Deck 10: Information Literacy

Question 1

There are only two types of citation styles.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A CARS checklist can be used to evaluate online information.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The most relevant results of a search are placed on the first few pages.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A specialty search engine allows you to search sources that general search engines do not always access.

Question 5

A query is another word for a general search engine.

Question 6

It is important to make sure your online information sources are accurate.

Question 7

If information is not common knowledge, you must cite the source.

Question 8

Plagiarism is a way of protecting the rights of intellectual property owners.

Question 9

Sixteen percent of people look at only the first page of Google results.

Question 10

The fair use doctrine allows you to use quotations or other cited material without permission but you must include a citation to the original source.

Question 11

Websites that require a subscription or membership are deep sites.

Question 12

The deep web is also called the pirate web.

Question 13

If a webpage is difficult to navigate or read, it is not as useful as a well-designed page.

Question 14

The websites listed in search engine results are on the surface web.

Question 15

Most search engines do not allow for filtered results.

Question 16

When you use the Internet for research, you face citation style decisions.

Question 17

Specialty search engines include Google and Bing.

Question 18

Use a word stem to broaden a search.

Question 19

Along with credibility and accuracy, consider how affordable an online information source is.

Question 20

If you copy a photo from the internet and use it in a report, you may be violating public domain.

Question 21

If the website has a conflict of interest, the site is not considered ____.

A) reasonable
B) supported
C) biased
D) emotional

Question 22

A catalog of webpages organized by subject are a(n) ____.

A) specialty search engine
B) online database
C) web directory
D) subject directory

Question 23

A poorly designed webpage includes which of the following?

A) Spelling error
B) Low-quality graphic
C) Difficult to read text
D) All of the above

Question 24

The CARS checklist does NOT include which of the following type of information?

A) reasonable
B) accurate
C) committed
D) credible

Question 25

A(n) ____ designs and updates author's writings but this person is not the source of content.

A) editor
B) webmaster
C) moderator
D) blogger

Question 26

Search engine spiders build a(n) ____ of terms and their locations.

A) tool
B) query
C) list
D) index

Question 27

During a major event, such as a weather disaster or national election, use which of the following?

A) News apps
B) Television
C) Print newspapers
D) All of the above

Question 28

To identify the purpose of the webpage is the first step in evaluating ____.

A) support
B) citations
C) reasonableness
D) credit

Question 29

What do you use to find academic information for research that general search engines may not access?

A) Specific search engine
B) Scientific search engine
C) Specialty search engine
D) Simple search engine

Question 30

Which is not one of the top five most visited news website?

A) The New York Times
B) Huffington Post
C) Forbes
D) Google News

Question 31

Another word for a spider is a ____.

A) virus
B) bug
C) crawler
D) bot

Question 32

For photos or other reproduced content, a ____ should appear on the page stating the source.

A) quotation
B) credit line
C) fact note
D) support line

Question 33

Free e-books are available in the ____.

A) credit line
B) CARS checklist
C) private sector
D) public domain

Question 34

Restricted websites are part of the ____.

A) deep web
B) public web
C) visible web
D) surface web

Question 35

All of the following can be used to check facts except _______ .

A) scholar.google.com
B) wolframalpha.com
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 36

A(n) ____ license provides a flexible range of protections and freedoms.

A) Creative Community
B) Creative Commons
C) Common Community
D) None of the above

Question 37

To make sure your online information sources are accurate, do which of the following?

A) evaluate the source
B) verify facts
C) check the date
D) all of the above

Question 38

Scholarly sites include all but which of the following?

A) citations
B) professional author
C) plagiarism
D) researched information

Question 39

To find sites similar to cnn.com, type ____.

A) related:cnn
B) *cnn.com
C) +cnn.com
D) related:cnn.com

Question 40

To find pages posted in a certain date range, search engines include ____.

A) options
B) filters
C) alerts
D) checklists

Question 41

To make your search phrase unique and specific, use _______ .

A) keywords
B) the # symbol
C) the * symbol
D) hits

Question 42

Which of the following search tools finds videos or other multimedia?

A) Ask a Librarian
B) Blinkx
C) Wolfram Alpha
D) Glean Comparison Search

Question 43

Use citations to credit information sources and avoid ____.

