ITPEC IP October 2020 Question 96

The ability to search for the data needed and use it according to goals — that is information literacy.

Information literacy is the ability to use information and information tools for one's own purpose: know what information is needed, find it, judge whether it is reliable, and put it to use in one's work. It is expected of every user of information systems, not only of IT specialists, and training programmes build it so that systems are actually used.

Answer (c)

Why not others:

• •(a) — knowing new PC products and each model's performance is product knowledge; it says nothing about finding and using information
• •(b) — perceiving the impact of technological innovation on society is an awareness of technology trends, not the skill of using information
• •(d) — programming in high-level languages and developing software is a specialist IT skill of developers, beyond what information literacy asks of every user

Key rule: Information literacy is about using information for a purpose (find, judge, apply); it does not require building systems or knowing hardware.

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