CENTRAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Central, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

First Quarter Examination in Media and Information Literacy

Name: __________________________________ Score: ________

Grade & Section: _________________________

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Answer the test HONESTLY and AVOID ERASURES.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read and understand each item carefully. Encircle the letter of the BEST answer.
1. Facebook has been rampantly used by the majority, what is/are its negative effect/s with the way people
communicate?
A. Easily connects with anyone anytime
B. Less personal communication
C. Causes young individuals to engage in a favorable behavior when communicating
D. Information dissemination becomes easier

2. The positive impact of information and technology to society are enumerated below, EXCEPT;
A. build communities B. contributed to economic welfare of the people
B. strengthened civil society D. tool in insinuating chaos and war among countries and people

3. The following are the negative effects of social media to communication, EXCEPT;
A. become sources of misinformation and fake news
B. give confidence to the user to bully or harass individual
C. promote identity stealing
D. used as a means of teaching and learning in this new normal brought by COVID-19

4. Philippines has been facing challenges in defending the West Philippine Sea territory as shown in different
media platforms. As a citizen, you must:
A. be critical and investigative on the information being fed
B. be one-sided in accepting information
C. contribute to the bullying and word wars on social media
D. produce malicious report against the other country involved

5. Netiquette is a computer lingo that describes the appropriate behavior or etiquette one must follow when
using the social media. What do you think will happen if netizens do not follow netiquette?
A. People’s rights and responsibilities will be reduced
B. Information overload will be a widespread problem
C. More chaos and quarrels will happen in social media
D. Online communication will be extremely challenging

6. Manuel is an avid Facebook user. Which of the following is NOT a proper practice in the use of social
media?
A. Posting current feelings for the day
B. Uploading important pictures of events
C. Sharing favorite quotes from the internet
D. Posting hate messages intended for enemies

7. Below are irresponsible behaviors online, EXCEPT;

A. Sharing confidential information C. Making derogatory comments
B. Making allegations about others D. Forgiving of other people’s mistakes

8. A good learner of today is:

A. dependent so much on what the teacher is inputting.
B. maximizes technology for learning.
C. plays online games while attending classes online.
 D. spends much time on social media.

9. Responsible media and information user seeks to:

A. sensationalize chunks of information for news reports to create response from the audience
B. profit more at the expense of delivering malicious information
C. insist personal views on issues without hearing all sides
D. present balance and up-to-date information

10. This time a lot of items are being copied and uploaded on Facebook. Included are movies which are not
meant to be for free viewing. As responsible netizen, you must:
A. tag or notify your friends so that they could also enjoy free viewing.
B. report the matter to Facebook authorities.
C. download those and distribute to others.
D. just allow things to happen, anyway many are doing it

11. It includes oldest media forms such as newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, and other printed
material. What is it?
A. New media B. Broadcast media C. Film media D. Print media

12. Anna is looking for in-depth, detailed coverage of a topic and background information about her
research project. What information sources should she look up to?
A. Trade publications B. Newspapers C. Internet D. Books

13. You and your classmates are working on the chapter II of your thesis. If you want to look for up-to-date
and highly specific information, what information sources do you need?
A. Books B. trade publications C. journal publications D. magazines

14. What media will be beneficial for a community which does not have access to internet but needs live
information?
A. Journal B. Magazine C. Newspaper D. Television

15. What type of code is used to emphasize a particular occasion stated in the invitation card?
A. Media B. Symbolic C. Technical D. Written

16. In a fantasy film, one would expect to see magic wands, demons, colorful settings, basically things that
are fictional and unreal in our world. What is this widely recognized way of doing things which has to do
with content, style and form?
A. Codes B. Convention C. Genre D. Symbols

17. Camera shots are used differently to capture the message that the photographer wants to tell the audience.
When he wants to give the audience a bit of context or location of the subject, what kind of shot will he
apply?
A. Close-up shot C. Over the Shoulder shot
B. Medium or Long shot D. Unusual/ Alternative shot

18. What kind of shot will a cameraman employ, if he wants to project the strong emotion and tension present
in the scene?
A. Close up shot B. High Angle Shot C. Extreme close-up shot D. Low Angle shot

19. Sound is one of the most commonly used codes in media. When a movie scene has a sound of a wind,
what does it signify?
A. Something awful will happen C. Something terrifying will happen
B. Something memorable will happen D. Something unpredictable will happen

