Welcome to your Information Interchange and Communication LIS MCQ
1. Which of the following gives complete control over the cross references of an index to the Indexer?
2. Which of the following are the characteristic features of Post-Coordinate Indexing System?
a) Index terms are pre-determined
3. Semantic Web is based on which of the following:
a) RDF
4. Which law states that “An information retrieval system will tend not to be used whenever it is more painful and troublesome for a customer to have information than for him not to have it” ?
5. Which of the following are the main role operators of PRECIS?
a) Key Search
7. Which among the following are the Cooperative Cataloguing Programs under Library of Congress?
8. Which of the following are called ‘Path finders’ to the literature?
a) Bibliography
9. Resource Description Framework (RDF) consists which of the following?
a) Subject
10. Arrange the following according to their levels:
a) Canons of Cataloguing
11. Arrange in order the process of stock rectification and stock verification as suggested by S.R. Ranganathan :
a) Checking with charged tray
12. Arrange the following MARC formats in order of year of their emergence :
a) CAN MARC
13. The purposes of metadata are:
a) Unique identification
14. The primary difference between knowledge classification and library classification are:
a) Knowledge classification arranges knowledge itself.
15. Metadata Dublin Core refers to:
16. Z39.50 is a standard for __.
17. ISO 9000 standard denotes the __.
18. Research in automatic classification for information retrieval of term or cluster of terms is called:
19. As specified by AACR-II (R), the source of information for machine readable data file is:
20. In which scheme of classification, special auxiliaries denote locally recurrent characteristics?
21. The primary distinction between RDA and AACR is:
22. The notation used to increase the capacity of an array are:
a) Empty digit
23. Arrange the following ISBDs according to their year of formulation:
a) ISBD (PM)
24. In colon classification which indicator has been used for indicating interpolation?
25. Pre co-ordinate Indexing system perceives:
a) Syntax
26. An indispensable function of Thesaurus is to :
a) Knowledge classification
27. The order of significance of “Thing, Material and Action” among various components of a compound subject was expanded by:
28. Arrange the following in chronological order :
a) ISBD
29. When was the final ‘ISBD Consolidation Edition’ published by IFLA ?
30. According to S.R. Ranganathan, the canons for chain are:
31. In Colon Classification (6th edition) ‘LB’ denotes:
32. Which of the following are protocol standards?
a) Z39.50
33. What is the third part of colon classification?
34. The number of successive characteristics forming the basis of its derivation from the Universe of Knowledge is known as :
35. Identify the mode of formation of the subject ‘Agriculture of Corn’ :
36. Subject entry which refers from the name of a class to its class number is known as:
37. Identify the type of ‘metadata’ held by DSpace for archiving contents :
a) Descriptive
38. Which of the following are ‘Special Auxiliary Subdivisions’ of UDC ?
a) Apostrophe
39. Sayers ‘Canons of classification’ are simplified in ______ principles
40. Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) is developed by:
41. The study of ‘Epistemology’ deals with:
a) Modes of formation of subjects
42. Which of the following names are associated with post-co-ordinate indexing?
a) Mortimer Taube
43. Folksonomy is __.
a) Collaborative knowledge organisation system.
44. Identify the documents which were first published in 1876 :
a) Bibliographic classification
45. Identify the correct sequence of stages in Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process (ISP).
a) Formulation
46. Both FRBR Study Group and FRANAR working Group have defined four user tasks each, in which two user tasks are common. Identify the common user tasks from the following :
a) Find
47. Identify the canons for idea plane:
a) Canons of characteristics
48. Arrange the following according to their year of foundation :
a) China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS)
49. Arrange the following indicator digits/ connecting symbols used in Colon Classification (6th edition) according to their descending order :
a) . (dot)
50. What is the meaning of any number enclosed in square bracket in DDC (19th ed) ___.
51. Select the correct combinations:
a) Sears List of Subject Headings – 1923
52. Select the correct combinations:
A. Anglo American Code – 1908
53. Which of the following alphabetic notations are used for empty-emptying digit in colon classification?
54. Which of the following are related to Anglo American Cataloguing Rules?
a) Resource Description Framework
55. C. A. Cutter is the author of ___.
a) Expansive Classification
56. Select the correct combinations:
a) Law of Parsimony – Overall Economy
57. Select the correct combinations:
a) FRSAD – IFLA
58. Select the correct combinations:
a) Epistemology – Theory of Knowledge
59. What will be the correct sequence of books on the shelves bearing the following class numbers built according to Colon Classification 7 th edition?
