Glg 101 Quiz Essay

SPH107: Basic Public Speaking Directions: Choose the answer that best completes
Reading Quiz each of the following items. Mark your
Chapter 6 answers on the answer sheet provided.

|Which of the following is not a true statement? |Periodical databases _____. |
|As your textbook explains, when you locate an abstract of a |Catalog articles from a large number of journals and magazines |
|magazine article using a computerized periodical index, you |Are valuable for locating materials in encyclopedias and other |
|should feel free to cite the article in your speech on the basis |reference works |
|of the
abstract alone. |Often provide abstracts of journal and magazine articles |
|One of the advantages of using the Internet for research is that |A and c only |
|you can locate information by conducting both subject searches | |
|and keyword searches.
|You are researching a speech and need to learn how the meaning of|
|When taking research notes, it is important to make a distinction|the word “science” has changed historically. Which of the |
|between direct quotations, paraphrases, and your own ideas. |following would be the best reference source to consult? |
|None of the above |Roget’s Thesaurus |
| |Encyclopedia Britannica |
|Which of the following is a true statement? |Oxford English Dictionary |
|You can almost always count on the reliability of Internet |Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
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|research materials found through major search engines such as |Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary |
|Goggle and Yahoo. | |
|If you cannot identify the author of a document on the Internet, |According to your textbook, when quoting an Internet document |
|you should try to determine the sponsoring organization for the |during a speech, a speaker should identify the _____. |
|document. |Search aid to find the document |
|If you use a tape recorder or a digital recorder in a research |Author of the document if the author’s name is known |
|interview, you should keep it secret from the person being |Organization responsible for the document if the author’s name is|
|interviewed. |not known |
|None of the above |B and c only |
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|If you need to learn the number of Americans who own cell phones,|According to your textbook, when citing an Internet document in a|
|which of the following would be the best source to consult? |speech bibliography, you should include the _____. |
|Encyclopedia Britannica |Date on which you accessed the document |
|U.S. News and World Report |Organization responsible for the document if the author’s name is|
|Statistical Abstract of the United States |not known |
|Webster’s Guide to Facts and Figures |URL of the document |
|Social Sciences Index |All of the above |
| |B and c only |
|Ivan has decided to give his persuasive speech on stem-cell | |
|research. Which of the following research tips discussed in your|Which of the following statements is not true? |
|textbook should he keep in mind as he works on the speech? |Your textbook states that a good guideline for preparing a |
|Include a subject heading on each note |preliminary bibliography is to write a brief note on why the |
|Put all the information from each source on a single note |source may be valuable for your speech. |
|Use a different format for notes from Internet sources and |When taking research notes, take notes only when you are certain |
|library documents |that you will use the information in your speech. |
|All of the above |When taking research notes, it is important to distinguish among |
|A and c only |direct quotations, paraphrases, and your own ideas. |
| |None of the above |
|What are the three criteria discussed in your textbook for |All of the above |
|assessing the soundness of documents found on the Internet? | |
|Length, accuracy, and recency | |
|Reliability, objectivity, and authorship | |
|Authorship, sponsorship, and recency | |
|Credibility, sponsorship, and accuracy | |