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Test Taking Skills and Review(End of 1st MP)
Test Taking Skills and Review(End of 1st MP)
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1
When completing a job application, it is a good idea to...
Write in pencil
Be funny
Read the job qualifications carefully
Lie if you aren't qualified
2
When you encounter a question where you're unsure of the answer, guess the answer and then...
Don't look at the question again
Mark it for further review when you finish the test
Go back and remove your answer if you aren't 100% sure of it
3
When using the skimming technique, the reader can get a ....
Sense of the important ideas
Sense of the topics
Both a sense of topics and ideas
Neither a sense of topics and ideas
4
True or false, you do not need to know all of the words in a passage to understand the passage?
True
False
5
Imagery can enhance a writer's words. Which of the following is NOT imagery?
You are probably not sensible of this...
Hell's wide gaping mouth
Fiery floods of fierceness
Pit of glowing flames
6
Fact and opinion questions will always include personal value word clues, such as...
Little, few, some
Great, bad, and good
Experts, scientists, teachers
7
In the following line, which word signals a pathos appeal..."The wrath of God burns..."
God
burns
wrath
8
For main idea questions, always re-read _because they are often ignored by nervous test takers.
None of the paragraph
The entire paragraph
The first and last sentences
9
Don't confuse the main idea with a supporting detail. A supporting detail....
Is the thesis statement
Explains or gives more information on a main idea
Explains nothing
10
If the words in answer are a bit different than the passage words, the teacher is testing ...
Your IQ
Your comprehension
Your spelling skills
Your recognition skills
11
If the question says "According to this passage", make sure...
Your answer is based on prior knowledge
To read other selections carefully for the answer
Your answer is personal opinion
Your answer is based on information from that passage
12
His
lackluster
performance caused the film to fail. Lackluster means...
Funny
Awesome
Inspirational
Bad
13
For a sequence(or order) question, don't expect that...
All the events to be given to you in correct passage order
All the events to make sense
All the events to actually be in the passage
14
The writer's audience is...to the delivery of the message.
Somewhat important
Never important
Very important
15
When selecting a passage question answer...
Never use skimming as a reading technique
Never read the passage twice
Never close read
Never choose an answer that has incorrect information
16
As I walked alone, I was
cognizant
of the creepy shadows and howling wolves. Cognizant means..
Frustrated
Aware
Excited
Proud
17
Should you pick an answer unsupported by passage content or your knowledge?
Yes
No
18
A word that is in bold or italics is __ important. For example, "the reader may
best
conclude"
Not important
Very important
Somewhat important
19
In which of these sources, would a reader find credible information on honey bees.
Your sister's boyfriend
The 2011 Bee Keepers Informational Packet
The New York Times
The Furniture Maker's of America 2001 Report
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A clue that a multiple choice answer is wrong is...
That the answer uses an extreme word such as "always"
That has choices almost exactly alike or say the same things
All of the above
That the answer is too funny
