UNIV 104 Final Exam Questions and
Answers 2025
Ch. 6 Developing Information Literacy Skills; Internet - -The internet can
cause bad study habits, i.e. not thinking for yourself (thinking deeply enough
about anything or critically thinking)
- Motivation - -Being organized and staying motivated can help develop
your information literacy skills and sharpen your personal thinking and
critical thinking skills.
- Communicate - -Communicate your needs to professors and/or other
people necessary. Stay in touch with other students in the course(s) - this
can be study groups or discussion board forums asking for help/advice. Stay
on top of emails with professors and classmates.
- Laptop - -Keep antivirus up to date. Keep laptop updated and free of
excess files. Make sure to have folders for important files.
- Productivity - -Create a productive learning environment. Use each session
as an opportunity to further review your knowledge and information literacy.
Utilize time management skills and have a tech backup plan if your laptop
fails you.
- Information Literacy - -This begins with curiosity/inquiry of what you
already know to learn what you want to know (more); Ability to find
information from appropriate sources, evaluate the information, organize it,
and use it to achieve a goal (ex. get a high mark on a quiz or test);
continuous cycle of research & reflection.
- Data - -Collection of raw facts and/or figures
- Information - -Data that has context and signification
- Data, Information, Knowledge - -Master students have the ability to
process data and information to a higher level of knowledge; this information
leads to new decisions and behaviours.
- Information literacy - -Not just useful for doing research for papers and
presentations but is useful for research in all areas of a master student's life.
- Steps for Information - --Define topic
-Ask questions about the topic
, -Choose a system for notetaking (i.e. flash cards, laptop, Cornell method, or
3-column with summary)
-Avoid academic misconduct: plagiarism, fraud, cheating, hiring another to
do your work, etc.
- Confidence & Information Literacy - -Become more comfortable and
confident about researching & writing:
-determine the assignment
-find materials
-choose your sources
-organize your research (create topical categories such as compare/contrast,
problems and possible solutions)
-evaluate, use, and cite sources accurately
- Information sources - -Primary and secondary
- Primary sources - -Interviews, surveys, observations, testimonials
- Secondary sources - -Reference books, nonfiction books, periodicals,
newspapers, websites
- Looking for answers - -Publications; books, articles, websites
- Steps for looking for answers - --preliminary research
-refine searches by using databases or library catalogues
-refine topic and questions
do more in-depth research
-conduct deep web searches using metasearch engines
-visit the library
-talk to people and conduct interviews
-scholarly sources like .edu or .gov > sources from .com or .org
- Serendipity - -Reflect on collected information; let experiences come to
you and use them; think critically and creatively
- Ch. 7 Thinking Critically and Communicating Your Ideas - -7.1 Power
Process: Embrace the New
- Embrace the new - -Both creative and critical thinking call on us to
embrace the new; be willing to consider new ideas in the first place
(openminded); this is an essential skill and does not mean trashing the old
ideas
- New habits - -Adopting new habits does not mean changing all your
current habits; keep core values
Answers 2025
Ch. 6 Developing Information Literacy Skills; Internet - -The internet can
cause bad study habits, i.e. not thinking for yourself (thinking deeply enough
about anything or critically thinking)
- Motivation - -Being organized and staying motivated can help develop
your information literacy skills and sharpen your personal thinking and
critical thinking skills.
- Communicate - -Communicate your needs to professors and/or other
people necessary. Stay in touch with other students in the course(s) - this
can be study groups or discussion board forums asking for help/advice. Stay
on top of emails with professors and classmates.
- Laptop - -Keep antivirus up to date. Keep laptop updated and free of
excess files. Make sure to have folders for important files.
- Productivity - -Create a productive learning environment. Use each session
as an opportunity to further review your knowledge and information literacy.
Utilize time management skills and have a tech backup plan if your laptop
fails you.
- Information Literacy - -This begins with curiosity/inquiry of what you
already know to learn what you want to know (more); Ability to find
information from appropriate sources, evaluate the information, organize it,
and use it to achieve a goal (ex. get a high mark on a quiz or test);
continuous cycle of research & reflection.
- Data - -Collection of raw facts and/or figures
- Information - -Data that has context and signification
- Data, Information, Knowledge - -Master students have the ability to
process data and information to a higher level of knowledge; this information
leads to new decisions and behaviours.
- Information literacy - -Not just useful for doing research for papers and
presentations but is useful for research in all areas of a master student's life.
- Steps for Information - --Define topic
-Ask questions about the topic
, -Choose a system for notetaking (i.e. flash cards, laptop, Cornell method, or
3-column with summary)
-Avoid academic misconduct: plagiarism, fraud, cheating, hiring another to
do your work, etc.
- Confidence & Information Literacy - -Become more comfortable and
confident about researching & writing:
-determine the assignment
-find materials
-choose your sources
-organize your research (create topical categories such as compare/contrast,
problems and possible solutions)
-evaluate, use, and cite sources accurately
- Information sources - -Primary and secondary
- Primary sources - -Interviews, surveys, observations, testimonials
- Secondary sources - -Reference books, nonfiction books, periodicals,
newspapers, websites
- Looking for answers - -Publications; books, articles, websites
- Steps for looking for answers - --preliminary research
-refine searches by using databases or library catalogues
-refine topic and questions
do more in-depth research
-conduct deep web searches using metasearch engines
-visit the library
-talk to people and conduct interviews
-scholarly sources like .edu or .gov > sources from .com or .org
- Serendipity - -Reflect on collected information; let experiences come to
you and use them; think critically and creatively
- Ch. 7 Thinking Critically and Communicating Your Ideas - -7.1 Power
Process: Embrace the New
- Embrace the new - -Both creative and critical thinking call on us to
embrace the new; be willing to consider new ideas in the first place
(openminded); this is an essential skill and does not mean trashing the old
ideas
- New habits - -Adopting new habits does not mean changing all your
current habits; keep core values
