21st Century Study Skills Quiz Chapters 20-23

In a short answer or essay test question, what is an action word?

• tells how to answer

• used for deeper analysis

• words such as "analyze" and "evaluate"

• all of the above

What is the stem of a multiple choice question?

• none of the above

• the question

• all of the above

• answer A

What is the obvjious distractor of this multiple choice question?

Martha Washington was:

• George Washington's wife

• the first president's wife

• cleaned the house

• picking apples at Mount Vernon

By using a process of elimination to find the answer in the previous question about Martha Washington, you eliminated the answer because

• she was not married

• it was not grammatically correct

• she divorced George Washington

• she never picked any apples

Anticipating questions and choices your teacher might include on a multiple choice test is a good way to study. When you do this include:

• wrong, better & best choices

• choices with processes & steps

• choices with chronology of events

• all of the above

On a multiple choice test, when deciding between 2 choices which both seem correct, eliminate the choice that:

• grammatically agrees with the stem

• is true only under certain narrow conditions

• needs additional facts read into it to make it work

• both b and c

How can voice intonation be used effectively in an oral presentation?

• can make the presentation boring

• can be used a pause many times

• can emphasize a point or transition

• should not be used

How can the speaker's facial expression add to their message in a speech?

• Can make the audience bored

• Can "draw in" the audience

• it has no effect

• Can make the audience look interested

In an oral presentation, what are cue cards used for?

• to proofread

• as a reference for main points

• to study

• to read the entire speech

When an action word tells you to analyze a key word, concept or idea, what should you do?

• define

• answer true or false

• summarize

• examine in detail