Final Exam Study Guide
Module 7: Reading Strategies
1. What is active reading? Active Reading engages your brain in effective strategies
that force your brain to interact with the text before, during, and after the reading
and that help you better argue what you are learning.
2. What is annotating? Annotating is a strategy where you mark within the text,
using symbols and notes to break down the reading to improve understanding.
3. What is a chapter summary? A brief statement or restatement of main points,
especially as a conclusion to a work: a summary of a chapter.
4. What are context clues? Hints in a sentence that help you figure out the meaning
of something.
5. What is a glossary? An alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of
knowledge with the definitions for those terms.
6. What is the highlight regarding reading strategies? Highlighting key words and
phrases instead of full sentences.
7. What is an index? A list of words or phrases and associated pointers to where
useful material relating to that heading can be found in a document or collection
of documents.
8. What are notes? Works cited or bibliography of information used in the textbook.
Usually found at the end of the book or at the foot of each chapter.
9. What is previewing? A strategy that readers use to recall prior knowledge and set
a purpose for reading. It calls for readers to skim a text before reading, looking
for various features and information that will help as they return to read it in detail
later.
10. What is skimming? A strategic, selective reading method in which you focus on
the main ideas of a text.
11. What is the table of contents? A list of chapters or sections given at the front of a
book or periodical.
Module 8: Critical Thinking Skills Fake News and Bias
12. If someone is biased, what does that mean? Favoring one way of thinking over
another.
13. What is fake news? Misrepresents information.
14. What is the purpose of fake news?Purpose is to say public opinion for or against
an issue or individual.
15. What are some ways you can tell that a piece of material is fake news?
16. When does social bias occur? Occurs when people think a certain way or hold
certain beliefs about a social group based on preconceived notions about race,
religion, gender, or class.
17. What is a confirmation bias?The tendency to seek information that supports the
views that you already held.
18. How can assessing your own personal biases help you? It can help you bring
more equality to society.
19. What are the characteristics of a fake news article? Satire, a source that is not
real or not known, the web domain is .co,.su, .ru which are not common web
domains.
20. What are characteristics of a real news article? The source is well known and
you can find information on the the journalist, it has a known web domain, the
pictures are accurate, and if its a well know new article.
21. What is clickbait? Catchy headlines and or images designed to grab your
attention and encourage you to click through to an article or website that may
contain questionable content.
Module 9: Test Taking Strategies
22. What kind of question should you use the process of elimination on? A multiple
choice question.
23. What is the process of elimination? Cross out answers that you know are wrong
to help narrow down your choices.
24. What is a Test Smart Plan? Making a plan of attack so you can earn as many
points as possible in the given time frame.
25. If you are taking a test and are unsure of an answer, what should you do? What
is meant by previewing the exam before starting the test? Mark it and keep
moving, and come back to it at the end. Previewing means reading the direction
and keeping in mind what kind of questions they have on the test and point
values. Note guide words that help you get the answers.
26. What are guided words? Descriptive verbs that indicate exactly how the test
question wants you to respond to the prompt.
27. If you have a passage to read with questions to follow, what should be done first?
You should read the questions first.
28. What are unconditional words?
Module 10: Academic Integrity
30. What is the definition of a popular source? And give an example of a popular
source. It’s not a peer reviewed source, a popular source is one that is written for
the general public, an example would be a magazine or newspaper.
31. What is the definition of a scholarly source? And give an example of a scholarly
source. A scholarly source is a peer reviewed source, meaning it has been
reviewed and exported in fact and is established as accurate information. An
example of a scholarly source would be journals and books.
32. What is misinformation? False or inaccurate information
33. What is disinformation? False information that has the intention to mislead the
audience.
34. What is a peer reviewed source? Sources that are reviewed by many experts in
the field, and written by an expert.
35. What is academic integrity? The idea that information has value, your honesty,
trust and fairness.
36. What is plagiarism? The stealing or passing off of another's work or ideas as your
own.
37. What is self-plagiarism? Taking any of your previously owned work or ideas and
using it for another assignment without permission from your instructor.
38. What is the best way to avoid plagiarism? The best way to avoid plagiarism is to
cite anything you quotes, paraphrase, summarize, or refer to in your paper.
39. Using AI bots & how can it relate to plagiarism? Using AI Bots is still using
someone elses ideas and using them as a clone for your own even though it’s
not.
40. What are the consequences for plagiarism? Theres are many consequences for
plagiarism, like getting kicked out of your field of study and put on probation.
Having to start complete over in your institution and being put on a academic
dishonesty list in which people can look at when going over your transcripts.