Sections Pre-exercise Type of assignment Amount of information Currency Type of publication Types of sources Particular format Point of view Exercises Other Resources IL Standards   Module home       Pre-exercise Module 2   Question 1 When determining which type of information you require for an assignment, which of the following questions does not need to be considered? What type of assignment is it? How much information do I require? Do I require current or historical information Can I email this information to myself? Am I required to use other kinds of sources such as numeric sources (statistics) or electronic sources (listservers, computer files, the Web)? Question 2 Assignments for your study may take different forms. Which of the following statements is false? Assignments can be 5 minute presentations Assignments may require you to write more than 5 000 words on a topic Assignments may require you to complete a project Assignments may be a critique or summary of someone else's work Assignments do not have to be your own (or your group's) work Question 3 You may be required to find information from primary sources. Which of these is not a primary source? Diaries and manuscripts Letters Raw data and surveys Scholarly journals Interviews Question 4 You may also require information from secondary sources. It is true to say that the information found in a secondary source: Is only available from the original author Is always unreliable Has been analysed and interpreted by others Has not been analysed or interpreted by others Will only be found in an encyclopedia Question 5 For your assignments, you may be required to use information from different types of sources, such as electronic or numeric sources. Which of the following is not a source of visual or graphic information? Radio broadcasts Art catalogs Street directories and aerial maps Photograph albums and slide collections Television broadcasts