Veracity: Timeliness

Question 1

A blog says a ferry ride between two coastal towns costs PHP 90 today. Its only source is a 2014 travel article listing that fare. Which reason shows the source is not timely?

Accepted Answer

Fares are adjusted every few years, so a 2014 amount cannot describe today.

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A travel article is written for tourists, so it cannot describe local fares.

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The article covers one route, so it cannot describe every ferry in the province.

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The blog copied the fare, so it cannot be trusted without a ferry ticket.

Question 2

A student claims that a 1911 eruption buried three villages. Her source is a 1953 provincial survey that recorded the damage. Why is this old source still timely for the claim?

Accepted Answer

The claim is about a 1911 event, and a finished event does not change.

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The survey was written by a trained surveyor who visited the sites.

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The survey describes all three villages and the farmland around them.

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The survey's damage figures match the numbers in later provincial records.

Question 3

A school page states it has 1,200 students. The count was taken eight months ago, before the school merged with a nearby annex in June. Is the figure timely?

Accepted Answer

No, because the merger changed the student number after the count was taken.

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Yes, because a count taken only eight months ago is still recent.

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Yes, because the count was made by the school's own records officer.

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No, because a student count cannot be checked by anyone outside.

Question 4

A source published in 1950 can still be timely if the claim it supports is about what happened in 1950.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 5

A paragraph on where the word 'kalabaw' came from cites a 1959 reference work on Philippine word origins. Why is the age of that source not a problem here?

Accepted Answer

Where a word came from is a past fact that later years do not change.

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The reference work was compiled by trained language researchers.

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The reference work explains the word's spelling and its meaning too.

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The paragraph asks about one word, and the source is about that word.

Question 6

A vlog posted in March 2026 lists a night market's opening hours. The market moved to a new schedule in June 2026. A classmate cites the vlog in August 2026. What is the problem?

Accepted Answer

The schedule changed after the vlog was posted, so its hours are out of date.

Answer

A vlogger is not qualified to report the hours of a public market.

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The vlog gives hours for one night of the week, not the whole week.

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The vlog films the market at night, when the stalls are hardest to see.

Question 7

A 2019 study reported what a jeepney driver spends on fuel in one day. A vlog uses that figure for a claim about daily fuel costs this year. Which criterion does the vlog's use break?

Accepted Answer

Timeliness

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Relevance

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Coverage

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Credibility

Question 8

A history paper says rice harvest work in the 1930s was paid partly in grain. It cites a farm worker's 1937 diary. Is the diary too old to use here?

Accepted Answer

No, because the diary comes from the very years the paper describes.

Answer

No, because a diary is always a more careful record than a report.

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Yes, because farm pay has changed a great deal since 1937.

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Yes, because a source from 1937 cannot be checked against records today.

Question 9

Which source is current enough to support the claim that a barangay health station now opens on Sundays?

Accepted Answer

A station memo issued last month setting the new Sunday schedule.

Answer

A 2020 provincial directory listing the station's weekday hours.

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A 2018 report praising the station's staff and their training.

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A 2015 study of how far residents travel to reach the station.

Question 10

A research paragraph reads: 'Household internet use in the town remains low (survey, 2009).' The report was submitted in 2026. What weakens the paragraph?

Accepted Answer

The word 'remains' claims a present condition from a survey taken in 2009.

Answer

The paragraph names a survey rather than the households that answered it.

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The paragraph reports a level of use without saying how low it was.

Answer

The paragraph cites one survey and no second source beside it.

Question 11

A town's population was counted six years ago at 42,000. A student writes that the town has 42,000 residents today. Why is that use not timely?

Accepted Answer

Population moves each year, so a six-year-old count cannot state today's number.

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The count was made by the town, so an outside group should have checked it.

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The count is a round number, so it must be only an estimate.

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The count missed people who were away working that week.

Question 12

An essay describes how a barangay ordinance was worded when it was first passed in 2001, and cites the 2001 text of that ordinance. Is a 2001 source current enough here?

Accepted Answer

Yes, because the claim is about the wording as first passed in 2001.

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Yes, because a source stays current until someone writes a newer one.

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No, because the ordinance may have been amended in the years since.

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No, because a source over twenty years old is too old for an essay.

Question 13

A documentary aired in 2026 says a fisherfolk cooperative 'has forty boats.' The footage was filmed in 2021 and no update is given. What should a viewer ask about first?

Accepted Answer

Whether the number of boats has changed in the five years since filming.

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Whether the narrator has ever worked as a fisher in that town.

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Whether the film shows the women members as well as the men.

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Whether forty boats were counted carefully on the day of filming.

Question 14

A guide claims a bay's shoreline measures 14 kilometers. The figure comes from a 1990 map, and reclamation work reshaped the shore in 2018. Why does the old figure fail?

Accepted Answer

The shore itself was changed in 2018, so a 1990 measurement no longer holds.

Answer

A map cannot show a distance along a curving shore with any care.

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The map was drawn for boats, not for people walking the shore.

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The map covers the bay only, not the rivers that feed into it.

Question 15

A paper states that a poetry collection first appeared in print in 1888, citing a 1971 literary history. Which judgment about timeliness is correct?

Accepted Answer

It is timely, because a first printing date is a fixed past fact.

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It is timely, because literary histories never need updating at all.

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It is not timely, because a 1971 book is older than today's readers.

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It is not timely, because poems are reprinted with new dates often.

Question 16

Two reports give the price of rice per kilo in the same market, one from January 2026 and one from July 2026. It is now August 2026. Which better supports a claim about today's price?

Accepted Answer

The July one, because rice prices shift within a single year.

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The January one, because a full year's price starts from January.

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Either one, because both were published in the same year.

Answer

Either one, because both name the same market and the same unit.

Question 17

A report on how students reviewed for exams during the 2024 school year cites a survey taken in 2024. A reader objects that the survey is two years old. Is the objection fair?

Accepted Answer

No, because the claim is about 2024 and the survey was taken then.

Answer

No, because study habits are the same in every school year anyway.

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Yes, because any source older than one year is out of date.

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Yes, because the survey should have asked this year's students too.

Question 18

An article posted last week reports figures gathered in 2013. A student cites it for a claim about conditions now. Where does the reasoning go wrong?

Accepted Answer

The posting date is recent, but the figures inside are from 2013.

Answer

The article covers figures and leaves out people's own accounts.

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The article's writer was not present when the figures were gathered.

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The article was posted online, so a printed version is needed too.

Question 19

A music paper describes how a folk song was sung in the 1960s and cites a 1966 note made by a song collector in the village. Why is that note the right kind of source here?

Accepted Answer

It records the singing in the same years the paper writes about.

Answer

It was written by a well-known collector whose name readers trust.

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It lists the words of every verse the singers used that day.

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It agrees with the words printed in later village songbooks.

Question 20

A student names a cooperative's current president using its 2019 membership list. Why is that use out of date?

Accepted Answer

Officers are elected again over time, so a 2019 list may name someone else.

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A membership list is written by the cooperative, not by an outside writer.

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The list names every member, so it says more than the student needs.

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The list was drawn up for the cooperative's own use, not for readers.

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Blast Go

Board Games: Teacher-led, projected to the class

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