Question

The reader must understand the authorÍs position in order to use the source correctly.

Answer 1

True, is the correct answer.
In order to use the source you need to know the author and whether he/she has biases or may not be reliable. 

Answer 2

The correct answer is True (T)

Explanation:

An author's position refers to his opinions, beliefs, and attitudes about a topic or subject, this position affects the way an author will use language to transmit a message to the reader and even what kind of information the author will include. An example of this is that if an author is in favor of some issue (position) he will try to convince the reader about it and thus, include evidence or information to prove its position. Thus, understanding what the position of the author' is should be considered quite important as understanding the beliefs, opinions, and attitudes of the author in relation to the subject he wrote about, will help the reader know his purposes and evaluate the reliability of the information included by the author as the position of him can affect negatively or positively the author text and the source would not be reliable or incorrect, but biased. Thus, evaluating the authors position it is useful to determine if the source is correct or unreliable.