1. Which of the following serves as a good primary source for a report on light bulb manufacturing?

Select one:

a.Incandescent Obsolescence, a book on changes in the light bulb industry

b.An e-mail from the manager of the local light bulb plant answering some of your questions about the industry

c.A newspaper article about the local light bulb plant

d.All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following serves as a good secondary source on the outsourcing of American jobs?

Select one:

a.An interview you conducted with a worker who lost his job because of outsourcing

b.A speech by the Indian prime minister calling for closer economic ties with the United States

c.An article in the Wall Street Journal about a company that is trying to compete without sending jobs overseas

d.All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following serves as a good question to ask when evaluating a source's credibility?

Select one:

a.Is the material current?

b.What is the purpose of the material?

c.Where did the source get its information?

d.All of the above

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true?

Select one:

a.A source's credibility has nothing to do with its currency.

b.You can have confidence that any major news source reports without bias.

c.You can have more confidence in a source if it identifies its own sources.

d.You can rely on a brief quotation taken from a credible source as much as you can rely on the original source.

Question 5

You do not have to cite a source in which of the following situations?

Select one:

a.When the information is common knowledge

b.When you quote directly from it

c.When you simply paraphrase it

d.When you express the information in your own words

6. "Based on the results of our surveys, we should offer our customers mustard as well as ketchup for their hot dogs" serves as an example of which of the following?

Select one:

a.A summary

b.A conclusion

c.A recommendation

d.None of the above

Question 7

A table serves as the best visual option for showing which of the following?

Select one:

a.Detailed, specific information using exact values

b.The distribution of parts within a whole

c.Trends over a period of time or plotting the relationship of two variables

d.The relative size of several different items at once

Question 8

A flowchart serves as the best visual option for showing which of the following?

Select one:

a.Detailed, specific information using exact values

b.The distribution of parts within a whole

c.The relative size of several different items at once

d.A sequence of operations or a set of instructions

Question 9

A pie chart serves as the best visual option for showing which of the following?

Select one:

a.Detailed, specific information using exact values

b.The distribution of parts within a whole

c.Trends over a period of time or plotting the relationship of two variables

d.A sequence of operations or a set of instructions

Question 10

Replacing a photograph with a diagram to emphasize important details is which of the following?

Select one:

a.Ethically questionable

b.Confusing to the reader

c.Helpful in making your point

d.Always beneficial