True or false? Division is sorting—dividing something into its basic parts, such as a home into rooms. Classification, grouping items together, moves in the opposite direction, from many subgroups to a single, large category.

Instructions for taking this test: Your test is the document linked below titled Test 2 – Chapter 3. You will be able to open the test to view the problems but you will work your test problems on blank paper. Make sure to number your problems and add your name to each page of your work. You may use a calculator for this test.    Once you have finished your test, you will upload pictures of your work and submit in the box below while connected to the proctor if possible or within 10 minutes after disconnecting. You are not allowed to print, download, or save the test itself.   Test 2 – Chapter 3

True or false: To understand effects, we look in the past for reasons that something happened. To discover causes, we look to the future for possible results of an action.

True or false: Applying a systematic strategy to your reading tasks will help you raise both your level of understanding and your level of thinking because it will show you how to interact with your reading. In other words, it teaches you how to read critically, which means you will understand not only what an essay is saying but also how the author is saying it. 

Which of the following list is true? There are several characteristics common to all successful college students:

True or false: To understand causes, we look to the future for reasons that something happened. To discover effects, we look to the past for possible results of an action.

True or false? Distinguishing causes from effects is rarely an important part of understanding a cause/effect essay.

True or false? To summarize, state the author’s main idea in your own words. A summary is much briefer than the original or a paraphrase. As with a direct quote, you need to furnish the details of your original source.

True or false? With classification, you are trying to show what differences break the items into separate groups or types. With division, you let the similarities in the items help you set up categories that make sense.

True or false? The same items can be divided and classified in many different ways. The United States can be divided many different ways—into 50 states, 4 regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, and Pacific), and 6 time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, and Hawaii).