Media and Information Literate Individual (Part 1)

Question 1

1. What is literacy according to UNESCO?

A. It is a lifelong skill.
B. It is defined as the ability to read and write and develop numeracy skills.
C. It is understood as a means of identification, understanding, interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly digital, text-mediated, information-rich and fast-changing world.
D. It is a conventional concept.

Answer 1

C. It is understood as a means of identification, understanding, interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly digital, text-mediated, information-rich and fast-changing world.

Question 2

UNESCO stands for.

Answer 2

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

Question 3

The following are the sets of skills the students should acquire to stay
competitive in a changing market except ____________.

A. learning skills C. computing skills
B. literacy skills D. life skills

Answer 3

C. computing skills

Question 4

Information literacy is defined as _________________________________________.
A. a broad term that can cover processed data, knowledge derived from study, experience, instruction, signals or symbols
B. the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and communicate information in a variety of forms
C. interdisciplinary in nature
D. the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use and communicate information in its various formats

Answer 4

D. the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use and communicate information in its various formats

Question 5

Being literate in a media age requires this skill.

Answer 5

critical thinking

Question 6

True or False. Acquiring the 21st century skills is optional. Students only need to
learn the basic skills to land their dream job.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or False. Learning how to read, write and count is enough to survive in this fast-changing world.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

True or False. Technology literacy bridges generation gap.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False. Applying critical thinking skill all the time is synonymous/equated to
being a media and information literate.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False. Literacy is now understood as a means of identification, understanding,
interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly digital, textmediated, information-rich and fast-changing world.

Answer 10

True