MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY

QUIZ

1. Refers to a particular sector of a population

a. Demography b. visual c. boldface d. copylength
2. An image can captivate viewers because of this. it can influence and develop a sentiment or ide
a.Demography b. visual c. boldface d. copylength
3. A typeface version having heavy strokes
a.Demography b. visual c. boldface d. copylength

4. For a book, magazine, or broadsheet, the typeface you prefer will be used to firm lengthy copy. to
have this, the amount of appropriate simplicity or legibility is greater than if the typeface were
being used for a few lines or a chapter of two.

5. Are the small lines tailing from the edges of letters and symbols, separated into distinct units for a
typewriter or typesetter. these are easier to read in printed works

1. demography
2. visual
3. boldface
4. copylength
5. serifs

Matching questions

1. Illustrations and captions A. These are used to organize large amounts of

information into a small space. these also
help summarize and compare information

2. Readability B. These work together to make readers

understand information in a visual way
understanding your audience

3. Bold print and italic C.Is how easy it is to read words, phrases, blocks
of copy such as book, a web page or an article

4. charts, tables and graphs D.Is critical to selecting a font. on your website it
is likely that smaller fonts will be read more
carefully, and larger fonts will be scanned

5. E.Used to signal the reader that a word or phrase

is important, or that the word is a vocabulary
word that can be found in the glossary of a book
or article
 5 Multiple choice questions
1. To understand what ______ to use you need to understand your target audience, the message
you are trying to communicate, and what you want them to do (amongst other things). it affects
both accessibility and usability

Illustrations
Bold print and italic
Font family size
Legibility
2. In this key aspect, you should be clear to the intention of the piece
legibility
demographic
readability
demography
3. Can be scrutinized assertive
social values
assertive values
emerging values
boldface
4. Any "human-readable sequence of characters" that can form intelligible words

heading
title
text
legibility

5. Help the reader to understand information in a visual way. it also helps in understanding unclear
ideas in the text

sans serif
illustrations and captions
heading
illustrations
True/False questions

Two types of font that belong to the key aspects to consider when looking for an appropriate type face
serif vs. sans

True

Are used to explain the illustrations → boldface

False

It should be → captions
does not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. these are better on web
→ sans serif

INCORRECT

No answer given

THE ANSWER

True

are assumptions or attitudes held by a growing population in a society → emerging values

INCORRECT

No answer given

THE ANSWER

True

is a measure of how easy it is to distinguish one letter from another in a particular typeface → legibility

INCORRECT

No answer given

THE ANSWER

True