Information Competency Quiz

 
Define your Research Topic


 

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1) A good way to start your research is to state your topic as a question. This will help you clarify your thoughts and focus your topic.
True
False

2) Once you have stated your topic as a question, you need to identify the keywords in the question.
True
False

3) If you find too little or too much information when you begin your research you may need to:
Narrow or broaden your topic
Restate your topic as a question
Repeat the process of picking out the keyword and making a list of synonyms or related terms
All of the above

4) Which of the following questions could you use to focus or narrow the topic on "drinking and driving?"
How does drinking affect driving?
What are the laws on drinking and driving?
What are the statistics on drinking and driving?
All of the above.

5) You can narrow your topic by:
Limiting the time period or geographic region in your question
Including synonyms for the significant terms in your topic
Selecting terms that are more general
Changing your topic

6) What steps should you take to define your research topic?
State your topic as a question
Identify keywords
If needed, broaden or narrow your topic
All of the above

7) Your research topic is things parents can do to improve their relationships with their teenage children. What keywords would you use to find articles on the topic?
children, mom, secrets
teens, parents, problems, drugs
kids, drinking, secrets, parents
teens, parents, relationships

8) Your topic question about rap music is too narrow. Which of the following terms is more general and will allow you to find more information for your research paper?
rock music
popular music
disco
punk

9) If you searched for "bilingual education" and got too much information, what could you do next?
Narrow your topic by adding concrete and specific terms
Ask a librarian for assistance in choosing your information source and formulating your search terms
Change your topic to something easier
Both A and B are correct

10) Identify the keywords in this question, "What are the statistics on drinking and driving?"
statistics, drinking, and
what, statistics, drinking, driving
statistics, drinking, driving
drinking, and, driving


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Spanish translation of the CUNY Information Competency Tutorials was made possible by a grant from the CUNY Office of Compliance and Diversity, Diversity Projects Development Fund. Prof. José Diaz, Hostos Community College and Prof. George Thorsen, Queensborough Community College translated these modules into Spanish.  The Hostos Community College Instructional Technology support center staff migrated all of the IL Competency modules into a new, more attractive format as part of a Perkins Grant to provide 24/6 online tutorial resources to students. A special thanks goes to Hostos Community College and George Rosa, Elkin Urrea, and Carlos Victoria for their work on the migration and design.