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Checkology Info Zones

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To make sure that (something) is true, accurate, or justified.

a)

A) vilify

b)

B) verify

c)

C) veracity

d)

D) veranda

2.

Not helping or supporting either side of a conflict, disagreement, etc.

a)

A) negative

b)

B) neutron

c)

C) neutral

d)

D) neural

3.

An organization that helps pay for the cost of a website in return for advertising.

a)

sponsor

b)

spawn

c)

spark

d)

species

4.

Invent or concoct something, typically with deceitful intent.

a)

feast

b)

facilitate

c)

fulfill

d)

fabricate

5.

"Timely" means "done at a useful time".

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The primary purpose of this type of information is to amuse or engage you.

a)

to provoke

b)

to sell you something

c)

to entertain

d)

to document

7.

The primary purpose of this type of information is to make you think you need a product or a service.

a)

to sell

b)

to document

c)

to provoke

d)

to inform

8.

The primary purpose of this type of information is to get you to adopt a specific point of view.

a)

to provoke

b)

to persuade

c)

to inform

d)

to entertain

9.

The primary purpose of this type of information seeks to spark a strong emotional reaction.

a)

to persuade

b)

to inform

c)

to sell

d)

to provoke

10.

The primary purpose of this type of information is to create a record.

a)

to sell

b)

to provoke

c)

to document

d)

to entertain

11.

The primary purpose of this type of information is to keep you updated about what's going on in our world.

a)

to inform

b)

to persuade

c)

to document

d)

to entertain

12.

What Info Zone is the primary way we learn about what is going on around us?

a)

News

b)

Advertising

c)

Propaganda

d)

Entertainment

13.

What Info Zone's primary purpose is amuse, please, relax, or distract us?

a)

Advertising

b)

Propaganda

c)

Entertainment

d)

Opinion

14.

What Info Zone's primary purpose is to sell you something?

a)

Advertising

b)

Opinion

c)

Propaganda

d)

Entertainment

15.

What Info Zone's primary purpose is to persuade you with a reasoned argument?

a)

Propaganda

b)

Raw Information

c)

Entertainment

d)

Opinion

16.

What Info Zone's primary purpose is to provoke you?

a)

Raw Information

b)

Entertainment

c)

Advertising

d)

Propaganda

17.

What Info Zone's primary purpose is to create a record or document something?

a)

Raw Information

b)

Propaganda

c)

Opinion

d)

Entertainment

18.

An article that gives an opinion.

a)

Explanation

b)

Examiner

c)

Editorial

d)

Eliminator

19.

Able to be believed.

a)

Credible

b)

Creative

c)

Calculated

d)

Caliber

20.

A synonym for accountable.

a)

Advisable

b)

Responsible

c)

Mathable

d)

Typical

21.

Give a misleading account.

a)

A) Distort

b)

B) Despise

c)

C) Import

d)

D) Disclose

22.

What Info Zone would someone's cell phone video of a car accident be?

a)

A) Opinion

b)

B) Raw information

c)

C) Propaganda

d)

D) Advertising