Managing Time - Employability Skills

Which of the following is a true statement?

• Time management means always doing more than one task at the same time.

• Time management means always doing more than one task at the same time.

• Time management is about planning to get tasks done and doing them.

• One way to manage your time well is to ignore deadlines and focus on doing the most fun activities.

To spend your time productively, you need to have set some _____.

• long-term goals

• short-term goals

• SMART goals

• goals

Which word means a result or effect of an action or condition?

• Chore

• Deadline

• Consequence

• Goal

Which word means determine the order for dealing with (a series of items or tasks) according to their relative importance?

• Planner

• Schedule

• Prioritize

• Task

If you aren't sure how long a task will take, you should ________.

• skip it

• give yourself only 5 minutes to finish it

• do it last

• give yourself extra time to finish it

You should spend your time on things that are important to others.

• True

• False

 Dylan has a final exam on Tuesday. His goal is to earn an A+ on it. On Monday afternoon, he starts playing video games. When his father tells him to study, Dylan responds, “I’ll do it later.” What could Dylan improve about his time management skills?

• He should think about his goals and what will help him to reach them.

• He should take more breaks.

• He should make a more flexible schedule.

• Dylan is managing his time well.

True or False: Leisure time is time spent doing routine, necessary things like sleeping and eating.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a good time management strategy?

• forgetting about deadlines

• thinking about the consequences of your actions when you prioritize your tasks, you can do the 888 Balance strategy

• never looking at a schedule or to-do list and just doing the tasks you remember

• keeping your phone next to you while you study

 

WHAT IS TIME MANAGEMENT

• process of organizing time commensurate with the Schedule of daily Life

• refers to managing time effectively so that the right time is allocated to the right activity

• act of arranging your commitments according to the time scheduled and their importance.

• all of the above