This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Making Mistakes – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Making Mistakes Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which section did the point "If you do this work in isolation, you'll never learn from others, and you'll miss the opportunity to get critical outside feedback on your work" come from? A) Assuming we could run blended on our own as a little blended learning team. B) "Letting a thousand flowers bloom" or running little pilots all over the place. C) Not being disciplined with budgets. D) Keeping our success to ourselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keeping our success to ourselves. 2. Did one group in the experiment do better than the other? A) Yes, they both hit the target faster during the last set of rotations. B) No, they both hit the target faster during the last set of rotations. C) Yes, the group with counterclockwise rotations did better. D) No, the group with counterclockwise rotations did btter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, they both hit the target faster during the last set of rotations. 3. What is the advice given by Dr. Elizabeth Dunn to help check spending? A) Focus on instant gratification. B) Consider your future self. C) Buy experiences over material things. D) Ignore financial literacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consider your future self. 4. It's good to learn from your mistakes A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. In David Herfeld's experiment, participants moved a cursor across a screen, and their errors were recorded. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The high-stakes and unfamiliar nature of these situations have left many people feeling fearful of missteps. A) A change. B) The conditional. C) An unfinished time. D) The vague past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An unfinished time. 7. What is the term used for choosing smaller immediate purchases over larger delayed ones? A) Immediate Gratification. B) Delayed Reward Discounting. C) Loss Aversion. D) Scarcity Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delayed Reward Discounting. 8. Emotional agility skills are an antidote to this paralysis. A) A stative verb. B) A universal truth. C) A recurring event. D) The conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A universal truth. 9. Reread these sentences from the text:People can ignore a mistake by simply pretending it never happened. Or they can mull it over.If the word "mull" was changed to "think, " how would the new connotation change the meaning of the sentence? A) It would make the sentence stronger. B) It would make the sentence weaker. C) It would not change the statement at all. D) It would mean the opposite of "mull". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would make the sentence weaker. 10. Making mistakes benefit the brain's neural pathways because: A) They promote neuroplasticity which enhances learning and problem-solving. B) They lead to neural damage. C) They do not affect the brain's neural pathways. D) They cause confusion in neural signaling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They promote neuroplasticity which enhances learning and problem-solving. 11. How did Beatrice feel after knowing making mistakes are okay A) Sad. B) Mad. C) Happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happy. 12. Read this sentence from the passage.She tore another page from her notebook, scrunched it into a ball, and sighed. These actions show that Kelly feels- A) Embarrassed. B) Amused. C) Tired. D) Upset. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Upset. 13. Identify the mistake in the sentence:'He don't know the answer.' A) He. B) Don't. C) Know. D) The answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't. 14. I drink water every day.We use the simple present "drink" because it's ( ..... ). A) A stative verb. B) The conditional. C) A recurring event. D) A universal truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A recurring event. 15. If you're doing this and limit over-monitoring or overchecking. Avoid panicked, frenzied behavior. A) Emphasis. B) A reference point/ an encompassing action. C) A specific time in the present or future. D) A continuously changing event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reference point/ an encompassing action. 16. At the end, what mistake did Beatrice make? A) She tripped on stage. B) She had the pepper shaker instead of the salt shaker. C) She was dancing on stage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had the pepper shaker instead of the salt shaker. 17. What does the word "neuroplasticity" most likely mean based on the text? A) The process of neurons activating in patterns. B) The ability of the brain to change and grow. C) A belief that mistakes lead to failure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ability of the brain to change and grow. 18. Find the mistake in the sentence:'They was going to the park.' A) They. B) Was. C) Going. D) To the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 19. What is the text structure of paragraph 8? A) Problem and solution. B) Spatial. C) Cause and effect. D) Compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compare and contrast. 20. Even after a long pause between experiments, participants showed a high recall of past errors. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Forgetting your chromebook at home is an example of a mistake A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. What is continuity in the context of making a music video? A) The consistency between shots. B) The flow of the storyline. C) The synchronization of audio and video. D) The visual effects used in the video. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The consistency between shots. 23. What does it mean that researchers could "impose some challenges?" A) Researchers could make the game more difficult. B) Researchers could make the game easier. C) Researchers could make the game impossible. D) Researchers could stop the game whenever they wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Researchers could make the game more difficult. 24. What is the importance of positive thinking according to Dr. Elizabeth Dunn? A) It guarantees success. B) It makes life exactly as imagined. C) It fixes all problems. D) It helps recognize feasible changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It helps recognize feasible changes. 25. Why are the findings in the experiment exciting? A) It is the first experiment to show that the history of mistakes is what matters in motor learning. B) It is the first experiment to show that the history of mistakes has no effect on motor learning. C) It is the first experiment to show that mistakes make people smarter. D) It is the first experiment to show that making mistakes does not make progress impossible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the first experiment to show that the history of mistakes is what matters in motor learning. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesMaking Mistakes Quiz 1Making Mistakes Quiz 2Making Mistakes Quiz 3Making Mistakes Quiz 4Making Mistakes Quiz 6Accept Vs. 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