Exemption Exam Spring 2008 User ID: 900041002 Started: February 5, 2008 12:11pm Attempt: 1 / 1 Finished: February 5, 2008

12:46pm Out of: 100 Time spent: 35 min. 40 sec.

Student finished 14 min. 20 sec. ahead of the 50 min. time limit.

Question 1

(2.00 points)

The Reference Desk is where you go to... Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. request photocopies b. borrow books from the library c. get items on reserve d. ask research questions

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 2

The Circulation Desk where you go to... Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Student Answer Choices Response Response a. get photocopies b. borrow books from the library c. buy books d. borrow a laptop from the library

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 3

Google is always the best place to start your academic research. Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. True False

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 4

College students should never use any encyclopedia for any academic research. Student Percent response: Value Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices

0.0% 100.0%

a. b.

True False

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 5

Library research databases hold collections of articles from newspapers, academic journals, and news magazines.
Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. True False

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 6

Anything you can find in a library database is also available on the open web, for free, usually through Google or Wikipedia.
Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. True False

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 7

AUC students must be in the library in order to access AUC's electronic databases. Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. True False

Score:

2/2 (3.00 points)

Question 8

When you are writing an academic paper, if you repeat someone's exact words, you must use quotation marks and cite the source. Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. True False

Score:

3/3 (2.00 points)

Question 9

For your RHET 102 paper, you need to provide a citation for the following: Less than half of Mozambique's adult population is literate. Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. True False

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 10

For your RHET 103 paper, you need to provide a citation for the following: The Prado Museum is located in Madrid, Spain's capital city. Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. True False

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 11

A keyword is a significant word or phrase that reflects the main concepts of a research topic. Choose the two most important keywords in this research question: Are chemical pollutants a serious threat to human health? Student Percent response: Value 50.0% -33.3% -33.3% -33.3% 50.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d. e.

chemical pollutants serious threat human health

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 12

A keyword is a significant word or phrase that reflects the main concepts of a research topic. Choose the two most important keywords in this research question: Will the music industry survive and thrive in the digital age?

Student Percent response: Value 50.0% -33.3% -33.3% -33.3% 50.0%

Correct Response

Student Response

Answer Choices a. b. c. d. e.

music industry survive thrive digital age

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 13

A keyword is a significant word or phrase that reflects the main concepts of a research topic. Choose the two most important keywords in this research question: Should people be concerned about privacy on social networking websites? Student Percent response: Value -33.3% -33.3% -33.3% 50.0% 50.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d. e. should people concerned privacy social networks

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 14

A keyword is a significant word or phrase that reflects the main concepts of a research topic. Choose the two most important keywords in this research question: Is there a relationship between prayer and healing? Student Correct response: Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d. e.

is there relationship between prayer healing

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 15

You are researching in a library database. You want to gather as much information as you can about movies. Choose the most appropriate Boolean operator for this search statement: movies _____ films _____ cinema ____ "motion pictures" Note: Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) are connectors; they combine search terms into precise search statements in some library databases. Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. and or not

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 16

You are researching in a library database. You are looking for specific information about the health effects of sugar consumption. Choose the most appropriate Boolean operator for this search statement: sugar ____ health Note: Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) are connectors; they combine search terms into precise search statements. Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. and or not

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 17

You are trying to gather as much information as you can about jewelry. Choose the most appropriate Boolean operator for this search statement: necklace _____ earrings ____ bracelet ____ nose ring Note: Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) are connectors; they combine search terms into precise search statements. Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. and or not

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 18

You are researching this question: "What kind of healthcare is available to refugees in Egypt?" Choose the search statement that would retrieve the best results from a library database. Student Percent Correct Student Answer Choices response: Value Response Response 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% a. healthcare and refugees and egypt b. refugees or egypt c. healthcare or refugees

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 19

You are researching this question: "What is the impact of tourism on Egypt's economy? Choose the search statement that would retrieve the best results in a library database search. Student Percent Correct Student Answer Choices response: Value Response Response 0.0% 100.0% a. b.

impact and tourism tourism and egypt and economy impact or tourism and egypt

0.0%

c.

