Fake News Exam Prep Chapter.7

Chapter 7: Fake News

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 01

1. Fake news is defined as…

a. Biased news stories that masquerade as non-biased reporting

b. News stories that contain factual errors and mistakes

c. Deliberately false or misleading news stories that masquerade as truthful reporting

d. Political propaganda that masquerades as truthful reporting

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 02

2. In order to protect ourselves from fake news, we must adopt an attitude of…

a. Reasonable suspicion

b. Reasonable skepticism

c. Reasonable doubt

d. Reasonable caution

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 03

3. Fake news is a form of…

a. Hoax

b. Propaganda

c. Satire

d. Lie

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 04

4. Fake news essentially involves…

a. Political propaganda

b. Biased reporting

c. Deliberate deception

d. Unintentional mistakes and misunderstandings

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 05

5. Fake news is harmful to society because it…

a. Spreads left-wing hoaxes

b. Sews distrust and exaggerates social conflicts

c. Unfairly discredits right-wing views

d. Satirizes political issues that should be treated seriously

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 06

6. Unlike fake news, satirical news writing is…

a. Largely true

b. Intentional misinformation

c. Not fake

d. Not deliberately misleading

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 07

7. The “Pizzagate” incident illustrates how fake news…

a. Tends to be ridiculous or funny

b. Can endanger innocent lives

c. Unfairly targets conservative politicians

d. Is used to spread left-wing conspiracy theories

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 08

8. The deliberate use of biased or misleading information designed to promote a political cause or point of view is called…

a. Fake news

b. Lobbying

c. Propaganda

d. Negative advertising

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 09

9. Adopting an attitude of reasonable skepticism requires that we…

a. Refuse to believe every claim found in the media or online

b. No longer use the internet or print media as sources for news

c. Reject any news story about an event we have not witnessed ourselves

d. Believe claims only when there is a legitimate reason for doing so

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 10

10. According to ethicists, concocting or deliberately sharing fake news is morally problematic because fake news…

a. Insults people’s intelligence

b. Violates people’s integrity

c. Undermines people’s autonomy

d. Undermines people’s self-respect

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 11

11. The rational capacity to direct our own lives and make choices for ourselves is known as…

a. Autonomy

b. Free Will

c. Sentience

d. Critical thinking

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 12

12. In order to discern what’s real and what’s fake, we must read both critically and…

a. Rationally

b. Vertically

c. Laterally

d. Imaginatively

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 13

13. Consulting a variety of sources to determine the reliability of a news source is known as reading…

a. Critically

b. Vertically

c. Comparatively

d. Laterally

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 14

14. Trustworthy fact-checkers do not…

a. Use secondary sources whenever possible

b. Disclose their funding and sources

c. Promptly correct errors

d. Minimize appeals to emotions and stereotypes

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 15

15. Websites like Snopes.com and PolitiFact.com are examples of…

a. Satirical news websites

b. Fact-checking websites

c. Well-known internet hoax creators

d. Political opinion websites

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 16

16. The tendency to seek information that supports our existing beliefs is known as…

a. Cognitive dissonance

b. Groupthink

c. Confirmation bias

d. Tribalism

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 17

17. One of the best cures for confirmation bias is…

a. Reading vertically

b. Reading widely

c. Reasonable skepticism

d. Avoiding traditional media sources

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 18

18. Wikipedia articles are best used…

a. As sources for academic writing

b. To discover fake images

c. For vertical reading

d. To find lists of resources for further research

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 19

19. When it comes to fake images, one obstacle to critical thinking is the fact that…

a. People tend to ignore images when they read

b. People are bad at recognizing when images have been doctored

c. People are ignorant of the existence of fake images

d. People tend to read vertically rather than laterally

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 20

20. One method for detecting fake images is…

a. Lateral reading

b. Wikipedia research

c. Vertical reading

d. Using a reverse image search engine

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 01

1. Have you ever encountered an example of fake news? What was it and how did you know it was fake?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 02

2. What are some of the ways that fake news affects society? Has fake news affected your life in any way?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 03

3. What is reasonable skepticism and how does it help combat fake news?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 04

4. What are the characteristics of a reliable fact-checker? What are some examples of reliable fact-checkers?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 05

5. What strategies can people employ to protect themselves from fake news? Have you employed any of these strategies in your life?