Partido College

Senior High School Department

Midterm Examination
Media and Information Literacy –MIL
SY 2018-2019

“CHEATING IS EASY. TRY SOMETHING MORE CHALLENGING… LIKE BEING HONEST AND FAITHFUL.”

General Instruction: This is a 50-item test. Read each direction written in every type of test.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer, write it on the space provided before
the number.
_____1. Which of the following colors symbolizes sensitivity, tenderness, femininity, & tranquility?
a. Red b. Purple c. Blue d. Pink
_____2. The Persian’s Postal Service used _________________ for the delivery of messages and parcels.
a. Pigeons b. Horse c. Sunlight/Sunrays d. Marathon Men
_____3. He is the professional running courier that delivered messages from Marathon to Athens
during the war.
a. Pedophile b. Pheidiphile c. Pheidippides d. Peiddopiles
_____4. How many km/s and day/s did he travelled from Marathon to Athens?
a. 420kms for 3 days b. 240kms for 2 days c. 40 kms for 2 days d. 4km for 1 days
_____5. This is considered as the very first written evidence of communication.
a. Pictogram b. Cuneiform c. Speech d. Cave Paintings
_____6. This is/are considered as the most effective type of media.
a. Digital Media b. Print Media c. Broadcast Media c. All of the above
_____7. In Morse Code, short signals are referred to as ________________.
a. dots b. dits c. dahs d. dash
_____8. The following are Symbolic Codes, except:
a. Colors b. Dress c. Sound d. Iconic Symbols
_____9. This is the type of communication that is best for conveying information.
a. Verbal Non-Verbal c. Written d. Sign Language
_____10. What is the meaning of “helio” in the word heliograph?
a. Sun b. To decode c. Earth d. Moon

II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being described in each item. Choose from the word/s in the box,
then write it on the space provided before the number.

Pictogram/Pictograph Sumerians Tim Berners –Lee Cave Paintings Vint Cerf

Samuel Morse Non-Verbal John Logie Baird Persians Verbal
Sign/Body Language Petroglyphs Guglielmo Marconi Written Cuneiform
Roman Emperor Tiberius -.-- Alibata Broadcast Persian King Cyrus the Great
--.- …- .--- -.-. --..

____________________11. A type of communication many years ago that is being carved in stones.
____________________12. This is the earliest form of writing.
____________________13. The very first alphabet of the world.
____________________14. He pioneered the Postal Service of the world.
____________________15. He is widely known as “The father of Internet.”
____________________16. He is the inventor of the Worldwide Web (WWW).
____________________17. He is the inventor of both Telegraph & Morse Code.
____________________18. They discovered and trained doves & pigeons to deliver messages.
____________________19. Type of communication that we listen to understand the meaning.
____________________20. Type of communication that we observe and infer meaning.
____________________21. Type of communication that we read the meaning.
____________________22. Morse Code Conversion for letter C.
____________________23. Morse Code Conversion for letter Q.
____________________24. Morse Code Conversion for letter V.
____________________25. Morse Code Conversion for letter Z.

III. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is CORRECT, and if it’s not, UNDERLINE the
word/s that makes it INCORRECT, then write the correct word/s on the blank to make the sentence
true.
____________________26. Prehistoric was the age when Printing Press was invented.
____________________27. Symbolic Codes are the ways in which equipment is used to tell a story.
____________________28. The use of language style & textual layout are referred to as Written Codes.
____________________29. Telephone was first used in Electronic Age.
____________________30. Pigeons are fast-flyers where they can travel for about 60mi/hr.
____________________31. The first substance-like paper was made from Papyrus.
____________________32. Black signifies happiness and optimism or positivity.
____________________33. Orange is the color for courage, passion, drama, love, & anger.
____________________34. Broadcast media is the most effective type among the 3; where information
can be scattered in all directions at once.
____________________35. Encyclopedias cover any topic, fact or opinion for research purposes.

IV. FILL IN THE BLANKS. 15pts.

Fill (at least 1 device) in the blanks/boxes that has been used from different ages.

Age Devices used to Devices used to Devices used to

communicate store/save information share/broadcast
information
PREHISTORIC

INDUSTRIAL

ELECTRONIC

NEW/DIGITAL

Bonus Question/Item: 10pts.

Convert my First Name & Surname to Morse Code.

GOD BLESS!