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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
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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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What is: an undergraduate degree awarded by a college or university usually requiring 2 full years of full-time study?
Associate's Degree
Minor Studies
Certification
Bachelor's Degree
4
What is offered to high-level faculty members at a school that allows them to stay permanently in their position?
Proprietorship
Raise
Occupation
Tenure
5
Who is the head of college's and universities?
The Dean
The Director of Academic Programs
The President
The Founder
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A semester is a period of study that divides academic year into two equal segments of approximately 15 to 18 weeks each.
True
False
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What is: an academic subject area that a student chooses to have secondary focus on during their undergraduate studies?
Secondary Studies
Certification
Double Major
Minor
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What is: an academic course that allows students to earn credit for work done outside of the normal classroom setting?
Independent study
Self-sufficient learning
Autonomous Learning
Individual Study
9
What is the standardized test given to graduate students that measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical skills?
The SAT, Scholastic Assessment Test
Entrance Exam
The GRE, Graduate Record Examination
The ACT, American College Test
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Academic courses based on ideas, including history, philosophy, foreign languages, religion, art, music, and literature.
Electives
Evolution based
Humanities
Liberal Arts
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What is: the use of another person's words or ideas as your own, without acknowledging that person?
Copy and Paste
Theft
Copy Cat
Plagiarism
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What is the school official who is responsible for registering students and keeping their academic records?
Registrar
Academic Advisor
Record Keeper
The Dean
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A student organization for women formed for social, academic, community service or professional purposes.
Sorority
Fashion Club
Woman's Club
Greek Life
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Probation: when a student's work is unsatisfactory according to the school, and they must improve their performance.
False
True
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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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Provost- The senior academic officer of a college or university who typically oversees all academic policies.
True
False
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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?
Prerequisite
Graduation Requirement
Graduation Qualification
Essential Course
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A student who assists a professor with teaching an undergraduate course, usually within his or her field?
Professor's Assistant
Subordinate Student
Graduate Assistant
Teacher's Assistant
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A student enrolled at a college or university that is not taking a full course load?
Irregular Student
Non-full-time Student
Half-time Student
Part-time Student
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What is a faculty member responsible for?
Telling the students what to do, and directing them towards graduation.
all the people employed by a particular school
Faculty only teaches class, and they are told what to do by others.
A school's teaching staff who is also responsible for designing programs.
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What is Work Study?
Where someone is doing a study on a specific work place
Where students can work and study at the same time as a job
Government funded program that pays students to work on campus
A program where students can work to pay off their student loans
22
What does STEM stand for? (Select all the apply)
Math
Technology
Engineering
Science
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Nonresident-A student who does meet a state's residence requirements.
True
False
24
Free money given to a student from a company, charity, government, or school?
Grant
Scholarship
Donation
Allowance
25
What is discipline?
An area of academic study
The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior
The power to restrain something, especially one's own emotions or actions
Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behavior
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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?
Recognition
Advising Appointments
Grade Scale
Credits
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A PhD/doctorate is not the highest degree awarded by a college or university.
True
False
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Greek Life: a schools collection of fraternities and sororities on campus, names originate from greek alphabet.
True
False
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Matriculate-To enroll in a program of study at a college or university, with the intention of earning a degree.
False
True
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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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A fraternity is a student organization for men, formed for social, academic, community service or professional purposes?
True
False
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The completion of an advanced program of study typically requiring two years of full-time study beyond the Bachelor's?
Master's Degree
Undergraduate degree
Doctorate/PhD
Certificate
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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: feelings of uncertainty when adjusting to a new country or culture that is not related to your own?
Adaptation
Reverse Culture Shock
Homesick
Culture Shock
35
An RA (Resident Assistant) or student leader lives with students
on
and
off
campus.
False
True
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When a college or university depends on the student meeting certain criteria or course work to be accepted?
Certain Requirement Admission
Restrictive Admission
Admission Requirements
Conditional Admission
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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
GPA
Credit Hours
Grade Point Average
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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 Exam
Dissertation
Research Project
Final Academic Writing
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What are: academic studies of the humanities, social sciences and the sciences with a focus on general knowledge?
Art and Sciences
Liberal Arts
General Education
Studying to become a teacher
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What is: to take a class to gain knowledge about a subject, but without receiving credit toward a degree?
Look in to
Audit
Non-requirement
Research
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What is a professional school?
Where students go to get their GED
higher education school where students want to gain specific training
Where you earn your Master's Degree
The school within a jail
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Courses that students can choose to take for credit toward a degree, but are not required.
Electives
Nonobligatory
Voluntary
Optional
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What is: an experience that allows students to work in a professional environment to gain training and skills?
An apprenticeship
An internship
A job
Job Shadowing
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What is a fellowship?
An amount of money given to graduate students due to academic achievement
Like an internship, but it is not required
An association to a specific graduate program
A group of people who all agree upon the same solution to an issue
