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Evaluating Information

Submission Information and Quiz

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS:

Students who have been told by their instructor that they can use this tutorial to earn extra credit or as a required part of their course must submit the quiz electronically. Please make sure to fill out all of the required elements and the quiz will automatically be graded and sent to your instructor.

Please note: an asterisk * denotes a required element.

I. Submission Information:
 
A. *Your Last Name:
  *Your First Name:
  If you want to receive the results of this quiz, please include your e-mail address:
 
B. Please provide the following:
  Course (e.g., EN):
  Course Number (e.g., 102):
  *Instructor's Last Name:
  *Instructor's First Name:
  *Instructor's E-mail:
 
C. *On what campus are you taking this course?
  If you take courses at more than one campus or are a Distance Education student, choose the campus with which you are associated.
  Germantown Rockville Takoma Park/Silver Spring
 
D. Have you taken this tutorial before?
  Yes No
 
E. This tutorial was:
  Too easy Too hard About right
 
F. Please give us feedback on the tutorial or anything else you want to tell us.
 


II. Quiz:
1. Why do we need to evaluate information found on the Web?
  a. Because anyone can place information on the web.
  b. Because there is no overall central authority responsible for the validity of information.
  c. Because it is part of good research practices to evaluate information whether in print or electronic.
  d. All of the above.
 
2. What criteria should be employed to evaluate information?
  a. The page loads quickly and looks nice.
  b. Authority, accuracy, content, currency, and purpose of the information.
 
3. Authority means:
  a. The author(s) is specified and information is provided about the author's qualifications for writing on the topic.
  b. The user has the right to use the information found on the page in a paper.
 
4. A tilde (~) usually, but not always, indicates a personal webpage.
  a. True
  b. False
 
5. Everything on the web is current and up-to-date.
  a. True
  b. False
 
6. Many web sites use the Internet to advertise or sell their products. The URLs (web addresses) will have this in the domain:
  a. .edu
  b. .org
  c. .com
 
7. Web sites that contain advertising as well as information should be viewed with a skeptical eye.
  a. True
  b. False
 
8. To evaluate the accuracy of information, the information should:
  a. Be free of spelling, grammatical, and other errors
  b. Be footnoted and/or cited in the content so that the information can be verified
  c. Contain both a and b
 
9. All web sites use editorial boards to evaluate the information before posting to their web pages.
  a. True
  b. False
 
10. Personal web pages provide subjective information and they should always be avoided.
  a. True
  b. False
 



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Niyati Pandya, Librarian,
Montgomery College, Rockville Campus

 

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