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Online Sources

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The publisher of a restaurant's website is most likely to be:

a)

A food critic

b)

A head chef

c)

The restaurant owner

d)

A loyal customer

2.

Which of the following is an example of an open domain resource?

a)

Personal blog

b)

Digital archive of college library

c)

Federal agency website

d)

Medical school research journal

3.

Which organization's website would have a ".gov" domain?

a)

A presidential campaign

b)

A city mayor's office

4.

To determine the reliability of an unfamiliar site, you should look into the:

a)

Publication date and number of pages

b)

Privacy policy

c)

publisher, author, content

5.

In evaluating an online article about Albert Einstein's work, what is the most important factor?

a)

The domain of the website

b)

Publication date of the article

c)

Number of sources cited

d)

Qualifications of the author

6.

Who of these would be the most trustworthy author of Revolutionary War blog?

a)

A professor of Russian literature

b)

A collector of Civil War memorabilia

c)

A tour guide at a natural history museum

d)

Graduate student of early American History

7.

An informed opinion must be:

a)

Biased and emotional

b)

Objective and impartial

c)

Based on facts and reasoning

8.

Citations allow users to ________ information in an online source.

a)

Support

b)

Fact-check

c)

Create

d)

Copy

9.

An article posted in 2001 would be most useful in researching:

a)

The latest climate change data

b)

21st century tech advances

c)

New Yorker's experience on 9/11

10.

_____ are a valuable tool for keeping track of trustworthy online sources.

a)

Bookmarks

b)

"About" pages

11.
Which of these is an online source?
a)
Blog
b)
Newspaper
c)
Dictonary
d)
Textbook
12.
What is the main advantage of using online sources vs. printed sources?
a)
Online sources are more trustworthy.
b)
Online sources have more information than books.
c)
Online sources give more detailed information.
d)
Online sources are faster and easier to access.
13.
Who can create webpages and post information to the internet?
a)
Only people who have graduated high school.
b)
Only people who have graduated college.
c)
Anybody with a computer and internet access.
d)
Only people who have jobs related to what they are posting about.
14.
What is a big clue that information on a webpage is not trustworthy?
a)
Plain looking logo.
b)
Spelling and grammar mistakes.
c)
Links to other sources of information.
d)
Lots of text, not a lot of pictures.
15.
What does the word 'unbiased' mean?
a)
Fair
b)
Correct
c)
Accurate
d)
Wrong
16.
If I want to find a synonym for "good" where would I look?
a)
encyclopedia
b)
dictionary
c)
thesaurus
17.
If I want to find the definition of a word where would I look?
a)
encyclopedia
b)
dictionary
c)
thesaurus
18.
An encyclopedia gives detailed information about ____________
a)
people, places, things
b)
a synonym
c)
word definition
19.
Which reference source has synonyms?
a)
dictionary
b)
thesaurus
c)
encyclopedia
20.
Which reference source can be found online?
a)
dictionary
b)
thesaurus
c)
encyclopedia
d)
all of them