20. In movies, what colors are usually used to symbolize evil?

A. Black and Blue B. Black and Gray C. Black and Red D. Black and White
21. Liza was not able to write an essay which was given by their teacher as assignment. She searched the
internet and handed over to his teacher an exact copy of an essay from free essays.com. What violation
is committed by Liza?
A. Trespassing B. plagiarism C. infringement D. none of these

22. Your class is conducting research on a particular topic that needs scholarly article. The articles are
copyrighted. How are you going to utilize the copyrighted articles?
A. Make money out of the copyrighted work by selling it to your classmates
B. Distribute the copyrighted work to everyone
C. Use the articles and acknowledge the author or source
D. Paraphrase the article to make it appear as your own idea

23. Creations of the mind are called intellectual property and is protected in law. How do creators benefit
from it?
A. It allows patent-owners to benefit from their own work.
B. It provides for the right to benefit from the protection or moral and material interests.
C. It allows creators of copyrighted works to have legal protection against infringement.
D. All of these are correct

24. Fair Use means you can use copyrighted material without a license only for a certain purpose. The
following are guidelines for fair use EXCEPT:
A. Majority of the content you create must be your own.
B. Give credit to the copyright holder.
C. Don’t make money off of the copyrighted work
D. Distribute the copyrighted work to everyone and make money out of it.

25. With the rapid development of the internet, what crime is usually committed against copyright?
A. Cyber harassment C. Cyber bullying
B. Infringement D. All of these

26. The following are examples of counterfeiting, EXCEPT;

A. Creating a replica of the actual packaging C. Duplicating products
B. Creating fake products D. Creating original products

27. The following are examples of copyright infringement, EXCEPT;

A. Making money out of the copyrighted work by selling it to your classmates
B. Distributing copyrighted work to everyone
C. Using the articles and acknowledge the author or source
D. Paraphrasing the article to make it appear as you own idea

28. The following are symptoms of a person experiencing computer addiction, EXCEPT;
A. anxiety and distress
B. sleep disorder and backpain
C. defensive and dishonesty
D. social acceptance and compulsion

29. According to reports, there is an increase in the number of young people getting addicted to the internet
and social media use. Which is NOT true statement about computer addiction?
A. It leads to excessive use of computers to the extent that it interferes with daily life.
B. It results to the overuse of computers that interferes with work, sleep, and social interactions.
C. It results into an isolation, loneliness or distraction due to problems associated with computer use.
D. It helps them deal with feelings of isolation, loneliness and distraction from problems associated
with ICT use.

30. The following statements are reasons why digital divide exist, EXCEPT;
A. The person cannot afford to access the technology.
B. The person has a strong motivation to learn how use the technology.
C. The person refuses to have knowledge of the advance technology
D. The person has less information about the benefits of technology
II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE.

Directions: Read and understand each item carefully. Write true if the statement is correct and if the
statement is incorrect, underline the word/s that make/s the sentence incorrect and then write the correct
word/s on the space provided.
________31. Sharing knowledge and inculcating values to the next generation is a negative influence of media
________32. Computer addiction refers to excessive use of technology like gaming.
________33. Hacking is an act of harassing other people using technology like computer, laptop,
or cellphone.
________34. Body language, clothing, colors are examples of technical code.
________35. Over the Shoulder Shot is an example of symbolic code.
________36. Internet consists of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
________37. Oral tradition of communication is one of the characteristics of Indigenous media.

III. A. Table Completion

Direction: Using the table below, discuss how a particular issue/news is presented in print, broadcast, and new
media (38-43).

Issue/News: Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s alleged involvement in POGO Operation.

Type of Media Presentation Style

Print (Newspaper)

Broadcast (Television)

Online/New Media
(Social Media)

B. Direction: Suggest ways on how to combat digital divide, addiction, and cyberbullying through the acrostic
below (45-48).

S-
T-
O-
P-

C. Essay writing (49-53)

As media and information evolve throughout the history, it provided people with a better and faster access to
information that is easier to adopt and to manipulate. How did media shape the culture and values of people?
Please refer to the rubrics below. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

5 Rubric
points
5 The ideas are relevant, correlated and stated directly to the point
4 The ideas are relevant and correlated but not stated directly to the point.
3 The ideas are relevant but are not correlated.
2 The ideas are relevant, but not correlated, and not stated directly to the point.
1 The ideas are somewhat irrelevant to the question.
0 No idea at all.

D. Compare and Contrast (54-60)

Identify the similarities and differences between and among media literacy, information literacy, and
technology literacy by completing a triple Venn diagram. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Good Luck and God Bless!

-Ma’am Liezl-