1) You are doing research on whether the death penalty is good or bad for the American justice system. You find a web site with lots of in-depth reports pointing to the problems with the death penalty. What should you do next?
Print out the information from the web site. You're done with the research!
Find a documentary video about problems with the criminal justice system.
Look for research that presents the other side-- that the death penalty is a good thing- so that you will have an idea of what both sides say on this issue.
Read a book about the death penalty and why it's no good.

2) If you are researching new treatments for diabetes in children, which of the following evaluation criteria would be the most important?
The format of the information source.
The length of the information source.
The currency (timeliness) of the information source.
The vocabulary level of the information source.

3) Information published on the web may change frequently or even disappear altogether.
True
False

4) Publications that require that the information be reviewed by several experts in the field are called:
Refereed or peer-reviewed publications
Book reviews
Subject-expert publications
Master publications

5) When you have a research assignment, why is it important to evaluate the usefulness of an information source (such as a magazine article or book) before you use it for your assignment?
Because you don't want to read a long article.
Because not all information is relevant or appropriate for your assignment.
Because you only like to use websites for research.
None of the above.

6) You have found two articles about climate change and global warming. One of them is more appropriate than the other for you to use for your research. Which of the following is most important to consider in order to make the right choice between the two articles?
One article has no color charts.
One article is 25 pages long.
One article has an author and provides the author's professional credentials.
None of the above.

7) Like print resources, some Websites offer primary sources and some websites offer secondary sources, while still others offer both primary and secondary sources.
True
False

8) If you are researching medical treatments for measles, which is the LEAST important criterion for evaluating your sources?
Whether the author(s) has the appropriate credentials to write about medical treatments for measles
When the information was published
The cost of treatment
All of the above.

9) When you are looking at information on a website, why is it important that you look for bias (a specific point of view) as well as other evaluation criteria?
You must include the author’s point of view or bias in your bibliographic citation at the end of your paper.
The bias or point of view expressed may influence the content of the information on the website.
All publications are peer reviewed.
None of the above.

10) Which statement is correct?
All the information you find on the World Wide Web is accurate.
It is essential to evaluate the quality of websites.
All the information on the World Wide Web is available to everyone, free of cost.
The U.S. government owns the World Wide Web.