Have you read the testing instructions and policies given above under Quiz Instructions? The exam requires that you have an external webcam placed on its stand about 3 feet away from your work area and 10 inches above your work surface so that your entire workspace to include your hands, papers, entire desk, computer, computer screen, and face is visible in Honorlock during the entire exam. Is your external webcam setup correctly? According to the testing instructions and policies above, if my webcam view in Honorlock is comparable to one of the eight pictures above showing an unsatisfactory workspace view, I will receive a .  Does your workspace view in Honorlock mimic one of three pictures shown above that demonstrate what a satisfactory workspace should look like? Please keep in mind that this is your is your last chance to correct your external webcam view in Honorlock, so please make any necessary adjustments now so you don’t receive a zero on the exam or for the course. Also, here’s the links to the two authorized formula sheets; click the links now to open electronic copies for the exam: Table of Integrals, Hyperbolic Formula Sheet. Finally, make sure you allot ten minutes of your testing time to show each page of your handwritten work to your webcam before you submit your exam in Canvas. Do not move or adjust your external webcam during this process.  Good luck on the exam!

Show all work for full credit. Once you’re finished testing but before you’ve submitted your exam in Canvas, hold up each page of your handwritten work (including scrap work) in front of your webcam to record an image of your worked-out solutions. An extra ten minutes of testing time has been given to each exam for this purpose. Once this process is done, you will then submit your exam in Canvas and will have five minutes to upload your handwritten work to the Canvas assignment File Upload Midterm I Exam Assignment. DON’T TYPE YOUR ANSWER HERE! Use integration, the Direct Comparison Test, or the Limit Comparison test to determine if the integral converges or diverges. If more than one method applies, use whatever method your prefer. 

What are the main challenges in measuring political knowledge?

What is misinformation, how is it related to information processing motives, and can it be corrected?

What is the “knowledge gap,” and how is it linked to the current high-choice media environment?

COMPREHENSION TRACING For each of the following, write the value of each of the following expressions. You may assume there are no errors.

ONE LINE CODING Each of these problems should be solved in ONE line. (If you cannot do any of them in one line, you can write your solution in multiple lines, but then you will only receive 1 point at most for that problem.) Your solution does not need a return statement and does not need to be saved in a variable.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS For each of the following multiple-choice questions, indicate the best single answer.

L8: Contextos: For each picture, write an appropriate Spanish word from the Lesson 8 that best describes it (10 pts.)    A mi hermano y a su novia les gusta mucho la pizza. Mis papás van a comer pescado, camarones y langosta. A mi prima Mariela le encantan las hamburguesas con papas fritas. Vamos a pedir sándwiches de jamón con queso. Esta noche vamos a cenar carne asada. Ayer desayuné cereal con leche.

Reading Comprehension: Read the brief biography on María Muñoz and complete the Cierto (True)/Falso (False) comprehension statements. (10 pts.)  María Muñoz nació en Barcelona en 1980. Cuando cumplió nueve años, su padre le regaló un cuaderno y María empezó a escribir muchísimo. Fue a la Universidad de Barcelona, donde estudió Lengua y literatura. Cuando se graduó de la universidad, se casó con José Martínez. A los dos años se fueron a vivir a California. Los dos son muy felices y escriben cada día en el jardín de su preciosa casa. María Muñoz was born in 1980. María Muñoz’s dad died when she was 9. María Muñoz married José Martínez when she was in college. María Muñoz moved to California the year she graduated. María Muñoz and her husband get along well.