A) ethics
B) principles
C) property rights
D) plagiarism

Question 44

Social search tools search all of the following social media except _______ .

A) microblogs
B) comments
C) blogs
D) catalogs

Question 45

To restate an idea using different words from those in the original is to ____.

A) pirate
B) plagarize
C) paraphrase
D) none of the above

Question 46

To narrow a search, use ______ .

A) quotation marks around the keyword or key phrase
B) "or" between keywords
C) "and" between keywords
D) ! before keywords

Question 47

Which of the following is NOT a citation style?

A) MLA
B) ACA
C) APA
D) Chicago

Question 48

The _______ is not reached by search engines and includes hacking groups and other illegal activity.

A) dark web
B) invisible web
C) private web
D) hidden web

Question 49

Which of the following additional search tools answers factual questions directly?

A) Blinkx
B) Ask a Librarian
C) Wolfram Alpha
D) Glean Comparison Search

Question 50

A formal reference to a published work is a(n) ____.

A) citation
B) paraphrase
C) b ibliography
D) patent

Question 51

To improve the quality of your search, you can do all of the following except _______ .

A) subscribe to the deep web
B) use search operators
C) filter search results
D) customize browser settings

Question 52

All of the following are concerns about surface websites except ______ .

A) they are readily available
B) they are not permanent sources of information
C) they have not been peer reviewed
D) they have not been evaluated

Question 53

Search engine results are also called _______ .

A) hits
B) queries
C) keywords
D) links

Question 54

With a copyright, authors and artists have the legal right to ____ an original work.

A) sell
B) publish
C) distribute
D) all of the above

Question 55

Restricted sites can be found on ______ .

A) the invisible web
B) the visible web
C) the surface web
D) the public web

Question 56

Which of the following is not a common search operator?

A) ?
B) |
C) +
D) -

Question 57

The set of moral principles that govern people's behavior is called ____.

A) plagarism
B) ethics
C) fair use doctrine
D) public domain

Question 58

Patents protect intellectual property rights for a certain period, usually _____ years from the original patent date.

A) 10
B) 50
C) 20
D) 100

Question 59

_______ provide access to articles and books on important events long after the event is no longer new, providing analysis of the events and placing them in historical perspective.

A) Scholarly sites
B) News feeds
C) Social media sites
D) Blog posts

Question 60

To completely search a website, use the following before the site address and keywords _______ .

A) site:
B) site?
C) searchSite:
D) site!

Question 62

_______ is a way of protecting the rights of intellectual property owners.

A) Copyright
B) Digital privacy
C) Public domain
D) Paraphrasing

Question 63

When evaluating information, be suspicious of all of the following except _______ .

A) unbiased information
B) URLs with slight modifications
C) an organization with no history, physical location, or staff
D) exceptionally long URLs

Question 64

A _______ is the work of people who can evaluate the content of a website and classify it.

A) subject directory
B) public search index
C) hidden search database
D) deep search

Question 65

You can use _______ to do a reverse search of an image to locate the original image and match it with other indexed images.

A) TinEye
B) Shutterfly
C) PhotoLookUp
D) BlinkX

Question 66

To find results, a general search engine ______.

A) searches its database
B) searches all webpages on the Internet
C) searches other search engine results
D) searches using search engine optimization

Question 67

Google or Bing let you use _______ filtering to remove as much offensive or explicit content as possible.

A) SafeSearch
B) Preference
C) Sponsored
D) search engine optimization

Question 68

To help determine if you want to use a site as a reference, you can check the _______ in a website's URL to see if it tells where a webpage originated.

A) domain
B) kernel
C) business name
D) webpage name

Question 69

A search result link to paid advertising content related to your search is called a(n) _______ .

A) sponsored link
B) SEO
C) banner ad
D) related link

Question 70

Each of the following is a Creative Commons license format except _______ .

A) a format that does not require licensees to give credit and display copyright notices
B) a format for those with a legal background
C) a format written in plain language for easier understanding by all
D) a format that can be read by computers

Question 71

To access search database information, you may need to use a(n) _______, in addition to entering a username and password.

A) search form
B) social search tool
C) index
D) directory