Test Bank For Power Learning and Your Life 3rd Canadian Edition By Robert S Feldman

Test Bank For Power Learning and Your Life 3rd Canadian Edition By Robert S Feldman

Chapter 05
Taking Tests

True / False Questions

1. Very knowledgeable students can do very poorly on a test due to stress, while a less knowledgeable student can do well on a test if they have solid test preparation techniques.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-05 Test-Preparation Strategies

2. Test anxiety is a temporary condition characterized by fears and concerns about test-taking.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-06 Deal with Test Anxiety

3. Study groups don’t work well for students with learning styles that favour working independently.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-05 Test-Preparation Strategies

4. When the exam is over, material that you have crammed into your head is destined to leave your mind as quickly as it is entered.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-06 Deal with Test Anxiety

5. Intra-test knowledge can help you allocate your time.
FALSE
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 05-02 Discuss effective strategies for writing tests.
Topic: 05-08 Test-Taking Strategies

6. You should plan on panicking for a short while during a test.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-07 Reducing Anxiety on the Day of the Test

7. An initial read-through of an exam may provide you with intra-test knowledge.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 05-02 Discuss effective strategies for writing tests.
Topic: 05-08 Test-Taking Strategies

8. Educated guessing is the same as random guessing.
FALSE
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 05-02 Discuss effective strategies for writing tests.
Topic: 05-09 Answer Specific Types of Test Questions Appropriately

9. A fill-in question requires a lengthy response in the student’s own words.
FALSE
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-02 Discuss effective strategies for writing tests.
Topic: 05-09 Answer Specific Types of Test Questions Appropriately

Multiple Choice Questions

10. Which statement best describes tests?
A. They are direct and imperfect measures of what you know.
B. They are indirect and perfect measures of what you know.
C. They are direct and perfect measures of what you know.
D. They are indirect and imperfect measures of what you know.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-01 What Tests Measure

11. Which of the following course work counts as test preparation?
A. Completing only the assignments that count heavily toward the course
B. Completing all assignments and reviewing feedback
C. Reading assigned chapters the night before the test
D. Attending the class before the test
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-03 Course Work as Test Preparation

12. To study for essay questions on a test, you should prepare by
A. cramming the night before.
B. remembering small details from the textbook.
C. listing facts and the connections between them.
D. reviewing a list of the facts.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-05 Test-Preparation Strategies

13. To study for short-answer and fill-in questions, you should prepare by
A. cramming the night before.
B. listing the connections between facts.
C. answering potential questions aloud.
D. recalling specific, detailed information.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-05 Test-Preparation Strategies

14. Which of the following statements is false in relation to test anxiety?
A. You should completely eliminate test anxiety to get your best results.
B. Text anxiety is a temporary condition.
C. Test anxiety can be alleviated through thorough preparation.
D. Test anxiety can be alleviated by taking a realistic view of the test.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-06 Deal with Test Anxiety

15. Which of the following statements is most true about study groups?
A. They make it more likely that students will not overlook any potentially important information.
B. They don’t always work well for students with learning styles that favour working independently.
C. They make it more likely that students will overlook information.
D. They don’t allow students to share different perspectives about the material.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-05 Test-Preparation Strategies

16. Hurried, last-minute studying is known as
A. inevitable.
B. long-term.
C. cramming.
D. cramping.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-06 Deal with Test Anxiety

17. The textbook recommends learning relaxation techniques such as
A. visualizing completion.
B. visualizing success.
C. breathing deeply and loudly.
D. breathing evenly and focusing your mind.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-06 Deal with Test Anxiety

18. The textbook recommends visualization techniques such as
A. imagining you are somewhere other than the test.
B. imagining the test is done.
C. imagining your instructor handing back your test.
D. imagining your instructor handing back your test marked with an A.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-06 Deal with Test Anxiety

19. Cramming can be done if necessary, provided that you
A. skim the entire textbook quickly.
B. make as many study notes as time permits.
C. concentrate on the main focus of the course.
D. start making index cards.
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-06 Deal with Test Anxiety

20. When students perform poorly on a math test, they’re most likely to think that
A. they haven’t put in enough effort
B. they have put in enough effort.
C. they don’t have enough ability to be successful.
D. the instructor set a test that was too hard.
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 05-01 Employ various strategies to prepare for tests.
Topic: 05-06 Deal with Test Anxiety