Checkology Assessment

1. Raw information is considered which of the following?

• Information that has not been edited or filtered
• Information that has been edited or filtered
• Information that goes through multiple sources
• None of the above.

2. Which definition best describes how advertising works?

• Content that is meant to sell you something and is meant to look like news or entertainment.
• Information that only one party is able to sell
• Content meant to be enjoyable
• All of the above

3. Propaganda is information designed to promote a cause or agenda and to prompt you to to take action; deliberately distorts issues by including misleading facts and appealing to fear.

• True
• False

4. Opinion is information that is meant to persuade; may include facts and explanations to support a specific perspective.

• True
• False

5. Misinformation is what?

• information that is misleading or false. While it is sometimes created and shared intentionally, it is often created unintentionally or as humor (for example, satire) and later mistaken as a serious claim by others
• is misinformation that is deliberately created to be false, usually to achieve a desired ideological or political result.
• Is the use of humor or exaggeration to critique or mock a person, organization or policy.
• All of the above

6. Which of the following is disinformation

• Is the use of humor or exaggeration to critique or mock a person, organization or policy.
• is misinformation that is deliberately created to be false, usually to achieve a desired ideological or political result.
• This includes fictional stories that are created to look like legitimate, standards-based news reports.
• All of the above.

7. This is an example of which form of informational zone?

• News
• Advertising
• Propaganda
• Raw Information

7. The following tweet is an example of which infozone?

• News
• Opinion
• Entertainment
• None of the above

8. This is an example of which kind of misinformation

• Fabricated Content
• Satire
• Manipulated Content
• Advertising

9. Imposter Content is considered which of the following

• Using real authentic social media accounts
• A blue check mark next to the personal social media handel
• Uses a well-known name, brand or logo to fool people into believing it’s authentic content
• All of the above