CAREER INFO FINAL

All of the following qualifications are mandatory for apprenticeships sponsored by the National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood fo Electrical workers execept?

3 years work experience as an electrical contractor

What is the difference between a subsidized and unsubsidized loan?

A subsidized loan has a higher interest rate than a subsidized loan and the interest begins to accrue immediately.

Why should a person consider doing an apprenticeship?

ALL ARE CORRECT - in some professions it's the only way to get started, you get valuable on the job training, employers often respect and hire people with certificates from apprenticeships.

Which of the following programs does NOT require a college education?

ALL OF THE ABOVE: Peace Corps, Teach for America, & Americorps

MLA

ALL OF THE ABOVE: stands for Modern Language Association of American, uses paranthetical citations, is a system of documentation that organizes and formats a bibliography

Who sponors apprenctice programs?

All are correct: labor unions, private business, employer associations

Which of the following is included in a standard MLA-style bibliographic entry for an interview conducted by a researcher?

DATE

Type: Item in a larger work (poem)

Eliot, T.S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. "T.S. Eliot: The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950. New York: Harcourt, 1967. 3-8

Which of the following is NOT a field of vocational education offered by most high schools?

General labor market participation.

Type: Telephone Interview

James, Rick. Telephone Interview. 17 September 1984

Public colleges or universities have the responsibility of serving the educational needs of their state, so most of them offer ________________.

State specific curriculum, such as a state history or geography class

Which statement best characterizes the United Military Apprentice Progam: (USMAp)?

The USMAP provides service members with official documentation of the skills and experience gained while in the military.

Which of the following is NOT a secondary source?

The original draft of the Gettysburg address

True paraphrasing requires:

Using different sentence structure and vocabulary

All of the following are good reasons why employers often consider hiring veterans from the armed forces EXCEPT:...

VETERANS accept being ordered around and are used to harsh working conditions and low pay.

A bibliography is __________________.

a detailed list of information on all of the books and sources used in a paper

The most desirable form of financial aid is ______________- because it does not have to be paid back.

a grant

Which of the following is a primary source?

a photograph

A _____________-- degree is a graduate degree

all of the above, MA, MS, & DOCTORATE

The copyright page consists of:

all of these: The date of publication, city of publication, publisher

an undergraduate student is one who is working toward a ____________ or ______________ degree.

associate's or bachelor's degree?

How long do apprenticeships usually last?

between 1-5 years

Indicating where an idea or fact came from is known as:

citation

In order to use a person's idea word for word, one must

cite the source and use quotation marks

In order to indicate where a fact or idea came from, one must:

cite the sources

Which of the following is usually the least expensive form of post secondary education?

community college

What are sometimes called the best kept secret in American higher education?

community colleges

Which of the following choices is most likely to have "open admission?

community colleges

To what does the term "post secondary education" refer?

education after high school

Financial aid is ______________.

financial assistance available to all college students

Church groups, ethnic organizations, corporations, or civic clubs may all be sources of ________________.

financial scholarships

Which of the following are financial awards that do NOT need to be repaid?

grants

Which of the following is NOT a post secondary degree?

high school diploma

Which choice below shows the order of degrees from least specialized to most specialized?

high school diploma, bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctorate

What are two most important factors influencing admission into a four year college or university?

high school grades and standardized tests

The most useful strategy for a researcher beginning a project is to search by _____________

keyword

Which of the following items is a modern descendent of the medieval guilds?

labor unions

Which of the following is NOT likely to offer vocational training?

liberal arts colleges

What kind of university has the dual transmitting knowledge to their students while creating new knowledge through original records.

liberal arts, vocational & research - all the above

A person with a higher level of education is __________________-

likely to make more money than someone with a lower level of education.

In college, a student's academic focus is called a ___________.

major

Another way to use a person's ideas, but not word for word is to:

paraphrase the idea

Which of the following is NOT needed for a citation?

place of publication

Historians and researchers primarily base their research on:

primary sources

What does the GI bill do?

provides veterans and active duty personnel with up to 50,000 in tuition for college or vocational education.

By paraphrasing, an individual is:

putting another person's idea into different words or context

Paranthetical citations are _________________.

references to a source place within parentheses in the body of the text.

Plagiarism is:

stealing of an individual's ideas or thoughts and used by another as their own

When using a library catalogue, it is most difficulty to search for a topic through _____________.

subject

Which of the following is NOT included in a standard MLA style bibliographic entry for a book?

the number of pages in a book

Which of these choices is an important factor to consider when selecting a vocational school?

the school's accreditation, price, length of training: ALL THE ABOVE

Students actually attend a vocational school for ___________ years or less.

two

Colleges that offer both undergraduate and post-graduate instruction are called ___________________

universities

The title page is:

usually the first page with any writing on it

Which of the following best desribes the difference between vocational training and the liberal arts?

vocational training prepares for a specific trade, the liberal arts refer to a broad range of intellectual studies

The type of financial aid which provides money for a job on campus is called ______________.

work-study

Which of the following types of on - the - job training is often unpaid?

working as an intern in a corporation or office