EDUC Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Time

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Which of the following questions are useful to ask when reassessing your priorities?

Am I expecting to much or too little of myself? Are my priorities appropriate for my strengths, weaknesses, and values?

Utilizing a master calendar, weekly timetable, and daily to do list reflects which of the following P.O.W.E.R. process steps

Organize

_________________ are task and activities you need and want to do, rank-ordered from most important to least important

Priorities

To determine that your priorities are optimal for you, it is important to seek to answer what question?

What is important to me?

Which of the following is NOT an example of good time management?

You are up at 2 a.m. completing a paper that is due at 8 a.m.

Time management procedures can

allow us to harness time for our own ends, be easy to learn and but diffiucult to implement

The most important thing to do when choosing how to manage your time is to

be consistent

Your time log should account for

blocks of time in increments as short as 15 minutes

A master ______________ is a schedule showing the weeks of a longer time period, such as a college term, with all assignments and important activities noted on it

calendar

Which of the following activities are common time management "black holes" for students

checking Facebook, answering personal e-mails

Reflecting on your personal time management style provides you with an opportunity to

consider whether you may be doing to much - or too little, be sure you are attempting what is important to you

Which of the following could be effective for dealing with the demands of an older adult under your care that conflict with your study time?

encouraging as much independence as possible, asking for support from siblings and other family members

Most importantly, a master calendar for an academic term has

every week of the term and seven days per week

Successful time management means always completing all the task on your daily to-do list

false

The first step in improving your time management skills is

figuring out how you're managing your time now

Which of the following is NOT true of setting priorities

hanging out with friends does not qualify as a priority

The goal of time management is to allow us to make ________ choices with our time

informed

Which of the following are accurate statements about time management?

it involves following the schedules you have already prepared and organized, an taking control of your time

Checking off the activities completed on your to-do list is important because

it provides an objective record of what you have accomplished on a given day, it provides you with concrete reinforcement for completing the task

In order to have success juggling school and work demands, you should

keep in mind your priorities

Which of the following is the best approach to balancing your studies with your caregiver responsibilities

knowing your priorities

Learning to "make time an ally" means learning to

make the most of it

Which of the following could be effective for dealing with work demands that conflict with your study time?

making to-do lists for work, keeping in mind your reasons for working, using your lunch or dinner hour effectively

However you choose to manage your time, it is important that you

manage your time consistently

In general, people tend to need to sleep about ______________ of a 24 hour day

one-third

A realistic and typical daily to-do list should be

portable

The two P.O.W.E.R. processes involved with creating and using schedules in managing your time are

prepare and organize

Which of the following are depictions of procrastination?

purposely scheduling (delaying) big assignments until it is too late to get them done completely, putting off tasks that must be completed

Which of the following might be a solution if you are consistently falling behind in your assignments?

reassess your goals, reduce your course load

Which of the following are appropriate responses when you find you have more time available than you expected?

reflect on what you want to accomplish and add activities to reach those goals, use the extra time to relax and enjoy an unhurried existence

Even when you have completed all items on your daily to-do list, it is still important to

rethink where you are

Which of the following allow you to evaluate your use of time?

reviewing your daily to-do list and checking off all items that you have completed, checking to see if you accomplished what you set out to during a specific period of time

A to-do list with a significant number of check marks is a reason to be

satisfied

A time log includes

short and long interruptions, hours that you sleep, when meals are taken

The main issue in using your time well is recognizing

that you are in charge of your time

A __________ is a record of how you spent your time during a specific period

time log

an account of how you spent your time, in short increments and including interruptions

time log

The textbook describes a weekly ___________ as a mater grid with the days of the week across the top and the hours of the day along the side

timetable

It is important to discover the "black holes" in your time management, so that you can implement strategies to take control of your time

true

Sarita creates a to-do list nearly every morning while eating breakfast. Doing so provides her with a

way to focus on what she hopes to accomplish that day, protable guide that she can refer to regularly

Each of us has our own "prime time" based on an inborn body clock, that helps us know

when we most alert and able to concentrate

The basic organizational task of filling out a master calendar, weekly timetable, and daily to-do list

will take at least an hour each week, may be repetitive and tedious

A weekly timetable is a useful tool because

you can keep all your regularly schedules activities and one-time appointments together

The risk of consistently having more time than you know what to do with is that

you let the time slip away and it is gone forever

Knowing how you currently spend your time is essential to improving your time management because

you need to know where you're starting from to figure out where you want to go

Which of the following could be a repercussion of poor time management?

you receive a failing grade on a test because you did not study long enough, you arrive to campus late and cannot find a parking place, so you are late for class


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