a) 2:51
60. Which of the following is related with distributed cataloguing?
61. A Postulate is a ___.
62. Arrange the following indexing systems of Cranfield 1 experiment in decreasing order of their respective recall performance:
a) Alphabetical subject catalogue
63. Select the correct combinations:
a) Literary Warrant – E. W. Hulme
64. The key factor that enforces uniformity throughout retrieval system is:
65. In 'Spiral of Scientific Method’, Zenith marks:
66. In the ‘Spiral of Scientific Method’ Nadir marks:
67. In the spiral of Scientific method, the span of Nadir to Ascendant is ___.
68. In spiral of scientific method, the ‘Hooke’s Law’ is an example of __.
69. Arrange the following in correct order, as propounded by S.R. Ranganathan:
a) Deductive phase
70. Select the correct combinations:
a. Nadir to Ascending – Empirical Phase
71. Who adopted ‘one place’ theory in Library Classification?
72. In which edition of DDC “Auxiliary table for area” was introduced?
73. Arrange the following knowledge classification schemes in their chronological order:
a) Compte’s Classification
74. ISO 2709: 2008 is an international standard for __.
75. The analysis of document for classification purpose is generally called ___.
76. Arrange the following operators of PRECIS in proper order:
a) Performer of transitive action
77. The term ‘Clustering’ in IR denotes:
78. The classification scheme which uses two or more species of digits, the notation of such scheme is known as:
79. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): The content-based indexing techniques enable identification of wanted persons in photographs of crowds.
Reason (R): The content-based Indexing system uses all sorts of characteristics of the image to guess what it is about.
80. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Traditional knowledge Resource Classification (TKRC) is an innovative structured classification system useful for the systematic arrangement, dissemination and retrieval of all subjects.
Reason (R): It is structured, based on International Patent classification.
81. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Chain procedure is a systematic and almost mechanical method of deriving subject headings.
Reason (R): It does not always operate well only with a faceted scheme of classification.
82. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): DDC is the only classification which has survived for 140 years and is regularly updated:
Reason (R): It has strong institutional support.
83. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Gap device is a nonscientific solution to the problem of growing Universe.
Reason (R): A classificationist cannot forecast the areas/subjects where in some new ones may emerge.
84. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): FRBR is a direct challenge to the emphasis on a single unit defined by its physical description in cataloguing rules.
Reason (R): It relegates physical description to a secondary role behind the placement of the content in a larger bibliographical context.
85. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Google uses Pre-coordinate indexing.
86. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Cranfield research is not an example of experimental research.
87. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Loose Assemblage is the process of linking together different classes.
88. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Indexing language as an artificial language has also syntax and semantics, the latter being the controlled vocabulary.
Reason (R): The purpose of vocabulary control is to show different relationships between terms. Repertory Grid Technique
89. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): The principle of canonical sequence states when subjects in an array of subjects are traditionally referred to in a specific sequence, it will be convenient to conform to this traditional sequence.
90. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): PANDEX is an indexing system which sometimes allows changing the lead term to a standard form in order to provide better collocation of terms.
91. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): The hierarchy based classification schemes have a major role in the
92. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Z 39.50 standard protocol enables communication among networked
93. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Machine translation is not a fully dependable service.
94. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Colon classification is popular in online catalogues.
95. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Gap device is a nonscientific solution to the problem of growing universe.
Reason (R) : A classificationist cannot forcast the areas/subjects wherein some new ones may emerge.
96. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Federated search technique is an integral component of an information portal.
Reason (R) : ‘Content Index’ contains content that is find by the search server.
97. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : RDF supports the use and exchange of metadata on the web.
Reason (R) : Bibliographic standards are the means to create and disseminate secondary information.
98. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : An indexing language is an artificial language and it uses controlled
vocabulary.
Reason (R) : Controlled vocabulary provides relation between and among terms.
99. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Colan classification is an enumerative classification scheme.
Reason (R) : Colan classification has adopted analytico-synthetic approach for the construction of class number.
100. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Indexing and abstracting services fulfill the 4th Law of Library Science.
Reason (R): These services serve as the substitute to the primary journals.
101. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): All classification schemes adopt ‘phase relations’.
