Website Literacy Quiz

You can tell that a website is probably associated with a college or university if the URL ends with...

• .com
• .gov
• .edu
• .org

Which one of these items should you NOT be concerned about when evaluating a website?

• length of information
• date of the last update
• accuracy of information
• purpose of the website

Suppose you are researching the best study strategies for your learning style. Which site would you choose based on author?

• DoYourHomework.com, a blog by Joey Jones, businessman
• LearnIt.com, a learning strategy site by Dr. Susan Strouse, current superintendent of schools
• HomeworkMaster.net, no author information available
• Lyle Zapato, creator of many hoax websites

Which of the following is NOT an example of a URL extension?

• .gov
• .npr
• .edu
• .com

Evaluating content on the Web is important because…

• Web authors are always less professional
• Anyone can publish on the Web. There’s no guarantee that what you’re reading is reliable.
• Web authors are always biased.
• Printed information is always more accurate than information found on the Web.

You need to find information about the planet Saturn for a school project. Your teacher wants one of your sources to be a web page. You have found several that may work, but you must evaluate them to make sure that they are good sites. Using the choices below, select the question that will NOT help you evaluate the sites.

• Who is the author of the information?

• How many people use the site?

• When was the site last updated?

• Is the author an expert on the subject?

Which domains are the most reliable?

• .gov and .edu

• .net and .gov

• .com and .net

• .org and .com

Websites found through a search engine like Google:

• Are always a good source for research

• Are never a good source reserach

• May be a good source for research, but must be carefully and critically evaluated because anybody can publish almost anything online

Which of the following is NOT important when evaluating websites.

• The date 
• The domain name
• The spelling and grammar
• The colors of the site

When you perform a search on Google, you're using a 

• web browser.
• search engine.