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COL 103 Final Exam Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: 3)getting through four chapters per week by reading for
twenty minutes each night
Ans✅ ✅: Daniel sets the long-term goal of reading a novel in Spanish by the end of
the term. Which option is the best supporting short-term goal?
1)reading on any night he doesn't have other plans
2)being halfway through the novel by midterms
3)getting through four chapters per week by reading for twenty minutes each night
4)spending a lot of time reading plot summaries to help his comprehension
Question: 3)This goal is not specific.
Ans✅ ✅: Identify why the following statement is not a S.M.A.R.T. goal: "I plan to
major in a subject that will help me help people when I graduate."
1)This goal is not realistic.
2)This goal is not attainable.
3)This goal is not specific.
4)This goal is not desirable.
Question: 4)I will spend half an hour practicing my French every day
this year so I can converse in French with a friend.
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Ans✅ ✅: Which example is a long-term academic goal?
1)I will practice the piano for half an hour this week.
2)I will spend an hour every night reading magazines.
3)I will visit websites about investing this week so that I can apply what I learn in the
next two weeks.
4)I will spend half an hour practicing my French every day this year so I can converse in
French with a friend.
Question: 3)People with at least a bachelor's degree make more money
than people with an associate's degree.
Ans✅ ✅: Which statement about salary and unemployment is true?
1)The unemployment rate of people with an associate's degree is higher than that of
people who have a high school diploma.
2)People with a high school diploma usually make about as much money as people
who have an associate's degree.
3)People with at least a bachelor's degree make more money than people with an
associate's degree.
4)The unemployment rate of people with less than a high school diploma is about the
same as for people with an associate's degree.
Question: 1)short-term
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Ans✅ ✅: Ayah hopes to obtain her medical license to practice medicine someday.
However, to reach that goal, Ayah plans to apply to take the pre-qualifying MCAT
exam next week. Which type of goal is applying for the MCAT exam?
1)short-term
2)interim
3)long-term
4)immediate
Question: 4)set a time frame for finding information on internships
Ans✅ ✅: Hank wants to find an internship in computer science. He tells a friend,
"My goal is to find out more about internships." Two weeks later, Hank's friend asks
him what he's learned. Hank says, "I don't know anything yet." What can Hank do to
make SMART goals that will help him achieve his goal of finding out more about
internships?
1)identify other people he knows who plan to find an internship
2)write a list of internships he thinks sound interesting
3)study more for his computer science class than his core classes
4)set a time frame for finding information on internships
Question: 1)This goal is not measurable.
Ans✅ ✅: Identify why the following statement is not a S.M.A.R.T. goal: "My goal is
to make a lot of money within three years of leaving college with my engineering
degree."
1)This goal is not measurable.
2)This goal is not specific.
3)This goal is not desirable.
4)This goal does not have a time frame attached to it.
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Question: 4)All of the above
Ans✅ ✅: Choose the correct answer that is a choice(s) found in 'The Essential
Cornerstones for Success in a Changing World.'
1)Seek Excellence as a Communicator
2)Become a Desirable Employee
3)Practice Loyalty and Trustworthiness
4)All of the above
Question: 2)knowledge
Ans✅ ✅: Lawrence is strongly considering a career in library science. Which central
value would Lawrence be most likely to have to connect him to that goal?
1)risk-taking
2)knowledge
3)spiritual/religious life
4)financial stability
Question: 2)concrete and improve the chances of achieving it.
Ans✅ ✅: Anyone can set goals, but that doesn't guarantee a person will achieve
them. If a student sets SMART goals, he or she is more likely to succeed. SMART is an
acronym for a list of qualities that make a goal more
1)enjoyable to work toward.
2)concrete and improve the chances of achieving it.
3)acceptable to self, family, and educators.
4)value-centered.
Question: 3)accept responsibility for what happens in your life.
COL 103 Final Exam Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: 3)getting through four chapters per week by reading for
twenty minutes each night
Ans✅ ✅: Daniel sets the long-term goal of reading a novel in Spanish by the end of
the term. Which option is the best supporting short-term goal?
1)reading on any night he doesn't have other plans
2)being halfway through the novel by midterms
3)getting through four chapters per week by reading for twenty minutes each night
4)spending a lot of time reading plot summaries to help his comprehension
Question: 3)This goal is not specific.
Ans✅ ✅: Identify why the following statement is not a S.M.A.R.T. goal: "I plan to
major in a subject that will help me help people when I graduate."
1)This goal is not realistic.
2)This goal is not attainable.
3)This goal is not specific.
4)This goal is not desirable.
Question: 4)I will spend half an hour practicing my French every day
this year so I can converse in French with a friend.
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Ans✅ ✅: Which example is a long-term academic goal?
1)I will practice the piano for half an hour this week.
2)I will spend an hour every night reading magazines.
3)I will visit websites about investing this week so that I can apply what I learn in the
next two weeks.
4)I will spend half an hour practicing my French every day this year so I can converse in
French with a friend.
Question: 3)People with at least a bachelor's degree make more money
than people with an associate's degree.
Ans✅ ✅: Which statement about salary and unemployment is true?
1)The unemployment rate of people with an associate's degree is higher than that of
people who have a high school diploma.
2)People with a high school diploma usually make about as much money as people
who have an associate's degree.
3)People with at least a bachelor's degree make more money than people with an
associate's degree.
4)The unemployment rate of people with less than a high school diploma is about the
same as for people with an associate's degree.
Question: 1)short-term
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Ans✅ ✅: Ayah hopes to obtain her medical license to practice medicine someday.
However, to reach that goal, Ayah plans to apply to take the pre-qualifying MCAT
exam next week. Which type of goal is applying for the MCAT exam?
1)short-term
2)interim
3)long-term
4)immediate
Question: 4)set a time frame for finding information on internships
Ans✅ ✅: Hank wants to find an internship in computer science. He tells a friend,
"My goal is to find out more about internships." Two weeks later, Hank's friend asks
him what he's learned. Hank says, "I don't know anything yet." What can Hank do to
make SMART goals that will help him achieve his goal of finding out more about
internships?
1)identify other people he knows who plan to find an internship
2)write a list of internships he thinks sound interesting
3)study more for his computer science class than his core classes
4)set a time frame for finding information on internships
Question: 1)This goal is not measurable.
Ans✅ ✅: Identify why the following statement is not a S.M.A.R.T. goal: "My goal is
to make a lot of money within three years of leaving college with my engineering
degree."
1)This goal is not measurable.
2)This goal is not specific.
3)This goal is not desirable.
4)This goal does not have a time frame attached to it.
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Question: 4)All of the above
Ans✅ ✅: Choose the correct answer that is a choice(s) found in 'The Essential
Cornerstones for Success in a Changing World.'
1)Seek Excellence as a Communicator
2)Become a Desirable Employee
3)Practice Loyalty and Trustworthiness
4)All of the above
Question: 2)knowledge
Ans✅ ✅: Lawrence is strongly considering a career in library science. Which central
value would Lawrence be most likely to have to connect him to that goal?
1)risk-taking
2)knowledge
3)spiritual/religious life
4)financial stability
Question: 2)concrete and improve the chances of achieving it.
Ans✅ ✅: Anyone can set goals, but that doesn't guarantee a person will achieve
them. If a student sets SMART goals, he or she is more likely to succeed. SMART is an
acronym for a list of qualities that make a goal more
1)enjoyable to work toward.
2)concrete and improve the chances of achieving it.
3)acceptable to self, family, and educators.
4)value-centered.
Question: 3)accept responsibility for what happens in your life.