Reason (R): Subject formation by loose assemblage leads to complex subjects and
isolates.
102. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Knowledge Management involves a number of assets and value added to them.
Reason (R): Knowledge Management is the core activity of information transfer.
103. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : It would be logical to replace catalogue with metadata.
Reason (R) : Metadata is useful for organising and managing information resources.
104. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : The use of the symbol ‘double colon’ (: 🙂 in UDC allows fixed order of component numbers in a compound subject.
Reason (R) : The fixed order facilitates easy access in computer based information retrieval.
105. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Metadata hold much promise for information retrieval and access in the digital age.
Reason (R) : Metadata can save a number of functions including description, resource discovery and management of resources.
106. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Abstracting services facilitate literature review.
107. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Classification plays a significant role in online retrieval.
108. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : CC and UDC are most suitable classification schemes for special libraries.
Reason (R) : Most of the special libraries are using either CC or UDC for collection
organization.
109. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : In Colon Classification, 2 represents mother country and 44 represents India. A given library in India can use 2 or 44 for India.
Reason (R) : The above is in conformity with Canon of Homonym.
110. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : In library classification, an empty digit helps in interpolation between two consecutive ordinal numbers.
Reason (R) : An empty digit is a digit with ordinal value but no semantic value.
111. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : A bibliographic utility is an organization that offers bibliographic services to subscribing libraries.
Reason (R) : Library of Congress is a bibliographic utility.
112. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : ISBDs were devised by UNESCO.
113. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Loose Assemblage is the process of linking together different classes.
114. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : An indexing language is much more than a list of index terms that are acceptable to users.
Reason (R) : An indexing language helps users discriminate between terms and reduces ambiguity in the language.
115. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Indexing periodical retrieves information, which includes brief summary of the article.
116. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Dewey Decimal is an enumerative scheme of classification.
Reason (R): The scheme has developed several devices and is no more an enumerative scheme of classification.
117. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): An indexing language is an artificial language as it uses controlled
vocabulary.
Reason (R): It provides different relationships between terms.
118. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): In Library classification, an empty digit helps in interpolation between two consecutive ordinal numbers.
119. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Classification and indexing have always been of central intellectual interest in IR.
Reason (R): Conceptual analysis of the content of the queries and documents are essential input to an IR system.
120. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): IFLA’s UBC programme encourages the use and exchange of
standardized bibliographic description.
Reason (R): Use of standard enables to bring uniformity in bibliographic description and interchange of bibliographic data.
121. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): PRECIS is not based upon any particular system of classification.
Reason (R): PRECIS is not build around any theoretical ideas on classification.
122. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Operators using ‘AND’, ‘OR’ and ‘NOT’ are mostly used in online IR.
Reason (R) : User interfaces cannot transform the natural language input into Boolean search Query.
123. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): AACR 2 like CCC can satisfy all approaches of the users.
Reason (R): Both AACR 2 and CCC are comprehensive cataloguing codes.
124. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : ISBD (S) is concerned with the serial publications.
125. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : In RDA the ‘rule of 3”, to provide upto three authors, is now the main instruction.
Reason (R) : RDA does not encourage access to the names of persons and corporate bodies important to the users.
126. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : The approach of the Relative Index of DDC, is an alternate to the approach of the Schedules.
Reason (R) : Relative Index does not bring at one place all the related aspects of a subject scattered in the schedules, since its an alphabetical index to the classification (not to page numbers).
127. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : RDA is not a ‘content’ standard.
128. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Controlled vocabularies are not being used in the traditional way for organising libraries.
Reason (R) : The use of controlled vocabularies is now being extended through social book marking and tagging of images.
129. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Citation Indexing is a unique and innovative tool for navigating the research literature.
Reason (R) : Researcher has to depend only on citation indexes for literature search.
130. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A) : Library Standards are essential for interaction and collaboration among libraries.
Reason (R) : Z39.50 Protocol virtually has reduced the efforts of both classifier and the cataloguer and hereby made the use of standards vulnerable.
131. Choose the appropriate answer in the light of following statements:
Assertion (A): Results from popular web search engines are usually having high recall, but an indexing database can provide high precision.
Reason (R) : Indexing databases use controlled vocabulary which is a carefully selected list of words and phrases which are used to tag units of information document or work) so that they
may be more easily retrieved.
