Question: Which of the following does your textbook recommend as ways to help narrow a Google search to make it more effective?
Answer Choices:
Devise a strategy to search for the specific terms you want to find.
Type specific questions into the search box.
Explore specialized Google resources such as news, books, and scholar.
All of these answers are correct.
Answer: All of these answers are correct.
Question: Computer privacy typically occurs when which of the following is violated?
Answer Choices:
A) Intellectual property
B) Open source software
C) Blog posts
D) Email passwords
Answer: A) Intellectual property
Question: A secondary source may reuse information from a primary one.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: A student asks a teacher for a 1-day extension. The teacher says if she gives a 1-day extension, then she would have to give a 2-day extension, then a 3-day extension, and eventually not have any deadlines at all. This is an example of which of the following fallacies?
Answer Choices:
Ad hominem.
Appeal to force.
Appeal to popular opinion.
Slippery slope.
Answer: Slippery slope.
Question: The BEST description of a proprietary database is one that:
Answer Choices:
A) contains relevant information.
B) is restricted to a select group.
C) is free to the public.
Answer: B) is restricted to a select group.
Question: Which of the following is an accurate definition of a fact?
Answer Choices:
Fact is based on evidence that can be verified.
Fact is based on a judgment.
Fact refers to information that is intended to influence people.
All of the above.
Answer: Fact is based on evidence that can be verified.
Question: Which of the following is NOT a popular search engine?
Answer Choices:
EBSCOhost
Google
Yahoo
Bing
Answer: EBSCOhost
Question: The search engine that makes it easy to find high-quality Web resources by combining Internet technology with traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data is known as a(n)
Answer Choices:
abstract index.
virtual library.
periodical database.
digital reference.
electronic catalogue.
Answer: virtual library.
Question: Famed science fiction writer H. G. Wells once envisioned something to store vast amounts of information. What did he call it?
Answer Choices:
A) Universal Database System
B) Universal Decimal Classification
C) World Wide Web
D) World Brain
Answer: D) World Brain
Question: Which sentence is not written in academic voice?
Answer Choices:
The health and safety of citizens is the government’s responsibility.
The federal government has a duty to oversee legal fish legislation.
The government must protect each citizen’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Why is this the government’s responsibility?
Answer: Why is this the government’s responsibility?
Question: Sometimes multiple methods of note taking are necessary, including paper and online notes.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: To adequately discuss gender and culture, students must:
Answer Choices:
A. Discuss how men and women communicate differently.
B. Use Bevan and Sole and/or other academic sources to discuss how culture is connected to communication, how culture is linked to gender and how gender might impact communication.
C. Define gender.
D. Define culture.
Answer: B. Use Bevan and Sole and/or other academic sources to discuss how culture is connected to communication, how culture is linked to gender and how gender might impact communication.
Question: Scholarly sources do not need to be peer reviewed to be considered scholarly.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is probably the most credible source about a historical event?
Answer Choices:
A political website.
A blog you found on Google.
The statements of a famous politician.
A website affiliated with a university.
None of these.
Answer: A website affiliated with a university.