SDV ABLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

What office coordinates a variety of social, curricular, and special-interest clubs and organizations that you can join? Office of Student Activities A student should apply for graduation online at the beginning of the semester he/she intends to graduate. TRUE Who would you contact if you have technical issues? IT Help Desk Where can you take exams for ELI courses? Testing center You are interested in identifying careers that might be a good fit for your interests, values, and skills. Who would you contact? Career Counselor Where would you go if you have a research paper due in two weeks, and want to learn more about what print and electronic resources are available? Library In an ELI course, a student must submit a required assignment before the First Assignment Due Date or he/she will be administratively deleted without a refund. TRUE You are having a lot of trouble in your ELI Math class and would like to get help with a tutor. What resource would you utilize? Smarthinking Guaranteed Admissions Agreements do not require that students complete a transfer associate's degree in order to be eligible for the benefits that the agreement provides. FALSEReporting concerning behaviors you might notice in others to the CARE Team is a resource that students can utilize. CARE Team A student cannot change their NOVAConnect/Student Email/Blackboard password. FALSE If a student repeats a course, how is the grade computed in the cumulative and curriculum GPA and for satisfying curricular requirements? The last "A" through "F" grade earned. The student's role in online learning requires taking the initiative for learning; while the instructor serves as a facilitator. TRUE Academic dishonesty is considered which of the following acts: Integrity What is NOVA Alert? A system that allows the college to contact you during an emergency. What function in NOVAConnect allows you to know your requirements, both satisfied and not satisfied? Advisement Report How is your grade point average (GPA) calculated? By dividing the total number of grade points earned in courses by the total number of credits attempted. What is the primary purpose of an A.A.A. or A.A.S. degree? To prepare a student for employment. The Syllabus provides you with all of the following information, except: Tuition rates. Federal financial aid regulations require students to meet certain Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements to be eligible for continued Federal funding. Which requirements below must a student maintain? All of the aboveUsing irrelevant similarities in two objects to draw a conclusion is called a false cause. FALSE The URL, ".org" is normally used by commerical enterprises. FALSE Considering the URL can give you a sense behind the motivation for publishing the material. TRUE When considering options, it is not important to have all of the information at that time. FALSE Looking for an "About Us" or "Biography" tab will tell you about the objective of a web site. TRUE Knowing the source of your information will help you to evaluate the strength of information you want to use to support your argument. TRUE You are generalizing if you are making assumptions about a whole group of people based on an inadequate sample. TRUE Critical thinking requires you to use bias and assumptions to evaluate evidence or information to make a decision or reach a conclusion. FALSE Quoting authorities is a valuable tool to build an argument; but they do not have to be true subject matter experts on the issue you are discussing. FALSE Assessing, making judgements, and drawing conclusions from ideas, information, or data is identified as the evaluating thinking skill. TRUEMost instructors read the body language of the students in the front rows to gauge how they are doing, and if they are losing the class. TRUE [-----] memory allows one to apply knowledge to a specific task; while [-----] memory allows one to store and recall information. Short-term......................long-term Why is it important to read the graphics provided in textbooks? All of the above OR Increase understanding, engage comprehension processes, create diff. mempry links which help to remember material Which is not considered a strategy for commiting information to one's long-term memory? to recall information amongst distraction Focusing on what is being said, repeating what you heard, asking a speaker to expand or clarify, looking for non-verbal signals, and listening for requests are principles of ______ listening. Active Acronyms, acrostics, rhymes, and jingles are commonly used _____________ devices. Mnemonic Which note-taking method is not recommended as it focuses on capturing as much of what the instructor says as possible; but not on processing the information. The List Method The learning cycle consists of what four steps? Prepare,absorb new ideas, record, review/apply Reading your most difficult assignments early in your reading time, when you are freshest, is a suggested reading strategy. TRUE This method of note-taking that is good for visual learners because it captures the relationships among ideas. The Concept Map Method