Information Sources
In homeroom on Monday, we discussed ways to find information. Sometimes using a computer is your best option, other times it might be your worst. For each of the following questions, decide what type of information source would be best.
- 1.
What is the fastest way to find multiple driving routes to a place you've never been before?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 2.
What is the fastest way to find the name of Mark's youngest child?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
A. Ask a person -
- 3.
What is the fastest way to find your way when driving with no street signs in a very rural, secluded area?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
B. Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.) -
- 4.
What is the fastest way to find the phone number for the Mexican restaurant, Matador, down the street?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
C. Use a smart phone -
- 5.
What is the fastest way to find the amount you wrote a check for at Fred Meyer 23 minutes ago?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
B. Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.) -
- 6.
What is the fastest way to find the auction value of an antique piece of jewelry?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
A. Ask a person -
- 7.
What is the fastest way to find your boss's current opinion of your work from this past month?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
A. Ask a person -
- 8.
What is the fastest way to find the date and kickoff time of this year's Super Bowl?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
C. Use a smart phone -
- 9.
What is the fastest way to find detailed patterns and directions for sewing a doublet, an article of men's clothing from the 1600s that is no longer worn?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
B. Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.) -
- 10.
What is the fastest way to learn if your building contains any asbestos?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 11.
What is the fastest way to find an application for food stamps?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 12.
What is the fastest way to find out if anyone in your office has any nut allergies?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
A. Ask a person -
- 13.
What is the fastest way to find the square root of 741?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
C. Use a smart phone -
- 14.
What is the fastest way to find out you owe the contractor remodeling your office on Thursday? It is 7 PM and their office closed at 5 PM.
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
B. Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.) -
- 15.
What is the fastest way to find out what happened today in the Syrian Civil War?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 16.
What is the fastest way to find the atomic weight of Iridium?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
C. Use a smart phone -
- 17.
What is the fastest way to find the environmental laws for disposing old latex wall paint?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 18.
What is the fastest way to find the bereavement leave policy at your current job?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
B. Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.) -
- 19.
What is the fastest way to find ideas for a present for your co-worker as part of a Secret Santa gift exchange?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
A. Ask a person -
- 20.
What is the fastest way to find the cheapest plane ticket to San Francisco currently on sale for travel on January 29th?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 21.
What is the fastest way to find out the time in Tokyo right now?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
C. Use a smart phone -
- 22.
What is the fastest way to find the name of the current CEO of General Motors?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
C. Use a smart phone -
- 23.
What is the fastest way to find the time your TriMet ticket will expire?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
B. Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.) -
- 24.
What is the fastest way to find the evacuation route in a fire?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
B. Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.) -
- 25.
What is the fastest way to find the secret ingredient in your great-aunt's potato salad?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
A. Ask a person -
- 26.
What is the fastest way to find the name of the chemical spilled into the water in West Virginia this month and the side effects of that chemical?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 27.
What is the fastest way to find the number of homicides in greater Portland in 2013?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 28.
What is the fastest way to find how to create an invoice in Excel that works with PayPal?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 29.
What is the fastest way to find the color of the dress the Hispanic mom from Modern Family wore to the Golden Globes this year?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
- 30.
What is the fastest way to find the fifteenth sentence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech?
- A.
Ask a person
- B.
Use printed materials (phone book, map, dictionary, etc.)
- C.
Use a smart phone
- D.
Use a computer
Correct Answer
D. Use a computer -
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