Media and Information Literacy Pre-Test

When does someone get copyright protection?

• When the author gets paid.

• As soon as the work is created.

• When it is published with a © symbol.

• When it is registered for copyright.

What happens to the work after the copyright time has passed?

• It can be bought

• There is no time-limit on copyright

• The work must be destroyed

• It goes into the public domain

Something must have the © sign to be copyrighted.

• True, how else would you know if it was in the public domain or not?

• False, a work belongs to the creator whether or not there is a © symbol

What is fair use?

• Paying the creator a fair price for the work

• Using paid-for commercial products once and not sharing them

• Limited copying or distribution of published works without the author's permission

• Freeware that you obtain from the Internet

What are the four factors that determine if the use of copyrighted material falls under fair use?

• Purpose, Content, Amount, and Market Effect

• Purpose, Amount, Environment, and Market Effect

• Substantiality, Use, Nature, and Market Effect

• Purpose, Nature, Amount, and Market Effect

Non-profit and educational uses will generally weigh in favor of fair use as opposed to:

• News Reporting

• Scientific Use

• Commercial Use

• Respective Uses

To locate a book with literary criticisms or biography of Edgar Allan Poe in the library, you perform which search?

• Author: Poe

• Subject: Poe

• Title: Poe

To locate good journal articles on a topic, the best way to start is to use a

• A library periodical database

• A library catalog

• The Web

Which of the following is NOT part of a citation?

• Call number

• Date

• Title

An article abstract is

• The full text of an article

• Information about where the article can be found

• A summary of an article