Penn Foster Information Literacy Exam - #05000604
1. Which of the following is an article from a popular magazine?
B. Lemonick, Michael D., David Bjerklie, Andrew Goldstein. “Keeper of the Stem Cells.” Time 27 Aug.
2001: 57.
2. Which article would be the most appropriate source to include a bibliography for a research paper on
stem cells?
D. Lovell-Badge, Robin. “The Future for Stem Cell Research.” Nature 414:6859 (11 Nov. 2001): 88.
3. Which of the following sets of call numbers is in the correct order?
D. C201 .G37 1910 CA203 .P39 1992 CL207 .K256 1976 CR 209 .D97 1991
4. The Atlas of World Religions is a type of which of the following reference sources?
C. Subject-specific atlas
5. Which of the following will probably contain the most objective data?
A. A report with charts documenting hourly wage rates by occupational group
6. When searching in the library catalog to find information about teenaged girls who abuse alcohol,
which of the following search statements would be most precise?
A. (teenaged girls) AND (alcohol abuse)
7. You may safely consider the information in an Internet article reliable if it
C. provides documented information.
8. The Boolean search connector OR is used for which of the following purposes?
B. To broaden a search by including synonyms or related terms
9. In which part of Penn Foster’s student library would you look for different types of scholarly statistical
data?
D. Virtual Reference Room
10. A subject periodical index is a research tool that’s used to
B. locate articles in professional publications.
11. In which part of the Career Center in the Penn Foster student library is there a link for the
Occupational Outlook Handbook?
C. General Resources
12. In your written research paper, to avoid plagiarism you must provide a citation for which of the
following?
D. Statistics about Web usage you found in the Journal of Computer Science
13. Copyright law allows for which of the following?
D. Making a copy of a three-page journal article to use in researching your research paper
14. Which of the following would be the best way to get to a list of encyclopedias that are available on
the Web?
C. Visit the Internet Public Library
15. In the URL http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/hum/ibero/#elec, what is the host computer
name?
B. www.nyu.edu
16. When reading an article in an encyclopedia, the fastest way to find related articles is to look
A. at the bibliography at the end of the article.
17. What types of documents are considered primary sources
C. Raw data, diaries, letters, manuscripts, and original accounts
18. What would a careful researcher ask about a Web site called “Facts about pesticides and health”
published by the Coalition for a Chemical Free Environment?
A. Is this information being used to advocate a point of view?
19. Which Boolean operator limits your search so that each term you input must be in the same
document?
B. AND
20. Government documents in a library are classified according to which of the following schemes? A.
Library of Congress
D. Superintendent of Documents