Your information culture
I recently looked through my old books on computer science and cybernetics to refresh some of the nuances from the history of the development of computer technology. Well, once again I looked through a couple of paragraphs in the book “Your Information Culture” by Gennady Georgievich Vorobiev. Although the book was written back in 1988, but some things from that time remain relevant to this day. In particular, such a thing as information culture.
As a matter of fact, I decided to reprint from this book a test for determining the level of information culture, which may be quite suitable for many today.
Your information culture
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For each of the 25 questions, three answers are offered, from which you should choose one or two, the most suitable for you. Place a blank piece of paper next to this page and mark the answers on it.
1. In general, I belong to the tests -
a) with prejudice
b) with keen interest
c) with enthusiasm.
2. Of my comrades, I have great respect for those who -
a) knows everything and always reports the most necessary, interesting and unusual,
b) is interested in something definite and thoroughly aware of this,
c) knows far from everything, but is interested in many things and easily changes or combines hobbies.
3. Bureaucrat Ë— this is
a) offender
b) an irresponsible worker
c) unable and not knowing his business.
4. I think that in the library -
a) you can always find what you need,
b) not everyone will find what you need,
c) you will never find almost anything you need.
5. If they send me from work to study, -
a) I will try to wriggle because work is more important
b) I will go only because, probably, it is necessary,
c) I will go with the hunt, although maybe later I will be disappointed.
6. In my opinion, the work of the secretary at the head -
a) very simple, and it can be performed by any girl who has completed the ten-year,
b) is not very simple and requires at least a little preparation,
c) quite complex and requiring qualified training.
7. Probably, heart attacks, strokes -
a) from a sedentary lifestyle,
b) the inevitable evil of knowledge workers,
c) due to the inability to organize their own and others' work.
8. Profession of translator from English -
a) not much needed today,
b) needed today and tomorrow,
c) needed today, but not tomorrow.
9. Believe that every specialist should read mostly -
a) books on his specialty,
b) journals in their specialty,
c) books on related specialties.
10. Work with "pieces of paper" -
a) still humiliating compared to other professions,
b) not demeaning, but not honorable,
c) if not honorable, then at least very necessary in our time.
11. Computer science at school should -
a) assist in learning only mathematics,
b) teach computer programming and use;
c) reverse the whole learning process.
12. Visiting the same museum, -
a) I try to inspect everything every time
b) choose something interesting
c) go to something specific.
13. The document is:
a) feature film
b) not a feature film, but a documentary,
c) not a film at all, but printed paper.
14. I explain the low efficiency of office work -
a) irresponsibility bordering on carelessness
b) the lack of a good salary
c) inability to organize one’s own and others’s work.
15. Hand punched cards:
a) know what it is and use it,
b) I have some idea about this, but in the age of computers they are not needed,
c) I do not know what it is.
16. When I am in the library, -
a) I try to use the catalog,
b) occasionally refer to the directory,
c) completely disregard the catalog.
17. I am sure that the archives will keep -
a) almost all existing business papers
b) most of them,
c) the smaller part.
18. I try -
a) consciously regulate the flow of information coming to me (radio, TV, books, conversations), choosing only what I need,
b) send more information to yourself so as not to miss anything,
c) limit the amount of information using only the most important.
19. Color in our life:
a) is very important - reveals a person’s character, diagnoses diseases, treats, affects mood and productivity, helps communication and beautifies,
b) probably it is, but it is said too much
c) I doubt much of the above.
20. On the text, replete with "stamps", I react -
a) with violent indignation,
b) negatively
c) calm.
21. Respect -
a) equally theoretical theorist and practitioner,
b) a theoretical scientist,
c) a practitioner.
22. Review journals:
a) read them,
b) did not read, but I have an idea about them,
c) I can hardly explain what it is.
23. Advertising - business -
a) very useful
b) useful, but not always,
c) at least, we have completely unnecessary.
24. In the city -
a) I will be happy to drive a guest, showing antiquity and telling interesting stories that I know,
b) if I show something to the guest, it’s not old,
c) I prefer not to play the role of guide for the guest.
25. Electronic computing -
a) only a product whose high effectiveness depends on a combination with other means and methods,
b) a revolution that solves a lot of problems
c) innovation, which should, however, be mastered slowly.
Now that you have answered all 25 questions, evaluate your answers according to the following rules. From the 1st to the 12th question inclusive: a = 0, b = 2, c = 4; If two options are marked, take the arithmetic average (for example: b + c = (2 + 4) / 2 = 3). From the 13th to the 25th question, do the opposite: a = 4, b = 2, c = 0 (with two options, also take the average). Then add up all 25 digits, and the amount will indicate the level of your information culture as a percentage.
For an applicant it is bad to have less than 30 percent, for a young specialist - less than 50 percent.
For me personally, the last time I drove this test on myself a few years ago was 63% (left corresponding marks in the margin in pencil).
As a matter of fact, I decided to reprint from this book a test for determining the level of information culture, which may be quite suitable for many today.
Your information culture
')
For each of the 25 questions, three answers are offered, from which you should choose one or two, the most suitable for you. Place a blank piece of paper next to this page and mark the answers on it.
1. In general, I belong to the tests -
a) with prejudice
b) with keen interest
c) with enthusiasm.
2. Of my comrades, I have great respect for those who -
a) knows everything and always reports the most necessary, interesting and unusual,
b) is interested in something definite and thoroughly aware of this,
c) knows far from everything, but is interested in many things and easily changes or combines hobbies.
3. Bureaucrat Ë— this is
a) offender
b) an irresponsible worker
c) unable and not knowing his business.
4. I think that in the library -
a) you can always find what you need,
b) not everyone will find what you need,
c) you will never find almost anything you need.
5. If they send me from work to study, -
a) I will try to wriggle because work is more important
b) I will go only because, probably, it is necessary,
c) I will go with the hunt, although maybe later I will be disappointed.
6. In my opinion, the work of the secretary at the head -
a) very simple, and it can be performed by any girl who has completed the ten-year,
b) is not very simple and requires at least a little preparation,
c) quite complex and requiring qualified training.
7. Probably, heart attacks, strokes -
a) from a sedentary lifestyle,
b) the inevitable evil of knowledge workers,
c) due to the inability to organize their own and others' work.
8. Profession of translator from English -
a) not much needed today,
b) needed today and tomorrow,
c) needed today, but not tomorrow.
9. Believe that every specialist should read mostly -
a) books on his specialty,
b) journals in their specialty,
c) books on related specialties.
10. Work with "pieces of paper" -
a) still humiliating compared to other professions,
b) not demeaning, but not honorable,
c) if not honorable, then at least very necessary in our time.
11. Computer science at school should -
a) assist in learning only mathematics,
b) teach computer programming and use;
c) reverse the whole learning process.
12. Visiting the same museum, -
a) I try to inspect everything every time
b) choose something interesting
c) go to something specific.
13. The document is:
a) feature film
b) not a feature film, but a documentary,
c) not a film at all, but printed paper.
14. I explain the low efficiency of office work -
a) irresponsibility bordering on carelessness
b) the lack of a good salary
c) inability to organize one’s own and others’s work.
15. Hand punched cards:
a) know what it is and use it,
b) I have some idea about this, but in the age of computers they are not needed,
c) I do not know what it is.
16. When I am in the library, -
a) I try to use the catalog,
b) occasionally refer to the directory,
c) completely disregard the catalog.
17. I am sure that the archives will keep -
a) almost all existing business papers
b) most of them,
c) the smaller part.
18. I try -
a) consciously regulate the flow of information coming to me (radio, TV, books, conversations), choosing only what I need,
b) send more information to yourself so as not to miss anything,
c) limit the amount of information using only the most important.
19. Color in our life:
a) is very important - reveals a person’s character, diagnoses diseases, treats, affects mood and productivity, helps communication and beautifies,
b) probably it is, but it is said too much
c) I doubt much of the above.
20. On the text, replete with "stamps", I react -
a) with violent indignation,
b) negatively
c) calm.
21. Respect -
a) equally theoretical theorist and practitioner,
b) a theoretical scientist,
c) a practitioner.
22. Review journals:
a) read them,
b) did not read, but I have an idea about them,
c) I can hardly explain what it is.
23. Advertising - business -
a) very useful
b) useful, but not always,
c) at least, we have completely unnecessary.
24. In the city -
a) I will be happy to drive a guest, showing antiquity and telling interesting stories that I know,
b) if I show something to the guest, it’s not old,
c) I prefer not to play the role of guide for the guest.
25. Electronic computing -
a) only a product whose high effectiveness depends on a combination with other means and methods,
b) a revolution that solves a lot of problems
c) innovation, which should, however, be mastered slowly.
Now that you have answered all 25 questions, evaluate your answers according to the following rules. From the 1st to the 12th question inclusive: a = 0, b = 2, c = 4; If two options are marked, take the arithmetic average (for example: b + c = (2 + 4) / 2 = 3). From the 13th to the 25th question, do the opposite: a = 4, b = 2, c = 0 (with two options, also take the average). Then add up all 25 digits, and the amount will indicate the level of your information culture as a percentage.
For an applicant it is bad to have less than 30 percent, for a young specialist - less than 50 percent.
For me personally, the last time I drove this test on myself a few years ago was 63% (left corresponding marks in the margin in pencil).
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