1.
The most important skill you'll need to learn in college is
A. 
How to keep learning throughout your life.
B. 
C. 
D. 
To become more set in your ways.
2.
Two of the most often-cited differences between hight school and college are increased autonomy and
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
3.
A goal is what you want to ahieve. An objective is
A. 
B. 
C. 
Both tangible and measurable.
D. 
4.
What type of people frequently say that staying focused was the key to their success?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
5.
Which of the following is the most important priority for a first-year student?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
6.
You should try to reserve at least _____ hours of study time for each hour you spend in class.
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
7.
When organizing your day, youc an use these times review for your classes.
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
8.
Which of the following should you not do when organizing your study time?
A. 
B. 
Study difficult subjects last.
C. 
D. 
Divide study time into fifty-minute blocks.
9.
What type of scheduling allows you to enroll in back-to-back classes and may help with time, employment, and family commitments?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
10.
Where is the best place to study so you can concentrate?
A. 
At the kitchen table while eating dinner
B. 
In your living room watching TV
C. 
A quiet place on or off campus
D. 
11.
According to the text, what does the author believe is your single greatest enemy?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
12.
Professors are likely to introduce material in their lectures that aren't coverd in the text. What two skills are necessary for capturing this information
A. 
B. 
C. 
Communicating and listening
D. 
Listening and note taking
13.
According to your text,w hich of the following activities done before class will help you retain information that is important from class?
A. 
B. 
Asking questions in class.
C. 
Reviewing your study notes from the previous class.
D. 
14.
According to the Cornell format of note taking, how many columns will you have on your notebook paper?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
15.
What note-taking format is represented by Roman numerals, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and numbers?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
16.
Once you've decided on a note-taking system, what techniques can you use to put that sytem to work?
A. 
B. 
Don't try to write down everything
C. 
Prepare to use your notes as a study tool
D. 
17.
A popular way to teach in college because it involves active learning is
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
18.
Quantitative courses such as mathematics, chemistry, and pysics are
A. 
Courses that are separate from each other.
B. 
Courses that are the same.
C. 
Courses that build on each other.
D. 
Courses that are difficult to understand.
19.
__________ terms ofen have exact meanings and cannot be paraphrased.
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
20.
The phenomenon known as "the forgetting curve" states that most forgetting takes place within
A. 
The first twenty-four hours.
B. 
C. 
D. 
21.
In large classroom settings, instructors often use what method to present the information to students?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
22.
The purpose of ________ is to get the big picture, to understand how what you are about to read is connected to what you already know.
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
23.
According to the text, what percent of students identify themselves as visual learners?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
24.
If a student considers him- or herself to be a visual learner what technique is considered to be an excellent learning tool?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
25.
Where do you typically find the central idea of a chapter?
A. 
B. 
In the chapter introduction
C. 
In the supporting details of the chapter
D.