Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
CARAGA Admistrative
Region Division of Surigao del
Sur Cagwait II District
Bitaugan Integrated Secondary School
Pre-test in Media & Information Technology
NAME: DATE:
DIRECTIONS: Select the most appropriate answer to the questions below by encircling the letter of the correct answer.

I. Identify the following. Write A if it refers to primary source and B if it is a secondary source.
1. Information from a Civil War soldier's diary.
2. An online journal article about the historical significance of Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"
3. A letter from a soldier to his mother in an example of
4. sources written by people who experienced the event first-hand
5. sources written by people people who have studied the event after the fact.
6. sources written by people who were eyewitnesses to the event.
7. sources written by people who have done extensive research about the even.
8. Copy of authenticated birth certificate.

II. Write (T) if it’s True or (F) it is False

9. Mr. Smith rents a video and brings it to school. As a reward, the video is shown in the multipurpose room to reward students with
perfect attendance. This is fair use.
10. Discuss
11. A teacher rents Gone With the Wind to show the burning of Atlanta scene to her class while studying the civil war. This is fair use.
12. A student is doing a multimedia report and wants to use a small portion of of Kennedy's "We Shall Go to the Moon" speech. He presents
the report to his class and then posts it on the school's local area network. This is fair use.
13. A student is writing a report for science class and uses copyright images downloaded from the Internet and cited correctly. He submits
his project to a competition that recognizes classroom work for students and wins a prize for the school. This is covered under fair use.
14. A student brings a CD to school and lends it to a friend to put in his Keynote Presentation. This is fair use.
15. A history teacher taped the original ABC news report showing Richard Nixon leaving the White House after he resigned. She made it
at home on her personal VCR and used her own tape. She uses the entire news program every year in her classroom. This is fair use.
16. A teacher produces a student video that they sell at the end of the year to buy equipment for the school. They use well-known
popular music clips. The money all foes to the school and the songs are fully listed in the credits. This is covered under fair use.

III. Multiple choice select the best letter of the correct answer if there is no correct answer write F
1. What types of work are copyrighted? Check all that apply.
A. Dramatic B. Musical C. Graphical D. Speeches E. Literary

17. When does someone get copyright protection?

A. When the author gets paid.
B. As soon as the work is created.
C. When it is published with a © symbol.
D. When it is registered for copyright.

18. How long in the U.S. does copyright last?

A. Forever, as long as someone holds the copyright
B. 70 years after it is created
C. A person's life plus 70 years after death
D. It depends on the type of registration that was bought

19. What happens to the work after the copyright time has passed?
A. It can be bought
B. There is no time-limit on copyright
C. The work must be destroyed
D. It goes into the public domain

20. Something must have the © sign to be copyrighted.

A. True, how else would you know if it was in the public domain or not?
B. False, a work belongs to the creator whether or not there is a © symbol

21. What is fair use?

A. Paying the creator a fair price for the work
B. Using paid-for commercial products once and not sharing them
C. Limited copying or distribution of published works without the author's permission
D. Freeware that you obtain from the Internet

22. What are the four factors that determine if the use of copyrighted material falls under fair use?
A. Purpose, Content, Amount, and Market Effect
B. Purpose, Amount, Environment, and Market Effect
C. Substantiality, Use, Nature, and Market Effect
D. Purpose, Nature, Amount, and Market Effect

23. Non-profit and educational uses will generally weigh in favor of fair use as opposed to:
A. News Reporting
B. Scientific Use
C. Commercial Use
D. Respective Uses

24. Understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources is important because...
A. different types of sources provide different kinds of information.
B. sometimes a primary source has a greater impact in a paper than a secondary source.
C. primary sources can often be biased and provide a skewed version of history, where secondary sources usually remain neutral.
D. all of the above

25. What form of digital media uses file formats with the abbreviations JPEG, PNG and TIFF
A. Images
B. Photographs
C. Video
D. Audio
26. With images, audio and video, what is the usual relationship between file size and media quality (There is more than one correct answer.)
A. Smaller file = faster to download and better quality
B. Smaller file = faster to download but poorer quality
C. Bigger file = slower to download but better quality
D. Bigger file = slower to download and poorer quality

27. Which of the following online services does not enable the sharing of videos
A. SoundCloud
B. Tumblr
C. Flickr
D. None of the above - they all support video.

