Department of Education

National Capital Region

TAGUIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
A. Reyes St. New Lower Bicutan, Taguig City
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN MEDIA AND INFORMATION

LITERACY (MIL)

Name:________________________________Gr.&Sec.____________Date: __________
DIRECTIONS: Read and understand each statement. Choose the best answer and write the letter of your
choice on the space provided before the number. Use CAPITAL letter.

____1. This includes false and damaging statements made about another person through e-mail, message
boards, blogs, chatrooms, Web sites, or any other Internet-based communication medium.
A. Identity Theft B. Phishing C. Cyber – libel D. Cyber - Bullying
____2. It is defined to which a source exudes dependable, trustworthy, genuine, and reputable process of
information gathering?
A. Accuracy B. Reliability C. Validity D. Vitamin C
____3. Which of the following describes the electronic age?
A. the early hominids used stone tools and metals
B. the substitution of handy tools with electrical machine
C. the utilization of electrical power to run devices
D. The use worldwide web through an internet connectivity
____4These are quotations from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work?
A. Citation B. Excerpt C. Extract D. Passage
____5. It is a way to fight computer addiction.
A. spends more time to family and friends and do non- computer related activities
B. turns off the cellphone when somebody call to avoid using the gadgets
C. keeps listening to a music while playing online games.
D. all of the above
____6. This type of Media Code includes camera angles, sound and lighting and basically how technology is
used to create meaning
A. Technical Code B. Symbolic Code C. Audio Code D. Written Code
____7. This type of Media Code includes related to sound. Background music, sound effects, and voice-
overs are under this category
A. Technical Code B. Symbolic Code C. Audio Code D. Written Code
____8. Which of the following best describes “information literacy”?
A. The ability to find reliable information
B. The ability to read
C. The ability to use a computer
D. The ability to communicate using various media platforms
____ 9. Which is NOT true about Information Literacy?
A. To be able to find resources.
B. To be able to find information.
C. Unethically & irresponsible use of information.
D. To communicate one's information.
____10. These are symptoms of a person experiencing computer addiction except one
A. anxiety and distress B. sleep disorder and backpain
C. defensive and dishonesty D. social acceptance and compulsion
____11. The way you can do to avoid being a victim of cyber bullying.
A. Sign out your account after using specially in public places
B. Do not tell and share your password to other people.
 C. Avoid using social media like Facebook.
D. Both a and b
____ 12. It is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media.
A. Media literacy C. Technology literacy
B. Information Literacy D. Communication literacy

