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Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
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1
What does bias mean?
Prejudice
All of the above
Favoritism
One-sidedness
2
What is a diorama?
Three dimensional figure or scene.
A tree.
A plant.
A dinosaur.
3
Landfills aren't found in the index of a science book. What other term or terms could you use?
Bags
Dumps
Trash
Waste management
4
Your assignment is to write a report on a natural disaster. What do you do first?
Find information about your topic.
Pick a topic.
List what you already know about your topic.
Make a list of questions.
5
What is a database?
Name of an army base.
Collection of information.
A building.
A book.
6
Select the correct order for the following authors.
Auxier, Collins, Meyer, Smith
Meyer, Auxier, Collins, Smith
Meyer, Collins, Smith, Auxier
Smith, Collins, Meyer, Auxier
7
What is a natural disaster?
tornado
Flood
Natural event
All of the above
8
You're making a diorama of a pyramid. What resource would be most helpful?
Journal of a tourist who spent time site- seeing pyramids.
None of the above.
A poetry database about pyramids.
A website showing photos and videos of pyramids.
9
What is the best way to find the book "Dear Jo" in your library?
Subject search.
Author search.
Title search.
Bar code search.
10
What is censorship?
The back section of a boat.
The name of a book.
The practice of limiting access to information or ideas.
Device that detects motion.
11
What is the best reason for citing your sources?
Gives the location of the sources you used.
It shows you did your research.
Identifies sources that your classmates may want to use.
Gives credit to the author.
12
What is the definition of origin?
End or completion of.
Beginning or start of.
End of the universe.
None of the above.
13
Which is an act of censorship?
Unpopular opinions in letters to the editor.
Teacher correcting a student's grammar.
Employee fired for not following directions.
Group forcing a librarian to remove a book from the library.
14
The zoo has llamas. How do you find out what they eat? List best term or terms to use.
Llamas and diet.
Llamas and zoo.
Llamas and habitat.
Zoo and diet.
15
What will you use to find the difference in hours between Chicago, IL, and Sydney Australia?
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Google
Almanac
16
You're researching Antartica and have to many hits. What is the best way to limit your results?
Use the SOURCE filter.
Use the OR operator.
Use the DATE filter.
Use the NOT operator
17
You're researching energy drinks. Which website article would be more accurate?
Wikopedia
Articles and facts from a government agency.
Advertisements.
Celebrity endorsements.
18
Which is a case of plagiarism?
Writing a poem.
Taking notes in your own words.
Using your picture.
Copying from a website.
19
Researching pros and cons of bottled water. Which source would include bias information?
Bottling company newsletter.
Encyclopedia article about bottling.
Government website.
Magazine article about bottling.
20
Winthrop, Elizabeth.The Castle in the Attic. New York: Holiday House, 1985.
Name the
publisher.
Winthrop
The Castle in the Attic
New York
Holiday House
21
You're researching an invention. What library source would be most useful?
Encyclopedia.
Nonfiction videos.
Magazine databases.
Fiction books.
22
Do speed cameras reduce car accidents? Which fact answers your research question?
Police dept. requested funding to obtain additional cameras.
Police dept. complain cameras are money making scheme.
None of the above.
Police reported serious collisions fell 27% due to cameras.
23
What is a periodical?
Newspaper
All of the above
Magazine
Journal
