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# Midterm Exam Practice Questions

### Multiple Choice
*Which of the following terms refers to a short bit of information a server asks you to remember and send the next time you visit a site?*

DNS
HTML
**Cookie**
TCP

*Which of the following is NOT a way to improve learning productivity?*
Varied practice
**Rereading texts**
Elaboration
Summarizing

### Short Responses

*There are mindsets that one can adopt to improve learning capabilities. Name these two types of mindsets. Name 3 attributes of each type of mindset. Show an example of how you or someone you know have adopted one of these mindsets.*

The two types of mindsets that can be adopted are a growth mindset and fixed mindset.
With a growth mindset, individuals tend to:
* Embrace challenges
* Persist in obstacles
* Learn from criticism

With a fixed mindset, individuals tend to:
* Avoid challenges
* Gives up easily
* Feels threatened by others

Personally, I have a growth mindset because I am always looking for new challenges and problems to solve, while staying curious and learning from my mistakes.

*Wardle 2022 attempts to distinguish disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation. Describe each and provide an explanation of their differences and similarities. In addition, name at least 3 types of mis- and disinformation with a brief description.*

* Misinformation: false information with no intent to farm
* Malinformation: true or false information with intent to harm
* Disinformation: false information with the intent to harm

Wardle explains that there is an overlap between all three terms saying that the combination of mis- and malinformation make up a broader term – disinformation.

Types of mis- and disinformation:
* Misleading content – information used to frame an issue or individual
* False content – when content is shared with false contextual information
* atire – no intention to cause harm but can trick those who believe the information