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CMAS Test Taking Strategies
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Quiz designed to review terms and test taking strategies for CMAS
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1
What tools are available in the math section?
Ruler
Calculator
Counter
Protractor
2
Authors use this writing structure to explain how or why something happened.
Comparison and Contrast
Problem and Solution
Sequential
Cause and Effect
3
How should you use a highlighter on the test?
To highlight all the possible answers
To highlight key words and/or clues
To highlight the entire question
You should not use a highlighter on the test
4
You are writing an essay. Which transition phrases could you use in your body paragraphs?
Once upon a time, Magically, They lived happily ever after
First, Second, Lastly
Maybe, Definitely, Why not
In addition, Therefore, Ultimately, Finally
5
When asked to write a narrative, you would be writing...
An Informational Essay
A Story
An Argumentative Essay
A Poem
6
Mrs. Dokken likes to go camping, and she likes to roast marshmallows. Is an example of:
Compound Sentence
Metaphor
Simple Sentence
Dialogue
7
Why do you need to preview the questions before reading a CMAS passage?
To help you remember important details.
So you can manage your time wisely
You need to make sure your answers are correct
So you know what to look for when you are reading the text.
8
You are writing an essay. Which transition phrase should you NOT use in your body paragraphs?
Additionally,
First,
Once upon a time,
Lastly,
9
If you come to school everyday during CMAS testing...
You will get Friday off.
You'll make sure all tests are completed and avoid make-ups.
You will avoid getting in trouble.
There will be a prize.
10
Which type of writing woud you use? "Explain how the text shows that the invention of lightbulbs has helped people."
Two sentence answer
Informative
Narrative
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What do you have to do to support an idea, statement, or claim?
Provide an inference
Provide a description
Provide an explanation
Provide text evidence
12
What is one item on the CMAS test you
don't
need to reread?
Trick question. You can and should reread all of the above.
Passages
Questions
Directions
13
What is a synonym for the word "choose?"
Select
Conclude
Eliminate
Grab
14
When you check over your answers before moving on to the next question, you are...
Remembering
Rereading
Reviewing
Redoing
15
When writing a response I should...
Bold important words
Making sure I spell words wrong
Use bullet points when listing
Pay attention to the character counter
16
What is a synonym for the word "compare?"
Different
Similar
Define
Explain
17
If I finish the test first I will get...
Nothing, it is best to take as much time as you need
A trophy
Free lunch for a week
Time to play on my laptop
18
When beginning a new section, passage or set of questions, the first thing you should do is...
Review the questions.
Arrive on time.
Read the directions carefully.
Eliminate possible answers.
19
I cannot use scratch paper for my math test
False
True
20
What does author's purpose include?
entertain, create, hyperventilate
persuade, dominate, abbreviate
persuade, inform, entertain
inform, humiliate, dancing
21
Why should you preview the questions before reading a CMAS passage?
To make sure your answers are correct
To help you remember important details.
So you can manage your time wisely
So you know what to look for when you are reading the text.
22
________ & _______ are test taking strategies.
Underlining important information
Rereading the text
Daydreaming
Leaving questions unanswered
23
When solving math problems, if your answer does not match one of the choices you should
Look at your neighbor's answer.
Reread, recopy, and solve it again.
Guess.
Tell your teacher the test is wrong.
24
What is the purpose of using the "cross off" tool?
To check answers
To highlight answers
To choose answers
To eliminate answers
25
What strategy would you use to find the meaning of an unknown word?
Compare/Contrast
Infer
Context Clues
Predict
26
Another way CMAS might say "theme" is "central message".
False
True
27
Which tools should you use when you have to write an essay on the CMAS assessment?
Working Notes
Paper to brainstorm or outline
Cross off
Bookmark
28
I should use scratch paper to plan my writing responses and essays.
False
True
29
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text is called...
Inferences
Central Idea
Dialogue
Author's purpose
30
Choose the word that means: to provide a brief overview of the main points of a passage.
Contrast
Explanation
Comparison
Summarize
31
A sentence with one subject and one predicate is called:
An explanation
Character
A simple sentence
Dialogue
32
"To conclude" means:
To read between the lines.
To arrive at a decision.
To determine how characteristics are not alike.
To give a brief overview of a passage.
33
What is an antonym for the term "contrast?"
Opposite
Identify
Different
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