so you can travel
- 56.
- A.
Forced starvation
- B.
Extended fasts
- C.
Eating only one food at a time for weeks
- D.
Forced purges
- 57.According to the textbook, which is a strategy for spending less money?
- A.
Observing your purchases of small-ticket items
- B.
Paying for your purchases using credit cards
- C.
Never comparison shopping or using coupons
- D.
Going out to dinner every night.
- 58.
- A.
Reading it out loud
- B.
Having someone else look over it
- C.
Taking your time and proofing your work thoroughly
- D.
All of the above
- 59.Which of the following statements illustrates a critical thinker who displays a systematic attitude?
- A.
I have my own theory on this, but I'd like to hear your point of view.
- B.
I thought the debater made several interesting points; I'd like to hear more evidence to support each one.
- C.
I'll be able to understand this after studying the text more thoroughly.
- D.
Let's see where this idea leads.
- 60.Instead of the four food groups, the federal nutrition guidelines are summarized visually by what?
- A.
Fad diets
- B.
The food pyramid
- C.
A crazed glazed donut
- D.
Multimedia advertisers
- 61.According to the textbook, which is not a way to increase your income?
- A.
Focusing on your education
- B.
Working while your in school
- C.
Doing your best at every job
- D.
Cutting classes so that you can make extra money.
- 62.
- A.
Sexual advances
- B.
Displaying or distributing sexually explicit material
- C.
Sexual gestures or jokes
- D.
None of the above
- 63.
- A.
A company that recruits men to perform jobs traditionally held by women.
- B.
A textbook that shows only men in leadership roles.
- C.
A school with only a women's volleyball team starting a men's volleyball team.
- D.
A counselor giving a brochure to a female student about careers in teaching.
- 64.Improvement of nonverbal listening skills occur when you do what?
- A.
Ask the sender to repeat the message
- B.
Allow several seconds to pass before responding to someone
- C.
Frequently look around the room to avoid starting.
- D.
Think about your response while the speaker is talking.
- 65.
- A.
Creative thinking
- B.
Doing something one way all the time
- C.
Fighting off tension and discomfort
- D.
Not saying "I don't know"
- 66.Career planning is a one-and-for-all proposition, so choose carefully.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 67.
- A.
Basing your career choice on what pays the most.
- B.
Realizing you already know a lot about your career plan.
- C.
Knowing that you will probably discover your career someday.
- D.
Reading the want ads to see what careers are popular.
- 68.
- A.
Lambskin condoms are best.
- B.
Condoms are for vaginal sex only.
- C.
Condoms work best with a nonoxynol-9 lubricant.
- D.
Latex condoms work best.
- 69.
- A.
They are small and easily lost.
- B.
They can help you establish credit.
- C.
Their interest rates are always 20% per year or higher.
- D.
They can leave you with a debt load that takes decades to pay off.
- 70.
- A.
Use apologies or qualifiers
- B.
Give in to the request before it has actually been made.
- C.
Remember that one no leads to another yes.
- D.
Say no when you have to grasp for words.
- 71.Which of the following is not one of the four questions to help you become a critical thinker?
- A.
Why am I considering this issues?
- B.
When is serendipity a valuable contribution?
- C.
How well is each point supported?
- D.
What if I could combine a variety of points to make a new point?
- 72.According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, what percentage of college students report missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on papers and exams or receiving lower grades due to drinking?
- A.
51%
- B.
33%
- C.
15%
- D.
25%
- 73.The advantage of student loans obtained from private companies is that they offer fixed interest rates.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 74.
- A.
They belong to the dominant or mainstream culture.
- B.
They are always bicultural.
- C.
They value diversity and are committed to cultural understanding.
- D.
They are often teachers, tutors, counselors or social workers.
- 75.A barrier can occur while you are sending a message to someone when you do what?
- A.
Become more aware of your nonverbal behavior
- B.
Avoid making assumtions about people's reactions
- C.
Use an "I" message
- D.
Use questions that aren't really questions but are actually requests.
