2025/2026 TEST 2 STUDY GUIDE
Time Log - ANSWERS-A record of how one spends one's time
Priorities - ANSWERS-The tasks and activities that one needs and
wants to do, rank ordered from most important to least important
Master Calendar - ANSWERS-A schedule showing the weeks of a
longer time period, such as a college term, with all assignments and
important activities noted on it
Weekly timetable - ANSWERS-A schedule showing all regular, pre-
scheduled activities due to occur in the week, together with one-time
events and commitments
Daily to-do list - ANSWERS-A schedule showing the tasks, activities,
and appointments due to occur during the day
Procrastination - ANSWERS-The habit of putting off and delaying tasks
that need to be accomplished
Hearing - ANSWERS-An involuntary act of sensing sound
, Active listening - ANSWERS-The voluntary act of focusing on what is
actually being said, making sense of it, and THINKING about it in a way
that it could be recalled accurately
Meta-message - ANSWERS-The underlying main ideas that a speaker
is seeking to convey; the meaning behind the overt message
Make schedules, make priorities, do not procrastinate - ANSWERS-
Three ways to take control of your time?
1. Break large task into small ones.
2. Start with the easiest and simplest part of a task, and then do the
harder parts.
3. Just begin (start your task) - ANSWERS-Three ways to combat
procrastination?
1. Identify the goals for the class.
2. Complete assignments before class.
3. Skim your notes before class - ANSWERS-Three steps to prepare
you to take notes in class?
1. use active listening
2. Listen to Key ideas!
Time Log - ANSWERS-A record of how one spends one's time
Priorities - ANSWERS-The tasks and activities that one needs and
wants to do, rank ordered from most important to least important
Master Calendar - ANSWERS-A schedule showing the weeks of a
longer time period, such as a college term, with all assignments and
important activities noted on it
Weekly timetable - ANSWERS-A schedule showing all regular, pre-
scheduled activities due to occur in the week, together with one-time
events and commitments
Daily to-do list - ANSWERS-A schedule showing the tasks, activities,
and appointments due to occur during the day
Procrastination - ANSWERS-The habit of putting off and delaying tasks
that need to be accomplished
Hearing - ANSWERS-An involuntary act of sensing sound
, Active listening - ANSWERS-The voluntary act of focusing on what is
actually being said, making sense of it, and THINKING about it in a way
that it could be recalled accurately
Meta-message - ANSWERS-The underlying main ideas that a speaker
is seeking to convey; the meaning behind the overt message
Make schedules, make priorities, do not procrastinate - ANSWERS-
Three ways to take control of your time?
1. Break large task into small ones.
2. Start with the easiest and simplest part of a task, and then do the
harder parts.
3. Just begin (start your task) - ANSWERS-Three ways to combat
procrastination?
1. Identify the goals for the class.
2. Complete assignments before class.
3. Skim your notes before class - ANSWERS-Three steps to prepare
you to take notes in class?
1. use active listening
2. Listen to Key ideas!
