Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V
Division of Camarines Sur
Freedom Sports Complex, San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur
SAN JOSE PILI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY

Midterm Examination

Name: ______________________________________________________________ Grade Level & Section: _____________________________ Score: ___________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letter of your choice. Be wary of options, choose only the best. ONLY THE BEST. You will
get wronged and hurt if you choose the wrong ones. It is only your conscious choice that will dictate your fate. May the
God be with you!

______ 1. When media content is fake, used out of context, or weaponized to attack certain individuals or groups of people, its information
environment is deemed ________.

a. clear c. polluted b. reliable d. funny

______ 2. This refers to content that contains false information with the deliberate intention to mislead or deceive the audience.

a. Misinformation c. Mal-information b. Disinformation d. Raw information

_____ 3. It refers to information that is false, but the person sharing or disseminating it unknowingly perceives it as something true.

a. Misinformation c. Mal-information b. Disinformation d. Raw information

______ 4. This refers to information that is based on reality but is used to inflict harm.

a. Misinformation c. Mal-information b. Disinformation d. Raw information

______ 5. One of the core concepts of Media and Literacy considers the __________ of all media messages.

a. truthfulness c. beauty b. marketability d. constructed Ness

______ 6. How should we set our expectations for media if we want better quality of information?

a. Very low c. Average b. Low d. High

______ 7. Which among the choices are the four components of MIL skills?

a. Access, Analysis, Evaluation, Creation c. Access, Appreciation, Evaluation, Creation

b. Access, Appreciation, Extraction, Creation d. Access, Analysis, Examination, Creation

______ 8. The creative components of a media message – words, music, color, movement all constitute what element of a media message?

a. Author c. Format b. Content d. Purpose

______ 9. Avoiding throwing personal attacks is one of our responsibilities as a media ________.

a. consumers c. users b. producer d. people

______ 10. These are information that has yet to be examined or confirmed.

a. Misinformation c. Mal-information b. Disinformation d. Raw information

II. YES OR NO: Write Y for YES if you think the statement shows responsible use of media and information. Write N for No if you think otherwise.

______ 11. Kim checks the truthfulness of the news she sees online by looking into other news outlets for the same content.

______ 12. Kristoffer’s Facebook friend sent him through FB messenger a forwarded message about an upcoming 7.8 earthquake in their locality.
Rattled, he also forwarded the unverified message to his family’s group chats, warning them of such quake.

______ 13. Rezza and her research group mates utilizes Google Drive to work on their study.
______ 14. Isa helps her local barangay in their campaign against COVID-19 by designing posters of local emergency hotlines and fast facts about
the novel coronavirus.
______15. A friend sent me a video of a scandal from Facebook. Curious as to who the people in the video were, I also sent it to several of my
friends.

______ 16. Rebecca validates the source of a Facebook post before she shares it.

______ 17. Deanne uses YouTube crash courses to complement her learnings in school.

______ 18. Erika believes that print media like newspapers and books are useless today because everything may already be found on the Internet.

______ 19. Mark cites Wikipedia in his research study because he considers anything on the Internet true and credible.

______ 20. Andrew Photoshopped a false quotation beside a celebrity, published it on social media, and claimed it to be true.

III. Look at the photos below. Identify the problems in the photos and explain how it relates to issues regarding media and
information literacy. Write your answer on the space provided beside the photos. (Items 21-30)

Figure 1
Figure 2
III. try to fill in the table. (Items 31-40)

IV. The table shows the description of both kind of media. In a separate paper, write the correct description that it refers
to.

Follow the given table below. (Items 41-50)

 Media experience is limited.
 Media experience is more interactive.
 One-directional.
 Audience is more involved and can response simultaneously.
 Sense receptors used are very specific (i.e., print media – sight, radio –hearing, TV and films – sight and hearing)
 Integrates all aspect of old media.
 It includes social networking sites, blogs, podcasts, wikis, and virtual worlds.
 It is much more of a two-way affair, and it allows consumers and users to get more involved.

Traditional Media is ….. New Media is …….