On Course Strategies For Creating Success In College And In Life 2nd Edition – Test Bank

On Course Strategies For Creating Success In College And In Life 2nd Edition – Test Bank

Chapter 4 Test—Mastering Self-Management

TRUE/FALSE

1.Goals and dreams set your destination, but only persistent, purposeful actions will get you there.

ANS: T PTS: 1

2.Creators apply a powerful strategy for turning dreams into reality: Do Quadrant III actions first.

ANS: F PTS: 1

3.Procrastination is the choice to do unimportant tasks while neglecting important tasks.

ANS: T PTS: 1

4.Spend too much time in Quadrant I and you may experience stress, develop ulcers, and flirt with a nervous breakdown.

ANS: T PTS: 1

5.Quadrant II is where you will find Victims.

ANS: F PTS: 1

6.When we allow someone else’s urgency to talk us into an activity unimportant to our own goals and dreams, we have chosen to be in Quadrant I.

ANS: F PTS: 1

7.The secret to effective self-management is making choices that maximize the time you spend in Quadrants I and II.

ANS: T PTS: 1

8.It is impossible to manage time; what we can manage is ourselves.

ANS: T PTS: 1

9.Persistence is self-discipline in action.

ANS: T PTS: 1

10.Celebrating your successes and talents makes you conceited, not self-confident.

ANS: F PTS: 1

11.As you are visualizing yourself taking purposeful action, you want to be sure to include those actions which you may resist performing, such as taking a test, meeting with your project team, or editing your latest essay.

ANS: T PTS: 1

12.Ashley Freeman, a student who used a 32-day commitment to achieve her goal of being more outspoken, demonstrated a Creator mindset and behaviors.

ANS: T PTS: 1

13.A project folder can help you keep track of all the materials for a multi-step project like a group presentation.

ANS: T PTS: 1

14.Technology like smart phone calendars are such effective self-management tools that everyone should use them.

ANS: F PTS: 1

MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE

1.Goals and dreams set your destination, but only persistent, purposeful actions will get you there.

ANS: T PTS: 1

2.Creators apply a powerful strategy for turning dreams into reality: Do Quadrant III actions first.

ANS: F, Quadrant I and II

PTS: 1

3.Procrastination is the choice to do unimportant tasks while neglecting important tasks.

ANS: T PTS: 1

4.Quadrant II is where you will find Victims.

ANS: F, Creators

PTS: 1

5.When we allow someone else’s urgency to talk us into an activity unimportant to our own goals and dreams, we have chosen to be in Quadrant I.

ANS: F, III

PTS: 1

6.It is impossible to manage time; what we can manage is ourselves.

ANS: T PTS: 1

7.Self-discipline has three essential ingredients: Commitment, Focus, and Creativity.

ANS: F, Persistence

PTS: 1