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 20

Here are two search statements: fruits AND vegetables fruits OR vegetables If you were to search with these terms in a library database, which search statement would give you MORE results? Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. fruits AND vegetables fruits OR vegetables

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 21

Truncation finds all terms starting with the same stem. For example librar* will match with library, libraries, librarian, librarianship, etc. You want to do a search that gets results that include all of these words: farm, farms, farmed, farming, farmable

Which truncated keyword should you use? Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d. farm* farms* farmed* farming*

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 22

Truncation finds all terms starting with the same stem. For example librar* will match with library, libraries, librarian, librarianship, etc. You want to do a search that gets results that include all of these words: psycho, psychic, psychology, psychological Which truncated keyword should you use? Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d. psych* psycho* psychol* psychology*

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 23

Truncation finds all terms starting with the same stem. For example, librar* will match with library, libraries, librarian, and librarianship. Truncate the word EDUCATION. Use the * as the truncation symbol. Student Student response: No. response 1. educat Grade Correct answer (Value) 100% educa* (100%), educa (100%), educat (100%), educ* (100%), educat* (100%), educ (100%)

General feedback: Score: 2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 24

Look at the following citation. What is the title of the journal? Niall Ferguson (July/August 2004), "A World without Power," Foreign Policy.

Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Correct Response

Student Response

Answer Choices a. b. c. d. Niall Ferguson July/August 2004 A World without Power Foreign Policy

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 25

Look at the following citation. What is the title of the article? Gary Schmidt (23 March 2003), "Power & Duty: US Action is Crucial to Maintaining World Order," Los Angeles Times. Student Percent Correct Student Answer Choices response: Value Response Response 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% a. Gary Schmidt b. 23 March 2003 c. Power & Duty: US Action is Crucial to Maintaining World Order d. Los Angeles Times

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 26

Look at the following citation. What type of publication is it? Danielson, Virginia Louise. The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967. Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d. Book Journal article Encyclopedia article Newspaper article

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 27

Look at the following citation. Who is the publisher? Plsek, Paul. Creativity, innovation, and quality. Milwaukee, WI: ASQ Quality Press, 1997. Student Percent Correct Student Answer Choices response: Value Response Response 0.0% 100.0% a. Paul Plsek b. Creativity, innovation, and quality

0.0% 0.0%

c. Milwaukee, WI d. ASQ Quality Press

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 28

Look at the following citation. What type of publication is it? Sylvie Denoix "Mamluk" Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Ed. Andre Vauchez. 2001 by James Clarke & Co. Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (e-reference edition). Distributed by Oxford University Press. American University in Cairo. 23 April 2007 <http://0www.oxfordreference.com.lib.aucegypt.edu:80/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t179.e1761> Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. Book chapter b. Periodical article c. Online encyclopedia article d. Website

Score:

2/2 (3.00 points)

Question 29

Match the phrase on the left with the definition on the right: Preview columns: 1. 2. 3. Popular Magazine Scholarly Journal Trade or Professional Publication

1. Contains only agency reports. 2. Publishes research and academic discussion. 3. Informs and entertain the general public. 4. Allows practitioners in specific industries to share market and production information.

Student response: 1 c Correct 2 b Correct 3 d Correct

Score:

3/3 (2.00 points)

Question 30

On the left are types of information, on the right are definitions. Match them: Preview columns:

 Primary

Sources

Secondary
Sources

1. Interprets, analyzes or summarizes. Examples are: commentary of events and literary criticism. 2. Original, uninterpreted information. Examples are: paintings, interviews, works of fiction, and research reports. 3. Plagiarizes information. Examples are: news files and government reports.

Student response: Primary Sources b Correct

Secondary Sources a Correct

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 31

You are researching depression in teenagers for a paper in RHET 102. You need to choose library databases in a relevant subject area. Which subject area would have the best information about your research topic? (Choose 1) Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d.

Middle East Studies Psychology Literature Engineering

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 32

You are researching fish and other aquatic life in the Red Sea. You need to find databases in a relevant subject area. Which subject area would have the best information about your topic? (Choose 1) Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d.

Chemistry Biology Egyptology/Archaeology Islamic Studies

e. Economics

Score:

2/2

Question 33

(2.00 points)

The research question below best matches which broad category? (Choose 1) Does contemporary rap music raise social consciousness?
Student Percent Correct Student Answer Choices response: Value Response Response 100.0% 0.0% a. b.

Social Sciences Science, Technology, & Environment Business & Statistics Arts & Humanities

0.0% 0.0%

c. d.

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 34

Look at the information below. Check off all the details you can get from the record

Student Percent response: Value 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 25.0%

Correct Response

Student Response

Answer Choices a. b. c. d. Year of publication Publisher Title Author

Score:

0.5 / 2 (2.00 points)

Question 35

You are looking for: Sexton, Adam., ed. Rap on rap: straight-up talk on hip-hop culture. New York: Delta, 1995. Look at the illustration below. Where would you begin?

Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Correct Response

Student Response

Answer Choices a. b. c. d. Library Catalog Find Articles Subject Guides Request Documents

Score:

2/2

Question 36

(2.00 points)

You are doing a research paper. You need 15 scholarly articles on your subject. Look at the illustration below. Where would you click to begin? Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. c. d. Catalog Electronic Resources Services About our Libraries

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 37

Which of the following is a characteristic of scholarly journals?

Student Percent Correct Student Answer Choices response: Value Response Response 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% a. b. c.

Reports on current events Usually published weekly Articles include bibliographies or references Normally read by the general public

0.0%

d.

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 38

Which of the following are characteristics of periodicals? (Check all that apply)
Student Percent Correct Student Answer Choices response: Value Response Response 50.0% -50.0% -50.0% 50.0% a. Published on a regular basis

(weekly, monthly, yearly etc.)

b. Organized into chapters c. Includes an index d. Includes articles

General Periodicals are published regularly (can be daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.) feedback: and contain articles. Score: 1/2 (2.00 points)

Question 39

You are doing a project for BIOLOGY 130 / Current Health Issues. Your topic is the nutritional benefits

and drawbacks of beef. Look carefully at the web sites below and select the one you would use. a. http://medlineplus.gov/

b. http://beefnutrition.org/

Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0%

Correct Response

Student Response

Answer Choices a. b. a b

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 40

You are writing a paper on women and AIDS for a Sociology class. Look carefully at the web sites below and select the one you would use. a.

b.

Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0%

Correct Response

Student Response

Answer Choices a. b. a b

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 41

You are researching how biologists use primates (monkeys, apes, lemurs, etc.) in scientific experiments. You want the most current information. Which is the best source for your paper? Student Percent Correct Student Answer Choices response: Value Response Response 0.0% a.

"Monkeys in our Labs," by Scott Gottieber, a USA Today staff writer. Published in USA Today Dec 15, 1989. Includes chart, "Number of Test Primates in the US, 1975-

1985."
0.0% b.

Laboratory Primate Advocacy Group website. LPAG is a nonprofit organization. Website last updated in 2004. "LPAG believes that the laboratory is no place for monkeys and nonhuman great apes." "Better numbers and information on primate research," by Constance Holden. Published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Appeared in Science, a scholarly publication, on March 30, 2004. "Primates" A Dictionary of Biology. Oxford University Press, 2004. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press, a lengthy encyclopedia article.

100.0%

c.

0.0%

d.

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 42

You are researching pollution in the Nile River. You did a search in a library database and the results are shown below. You would like to read the article by M. Fishar shown in result number 1. Is the full-text of the article available through AUC?
Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Correct Response

Student Response

Answer Choices a. Yes b. No c. Not enough information to tell

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 43

Take another look at the database results for your search on pollution in the Nile River. You would like

to read the article by S. M. N. Moalla listed in result number 2. Is the full text of the article avaible through the AUC Library?

Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Correct Response

Student Response

Answer Choices a. Yes b. No c. Not enough information to tell

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 44

The following set of four questions ask you to decide if an article is from a popular or scholarly publication. Each article deals with pollution. Here is the first.

Yardley, Jim. Beijings Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue. New York Times 157.54173 (29 Dec 2007): A1-5. Is this article from a popular or scholarly publication?
Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. Popular Scholarly

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 45

Look at the citation for this article. Is it from a popular or scholarly publication?

Ozkaynak, Haluk, Ted Palma, and Jawad Touma. Modeling Population Exposures to Outdoor Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 18.1 (2008): 45-58.
Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. Popular Scholarly

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 46

Look at the following citation. Is this article from a popular or scholarly publication?

Stein, Ariel F., Vlad Isakov, James Godowitch, and Roland R. Draxler. A Hybrid Modeling Approach to Resolve Pollutant Concentrations in an Urban Area. Atmospheric Environment

41.40 (2007): 9410-9426.

Student Percent response: Value 0.0% 100.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. Popular Scholarly

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 47

Look at the following citation. Is this article from a popular or scholarly publication?

Raloff, Jane. Smogs Heavy Impacts. Science News 173.1 (5 Jan 2008): 13.
Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. Popular Scholarly

Score:

0/2 (2.00 points)

Question 48

You are researching the current conditions in Rafah following the situation at the Egyptian/Gaza border over the last two weeks (late January 2008). Which of these sources might have current information? Student Percent response: Value -50.0% 50.0% -50.0% 50.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. Books b. Newspapers c. Articles in Scholarly journals d. The Internet

Score:

2/2 (2.00 points)

Question 49

AUC students can request articles not available at AUC through Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan/Resource Sharing.
Student Percent response: Value 100.0% 0.0% Correct Response Student Response Answer Choices a. b. True False

Score: Total

0/2 63.5 / 100 = 63.5%

score: