Welcome to your Library Classification and Cataloguing MCQ Proven 100
1. In PRECIS, predicate transformation takes place with the appearance of operator:
2. Which of the following canon says that choice and rendering of heading should be determined from the title page and its verso:
3. Indexing language used in KWIC is known as:
4. Seminal Mnemonics is found in __.
5. An example of post-coordinate indexing system is __.
6. Arrange the following according to the preferred sources to take information for cataloguing?
a) Preface
7. To measure the performance of IRS, the term ‘Precision’ was first proposed by:
8. The symbol that is used to link related classes in UDC is __.
9. Free indexing language is commonly used in __system.
10. The provision of phase relations in DDC was made available from __.
11. Arrange the following chronologically, in order of their development:
a) ISBD
12. Arrange the following catalogue codes, according to the year of their origin:
a) Anthony Panizzi Code
13. The symbol (=) equals within parenthesis in UDC is used for __.
14. The symbol ‘=’ equals without parenthesis in UDC is used for ___.
15. Which method is devised by Ranganathan to arrange books in chronological order?
17. MADS is a standard related with ___.
18. Who among the following developed the ‘Information Coding Classification’?
19. In Vickery’s term those documents which are neither retrieved nor relevant are called ___.
20. Arrange the following physical forms of catalogues in order of development.
a) Sheaf
21. The three display components of PRECIS are:
22. The term ‘Partial Comprehension’ in the theory of Classification is known as:
23. SYNTOL stands for ___.
24. According to AACR-2, the source from which the title proper is taken is known as:
25. The term ‘Literary Warrant’ was introduced by__.
26. A Boolean query using only AND and NOT is __.
27. The use of more words or symbols than are necessary to convey a meaning results in __.
28. A rubber stamp impressed on the verso of title page giving information concerning the records and processing of each individual book acquired is called:
29. Which of the following is /are part(s) of Classified Catalogue?
30. Subject indexing systems were developed in order as:
Chain indexing, Systematic indexing, PRECIS, COMPASS
Systematic Indexing, Chain Indexing, PRECIS, COMPASS
Systematic Indexing, PRECIS, Chain Indexing, COMPASS
Systematic Indexing, COMPASS, Chain Indexing, PRECIS
31. Subject indexing systems were developed in order as:
Chain indexing, Systematic indexing, PRECIS, COMPASS
Systematic Indexing, Chain Indexing, PRECIS, COMPASS
Systematic Indexing, PRECIS, Chain Indexing, COMPASS
Systematic Indexing, COMPASS, Chain Indexing, PRECIS
32. Redundancy of information is ___.
33. An increase in the level of ‘specificity’ of indexing languages results in increased in __.
34. An increase in the level of ‘exhaustivity’ of indexing languages results in increased in __.
35. Which one of the following is the formula for calculating recall ratio?
36. Blair and Maron evaluation study on retrieval effectiveness of full text search is called?
37. STAIRS (Storage and Information Retrieval System) program was introduced in the year 1973 by ___.
38. Who developed the ‘Information Foraging Model’?
39. SMART Information Retrieval Project was carried out at ____.
40. In cataloguing, the square brackets [ ] are used:
41. Which section of AACR-2 (R) deals with serial publications?
42. When two or more basic subjects having same relational approach form a specific subject, the relation is termed as:
43. The concept of ‘stopword’ list is relevant in the context of __.
44. A version of KWIC augmented with author/name is called:
45. The document entitled ‘Classification and Subject index for Cataloguing and arranging the books and pamphlets of a library’ is currently known as the ___.
46. The Principle of Local Variation is mainly applicable in __.
47. The phrase ‘Nothing before something’ is a way of describing ___ filing:
48. ‘Union List’ is the record of ___.
49. Recall and Precision ratios are used in the evaluation of __.
50. Nancy B. Oslon’s ‘Cataloguing Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide’ is based on ___.
51. Who is credited for coining the term ‘Folksonomy’?
52. Who is credited for coining the term ‘Info Cloud’?
53. In compound Boolean searching, the natural order for processing the three Boolean operators in most information retrieval system is:
54. The practice of binding books in human skin is called:
55. Who developed the theory of ‘Information supply and indexing’ based on five axioms such as definability, order, sufficient degree of order, predictability, and Fidelity?
56. Who coined the phrase ‘Information Retrieval’?
57. ‘Pearl Growing’ is ___.
58. Vocabulary in a database is controlled by:
a) Thesaurus files
59. Web Dewey is supported with which of the following subject heading lists?
a) ALSH
60. Arrange the following indexing systems according to their year of origin:
a) COMPASS
61. COMPASS Indexing was devised to use in ___.
62. SLIC Indexing was developed by :
63. Relational Indexing was developed by:
64. Peek-a-boo Indexing System is a __.
65. ‘Cutter’s Author Table’ for Book Number was devised in __.
66. Ranganathan’s book number formula is based on______.
67. ange the following facets in building book numbers according to facet formula as prescribed in colon classification:
a) Serial number
68. Who among the following first set the rules for subject catalogue:
69. The book ‘Systematic Indexing’ by Julius Otto Kaiser was published in ___.
70. Name the Classificationist, who made a systematic attempt to formulate a theory of classification as early as in 1901 and also advocate for ‘Specific Index’.
71. In Colon Classification, ___ facet is the most elusive and difficult to identify.
72. The System for the international communication format for the exchange of catalogue data is known as:
73. ‘Cataloguing –in-Publication’ was termed as ‘Prenatal Cataloguing’ by __.
74. The process by which a library can identify ‘active’ collection for reprocessing is:
75. According to AACR-2, author of a map or an atlas is ___.
76. Which of the following search strategy involves facet formulation?
77. Which of the following search strategy proceeds from a high precision to a high recall?
78. In Buidling Block Search Strategy adding an extra facet would result in:
79. Devices are used in classification schemes:
80. When a book has no author and has only two editors and an illustrator, the main entry according to AACR-2 is prepared under:
81. Canon of Context belongs to ___.
82. Sear’s List of Subject Headings is published by ___.
83. Which information retrieval model studies the properties of the natural language as well as artificial language?
84. The second area of ISBD (G) is __.
85. The number of methods of ‘Analysis’ proposed in AACR2R (1988) is __.
86. Which of the following is not a metadata schema?
89. 2011 was the centenary year of publication of ___.
90. Sector Device is an extension of ___.
91. Who founded Documentation Inc. to explore new methods of information indexing and retrieval?
92. What is the full form of LED in Colon Classification?
93. Ranaganathan’s modified rules of Chain Procedure for deriving subject headings of specific subject entry was modified by M. M. Job, who suggested to include:
94. ‘Report on the Testing and Analysis of an Investigation into the Comparative Efficiency of Indexing Systems’ contains the findings of the project entitled:
95. Universal Decimal Classification system was tested in the __.
96. ‘User education’ and ‘Information literacy’ are semantically related as ___.
97. The retrieval technique designed to find terms that are spelled incorrectly at data entry or query input is known as ___.
98. The Principle of Later-in-Time is one of the principles of ___.
99. Arrange the following categories of controlled vocabularies in increasing order of flexibility for post coordination:
a) Classification schemes
100. From which edition the concept of Phoenix schedule was introduced in DDC?
101. In DDC, Phoenix Schedule represent classes which are:
