Library Skills Pre-test -2016-2017

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Library Skills Pre-test -2016-2017 - 7th grade

1. If you were searching to find out who the first man on the moon was, which of the following would be the best combination to put into a google search bar for accurate results?

American Astronauts

First man on the moon

Moon exploration

NASA disasters

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2. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the concept that once a person posts something on the internet, it lasts forever?

George fails to get a job because of a negative tweet from seven years ago

Martin tweets a negative comment about his job, and he is fired as a result.

Gabrielle writes a great blog post.She deletes it before she posts it.

Adam decides to post some pictures on his facebook account of his breakfast.

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3. If a teacher gives you an assignment to research a battle in a specific American conflict or war, which of the following would be an appropriately narrowed topic?

This would be for a three to five page essay

The Civil War

The American Revolution

The Battle of Gettysburg

WWII

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4. If you are trying to find a copy of the novel Fablehaven by Brandon Mull, in our library, what call number would you find it under?

Fic Brandon

Fic Mul

820 Brandon

820 Mul

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5. When you are conducting research, it is important to take good notes for which reasons?

So you can cite your sources later, and to avoid plagiarism

So you can use your notebook

In order to create your own website

So it will take longer to finish reading the source material

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6. Based on the following information from OWL Purdue, what is the correct way to write an in-text citation when there is no known author, but there is a page number?

When a source has no known author, use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name. Place the title in quotation marks if it's a short work (such as an article) or italicize it if it's a longer work (e.g. plays, books, television shows, entire Web sites) and provide a page number.

("Mockingbird Spring" 110).

("Mockingbird Spring")

(Smith)

(99).

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7. When you are citing a database source, what should you consult, according to the MLA guide on OWL Purdue? "Cite articles from online databases (e.g. LexisNexis, ProQuest, JSTOR, ScienceDirect) and other subscription services just as you would print sources. Since these articles usually come from periodicals, be sure to consult the appropriate sections of the Works Cited: Periodicals page, which you can access via its link at the bottom of this page. In addition to this information, provide the title of the database italicized, the medium of publication, and the date of access."

Works Cited: Periodicals page

JSTOR

medium of publication

date of access

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8. If you are working on a report on a major world religion, which of the following would be the best print source?

A historical fiction book on the founding of the religion

A general encylopedia entry on world religions

A non-fiction book about the religion you are writing about

A graphic novel about Peter Pan

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9. What is one of the ways to use a work to meet Fair use criteria?

Use only the entire work.

Use a small part of the work

Use the work exactly as it originally appeared

Use it to make money

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10. If you are trying to write an essay about a book you are reading for class, which database is the best option?

Global Issues in Context

Worldbook

Literature Resources in Context

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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11. If you were looking for a fiction graphic novel from the graphic book section, which of the following would be the call number?

GB Hal

516 Smi

780 Hal

SC Cru

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12. When should you use keyword search on the card catalog?

When you think you know the name of the author

When you are looking for a specific subject

When you are going to type in the name of a series

Only when you know the exact name of the author

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13. If you are trying find the name of a specific scientist in a larger nonfiction book about important scientists, where should you look?

The Title page

The Table of contents

The index

The page across from the title page

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14. What does plagiarism mean?

using someone else's work and claiming it as your own

using a quotation from a source and giving credit to the creator

Using an image and giving credit to the person that made it

Using an article from a database and citing the source correctly

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15. Which of the following Dewey Decimal sections should you look in first if you would like a book about poetry?

100's

300's

600's

800's

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16. If you create a book trailer for a class project and use a movie clip, what should you do to ethically use that movie clip?

I can use it without asking permission

I need to create a full citation for the movie clip

I can just add the url to the poster

I need to buy the entire movie in all cases

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17. When creating a works cited page, what should be included?

Everything that is is cited in the paper

Everything that has been looked at, even if you didn't use it in the final product

Only the images used

Only research articles used

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18. The following scenario violates which two of the network usage rules? (Based on the Chromebook Policy Handbook). Camile takes a picture of Ernest and emails it to her friends. She does not have his permission to share the picture. *

Do not reveal personal information, Recognize that email is not private

Use appropriate language, do not reveal personal inforamtion

Be polite, use appropriate language

Be polite, recognize that email is not private

19. Which of the following is a red flag, or indication of bad information, on a website?

a current date that the information was posted

a clear author is presented

the author has no experience in the area that they are writing information about

there is a clear publisher of the information, and that publisher has no obvious bias

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20. When you are evaluating a website, why is it good to determine the publisher of the information?

To gather information about who is behind the website, and their credentials for creating the material

To determine if the publisher has a certain bias towards the information

To determine the birthday of the person who made the site

To see what type of url the website uses

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