TSI PREP

What is the TSI?

• A test that determines college readiness skills.
• It is the college version of the STAAR test.
• A test that only Early College students take.
• A test that determines what type of career someone should seek.

What does it mean if you only receive 24 questions on the TSI Reading test?

• You passed the Reading section.
• You need to take a diagnostic and answer more questions.
• You failed and need to take it again.
• It means nothing. There are only 24 questions.

True or False: You won't know your score until two weeks after the exam.

• True
• False

Which questions are the most critical to your overall success?

• Questions 1-5
• Questions 1-10
• Questions 15-20
• Questions 21-24

You can use the dictionary while taking the TSI.

• True
• False

You can use scratch paper while taking the TSI.

• True
• False

The person in the image is...

• Ecstatic 
• Disdainful
• Baffled
• Apathetic

If you talk down to someone you ___________ to him. 

• baffle
• defy (defiant)
• dismay
• condescend 

A person who feels contemptuous feels...

• love
• depressed 
• uncertain
• hatred

All of the following terms are synonyms for cynical EXCEPT...

• negative
• always see the bright side
• poor attitude 
• see the glass half empty