Unit 1 College and Career Readiness Quiz

Which of the following below is a good way for you to improve your college and career readiness?

• Start saving for college after you get accepted

• Ask your friends for help when you have trouble in class

• Set SMART goals for yourself

• Rely on your teachers to tell you what your grades are and when assignments are due

Older people leaving the workplace are generally more educated than younger people joining the workforce.

• True

• False

The cross-disciplinary standards include "soft skills" students must be able to master in order to be college and career ready.

• True

• False

Which of the following is considered a foundation skill for college and career readiness, according to the college and career readiness standards?

• Performing computations with real and complex numbers

• Using technology to communicate and display findings in a clear and coherent manner

• Evaluating sources from multiple perspectives

• Understanding energy transformations

Which of the following below best defines college readiness?

• Being prepared to learn successfully beyond high school

• Begin able to apply knowledge to work force tasks

• Being able to get into any college in which a student applies

• Being able to identify which jobs will provide the best income for students

According to research, what percentage of 21st century jobs require some form of post-secondary education?

• 25%

• 55%

• 80%

• 95%

Which of the following is/are considered major skill areas for career readiness?

• Core academic skills

• Employability skills

• Technical job-specific skills

• All of the above

In this course, "college" refers to:

• Community colleges

• Military education

• Technical training after high school

• Continuing education

• All of the above

Key Learning Skills and Techniques is the ability to:

• Self-monitor behaviors

• Complete FAFSA

• Interpret different types of texts

• Use challenging learning tools

Career readiness is the ability to:

• Learn factual information

• Obtain a high reading ability to interpret technical skills

• Develop thinking, application and contextual skills

• None of the above