QUESTION 1

1. ?Is this statement true or false??Even if plagiarism is discovered years from now, a university can withdraw a qualification that was awarded to a student?

   		A. True
   		B. False

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QUESTION 2

1. The consequences of committing plagiarism could result in...

   		A. reduced or 0 mark for your assignment
   		B. failing the subject
   		C. expulsion from institution
   		D. All of the options

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QUESTION 3

1. Scholarly?journal articles are written:

   		A. by social media sites
   		B. by first year students
   		C. by experts in a subject
   		D. by freelance reporters

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QUESTION 4

1. One of the following is not considered an academic information source.

   		A. Wikipedia
   		B. EbscoHost
   		C. Sabinet
   		D. SpringerLink

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QUESTION 5

1. On the Search Results Page, which option can you select to find a book at a specific library?

   		A. Availability
   		B. Library
   		C.?Location

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QUESTION 6

1. Which one of the three websites below would you consider the most reliable source?AB? ?C?

   		A. A
   		B. B
   		C. C

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QUESTION 7

1. What is regarded as a fair percentage to copy from a published work for private use?

   		A. 5%
   		B. 15%
   		C. 20%
   		D. 10%

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QUESTION 8

1. How will your in-text entry for an author (Tshabalala) appear in your text?

   		A. (Tshabalala, 1999:56)
   		B. (Tshabalala 1999:56)
   		C. (Tshabalala 56:1999)

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QUESTION 9

1. How will your in-text referencing be done for a source with two authors

   		A. (Bothma and Viljoen, 2005:101)
   		B. (Bothma & Viljoen, 2005:101)
   		C. (Bothma, B. & Viljoen, S. 2005:101)

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QUESTION 10

1. Which of the following describes the "index" in a book?

   		A. It is an alphabetical list
   		B. It assists you with finding information in the book
   		C. It provides page numbers on where a topic in the book is discussed
   		D. All of the above options

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QUESTION 11

1. Is an interview regarded as a primary or secondary resource?

   		A. Primary
   		B. Secondary

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QUESTION 12

1. You found this resource that you are interested in on SEARCH from the CPUT Libraries website. Looking at the record below, at how many locations is this resource currently available??

   		A. 1
   		B. 2
   		C. 3

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QUESTION 13

1. How will you indicate the title?of a book in your bibliography?

   		A. always in capital letters
   		B. always be underlined
   		C. always in italics
   		D. only the first word must be written in capital letters

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QUESTION 14

1. Which of the following is NOT part of a bibliography?

   		A. Date
   		B.?Title
   		C. Dewey number
   		D. Sub-title

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QUESTION 15

1. What is the first step in the information process?

   		A. communicating the information
   		B. finding the information
   		C. determining the need for information
   		D. evaluating the information

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QUESTION 16

1. Social media can be used as a reference when writing an academic essay.

   		A. False
   		B. True

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QUESTION 17

1. You are searching a database for a relevant article. All four of the results below are relevant. You need access to the article today as your assignment needs to be submitted by tomorrow. Which one of the four results will you choose??

   		A. Result 1
   		B. Result 2
   		C. Result 3
   		D. Result 4

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QUESTION 18

1. Choose the correct bibliographical entry for a book with one author.

   		A. Vermaak, T. 2005. Consumer guide.?Cape Town: Tafelberg.
   		B. Vermaak, T. 2005. Consumer guide.?Cape Town: Tafelberg.
   		C. Vermaak, T, 2005, Consumer guide.?Cape Town: Tafelberg.
   		D. Vermaak, T. Consumer guide.?Cape Town, Tafelberg 2005.

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QUESTION 19

1. Periodicals is a collective term for:

   		A. Magazines
   		B. Journals
   		C. Newspapers
   		D. All of the above options

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QUESTION 20

1. The shelf number that helps you locate an item consists of:

   		A. Numerical digits only
   		B. Numeric digits and first three letters of the surname of the author
   		C. Numeric digits and first three letters of the book title
   		D. Option B & C
   		E. Option A & B

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QUESTION 21

1. You need to give a definition of a term for your assignment. What will you use?

   		A. a dictionary
   		B. an encyclopaedia
   		C. an electronic journal article

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QUESTION 22

1. When you use SEARCH on the CPUT Libraries website and you only want items available in the library, which one of the three filters will you select? ??

   		A. Everything available
   		B. Everything we have (our catalogue)
   		C. Everything full text online

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QUESTION 23

1. Research topic: The effect of air and water pollution on the environment in the Western Cape?Which one of the following are the main concepts for this topic?

   		A. Air, water, pollution, environment, Western Cape
   		B. The, effect, pollution
   		C. Water pollution, environment, Western Cape
   		D. Effect, environment, Western Cape

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QUESTION 24

1. It is important to evaluate the information you find to ensure that it is appropriate for your assignment or project. You can use the CRAAP test. Each letter of CRAAP stands for a particular area to consider. Which one is correct?

   		A.?Conscious, Relevance, Author, Accuracy, Plan
   		B.?Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose
   		C. Created, Response, Appropriate, Accuracy, Purpose

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QUESTION 25

1. Information literacy is a term that best applies to:

   		A. College students learning to improve their research skills
   		B.?Lifelong learners in any number of learning situations
   		c.?Librarians designing interactive instruction sessions
   		D.?Both a and b

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QUESTION 26

1. How do you know when someone is an authority on climate change?

   		A. The person has many followers on social media
   		B.?The person has a website on the topic
   		C. The person has peer-reviewed articles on climate change
   		D. The person has a PhD in political science

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QUESTION 27

1. Identify the search string used to find these results:??

   		A. Workplace communication
   		B. Communication strategies in the workplace
   		C. Managing communication

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QUESTION 28

1. To find materials on the shelf in the library, you need

   		A. The title
   		B.?The Dewey Decimal Classification number
   		C. The ISBN number
   		D. The author name

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QUESTION 29

1. Which search technique is this example referring to:If you want information about politics, politicians, politician and political ? these words all have the same stem ? politi*?

