Test Bank For College Study Skills: Becoming a Strategic
Learner
CHAPTER 1
1. A kinesthetic learner would be most comfortable in a class that involved
a. a lot of reading.
b. listening to lectures.
* c. projects or lab experiments.
d. oral exams.
2. Strategic learners know how to monitor their learning, to check to see if they
really understand what they think they know. This falls under which aspect of
strategic learning?
* a. self-regulation
b. active learning
c. skill
d. will
3. Working on a task because you want to learn or do something (even when you
don’t have to) can be described as
a. goal oriented motivation
* b. intrinsic motivation
c. extrinsic motivation
d. self-efficacy
4. Which of the following is not a good strategy for increasing motivation?
a. set learning goals
b. use positive self-talk
* c. minimize the effort that you expend on each task
d. use active study strategies
5. Self-efficacy can best be described as:
* a. Your belief in your ability to successfully complete a task.
b. Your understanding of the level of effort that you must make to learn what is
expected of you.
c. Your general intellectual level.
d. Your knowledge of how you learn best.
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6. The ability to think about and control one’s learning is referred to as:
a. cognition
b. self-efficacy
* c. metacognition
d. monitoring
7. Identifying what you need to study and learn is referred to as
a. performance awareness
b. strategy awareness
c. mastery awareness
* d. task awareness
8. Attending class in order to earn a good grade in the course can be described as:
a. an academic goal
b. a realistic goal
c. intrinsic motivation
* d. extrinsic motivation
9. Which of the following is not one of the three main factors that influences motivation?
a. goals
b. self-efficacy
* c. positive attitude
d. level of effort
10. Which of the following best describes the key to college success?
* a. Success leads to increased motivation, which leads to more effort, which leads
to more success.
b. Failure leads to higher goals, which leads to more effort, which leads to success.
c. Increased effort leads to higher motivation, which leads to working harder,
which leads to success.
d. Early success leads to higher motivation, which leads to more success.
11. How much effort you put into completing a task is best determined by
* a. How motivated you are
b. How much time you have available
c. Which strategies you use
d. How much you like the task
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12. Which of the following is not one of the stages of self-regulation?
a. Planning
* b. Goal setting
c. Evaluating
d. Monitoring
13. Setting goals, selecting appropriate study strategies, and believing in your own ability
are all examples of:
a. skill
* b. will
c. self-regulation
d. motivation
14. Which of the following is not a reason some students experience low motivation?
a. homesickness
b. fear of failure
* c. friends with higher motivation
d. stress
15. Performance- ________________ goals motivate students who work hard to be
the best in the class.
a. avoidance
* b. approach
c. motivation
d. none of the above
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Learner
CHAPTER 2
1. According to the text, which of the following would be a well-developed goal?
a. Although I have the ability to do better, I will be satisfied with a C in
Political Science this semester.
* b. Based on my background and skills, I will obtain a B in Exploring Geology.
c. Even though my experiences tell me that a C is the likely grade I'll earn in
English Literature, I will work for the A my mother wants me to get.
d. In spite of the C I earned in Trigonometry last semester, I will earn an A in
Calculus I this semester.
2. When developing a goal, what role should challenge play?
a. It is best to set goals that are easily attainable with little challenge.
* b. The best goals are moderately challenging.
c. Shoot for the stars! Set very challenging goals.
d. It is best to set goals that vary in challenge.
3. Which of the following would be a well-developed goal for an evening?
* a. I will read twenty pages of European History this evening beginning at 7 p.m.
b. I will read some of Chapter 3 in my psychology text this evening.
c. I will learn how to graph functions with my calculator this evening.
d. I will review geography this evening for Thursday's quiz until I am too tired
to study anymore.
4. Which of the following is an advantage of short-term goals?
a. They will keep you directed toward your career.
b. They are useful in allowing you to monitor your overall performance.
c. They are much more important for helping you achieve personal goals rather
than academic goals.
* d. They help you make the small steps toward those long-term goals.
5. Objectives such as reading a political science chapter, completing a set of
mathematics problems, and going to the library to read a reserve selection
would be classified as _____________goals.
a. personal
b. primary
c. long-term
* d. study
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Learner
CHAPTER 1
1. A kinesthetic learner would be most comfortable in a class that involved
a. a lot of reading.
b. listening to lectures.
* c. projects or lab experiments.
d. oral exams.
2. Strategic learners know how to monitor their learning, to check to see if they
really understand what they think they know. This falls under which aspect of
strategic learning?
* a. self-regulation
b. active learning
c. skill
d. will
3. Working on a task because you want to learn or do something (even when you
don’t have to) can be described as
a. goal oriented motivation
* b. intrinsic motivation
c. extrinsic motivation
d. self-efficacy
4. Which of the following is not a good strategy for increasing motivation?
a. set learning goals
b. use positive self-talk
* c. minimize the effort that you expend on each task
d. use active study strategies
5. Self-efficacy can best be described as:
* a. Your belief in your ability to successfully complete a task.
b. Your understanding of the level of effort that you must make to learn what is
expected of you.
c. Your general intellectual level.
d. Your knowledge of how you learn best.
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,Test Bank For College Study Skills: Becoming a Strategic
Learner
6. The ability to think about and control one’s learning is referred to as:
a. cognition
b. self-efficacy
* c. metacognition
d. monitoring
7. Identifying what you need to study and learn is referred to as
a. performance awareness
b. strategy awareness
c. mastery awareness
* d. task awareness
8. Attending class in order to earn a good grade in the course can be described as:
a. an academic goal
b. a realistic goal
c. intrinsic motivation
* d. extrinsic motivation
9. Which of the following is not one of the three main factors that influences motivation?
a. goals
b. self-efficacy
* c. positive attitude
d. level of effort
10. Which of the following best describes the key to college success?
* a. Success leads to increased motivation, which leads to more effort, which leads
to more success.
b. Failure leads to higher goals, which leads to more effort, which leads to success.
c. Increased effort leads to higher motivation, which leads to working harder,
which leads to success.
d. Early success leads to higher motivation, which leads to more success.
11. How much effort you put into completing a task is best determined by
* a. How motivated you are
b. How much time you have available
c. Which strategies you use
d. How much you like the task
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Learner
12. Which of the following is not one of the stages of self-regulation?
a. Planning
* b. Goal setting
c. Evaluating
d. Monitoring
13. Setting goals, selecting appropriate study strategies, and believing in your own ability
are all examples of:
a. skill
* b. will
c. self-regulation
d. motivation
14. Which of the following is not a reason some students experience low motivation?
a. homesickness
b. fear of failure
* c. friends with higher motivation
d. stress
15. Performance- ________________ goals motivate students who work hard to be
the best in the class.
a. avoidance
* b. approach
c. motivation
d. none of the above
3
, Test Bank For College Study Skills: Becoming a Strategic
Learner
CHAPTER 2
1. According to the text, which of the following would be a well-developed goal?
a. Although I have the ability to do better, I will be satisfied with a C in
Political Science this semester.
* b. Based on my background and skills, I will obtain a B in Exploring Geology.
c. Even though my experiences tell me that a C is the likely grade I'll earn in
English Literature, I will work for the A my mother wants me to get.
d. In spite of the C I earned in Trigonometry last semester, I will earn an A in
Calculus I this semester.
2. When developing a goal, what role should challenge play?
a. It is best to set goals that are easily attainable with little challenge.
* b. The best goals are moderately challenging.
c. Shoot for the stars! Set very challenging goals.
d. It is best to set goals that vary in challenge.
3. Which of the following would be a well-developed goal for an evening?
* a. I will read twenty pages of European History this evening beginning at 7 p.m.
b. I will read some of Chapter 3 in my psychology text this evening.
c. I will learn how to graph functions with my calculator this evening.
d. I will review geography this evening for Thursday's quiz until I am too tired
to study anymore.
4. Which of the following is an advantage of short-term goals?
a. They will keep you directed toward your career.
b. They are useful in allowing you to monitor your overall performance.
c. They are much more important for helping you achieve personal goals rather
than academic goals.
* d. They help you make the small steps toward those long-term goals.
5. Objectives such as reading a political science chapter, completing a set of
mathematics problems, and going to the library to read a reserve selection
would be classified as _____________goals.
a. personal
b. primary
c. long-term
* d. study
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