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A student enrolled at a college or university that is not taking a full course load?
Non-full-time Student
Part-time Student
Half-time Student
Irregular Student
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What is: A student's overall academic performance, which is calculated as an average of grades earned in all courses?
Grading Scale
Grade Point Average
GPA
Credit Hours
3
What is a faculty member responsible for?
A school's teaching staff who is also responsible for designing programs.
all the people employed by a particular school
Faculty only teaches class, and they are told what to do by others.
Telling the students what to do, and directing them towards graduation.
4
What is Work Study?
Government funded program that pays students to work on campus
A program where students can work to pay off their student loans
Where someone is doing a study on a specific work place
Where students can work and study at the same time as a job
5
A fraternity is a student organization for men, formed for social, academic, community service or professional purposes?
True
False
6
The completion of an advanced program of study typically requiring two years of full-time study beyond the Bachelor's?
Undergraduate degree
Master's Degree
Certificate
Doctorate/PhD
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What are: academic studies of the humanities, social sciences and the sciences with a focus on general knowledge?
Studying to become a teacher
General Education
Art and Sciences
Liberal Arts
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What is a fellowship?
A group of people who all agree upon the same solution to an issue
An association to a specific graduate program
An amount of money given to graduate students due to academic achievement
Like an internship, but it is not required
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What is: feelings of uncertainty when adjusting to a new country or culture that is not related to your own?
Culture Shock
Adaptation
Reverse Culture Shock
Homesick
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What is: an academic subject area that a student chooses to have secondary focus on during their undergraduate studies?
Certification
Minor
Secondary Studies
Double Major
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What is a professional school?
Where you earn your Master's Degree
Where students go to get their GED
higher education school where students want to gain specific training
The school within a jail
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Provost- The senior academic officer of a college or university who typically oversees all academic policies.
True
False
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Probation: when a student's work is unsatisfactory according to the school, and they must improve their performance.
True
False
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What is: the use of another person's words or ideas as your own, without acknowledging that person?
Plagiarism
Copy Cat
Theft
Copy and Paste
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What is: an undergraduate degree awarded by a college or university usually requiring 2 full years of full-time study?
Minor Studies
Certification
Associate's Degree
Bachelor's Degree
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A student organization for women formed for social, academic, community service or professional purposes.
Woman's Club
Fashion Club
Greek Life
Sorority
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What is the school official who is responsible for registering students and keeping their academic records?
The Dean
Record Keeper
Academic Advisor
Registrar
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What is: an academic course that allows students to earn credit for work done outside of the normal classroom setting?
Autonomous Learning
Self-sufficient learning
Individual Study
Independent study
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A PhD/doctorate is not the highest degree awarded by a college or university.
False
True
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What is: an experience that allows students to work in a professional environment to gain training and skills?
An internship
A job
Job Shadowing
An apprenticeship
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Greek Life: a schools collection of fraternities and sororities on campus, names originate from greek alphabet.
False
True
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What are: units that a school uses to determine whether or not a student has pass or failed requirements for graduation?
Credits
Recognition
Grade Scale
Advising Appointments
23
An RA (Resident Assistant) or student leader lives with students
on
and
off
campus.
True
False
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What is: a formal original writing requirement that is usually submitted in the final stages of earning a PhD/doctorate?
Final Academic Writing
Final Exam
Dissertation
Research Project
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Who is the head of college's and universities?
The President
The Founder
The Director of Academic Programs
The Dean
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A thesis is formal piece of writing on a specific subject, which may be required to earn a bachelor's or master's?
True
False
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What is: to take a class to gain knowledge about a subject, but without receiving credit toward a degree?
Audit
Non-requirement
Research
Look in to
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Courses that students can choose to take for credit toward a degree, but are not required.
Nonobligatory
Optional
Electives
Voluntary
29
A semester is a period of study that divides academic year into two equal segments of approximately 15 to 18 weeks each.
False
True
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When a college or university depends on the student meeting certain criteria or course work to be accepted?
Admission Requirements
Conditional Admission
Restrictive Admission
Certain Requirement Admission
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Matriculate-To enroll in a program of study at a college or university, with the intention of earning a degree.
True
False
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A student who assists a professor with teaching an undergraduate course, usually within his or her field?
Graduate Assistant
Subordinate Student
Professor's Assistant
Teacher's Assistant
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What is discipline?
The power to restrain something, especially one's own emotions or actions
An area of academic study
The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior
Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behavior
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What is offered to high-level faculty members at a school that allows them to stay permanently in their position?
Proprietorship
Raise
Occupation
Tenure
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Nonresident-A student who does meet a state's residence requirements.
False
True
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What is: a required course that must be completed before a student is allowed to enroll in a more advanced one?
Graduation Qualification
Prerequisite
Essential Course
Graduation Requirement
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Curriculum- A program of study made up of a set of courses offered by a school.
True
False
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Free money given to a student from a company, charity, government, or school?
Grant
Scholarship
Allowance
Donation
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What is the standardized test given to graduate students that measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical skills?
The ACT, American College Test
The SAT, Scholastic Assessment Test
The GRE, Graduate Record Examination
Entrance Exam
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Course load-The number of courses or credits a student takes during a specific term.
True
False
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Pass-fail: a grading system in which students receive either "pass" or "fail" grade rather than a specific letter grade.
True
False
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Academic courses based on ideas, including history, philosophy, foreign languages, religion, art, music, and literature.
Electives
Liberal Arts
Evolution based
Humanities
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What does STEM stand for? (Select all the apply)
Math
Technology
Science
Engineering
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FAFSA is an application for only U.S. citizens and residents to apply for financial aid from the government.
False
True
