College Terminology

Question 1

FAFSA is used by the federal government to determine a family's eligibility for:

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 2

Credit/Credit Hour is a unit that college uses to show

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that you have completed and passed the courses you need to finish a degree.

Question 3

You are in Academic Probation when...

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your overall cumulative GPA is below a 2.0.

Question 4

The area of study you choose to focus on in college is known as Major.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Loan is a type of financial aid that is given to you for a period of time that you have to pay back later.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Which category of employees at a college are responsible for the curriculum and degree programs?

Accepted Answer

Faculty

Question 7

When a student drops a class after the drop/add period has ended and ends under extenuating circumstances is called

Accepted Answer

withdrawal w/ petition

Question 8

What is the second area of study that a student chooses to focus on in college called?

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Minor

Question 9

What helps students determine if an institution meets or exceeds minimum quality standards?

Accepted Answer

Accreditation

Question 10

Auditing a course means that you receive no academic credit for it, and you are not responsible for tests or homework.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

First-Generation College Student refers to...

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Both red (triangle) and blue (diamond).

Question 12

Credentials often refer to academic or educational qualifications, such as degrees or diplomas that you have completed.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Course number is a set of random numbers attached to a course name.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Student Affairs is the branch of college that oversees student life.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Drop or Add refers to

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All of the above

Question 16

Condition of enrollment that a student is required to meet to demonstrate readiness for enrollment in a course is...

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Prerequisites

Question 17

Scholarship is

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All of the above.

Question 18

Curriculum is a college or university's primary means of guiding students directions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Tenure is a professor's permanent job contract that is granted after a probationay period of 10 years.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

This is the type of loan that you only start paying interest on after you graduate from college.

Accepted Answer

Subsidized Loan

Question 21

An official record of a student's college learning and lists courses you took and the grades you earned is called record

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Staff member that helps students decide a major and assists them with college course throughout their college career is

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Advisor

Question 23

Academic Success Coach

Accepted Answer

Both red (triangle) and blue (diamond)

Question 24

This it the title used at some institutions for the chief academic officer, the highest-ranking academic administrator.

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Provost

Question 25

General Education Courses are courses for students who have not decided their majors yet.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Money provided to students to help them pay for their education is known as the Financial Aid.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Pass-Fail courses does not give you a letter grade.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Grant is a type of a financial aid that needs to be repaid to federal or a state government.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

FAFSA stands for Fast Application for Federal Student Aid.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Adminsitrator in a university or college is known as the

Accepted Answer

Dean

Question 31

Analysis of a student's academic progress toward a degree is called

Accepted Answer

Degree Audit

Question 32

Retention refers to percentage of a school's first-year undergraduate students who continue at school the following year

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Using the idea, data, or language of another without specific or proper acknowledgement is known as plagiarism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Title IX is section of US law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education. What about Title IV?

Accepted Answer

Section of US law that authorizes funds for students to attend college

Question 35

Exam that is given near the middle of an academic grading term is called "midterm."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

The college official responsible for handling billing and payments for tuition, fees, housing and other related expenses

Accepted Answer

Bursar

Question 37

Final exam for a course that covers all important material from the entire course is called comprehensive exam.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Colleges require you to take a certain number of electives, courses that are optional for your to take, per each degree.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

What is a division?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

College Terminology

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College Terminology

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