Study skills
Which of the following is an example of 'Active Recall' when studying for an exam?
a)Closing your book and trying to explain a concept in your own words.
b)Reading the textbook chapter three times to ensure it sinks in.
c)Listening to a recorded lecture while doing other household chores.
d)Using a highlighter to mark the most important sentences in a paragraph.
Closing your book and trying to explain a concept in your own words.
You are in a race and you overtake the person in second place. What place are you in now?
a)First place
b)Third place
c)Second place d)Last place
c) Second place
If you pass the person in second, you take their position, while the person in first remains ahead of you.
The 'Pomodoro Technique' suggests breaking study time into intervals. What is the primary purpose of the short breaks?
a)To prevent mental fatigue and maintain high levels of focus.
b)To ensure you spend more time resting than actually studying.
c)To give you time to check all your social media notifications.
d)To allow you to finish a different homework assignment.
a)To prevent mental fatigue and maintain high levels of focus.
A father and son are in a car crash. The father is killed and the son is taken to the hospital. The surgeon says, 'I cannot operate on this boy; he is my son.' How is this possible?
a)The surgeon is the boy's biological father, and the man in the car was a stepfather.
b)The surgeon is the boy's mother.
c)The boy was adopted.
d)The surgeon is lying.
b)The surgeon is the boy's mother.
When taking notes, the 'Cornell Method' encourages you to write questions in the left-hand column. Why is this effective?
a)It fills up the page faster so you feel like you did more work.
b) It is a requirement for all college-level courses.
c)It makes the paper look more organized for the teacher.
d) It allows you to quiz yourself later using the questions as cues.
d) It allows you to quiz yourself later using the questions as cues.
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
a)a desert
b) a photograph
c) a map
d) a dream
c) a map
In the context of the Eisenhower Matrix, how should a task that is 'Urgent but Not Important' be handled?
A) Do it immediately yourself
B) Delegate it to someone else or automate it
C) Schedule it for a later date
D) Delete it from your list entirely
B) Delegate it to someone else or automate it
Critical thinking involves 'Socratic Questioning.' What is the main goal of this technique?
a) To challenge assumptions and explore the underlying logic of an idea.
b)To memorize as many facts as possible.
с) To win an argument by confusing the other person.
d) To find the one and only correct answer to every problem
a) To challenge assumptions and explore the underlying logic of an idea.
Which of these is a 'Growth Mindset' approach to receiving a failing grade on a quiz?
а) Blaming the teacher for making the questions too difficult
b) Analyzing the mistakes to understand what concepts you didn't grasp yet.
c) Ignoring the grade and hoping the next quiz will be easier.
d) Deciding that you are simply 'not a math person' and focusing on other subjects.
b) Analyzing the mistakes to understand what concepts you didn't grasp yet.
A man looks at a painting and says, 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the painting?
a) his farther
b) his nephew
c) his son
d) the man himself
c) His son
Since he has no siblings, 'my father's son' must be himself. Therefore, the man in the painting's father is 'himself'.
What is 'Time Blocking' in a daily schedule?
A) Answering emails as soon as they arrive
B) Counting how many hours you spent on social media
C) Refusing to do any work after 5:00 PM
D)Assigning a specific period of time to a single task or group
D)Assigning a specific period of time to a single task or group
When engaging in 'Critical Reading,' what is the primary goal of identifying the author's 'tone'?
c) To understand the author's attitude or feelings toward the subject
Which study skill involves 'Interleaving'?
d) Mixing different topics or types of problems within a single session
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
b) silense
The 'Eat the Frog' rule suggests you should:
A) Do your smallest task first
B) Complete your most difficult or important task first thing in the morning
C) Take a long lunch break
D) Multi-task to finish everything
B) Complete your most difficult or important task first thing in the morning
In critical thinking, an 'Ad Hominem' fallacy (emotional manipulation) occurs when someone:
When using the 'SQ3R' method, what does the first 'R' stand for?
I have no voice, yet I speak to all who seek me.
I have no eyes, yet I show you the world.
The more of me you share, the more of me you actually have. I can be forgotten, but I can never be used up.
a) language
b)book
c)knowledge
d) life
c)knowledge
Which of the following is a common symptom of 'Parkinson's Law'?
A student who strongly believes that "multitasking is an effective way to study" only reads articles that support his view and ignores three scientific studies showing that multitasking decreases memory retention. This student is demonstrating:
• A) Ad Hominem
• B) Conflict of Interest
• C) Confirmation Bias
• D) Parkinson's Law
C) Confirmation Bias