TCAP Research, Media, and Communication

Question 1

Which is least helpful in gathering information for reserach on current events?

Accepted Answer

encyclopedia

Question 2

The internet is not usually used to present which of the following?

Accepted Answer

handwritten material

Question 3

Which group member is most responsible for taking notes?

Accepted Answer

recorder

Question 4

Choose the best source to support Amanda's research on ostrich farms.

Accepted Answer

a magazine article by an ostrich farmer

Question 5

What is an effective way to engage one's audience for a speech?

Accepted Answer

adjust your speaking rate

Question 6

To gather info on a certain topic, you may need to look in an atlas. What is an atlas?

Accepted Answer

shows maps of populations and products

Question 7

What can you determine from this graph?

Accepted Answer

Most common activity among this group is talking on phone.

Question 8

If you want to find teh countries that border Russia, your best source would be

Accepted Answer

atlas

Question 9

You're writing an argumentative paper on handguns. How can you make it more convincing?

Accepted Answer

quote the views of people who are authorities on the subject

Question 10

Drew is working on a group project for science. How can he best help his group finish on time?

Accepted Answer

divide up remaining work among students

Question 11

Which chapter would most likely include facts about Canada?

Accepted Answer

Tundras of North America

Question 12

Where is the best source of information for a research paper on Malcom X?

Accepted Answer

reference books

Question 13

Your topic is bird flu. Which is most important to interpret for your sources?

Accepted Answer

author

Question 14

You're creating an invention for science. Which is the best to find ideas on inventions?

Accepted Answer

Scientific American magazine

Question 15

Which source would be least helpful in a report about constructing & interpreting weather maps?

Accepted Answer

history of US Geological Survey, which makes maps

Question 16

Choose the most focused research topic

Accepted Answer

Who are the most famous left-handed athletes?

Question 17

If you are writing an essay on the life William Shakespeare, which is not a good resource?

Accepted Answer

collection of writings

Question 18

Which is most likely to focus on the negative aspects of Hilary Clinton's life?

Accepted Answer

tabloid

Question 19

Which source with an article about the snow leopard provides the most up-to-date info?

Accepted Answer

an article from today's national chain newspaper

Question 20

Which is most helpful in dramatizing a scene from The Expedition of Lewis & Clark?

Accepted Answer

journals of Lewis and Clark

Question 21

You wrote a report on world religions. Which will you not include in oral presentation?

Accepted Answer

text page with definitions of important terms

Question 22

What would be an appropriate caption for a company selling nuts?

Accepted Answer

You don't have to be a squirrel to love our nuts.

Question 23

Which is usually found at the beginning of a book to identfy pages on which each ch. begins?

Accepted Answer

table of contents

Question 24

You never knew your grandfather, but you want to write about his time in WW I. Which is best?

Accepted Answer

the journal he kept during WWI

Question 25

Which is least helpful in learning how DNA evidence is used in criminal cases today?

Accepted Answer

chapter on human genetics in science textbook

Question 26

Urban is to rural as omit is to

Accepted Answer

include

Question 27

What is best source for info on cuneiform, an ancient method of writing of the Sumerian people?

Accepted Answer

encyclopedia on CD

Question 28

Which resourse are you least likely to use to reserach the life of author William Faulkner?

Accepted Answer

World Atlas

Question 29

Which is not useful for an oral presentation on China?

Accepted Answer

dictionary

Question 30

Which statement is a fact?

Accepted Answer

President Bush must feel his popularity is up & down.

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