____ 13. All the three kinds of literacy aim for a common goal EXCEPT ________.
A. Attaining their pleasant and satisfying integration for the benefit of the
clients.
B. These are after the right consumption of information through effective media
use and technological means.
C. They all share the common goal of activating one’s ability to access,
understand, evaluate and create media of all forms.
D. It may not beneficial on the lives of the individual in the society
____ 14. It is the response or reaction given by the receiver to the sender of the message.
A. Sender B. Receiver C. Message D. Feedback
____ 15. It is the ability to acquire relevant information and use modern-day tools to
get, manage, apply, evaluate, create, and communicate information.
A. Information literacy C. Media literacy
B. Communication Literacy D. Technology literacy
____16. You should never give out which of the following on the Internet?
A. Your name. B. Your age. C. Your address. D. All of the above.
____17. What changes have occurred during the industrial revolution?
A. societal and physical changes B. political and economic changes
C. economical and societal changes D. physical and behavioral changes
____18. These are producers or givers of information, and people who use it are the consumers.
A. Information Forces B. Information References
C. Information Sorceress D. Information Sources
____19. You can defame a person by doing all of the following except?
A. Posting nude pictures of them. B. Writing derogative comments of them.
C. Speaking kindly of someone. D. Posting a picture that is crude and unkind.
____20. Which of the following describes the pre-industrial age?
A. the early hominids used stone tools and metals
B. the substitution of handy tools with electrical machine
C. the utilization of electrical power to run devices
D. The use worldwide web through an internet connectivity
____21. It is the idea being transmitted by the sender to the receiver. It includes three aspects — content,
structure, and style.
A. Sender B. Feedback C. Message D. Channel
____ 22. It is the medium or vehicle through which the message is sent.
A. Channel B. Feedback C. Message D. Receiver
____23. Which of the following describes the industrial age?
A. the early hominids used stone tools and metals
B. the substitution of handy tools with electrical machine
C. the utilization of electrical power to run devices
D. The use worldwide web through an internet connectivity
____24. Defined as forms of media expression conceptualized, produced, and circulated
by indigenous peoples around the globe as vehicles for communication, including cultural preservation.
A. Media B. Social Media C. Indigenous Media
____25. Which of the following describes the new information age?
A. the early hominids used stone tools and metals
B. the substitution of handy tools with electrical machine
C. the utilization of electrical power to run devices
D. The use worldwide web through an internet connectivity
____26. What information sources are described as original, uninterpreted, or "first hand" material of
information, created by the person directly involved in an activity or an event?
A. Quaternary Sources B. Primary Sources
C. Secondary Sources D. Tertiary Sources
____27. This type of Media Code refers to colors, object, body language, clothing and setting - Include the
language, dress and actions of characters knows as mise-en-scene
A. Technical Code B. Audio Code C. Symbolic Code D. Written Code
____ 28. When does encoding take place?
A. When the receiver interprets the message.
B. When the sender translates the message into a perceivable form.
C. When both sender and receiver need to exchange messages.
D. When the sender recognizes the communication style of the other.
____29. Group of readers, viewers or listeners to whom a media text is specifically addressed because of a
set of characteristics that they share, such as age, gender, profession, class and interests
A. Audience B. Target Audience C. Producers D. Stakeholders
____30. What should you avoid doing in a chat room?
A. Posting your phone number. B. Revealing financial information.
C. Posting your address. D. All of the above.
____31. This type of Media Code refers to the case of letters, font, headlines, captions, speech bubbles,
language style
A. Technical Code B. Symbolic Code C. Audio Code D. Written Code
____ 32. Which statement does NOT describe the decoding process?
A. It is deciding on the medium to use in transmitting a message.
B. It involves interpretation.
C. It is assigning meaning to the message.
D. It is usually done by the receiver in a communication process
____33. Paula is certain that a specific piece of information is true; however, she cannot remember where
she read it. Paula makes up an author’s name so no one can say she did not cite her source. Is this right?
A. Yes B. Partially yes C. No D. Partially no
____34. It is an action to bridge digital divide.
A. Attend technological training
B. Read a lot of books in the library to access information.
C. Manipulate technology like smartphone, computer, and internet.
D. Both A and C
____35. The best way you can do when you are cyber bullied is______.
A. Keep quiet so that no one will know.
B. Fight back by doing the same what he/she did.
C. Find a person that you trust and seek help.
D. Both A and B
____36. It is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
A. Plagiarism B. Phishing C. Cyber – libel D. Copyright
____37. Under sources not cited, this type allows the the writer to turn in another’s work, word-for-word, as
his or her own.
A. The Poor Disguise B. The Ghost writer
C. The Labor of Laziness D. The Self - Stealer
____38. It refers to the use or production of copyright-protected material without the permission of the
copyright holder
A. Plagiarism B. Identity Theft C. Copy-right infringement D. Copyright
____39. The writer has altered the paper’s appearance slightly by changing keywords and phrases.
A. The Ghost Writer B. The Potluck Paper
C. The Poor Disguise D. The Self - Stealer
____40. The writer copies from several different sources, tweaking the sentences to make them fit together
while retaining most of the original phrasing.
A. The Potluck Paper B. The Photocopy
C. The Poor Disguise D. The Self - Stealer
It is an action to bridge digital divide.
a. Attend technological trainings to
develop the skills
b. Read a lot of books in the library to
access information
c.Manipulate technology like
smartphone, computer and internet
d.Both a and c
It is an action to bridge digital divide.
a. Attend technological trainings to
develop the skills
b. Read a lot of books in the library to
access information
c.Manipulate technology like
smartphone, computer and internet
d.Both a and c
II. Study the following sentences. Then, classify its type by writing the corresponding letter in the choices
below. Write your answer in the space provided. Write Capital Letter of your answer.
A. “P” for print media, B. “B” for broadcast media,
C. “F” for film D. “N” for new media.
_________ 41. Listening to MOR Drama. B
_________ 42. Watching the PBB 8 Fifth Eviction Night. B
_________ 43. Paperback copy of Dan Brown’s Inferno. A
_________ 44. Spiderman 4 out in theaters. C
_________ 45. Mega Magazine. A
_________ 46. Bulgar broadsheet. A
_________ 47. Catch 22 program on Easy Rock 96.3. B
_________ 48. Posting a Tweet. D
_________ 49. Spider-Man: Far from Home in Cinema. C
_________ 50. Scanning the Classified Ads of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. A