Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills, 2/e

Peter Mather, Glendale Community College
Rita McCarthy, Glendale Community College

Scanning and Skimming

Multiple Choice


1	What is scanning?
		A)	reading the first and last sentences of each paragraph
		B)	moving rapidly through the material, skipping the information you are already familiar with
		C)	the process of quickly searching reading material in order to locate specific bits of information
		D)	reading the text as fast as possible


2	What is skimming?
		A)	reading the first and last sentences of each paragraph
		B)	moving rapidly through the material, skipping the information you are already familiar with
		C)	the process of quickly searching reading material in order to locate specific bits of information
		D)	reading the text as fast as possible


3	The purpose of ______________ is to gain a quick overview in order to identify the main points.
		A)	scanning
		B)	skimming
		C)	summarizing
		D)	note-taking


4	When _______________, you will often skip words, sentences, and paragraphs.
		A)	scanning
		B)	skimming
		C)	summarizing
		D)	note-taking


5	When you are skimming, you
		A)	move rapidly through the material.
		B)	skip the information you are already familiar with.
		C)	glance quickly at the title, subheadings, italicized words, boldface print, and illustrations.
		D)	All of the above.


6	Which parts of each paragraph should you read when skimming or scanning a reading selection?
		A)	first sentence
		B)	last sentence
		C)	second sentence
		D)	Both a and b.

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