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An RA (Resident Assistant) or student leader lives with students
on
and
off
campus.
True
False
2
What is the school official who is responsible for registering students and keeping their academic records?
The Dean
Registrar
Academic Advisor
Record Keeper
3
A fraternity is a student organization for men, formed for social, academic, community service or professional purposes?
False
True
4
What is Work Study?
Government funded program that pays students to work on campus
Where students can work and study at the same time as a job
Where someone is doing a study on a specific work place
A program where students can work to pay off their student loans
5
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
6
Matriculate-To enroll in a program of study at a college or university, with the intention of earning a degree.
False
True
7
What is offered to high-level faculty members at a school that allows them to stay permanently in their position?
Proprietorship
Occupation
Raise
Tenure
8
What is: a required course that must be completed before a student is allowed to enroll in a more advanced one?
Graduation Requirement
Prerequisite
Graduation Qualification
Essential Course
9
What is a fellowship?
An association to a specific graduate program
Like an internship, but it is not required
An amount of money given to graduate students due to academic achievement
A group of people who all agree upon the same solution to an issue
10
What is: A student's overall academic performance, which is calculated as an average of grades earned in all courses?
Grade Point Average
GPA
Grading Scale
Credit Hours
11
What is: the use of another person's words or ideas as your own, without acknowledging that person?
Copy Cat
Plagiarism
Copy and Paste
Theft
12
The completion of an advanced program of study typically requiring two years of full-time study beyond the Bachelor's?
Doctorate/PhD
Undergraduate degree
Master's Degree
Certificate
13
What is: feelings of uncertainty when adjusting to a new country or culture that is not related to your own?
Culture Shock
Homesick
Reverse Culture Shock
Adaptation
14
Course load-The number of courses or credits a student takes during a specific term.
True
False
15
Academic courses based on ideas, including history, philosophy, foreign languages, religion, art, music, and literature.
Evolution based
Liberal Arts
Electives
Humanities
16
Pass-fail: a grading system in which students receive either "pass" or "fail" grade rather than a specific letter grade.
True
False
17
FAFSA is an application for only U.S. citizens and residents to apply for financial aid from the government.
False
True
18
What is: an undergraduate degree awarded by a college or university usually requiring 2 full years of full-time study?
Minor Studies
Associate's Degree
Certification
Bachelor's Degree
19
What is a professional school?
higher education school where students want to gain specific training
Where you earn your Master's Degree
The school within a jail
Where students go to get their GED
20
Nonresident-A student who does meet a state's residence requirements.
True
False
21
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
22
Free money given to a student from a company, charity, government, or school?
Allowance
Grant
Scholarship
Donation
23
A student organization for women formed for social, academic, community service or professional purposes.
Sorority
Woman's Club
Greek Life
Fashion Club
24
A student enrolled at a college or university that is not taking a full course load?
Half-time Student
Part-time Student
Non-full-time Student
Irregular Student
25
What is discipline?
The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior
An area of academic study
The power to restrain something, especially one's own emotions or actions
Train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behavior
26
Provost- The senior academic officer of a college or university who typically oversees all academic policies.
True
False
27
Curriculum- A program of study made up of a set of courses offered by a school.
False
True
28
What does STEM stand for? (Select all the apply)
Science
Technology
Engineering
Math
29
Greek Life: a schools collection of fraternities and sororities on campus, names originate from greek alphabet.
False
True
30
What are: academic studies of the humanities, social sciences and the sciences with a focus on general knowledge?
Studying to become a teacher
Liberal Arts
Art and Sciences
General Education
31
What is: an academic course that allows students to earn credit for work done outside of the normal classroom setting?
Individual Study
Autonomous Learning
Self-sufficient learning
Independent study
32
When a college or university depends on the student meeting certain criteria or course work to be accepted?
Admission Requirements
Certain Requirement Admission
Conditional Admission
Restrictive Admission
33
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.
34
What are: units that a school uses to determine whether or not a student has pass or failed requirements for graduation?
Credits
Grade Scale
Advising Appointments
Recognition
35
Courses that students can choose to take for credit toward a degree, but are not required.
Nonobligatory
Electives
Voluntary
Optional
36
A student who assists a professor with teaching an undergraduate course, usually within his or her field?
Graduate Assistant
Subordinate Student
Teacher's Assistant
Professor's Assistant
37
Who is the head of college's and universities?
The Dean
The Director of Academic Programs
The President
The Founder
38
A semester is a period of study that divides academic year into two equal segments of approximately 15 to 18 weeks each.
False
True
39
What is: an experience that allows students to work in a professional environment to gain training and skills?
An apprenticeship
A job
Job Shadowing
An internship
40
What is: to take a class to gain knowledge about a subject, but without receiving credit toward a degree?
Non-requirement
Look in to
Audit
Research
41
Probation: when a student's work is unsatisfactory according to the school, and they must improve their performance.
False
True
42
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
43
A PhD/doctorate is not the highest degree awarded by a college or university.
True
False
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What is the standardized test given to graduate students that measures verbal, quantitative, and analytical skills?
Entrance Exam
The SAT, Scholastic Assessment Test
The ACT, American College Test
The GRE, Graduate Record Examination
