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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY
A.Y. 2021-2022

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ___/___/___

Section: ____________________________________ Score: _________

GENERAL DIRECTION: Read each questions carefully and choose the correct answer.
Answer the questions in one hour.

I. Multiple Choice-A
Choose the correct answer.

1. It refers to a person who does not only read and write but also understand and solve
problems.
a. Literacy
b. Literate
c. Information Literacy
d. Media Literacy
2. It is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media.
a. Information Literacy
b. Media Literacy
c. Technology Literacy
d. Literacy
3. It refers to the different means of communication, such as television, radio,
newspapers, magazines, and the Internet.
a. Literacy
b. Technology
c. Media
d. Gadgets
4. What do you call an individual who can understand complex messages from the
different means of communication?
a. Technology Literate
b. Information Literate
c. Literate
d. Media Literate
5. It is the ability to exercise critical thinking when analyzing different forms of media.
a. Media Literacy
b. Technology Literacy
c. Information Literacy
 d. Equipment Literacy
6. It pertains to a specific data acquired for a specific purpose.
a. Technology
b. Literacy
c. Information
d. Media
7. It is the skill that allows a person to recognize when information is needed and how
he will be able to access, locate, evaluate, and use it effectively.
a. Information
b. Information Literacy
c. Media
d. Media Literacy
8. Technology comes from what Greek words?
a. techne and technologia
b. tekne and tekhnologia
c. techne and tekhnologia
d. tecne and tecnologia
9. it is defined as the systematic application of one’s art or skill for a practical purpose.
a. Technology
b. Media
c. Information
d. Literacy
10. It is the ability to acquire relevant information and use modern-day tools to get,
manage, apply, evaluate, create, and communicate information.
a. Media Literacy
b. Information Literacy
c. Literacy Skill
d. Technology Literacy
11. These are creators of media who works in publishing houses, news agencies, or
advertising firms. Their primary role is to translate relevant and meaningful
information into printed materials, such as books, newspapers, and magazines.
a. Editors
b. Directors
c. Performers
d. Writers and Journalists
12. also known as filmakers. They create movies, shows, or programs, and plays that are
seen on threatre, television channels, or theatres, respectively.
a. Directors
b. Editors
c. Performers
d. Visual Artists
13. These are the actors who portray the characters in movies, shows, and plays.
a. Directors
 b. Visual Artists
c. Performers
d. Editors
14. They are well-known public figures and is always seen in the news or other television
programs.
a. Singers
b. Dancers
c. Celebrities
d. Visual Artists
15. They are media creators who expresses their ideas through their artworks. Some of
the materpieces of these media creators are paintings and sculptures.
a. Visual Artists
b. Performers
c. Dancers
d. Singers
16. It is one of the characteristics of a good media pratitioner which refers to conveying a
message or information that is accurate, factual, and truthful.
a. Fairness and Objectivity
b. Truthfullness
c. Responsibility and Integrity
d. Emphaty and Symphaty
17. Media practitioner should be sensitive to the needs of others and should show respect
to the privacy of thers too. What characteristic of a good media practitioner is present
in the statement?
a. Hard Working
b. Fairness and objectivity
c. Responsibility and integrity
d. Emphaty and Symphaty
18. Since the public depends on the information that the media practitioners deliver, they
should give their best effort to do their work, whether writing an srticle, making film,
or composing a song, and most specially, they are expected to work hard in sourcing
accurate information. What characteristic of a good media practitioner is present in
the statement?
a. Responsibility and intergrity
b. Fairness and objectivity
c. Hard Working
d. Truthfulness
19. A person who has this skill is able to recognize when information is needed and how
will be able to access, locate, evaluate, and use it effectively.
a. Literacy skill
b. Media Literacy
c. Information Literacy
d. Technology Literacy
 20. the information or message disseminated by media practitioner should be unbiased
and based on grounded evidence.
a. Fairness and objectivity
b. Truthfulness
c. Emphaty and Symphaty
d. Hardworking

II. Multiple Choice-B

Choose the letter that best describes the type of literacy in each situtation. Answer
may be repeated.
a. INFORMATION LITERACY
b. MEDIA LITERACY
c. TECHNOLOGY LITERACY

____1. James found erroneous facts in the newspaper he is reading. (IL)

____2. Peter uses his tablet to read his e-books, which he downloaded using an app. (TL)

____3. Charlene, an exchange student, tells her mother that she misses her through e-mail.
(ML)
____4. The teacher told the students to go to the library for their research activity. (ML)
____5. A mother bought an alphabet chart for her four-year-old daughter. (TL)

III. Multiple Choice-C

Choose the letter that best describes the statement in each number. Answer may be
repeated.
a. PREHISTORIC AGE
b. INDUSTRIAL AGE
c. ELECTRONIC AGE
d. NEW AGE

____1. Cave paintings convey that the human race has a rich heritage (PA)
____2. Mathematicians use computers to help them calculate large numbers. (NA)
____3. People can access online newspapers using an iPad or a tablet. (NA)
____4. The production of newspapers was made faster during this era. (IA)
____5. The early computers used to be bulky and heavy as their interal parts were
bigger. (EA)
____6. This era occurred some 4.5 million years ago or approximately 30,000 years
ago. (PA)
____7. It began in the 18th century in Great Britain when the country made drastic
reforms to improve their economy. During this period, technology shifted from using
hand tools to operating power-driven machines. (IA)
 ____8. During this era, seeling of goods boosted and special equioment were
fabricated to meet the specific needs of different factories. (IA)
____9. Equipment in this era are more complex as they run on electricity instead of
fuel. (EA)
____10. It is labeled as Computer Age because of the birth to new media and digital
technology. (NA)

IV. True or False: Click TRUE if the statement is CORRECT. Otherwise, click
FALSE if the stament is INCORRECT.

1. Plagiarism mean using somoene else’s work and ideas with proper citation.
(FALSE)
2. A Copyright can expire. The duration of the copyright covers the author’s lifetime
plus 50 years after death. (TRUE)
3. Once the duration of the copyright ceases, the work becomes available for the
public domain. (TRUE)
4. Copyright also governs inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, and
symbols, and names and images used in commerce. (FALSE)
5. A researcher uses citations to inform the readers that certain texts or ideas on his
work came from his own knowledge. (FALSE)
6. Reading books and other printed materials, such as newspapers or maganizes, can
make you a well-informed individual. (TRUE)
7. Technology usually associated with the things that work using electricity.
(FALSE)
8. PG rating means that strict parental guidance is required as the show may have
themes that involves violence, horror, and inappropriate language that are not
suitable for younch audiences. (FALSE)
9. Information gathered can be arranged in any manner since it is only the content
that matters. (FALSE)
10. A researcher can go to the museum to access information about historical facts.
(TRUE)
11. Accessing information nowadays is easier that in the past. (TRUE)
12. New information is useful in acquiring new knowledge. (TRUE)
13. Almanac is a collection of maps showing geographic features, political
bounderies, including the climatic, social, and economical statistics of a specific
area. (FALSE)
14. Tabloid refers to the type of newspaper which includes formal news and in-depth
analysis of issues. (FALSE)
15. The internet is an electronic communications network that connects computer
users through various networks and organizational computer facilities around the
world. (TRUE)