W01 Quiz: What is the GPS?
Due Jan 10 at 11:59pm
Points 10
Questions 10
Available until Jan 24 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 45 Minutes
Allowed Attempts 2
Instructions
Task: Take this quiz.
Purpose: Demonstrate your mastery of high research standards and GPS 1, conducting a
reasonably exhaustive search.
Details
1. Ensure you have studied all the lesson materials and understand the key concepts from the GPS.
2. Notice the time limit and pace yourself accordingly. You have two attempts to take this quiz.
3. This quiz is open-book and open-note, but you may not use any other resource or person to answer
the questions.
4. You will see your score as soon as you finish the quiz.
5. You will see the correct answers after you take this quiz for the first time. Use this to study before
taking the quiz again.
This quiz was locked Jan 24 at 11:59pm.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 13 minutes 10 out of 10
Score for this attempt: 10 out of 10
Submitted Jan 5 at 6:18pm
This attempt took 13 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
pts
Match each of the following resources with the Genealogical Proof Standard element it would be most
useful for (there are two resources for each GPS component).
Chicago Manual of Style
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The second component of the
FamilySearch Catalog
The first component of the Ge
FamilySearch Wiki
The first component of the Ge
Evidence Explained
The second component of the
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Question 2
pts
You are carefully writing a report to inform a client of your conclusions based on your research. You are
engaging in which element of the Genealogical Proof Standard?
Resolution of conflicting evidence
Complete and accurate source citations
Soundly written conclusion based on the strongest evidence.
Correct!
Thorough analysis and correlation
Reasonably exhaustive research
Correct answer
Question 3
pts
You have found your ancestor in a marriage record and several different census records. You study each
record and then make a chart to compare the birth year found in all the records. By making the chart,
you are engaging in which element of the Genealogical Proof Standard?
Reasonably exhaustive research
Thorough analysis and correlation of information
Correct!
Resolution of conflicting evidence
Complete and accurate source citations
Correct answer
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