- 76.Brainstorming solutions to problems work best when you do what?
- A.
Choose one path and follow it all the way
- B.
Look at data from one side
- C.
Look for an immediate solution
- D.
Evaluate your options
- 77.The journey of a master student ends after graduation.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 78.Career planning works best when you do what?
- A.
Ignore your deepest desires while making such an important decision.
- B.
Try to find the one "right" career
- C.
Relax and let others make the decision for you
- D.
Use specific names to describe you career plans.
- 79.
- A.
Indigestion
- B.
High productivity
- C.
A deeling of serenity
- D.
A high energy level
- 80.Studies have shown that obtaining highter levels of education is associated with what?
- A.
Increased stress and risk of heart attack
- B.
Increased debt load
- C.
Lower levels of unemployment, incarceration and smoking
- D.
Living in large urban centers
- 81.
- A.
Research topic thoroughly
- B.
Focus on delivery, not content
- C.
Ignore the physical sensations commonly associated with stage fright
- D.
Adopt a performance orientation when giving a speech
- 82.
- A.
Define the problem, generate possibilities, create a plan, perform a plan
- B.
Define the problem, evaluate the problem, create possible solutions, practice critical thinking skills
- C.
Practice critical thinking, plan your solutions, pave the way to success, perform success
- D.
Define possible options, prepare for quality work, plan your work, work your plan
- 83.
- A.
Take it seriously
- B.
Listen actively and completely
- C.
Seek professional help
- D.
All of the above
- 84.Meeting with a credit counselor is a recommended option if you get in money trouble.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 85.Stereotypes are errors in thinking-inaccurate ideas about members of another culture.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 86.Leadership is the art of what?
- A.
Being concerned with making major mistakes
- B.
Worrying about the smaller details of a plan
- C.
Doing thing on your own and not asking for help
- D.
Reminding others of the long term vision.
- 87.
- A.
"I don't like to waste our manager's time by being late."
- B.
"I would never be late to a meeting if I were you."
- C.
"I hate it when you show up late."
- D.
"I suppose I should schedule the meeting later so you can make it on time."
- 88.Conducting a brainstorming session works best when you do what?
- A.
Don't accept ideas that seem silly
- B.
Work by yourself whenever possible
- C.
Write the ideas down after the session
- D.
Avoid making judgments and evaluations during the session
- 89.
- A.
Meaningful community service
- B.
A salary at minimum wage
- C.
Reflection about what was learned during the project
- D.
A formal academic curriculum
- 90.When you are looking for help in overcoming an addiction, groups like _____ can be helpful.
- A.
AAA
- B.
FFA
- C.
AA
- D.
OK
- 91.The Money Monitor/Money Summary Plan is an opportunity to discover what?
- A.
How to make more money
- B.
How money flows in and out of your life
- C.
How to save more money
- D.
How to spend more money
- 92.
- A.
You are obligated to speak in a certain way
- B.
Creating your future through writing term papers
- C.
Making and keeping agreements
- D.
Agreeing to relationships at all costs
- 93.
- A.
"When I need a new outfit, I ask my gay friends because they probably know a lot about fashion."
- B.
"If you want to learn how to speak Japanese, ask my friend Naoko because she's taking Japanese this semester."
- C.
"If you want to learn how to play basketball, ask Greg because he's African-American."
- D.
"The college should hire a woman when it chooses the new president because she will be more sensitive to students."
- 94.In a research paper, which of these would you not need to use quotation marks around?
- A.
A paraphrase of a science article as long as you cite the source
- B.
A cut and paste article from an entertainment website
- C.
An entire e-mail message from an instructor at your school
- D.
The opening lines of a speech by a visiting lecturer.
- 95.Master students should learn to ask good questions because doing so does what?
- A.
Leads to a single solution to problems
- B.
Helps improve relationship with friends, coworkers and teachers
- C.
Proves that current facts are always correct
- D.
Frustrates teachers
- 96.The key to successful public speaking is practice.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 97.You can communicate actively across cultures just by sharing the same classroom with people from other races and ethnic groups.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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