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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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When writing a response I should...
Making sure I spell words wrong
Bold important words
Use bullet points when listing
Pay attention to the character counter
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________ & _______ are test taking strategies.
Daydreaming
Rereading the text
Leaving questions unanswered
Underlining important information
3
What do you have to do to support an idea, statement, or claim?
Provide an explanation
Provide an inference
Provide a description
Provide text evidence
4
What tools are available in the math section?
Calculator
Counter
Ruler
Protractor
5
I should use scratch paper to plan my writing responses and essays.
True
False
6
Which type of writing woud you use? "Explain how the text shows that the invention of lightbulbs has helped people."
Narrative
Two sentence answer
Informative
7
I cannot use scratch paper for my math test
True
False
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How should you use a highlighter on the test?
To highlight all the possible answers
You should not use a highlighter on the test
To highlight key words and/or clues
To highlight the entire question
9
"To conclude" means:
To arrive at a decision.
To read between the lines.
To determine how characteristics are not alike.
To give a brief overview of a passage.
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Why do you need to preview the questions before reading a CMAS passage?
You need 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.
11
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.
There will be a prize.
You will avoid getting in trouble.
12
When you check over your answers before moving on to the next question, you are...
Remembering
Reviewing
Redoing
Rereading
13
Authors use this writing structure to explain how or why something happened.
Comparison and Contrast
Sequential
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
14
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.
15
What is a synonym for the word "compare?"
Similar
Different
Explain
Define
16
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text is called...
Inferences
Central Idea
Dialogue
Author's purpose
17
You are writing an essay. Which transition phrase should you NOT use in your body paragraphs?
First,
Additionally,
Once upon a time,
Lastly,
18
When asked to write a narrative, you would be writing...
An Informational Essay
A Story
A Poem
An Argumentative Essay
19
Choose the word that means: to provide a brief overview of the main points of a passage.
Explanation
Summarize
Contrast
Comparison
20
Which tools should you use when you have to write an essay on the CMAS assessment?
Working Notes
Cross off
Bookmark
Paper to brainstorm or outline
21
What is a synonym for the word "choose?"
Eliminate
Conclude
Select
Grab
22
If I finish the test first I will get...
Time to play on my laptop
Nothing, it is best to take as much time as you need
Free lunch for a week
A trophy
23
When beginning a new section, passage or set of questions, the first thing you should do is...
Review the questions.
Arrive on time.
Eliminate possible answers.
Read the directions carefully.
24
Another way CMAS might say "theme" is "central message".
True
False
25
What is an antonym for the term "contrast?"
Different
Identify
Opposite
Similar
26
A sentence with one subject and one predicate is called:
Character
An explanation
A simple sentence
Dialogue
27
When solving math problems, if your answer does not match one of the choices you should
Reread, recopy, and solve it again.
Look at your neighbor's answer.
Guess.
Tell your teacher the test is wrong.
28
What does author's purpose include?
entertain, create, hyperventilate
persuade, inform, entertain
inform, humiliate, dancing
persuade, dominate, abbreviate
29
What is one item on the CMAS test you
don't
need to reread?
Passages
Directions
Trick question. You can and should reread all of the above.
Questions
30
You are writing an essay. Which transition phrases could you use in your body paragraphs?
First, Second, Lastly
Once upon a time, Magically, They lived happily ever after
Maybe, Definitely, Why not
In addition, Therefore, Ultimately, Finally
31
What is the purpose of using the "cross off" tool?
To check answers
To choose answers
To eliminate answers
To highlight answers
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What strategy would you use to find the meaning of an unknown word?
Context Clues
Predict
Infer
Compare/Contrast
