How Students Can Fact-Check AI Answers Quiz

Answers and explanations appear as you take the quiz.

1. What is lateral reading?
   • Reading an AI answer slowly from start to finish several times
   • Leaving the source and opening new tabs to see what other trustworthy sources say
   • Reading only the first and last sentences of an answer
   • Asking the chatbot to explain its answer in simpler words
2. In the SIFT method, what does the T stand for?
   • Test the chatbot again
   • Translate the claim
   • Trace claims to their origin
   • Trust the most popular source
3. Why can chatbots produce citations that look real but do not exist?
   • They have learned the pattern of a citation and can fill it with invented details
   • They copy citations from a hidden list of fake papers
   • They are designed to test whether students check their work
   • Citations are always pulled from library databases that contain errors
4. Which pair of sources best counts as independent confirmation of a claim?
   • Two blogs that both quote the same press release
   • The chatbot's answer and the same chatbot's answer to a reworded question
   • A news site and its own sister website
   • A government dataset and a separate university research report
5. Which parts of an AI answer are highest-risk and deserve checking first?
   • Transition words and general explanations
   • Specific numbers, names, dates, quotes and citations
   • The formatting and headings
   • The opening sentence that restates the question
6. Why is asking a chatbot 'Are you sure?' not real verification?
   • Chatbots refuse to answer that question
   • It always makes the answer longer
   • The model may just repeat or reverse its answer without checking any outside source
   • It deletes the original answer
7. What did the 2023 Mata v. Avianca case illustrate?
   • Lawyers were sanctioned for filing a brief with court decisions ChatGPT had invented
   • A court ruled that AI answers count as primary sources
   • A chatbot correctly predicted the outcome of a trial
   • Students may not use AI tools for homework
8. What is a smart first step to make checking a long AI answer faster?
   • Copy the answer into a second chatbot and trust whichever sounds better
   • Ask the AI to list its factual claims as separate bullet points, then check each one
   • Check only the claims you already believe
   • Rewrite the answer in your own words before checking anything