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1. Classical rhetoricians termed the process of selecting material that best conveys and
supports a speech’s message invention.
A) True
B) False
2. Primary sources provide firsthand accounts or direct evidence of events.
A) True
B) False
3. Interviews and surveys are primary sources.
A) True
B) False
4. Secondary sources provide analysis or commentary about phenomena produced by
others. A) True
B) False
5. Reference materials, such as encyclopedias and Wikipedia, are secondary sources.
A) True
B) False
6. Relying exclusively on general search engines such as Google for research can present a
host of potential problems.
A) True
B) False
7. Books usually explore topics superficially, not in depth.
A) True
B) False
8. A regularly published magazine or journal is called a periodical.
A) True
B) False
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9. The databases and other resources you find on your college’s library website are part of
the deep Web.
A) True
B) False
10. When you select material from your college library’s online resources, you can be assured
that an information specialist has vetted that source for reliability and credibility.
A) True
B) False
11. Data makes sense of information.
A) True
B) False
12. Digital collections include oral histories, photographs, and audio recordings.
A) True
B) False
13. Encyclopedias, almanacs, and atlases are examples of reference works.
A) True
B) False
14. Video and audio files of speeches you find online can be useful as models of speeches,
but not as primary source material.
A) True
B) False
15. The Encyclopedia Britannica is an example of a specialized encyclopedia.
A) True
B) False
16. Almanacs may be general or specialized.
A) True
B) False
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17. Almanacs and fact books can be found on library portals.
A) True
B) False
18. Biographical resources contain information about famous or noteworthy people.
A) True
B) False
19. Books of quotations and poetry collections are not examples of reference works.
A) True
B) False
20. Data can be used as propaganda.
A) True
B) False
21. A speaker can gain considerably more insight into a topic by conducting an interview
with an expert.
A) True
B) False
22. Propaganda is based on false information.
A) True
B) False
23. In an interview, you should avoid posing questions that encourage a particular response.
A) True
B) False
24. After the interview, you should offer to send the interviewee the results of the interview.
A) True
B) False
25. You might consider recording an interview to avoid inaccurately representing the
interviewee’s responses.
A) True
B) False
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26. Like interviews, surveys are useful tools for investigating audience attitudes.
A) True
B) False
27. Any informal survey you conduct is unlikely to be statistically sound enough to be taken
as proof of your claims.
A) True
B) False
28. To assess the credibility of a website, the speaker should check out who has published it
and determine whether that person or organization is reputable.
A) True
B) False
29. Your own knowledge and experience are not valid as sources of support.
A) True
B) False
30. The term misinformation refers to the deliberate falsification of information.
A) True
B) False
31. Government resources, such as usa.gov, almost always draw from highly credible
primary sources.
A) True
B) False
32. There is nothing credible to be gained from Wikipedia, as it is written collaboratively
and anonymously by anyone who wishes to contribute to it.
A) True
B) False
33. Peer-reviewed journals are appropriate sources for academic research, but popular
journals and general-interest magazines such as Time and Newsweek are not.
A) True
B) False
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34. Eyewitness testimony, diary entries, interviews, and surveys are examples of ______
sources.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) chronicle
35. Which of the following is not a type of secondary source?
A) books
B) biographies
C) surveys
D) periodicals
36. A regularly published magazine or journal is called a(n)
A) annual.
B) yearbook.
C) periodical.
D) guide.
37. The portion of the Web that general search engines often fail to find is referred to as the
A) dark Web.
B) underground Web.
C) deep Web.
D) closed Web.
38. A(n) _____ is a website maintained by individuals or groups containing journal-type
entries.
A) social news site
B) almanac
C) biographical resource
D) blog
39. An example of data is
A) the number of homicides in a particular city in a year.
B) a medical diagnosis.
C) the odds that a certain horse will win a race.
D) a weather forecaster’s predictions.
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40. Subject guides are compiled by
A) inhouse librarians.
B) subject matter experts.
C) contributors to encyclopedias.
D) the U.S. government.
41. Which type of reference work summarizes knowledge that is found in original form
elsewhere?
A) encyclopedias
B) almanacs
C) biographical resources
D) poetry collections
42. Library portals give you access to
A) contact information for your school’s library and librarians.
B) primary sources of government statistics.
C) digital collections.
D) corporate websites.
43. Effective interview questions
A) are phrased to reinforce the interviewer’s agenda.
B) are made up spontaneously during the interview.
C) don’t lead the interviewee to a desired response.
D) are closed-ended and to the point.
44. Questions that don’t lead the interviewee to a desired response are known as
A) neutral questions.
B) vague questions.
C) loaded questions.
D) closed questions.
45. What yields the most satisfactory results when searching in a library catalog or database?
A) key word searches
B) subject heading searches
C) subject guide search
D) advanced searches
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46. At the end of the interview, you should
A) offer a brief, positive summary of important things you learned.
B) provide a rebuttal.
C) inform the interviewee of your own point of view.
D) ask the interviewee how the interview went.
47. Surveys are an especially effective source of support for topics related to the attitudes,
values, and beliefs of the people
A) who know the speaker personally.
B) who share a speaker’s beliefs.
C) in a speaker’s own culture.
D) in a speaker’s immediate environment.
48. ______ is information presented in such a way as to provoke a specific response.
A) Disinformation
B) Fabrication
C) Propaganda
D) Misinformation
49. ______ refers to the deliberate falsification of information.
A) Information
B) Misinformation
C) Propaganda
D) Disinformation
50. A collection of links to subject-specific article databases, reference works, websites, and
other resources for a particular subject available to library users is called a(n)
A) specialized almanac.
B) subject guide.
C) help guide.
D) library portal.
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Answer Key
1. A
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. A
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45. A