Test: Unit V Assessment
Question 1. If you are going to use a text extensively throughout the semester, it is useful to start by reading the:
set assignments.
frontmatter.
syllabus.
index.
Question 2. Forming mental images to ensure that you can recall material is a technique called:
visualization.
overlearning.
rehearsal.
acrostics.
Question 3. Acronyms and acrostics are examples of:
mnemonics.
methods of loci.
memory styles.
visualization techniques.
Question 4. Pretending to explain your reading material to a fellow classmate helps you to:
recognize flaws in an argument.
identify weak spots in your understanding of the material.
prioritize the ideas in the material.
personalize the ideas and themes.
Question 5. __________ is the length of time that a person usually is able to sustain attention.
Comprehension rate
Attention span
Reading span
Per-page ability
Question 6. The following reference citation for a book has not been correctly formatted in APA style. Which part of the reference citation should be corrected?
Feldman, R. S. 2014. P.O.W.E.R. learning and your life: Essentials of student success(2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.(2014).
P.O.W.E.R. Learning and Your Life: Essentials of Student Success(2nd edition)
Feldman, Robert S.
Question 7 . Which of the following is a correctly-formatted example of an in-text citation in APA style?
Feldman "2014"
Robert F., 2014
(Feldman, 2014)
(Feldman) 2014
Question 8. The following in-text citation for a book has not been correctly formatted in APA style. Which of the following choices corrects an error in APA format? (Hint: formatting a quotation)
Feldman (2014) says, "Rehearsal is the key strategy in remembering information (p. 120)."
(Feldman, 2014) says,
"Feldman (2014) says,
remembering information" (p. 120).
Question 9. Which of the following is a correctly-formatted example of a reference citation (a reference one would find on a References page) in APA style? (In this case, the reference is a book.)
Feldman, R. S. (2014). P.O.W.E.R. learning and your life: Essentials of student success
(2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Feldman, R. S. (2014). P.O.W.E.R. Learning and Your Life: Essentials of Student Success
(2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Feldman. 2014. P.O.W.E.R. learning and your life: Essentials of student success (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Feldman, R. S. (2014). P.O.W.E.R. learning and your life: Essentials of student success (Second edition). McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Question 10. The following in-text citation for a book has not been correctly formatted in APA style. Which part of the in-text citation should be corrected?
(According to Feldman, 2014), fast readers are not necessarily great readers.
(According to Feldman-2014),
According to Feldman (2014),
According to Feldman, R. (2014),
According to "Feldman, 2014,"