Question: Each topic sentence should be rooted in your thesis.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Asking the question “Is the information at an appropriate level (e.g., not too elementary or advanced for your needs)?” is a good way to determine a source’s
Answer Choices:
importance
relevance
clarity
Answer: relevance
Question: Wikipedia is an academic source.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is not an example of a tertiary source?
Answer Choices:
Almanac
Dictionary
Atlas
Scholarly journal article
Answer: Scholarly journal article
Question: Your Ashford University librarian can assist you in which of the following ways? Select all that apply.
Answer Choices:
Provide feedback on the structure of your essays that use resources.
Suggest specific databases for your topic.
Answer research-related questions.
Offer tips and suggestions for searching in specific databases.
Answer: Suggest specific databases for your topic.
Answer research-related questions.
Offer tips and suggestions for searching in specific databases.
Question: Presidents have frequently invoked _________ to avoid disclosing to Congress about the activities of the executive branch.
Answer Choices:
A. executive secrecy
B. the House rule
C. executive privilege
D. strict scrutiny
E. None of the above
Answer: C. executive privilege
Question: Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a digital library?
Answer Choices:
A digital library never closes.
A digital library is accessible from anywhere in the world as long as you have an internet connection.
Resources in a digital library can often be accessed by many users at once.
Digital Libraries require modest fees to check out materials.
Answer: Digital Libraries require modest fees to check out materials.
Question: If a potential source presents any kind of bias, it should automatically be ruled out.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: When determining whether a source shows too much negative bias, be sure to avoid sources that use _________.
Answer Choices:
emotional, strong, or inflammatory language
claims that are not supported by evidence
distorted facts or facts presented out of context
all of the above
Answer: all of the above
Question: When determining whether a source shows too much negative bias, be sure to avoid sources that use _________.
Answer Choices:
emotional, strong, or inflammatory language
claims that are not supported by evidence
distorted facts or facts presented out of context
all of the above
Answer: all of the above
Question: Why is it important to know what publisher is behind the publication of a source?
Answer Choices:
The publisher’s bias may be present in a source.
The publisher may offer a discount on the source.
The publisher may be open to accepting book proposals from other people.
None of the above.
Answer: The publisher’s bias may be present in a source.
Question: Information regarding academic honesty can be located:
Answer Choices:
in class
in the university catalog
in the writing center
all of the above
Answer: all of the above
Question: If the source you decide to use is sponsored by an organization, you should research the mission of that organization to assess the source’s potential level of bias.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Your thesis should inform readers about your ______.
Answer Choices:
specific topic
claims about the topic
reasons for making your claims
all of the above
Answer: all of the above
Question: Which of the following locations represents the greatest danger in encountering misinformation?
Answer Choices:
A) Peer-reviewed journal
B) University press
C) Blogs
D) Library
Answer: C) Blogs
Question: A research-based paper will rely heavily upon __________.
Answer Choices:
A) ethos
B) logos
C) pathos
D) both A and B
Answer: D) both A and B
Question: Anna is a student in an English course. She is writing about the Great Depression and women’s access to employment during the period in question. She begins searching by looking for a source that specifically addresses this topic. After she is unable to locate such a source, though, she decides to break up her research topic into sources that touch on various parts of the topic like women in the Great Depression, the Great Depression and unemployment, and other relevant topics. She can then pull the various pieces of information together from the different sources in order to answer her question about the Great Depression. Her method for locating sources is a good example of how she has achieved __________ threshold concept.
Answer Choices:
research is inquiry
information has value
searching as strategic exploration
all of the above
Answer: searching as strategic exploration
Question: A presentation of original research would be an example of what type of information?
Answer Choices:
Primary
Subjective
Secondary
None of the above
Answer: Primary
Question: Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a digital library?
Answer Choices:
A digital library never closes.
A digital library is accessible from anywhere in the world as long as you have an internet connection.
Resources in a digital library can often be accessed by many users at once.
Digital Libraries require modest fees to check out materials.
Answer: Digital Libraries require modest fees to check out materials.
Question: Which of the following is a good example of product placement?
Answer Choices:
Putting the product next to a beloved celebrity.
Using an unreliable source of information in describing the product.
Not listing all of its possible side effects.
Making its leading competitor sound terrible.
None of these.
Answer: Putting the product next to a beloved celebrity.
Question: Information resources that point the user towards data that they are looking for, and are organized according to a predefined scheme are called:
Answer Choices:
A) search engines
B) markup
C) metadata
D) encyclopedias
Answer: C) metadata
Question: John wants to include a YouTube source on his topic about the NFL’s liability in the deaths of certain players due to concussion. What type of information might he find in a YouTube video?
Answer: The information needed is not visible in the provided image.
Question: You should use which of the following to support your argument?
Answer Choices:
opinions
credible academic sources
personal blog entries
all of the above
Answer: credible academic sources