Question: Firsthand information that has been analyzed, interpreted or processed is an example of a
Answer Choices:
Secondary source
Primary source
All of the above
None of the above
Answer: Secondary source
Question: Students are required to give credit to the original author for any information taken from other sources. Giving credit includes providing:
Answer Choices:
The author’s name
Title of the source
Date of publication
All the above
Answer: All the above
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: A secondary source may reuse information from a primary one.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: You are working on a research paper about online marketing to Millennials. Which of the following sets of search terms is most likely to be effective?
Answer Choices:
Face-to-face sales, Millennials
Social media marketing, Millennials
Internet marketing, Millennials
Social media marketing, Baby Boomers
Answer: Internet marketing, Millennials
Question: You want to search for articles about sports injuries but you are not interested in articles about concussions. Which operator should you use to exclude articles about concussions?
Answer Choices:
And
Or
Not
Near
Answer: Not
Question: You’ve just adopted a new puppy and you’d like to learn more about obedience training. You are looking specifically for videos to show you how to crate train your new puppy. What is an effective way to use a search engine to narrow your search to videos?
Answer Choices:
Go to YouTube and then search for dog training videos.
Click on “video” on the search engine home page and then search for your search terms (very wordy).
Answer: Go to YouTube and then search for dog training videos.
Question: There is explanation of which of the following features in the help section of the Ashford Library databases?
Answer Choices:
Printing articles.
Viewing articles.
Searching for articles.
All of these.
Answer: All of these.
Question: You are working on a research project about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Which search would be most effective?
Answer Choices:
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Subject: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Title: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Answer: Subject: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Question: Method actors draw upon which primary source for their roles?
Answer Choices:
their director’s imagination
their own experiences
other actors’ performances
their scriptwriter’s vision of the role
Answer: their own experiences
Question: Based on the image below, the scholarly article shown is immediately available for download as a PDF file.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: You have been assigned a research paper on the Renaissance Movement and the assignment says that you must use at least three scholarly sources. Which of the following are effective tools for finding scholarly sources?
Answer Choices:
Ashford Library search database
Ashford Library e-book collection
Google Scholar
Credo Reference, which is a database of reference sources provided by the Ashford Library
Answer: Ashford Library search database
Question: Whenever you can, it’s best to locate the primary sources listed in your secondary sources and give credit to both.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: What is the title of the source below?
Sweetingham, J. & Bergeron, C. (2016). Vines. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. Retrieved from [URL]
Answer Choices:
Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Vines
You can’t tell from the information provided.
Answer: Vines
Question: Based on the reference, what type of source is this? Castro, M. G. (2002). Raising awareness of psychological harassment at work. Retrieved from http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/play/blah/blah/blah
Answer Choices:
an eBook
a web page
a scholarly article
none of these
Answer: an eBook
Question: Lean is an improvement methodology based on which of the following?
Answer Choices:
A. Reduction of variability
B. Reduction of fat
C. Reduction of defects
D. Reduction of waste
Answer: D. Reduction of waste
Question: How can you determine what the purpose of a source is?
Answer Choices:
Look for the author’s biases.
Look at the evidence the author uses to determine if he or she is impartial.
Understand who the publisher is to look for bias.
All of the above.
Answer: All of the above.
Question: What is the purpose of the excerpt below: “We design our purifying traps to behave like test chamber conditions and focus on real home conditions – this is far more than just having an efficient filter… [Our] engineers and research concluded that to clean an entire room properly, you need to sense pollution events automatically, capture ultrafine pollutants, and project cleaner air around the room using… [our] technology. Only… [our]… purifying fan is designed and tested to do all of this.”
Answer Choices:
To trigger emotions
To persuade you to buy something
To present a variety of viewpoints
Answer: To persuade you to buy something