   		A. Boolean operators
   		B. Truncation
   		C. Phrase searching

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QUESTION 30

1. Which Boolean operator will give you the most results

   		A. AND
   		B. OR
   		C. AND as well as NOT

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QUESTION 31

1. Where in your assignment document must the in-text referencing be added?

   		A. in the beginning of the sentence where you use the words/ideas from another source
   		B. at the end of the assignment
   		C. in the text, directly after or before the words/ideas that you used from another source
   		D. at the end of the paragraph

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QUESTION 32

1. Which one of the following examples is considered plagiarism?

   		A. "Writing a CV is similar to writing a sales letter" (Rendell, 1986:36).
   		B. It is said that writing a CV is similar to writing a sales letter. Therefore it is ?
   		C. Rendell (1986:36) says that writing a sales letter is similar to writing a CV.

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QUESTION 33

1. Not everything you find on your topic will be suitable. Which of the following will you use?to evaluate?your resources for suitability?for your assignment?

   		A. Currency
   		B. Relevance
   		C. Authority
   		D. Purpose
   		E. All of the options

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QUESTION 34

1. On which one of these parts in a book will you be able to find all the bibliographic information you would need for referencing a book in your assignment:

   		A. Cover
   		B. Imprint page
   		C. Contents pages
   		D. Index pages
   		E. Back cover

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QUESTION 35

1. The cover of a book is the first impression you have of it and it contains important information about the book. Mostly it will indicate the:

   		A.?Publisher, title and year of publication
   		B.?Title, sub-title, author and publisher
   		C.?Title, publisher and copyright information

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QUESTION 36

1. Which of the following describes information ethics the best?

   		A. It is the study of morality and how to distinguish right from wrong.
   		B. It is an individual?s ethical responsibility in the use of information.
   		C. It refers to the creative ideas and expression of the human mind or intellect.

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QUESTION 37

1. Your lecturer has told you to use a peer-reviewed article for your assignment. You will use:

   		A. A scholarly academic journal
   		B. A popular magazine
   		C. An article from a newspaper

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QUESTION 38

1. What type of resource has been referenced?Chase, J. 1979. Advertising: the hits and myths. New York: Doubleday.

   		A. Journal
   		B. Book
   		C. Government publication
   		D. None of these

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QUESTION 39

1. Which reference is correct for a book?

   		A. Smit, P S. 2001. Managing Absenteeism, Cape Town. Struik.
   		B. Smit, P.S. 2001, Managing Absenteeism. Cape Town: Struik
   		C. Smit, P.S. 2001. Managing Absenteeism. Cape Town: Struik.

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QUESTION 40

1. Novels or speeches by an author are examples of:

   		A. Primary sources
   		B. Secondary sources

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QUESTION 41

1. Which one of the following statements best defines the SEARCH platform on the CPUT Libraries website?

   		A.?A platform to search all the books held in the library
   		B. A platform to search all the resources available to you
   		C.?A platform to search all online journals held by the library
   		D. All of the above options

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QUESTION 42

1. Research topic:?Discuss the impact of the Fifa World Cup 2010 on the local economic development in South Africa. Indicate how the country derived benefits from this mega event.Identify the correct search strategy?you will use

   		A. ?Fifa world cup 2010? AND ?local economic development? AND ?South Africa?
   		B. The effect of soccer cup in south africa
   		C. ?South Africa? OR ?local development? AND "Fifa World Cup"

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QUESTION 43

1. Which of the following does NOT describe a library database?

   		A. It is an organized collection of information stored in electronic format and searchable online
   		B. It may be general in nature covering all subject areas both scholarly and popular journals
   		C. It contain full-text and non full-text articles
   		D. It is a search engine

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QUESTION 44

1. ?Currency? defines the age of the information. Is this statement true or false?

   		A. True
   		B. False

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QUESTION 45

1. Which one of the following is not a printed source?

   		A. Dictionaries
   		B. Electronic books
   		C. Encyclopedias
   		D. Journal articles

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QUESTION 46

1. The SA copyright law prohibits you to...

   		A. Copy works in the public domain
   		B. Copy single copies for private study and research purposes eg. an article
   		C. Copy an entire published book

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QUESTION 47

1. You found this resource that you are interested in on SEARCH from the CPUT Libraries website. Looking at the record, at which library location is this resource currently not available??

   		A. Bellville library
   		B. Mowbray library
   		C. Cape Town library

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QUESTION 48

1. You want to limit your search results to only include articles that were reviewed by experts in this field. Which limit will you tick? ??

   		A. Full text
   		B. References available
   		C. Scholarly Journals

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QUESTION 49

1. Which Boolean operator will you use to exclude keywords or concepts from your results?

   		A. AND
   		B. OR
   		C. NOT
   		D. AND as well as OR

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QUESTION 50

1. How are books arranged in the library?

   		A. Alphabetically by author
   		B. By the Dewey Decimal Classification number
   		C. Alphabetically by title

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