Would You Pass the Information Literacy Test?

Grundelfeldsten writes "The Educational Testing Service -- the maker of the SAT and the GMAT -- has a new test called the Information and Communication literacy assessment. The test is designed to measure your "ability to make sense of the multiple streams of information that our computers throw at us every day," according to a Wired News reporter who just took it and described the process. The questions focus on completing tasks with Internet technologies, like using search engines efficiently and weeding out irrelevant email messages. Are such tasks really tied to technology? Or is "Information and Communication literacy" just a way for ETS to make money by selling more tests?"

Comments

Would I?

[kristopher]

Would I pass the infoformation literacy test? Is this a trick ququestion like what I would do for a Klondike Bar? Okay.. Seriously, what exactly does literacy mean?

Oh for goodness sake -

[Linker3000]

I am an IT Guru - I pretty much simultaneously read slashdot, cycle between 3 servers and my desktop machine with a 4-port KVM, check my email, deal with phone and voicemail enquiries, eat my lunch, check my mobile for messages, enter info in the case management system, monitor 26 servers with Nagios, and manage the company Web sites and Intranet. Sometimes I'll put on headphones and listen to music while debugging as it helps me concentrate (yeah, I know..).

We don't need no stinkin' tests!

Sheesh!

Re:Sample Question

[octal666]

CowboyNeal

This list is ...

[William Robinson]

certainly missing ability to find porn sites, password crackers, yahoo booters, free downloads, free mp3 files, free gifts on clicks, funny pictures ;-)