STANDARD ONE: Quiz Questions

These sample quiz questions for Standard One lessons are for demonstration purposes only, and will be incorporated into a testing module for either self-paced or course-integrated student assessment.

1. The Library of Congress Classification system allows for browsing on library shelves because materials are organized by:
   1. author
   2. date published
   3. subject
   4. size

2. Which of the following could be considered primary source material:
   1. newspaper report of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
   2. poem by Ezra Pound
   3. dance performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
   4. experiment results reported in a professional journal
   5. A & D
   6. B & C
   7. all of the above
   8. none of the above

3. By definition, everything published within a peer-reviewed scholarly journal has gone through the review process.
   1. true
   2. false

4. When doing scholarly research, non-peer-reviewed sources of information should be:
   1. avoided
   2. blocked
   3. evaluated
   4. paid for

5. Which of the following is a characteristic of a scholarly journal:
   1. contains glossy pictures and advertisements
   2. articles contain bibliographies
   3. reports news events in a timely manner
   4. published weekly

6. Library materials do not need to be evaluated because they are chosen by experts.
   1. true
   2. false

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