28. Which of the following statements is false (There is more than one correct answer.)
A. Smartphones now have very high quality built in audio, video and photo capabilities. The results are just as good as what can be obtained by
using professional cameras and recording equipment.
B. If young people already have smartphones, they can be a handy way to generate photos, audio and video quickly. The quality may not be
great though.
C. The audio, video and photo quality of smartphones is so poor that they are not worth using for research purposes.
D. Modern smartphones can produce still images of a reasonable quality. The quality of video and audio they produce is less good, but this can be
improved by using certain apps and add-on devices.

29. What do Audacity, Wavepad and GarageBand have in common?

A. They are all open source.
B. They are all used for audio editing and production.
C. They are all designed to work on mobile devices.
D. They are all free.

30. Which of the following video editing packages are available for the iPad (There is more than one correct answer.)
A. Final Cut Pro
B. Avid Studio
C. iMovie
D. Adobe Premiere

31. What different audio-visual media can be embedded into Google maps
A. Only photographs.
B. Only video.
C. Photographs and video, but not audio.
D. Photographs, video and audio.

32. What are the key differences between YouTube and Vimeo (There is more than one correct answer.)
A. Vimeo is better quality than YouTube.
B. YouTube has more users than Vimeo.
C. It is easier to download videos from YouTube than Vimeo.
D. Vimeo allows you to upload longer videos than YouTube.

33. Refers to the conventions, formats, symbols and narrative structures which indicate to an audience the meaning of media messages.
Symbolically, the language of electronic media work in much the same way as grammar works in print media. (UNESCO MIL Curriculum for
Teachers)

A. Media Codes, Conventions, Languages and Messages

B. Media Education
C. Media Literacy
D. Media Convergence

34. Refers to materials, programs, applications and the like that teachers and students use to formulate new information to aid learning through
the use, analysis, evaluation and production of interactive and hands-on media.

A. Information
B. Media Convergence
C. Media Education
D. Manipulative Information and

35. Refers to a theory that people receive and interpret media messages in the light of their own history, experience and perspective so that
different groups of people may interpret the same message in different ways

A. Internet Addiction
B. Massive Open Online Course
C. Active audience
D. Audience

36. Understanding and using mass media in either an assertive or non-assertive way, including an informed and critical understanding of media,
what techniques they employ and their effects. Also the ability to read, analyze, evaluate and produce communication in a variety of media
forms, e.g. television, print, radio, computers etc. Another understanding of the term is the

A. Media Convergence
B. Media Education
C. Media and Information Literacy
D. Media Literacy

37. Refers to virtual reality or interactive 3D and have a figurative appearance. Current examples range from 3D printer, 3D films, holograms,
etc.

A. Massive Open Online Course

B. People Media
C. Three Dimensional Technology
D. New Media

38. Refers to content organized and distributed on digital platforms. (UNESCO MIL Curriculum for Teachers)

A. New Media
B. People Media
C. Media
D. Netiquette

39. ability to decode, analyze, evaluate and produce communication in a variety of forms.

A. Media Literacy
B. Media
C. Media Convergence
D. Media Codes, Conventions, Languages and Messages

40. Refers to the abilities to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use, and communicate information in its
various formats.

A. Information Literacy
B. Internet
C. Information
D. Text Information and Media

DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN MEDIA & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION FOR

OBJECTIVES NO. OF PLACEMENT PERCENTAGE

ITEMS

Identify the primary & secondary sources. 8 1-8 20%

Comprehend how manipulative information

and media is /are formally and informally
produced, organized, and disseminated. 8 9-16 20%

Explain copyright, fair use, etc.vis-a-vis

human rights.
24 17-40 60%
Evaluate current trends in media and
information and how it will affect/how they
affect individuals and the society as a
whole.
TOTAL 40 1-40 100%
ITEMS

Prepared by:
RONEL Q. GALELA
SHS Teacher
 DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN MEDIA & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

KEY TO CORRECT:

1. B
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. F
10.
11. T
12. F
13. F
14. F
15. F
16. F
17. B
18. A
19. D
20. D
21. A
22. A
23. A
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. B/C
28. D
29. A/B
30. B
31. B
32. A
33. B/C
34. C
35. D
36. C
37. C
38. C
39. C
40. B

Prepared by:
RONEL Q. GALELA
SHS Teacher