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WorksheetsResponsible Use of Media Information-Review Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Your group is creating an informational pamphlet on recycling aluminum. Select the source below that has the most authority on the topic.
recyclealuminum.org (a site created by aluminum manufacturers to encourage recycling)
www.aluminumplus.com (listing of stores that recycle)
www.aluminummetal.com (a battery manufacturer website)
www.epa.gov (U.S. Environmental Protection Administration with facts on aluminum recycling)
You are researching the effectiveness of speed bumps in your city and need to answer this research question: Do speed bumps reduce car/pedestrian accidents? Which fact below answers your research question?
The police department has requested funding to obtain additional speed bumps.
The police department receives many complaints that speed bumps are a money-making scheme.
The police department reported parking lot and neighborhood pedestrian accidents fell by 37% with speed bumps in place.
You are writing a paper on the effects of protein bars. You found a website listing the benefits. Which of the following would best help you verify the accuracy of the information?
Advertisements and celebrity endorsements
Research articles and facts from a government agency
Facts from a government agency and celebrity endorsements
Research articles and advertisements
You are researching the pros and cons of glass bottles. Which resource would be most likely to include biased information about your topic?
Government website
Glass Bottling company newsletter
Encyclopedia article about glass bottling
Magazine article about glass bottling
What is the best reason for citing your sources?
Citing shows your teacher that you did your research.
Citing gives credit for the original work or the idea to the author
Citing gives the location of the sources you used.
Citing identifies sources that your classmates may want to use.
You find a photo on the Internet that you would like to include in your report. What is the proper way to use this photo?
Copy and paste the photo into your paper.
Edit the photo to make it your own.
Cite the photo and include in your list of sources.
Include a title for the photo in your paper.
Which of the following is an act of censorship?
A teacher correcting a student's grammar
The newspaper printing unpopular opinions in letters to the editor
An employee fired for not following directions
A citizen's group forcing a librarian to remove a book from the library
A peer-reviewed article has been reviewed by a group of experts after it is published.
True
False
The criteria for evaluating websites includes all of the following except:
reliability
authority
possibility
currency
Libraries and scdiscus.org are good places to look for databases with scholarly articles, primary source documents as well as popular and trade publications.
False
True
Which of the following is not considered a primary source?
a diary entry
a biography
a letter
a photograph
Which of the following is not considered a secondary source?
an encyclopedia entry
a textbook
a magazine article
an interview
A primary source is created by someone who
read about an event
made up an event from their imagination
was present at an event
heard about an event from a witness
Which of these is a secondary source?
I am Malala by Malala Youseafzai
John Adams by David McCullough
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Which type of source can include the author's personal opinions or bias?
primary sources
secondary sources
neither
both
James found erroneous facts in the newspaper he is reading.
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
Peter uses his tablet to read his e-books, which he downloaded using an app.
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
Charlene, an exchange student, tells his mother that she misses her through e-mail.
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
The teacher told the students to go to the library for their research activity.
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
A mother bought an alphabet chart for her 4-year-old daughter.
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
