LIS PRACTICE SHEET-14

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION BANK 01

In CC, the principle that helps in the identification of personality category is

• Cow-calf principle
• Whole-organ principle
• Neti-neti principle
• Later-in-time principle

In DDC Phoenix schedules represent

• classes which are slightly modified
• classes which are completely changed
• classes to be modified in the future
• classes not to be modified

What is the relationship between ISBD and Cataloguing Codes?

• They are not related at all
• Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description
• ISBD includes cataloguing rules
• ISBD can replace cataloguing codes

Which one of the following is not a part of the MARC record structure?

• Leader
• Directory
• Record terminator
• Check digit

Which of the following combinations is wrong

• PRECIS-Dreck Austin-BNB
• KWIC-H.P. Luhn-Chemical titles
• Citation Indexing-Eugene Garfield-SCI
• Relational indexing-E.J. Coates-Biological Abstracts

Citation indexing was first developed in the field of

• Science
• Mathematics
• Law
• Social sciences

In a thesaurus, under an item “Internal Migration”, which of the following lines would you expect to find

• BT Migration
• NT Rural-to-Urgan Migration
• RT International Migration
• All of the above

The PERT approach is a device developed to

• Better utilize of time in a series of activities
• Allow studies to be made between people and machine
• Analyse a workflow to facilitate decision-making
• Establish quality control

The acronym “POSDCORB” was coined by

• Gulick and Urwick
• Taylor
• Mayo
• Gilberths

The basic theory regarding human motivation is propounded by

• Taylor
• Maslow
• Mayo
• Likert

The method of budgeting, which is not concerned with what happened previously but is more concerned with the requirements of the future is known as

• Line Budget
• Programme Budget
• Formula Budget
• Zero Based Budget

Among the different Boolean operators “AND” is used

• to widen the search
• to narrow the search
• to begin the search
• to end the search

Which of the following is not a secondary source of information

• An encyclopedia
• A textbook
• A biographical dictionary
• Patents

Which of the following reference source will you consult to locate information on the Pokharn test?

• Encyclopedia of Britannica
• Asian Recorder
• Commonwealth Universities Yearbook
• Dictionary of National Biography

Information about Indian research studies on bakery and milling is input to IFIS through

• The Central Rice Research Institute
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute
• National Institute of Nutrition
• Central Food Technological Research Institute

Which of the following is not an example of Current Awareness Service (CAS)?

• SDI
• An Indexing Bulletin
• Current Contents
• A Reading List

 Non-bibliographic Database contain

• Numeric Data
• Textual Data
• Visual Data
• All of the above

Indexing and abstracting sources are available in print, optical and online. Among the three formats there is usually

• a difference in price, but not capability
• no difference in price, but difference in capability
• a difference both in price and in capability
• no difference in price or capability

In an empirical study on the impact of television viewing on violence, violence would be

• the dependent variable
• an independent variable
• an intervening variable
• not a variable at all

1. A big difference between the mean and median is an indication that
• there is a mistake in the calculation
• the calculation is correct
• there is a wide variation in the data
• None of the above

Which of the following research methods is useful in a study on measuring the active life of periodicals

• Survey
• Citation Analysis
• Interview
• Case study

Which of the following types of memory is volatile

• ROM
• PROM
• WORM
• RAM

Which of the following is not a programming language

• FORTRAN
• BASIC
• COBOL
• ASCII

When you create a worksheet in CDS/ISIS you are defining

• the external user view
• the internal file structure
• the conceptual frame
• All of the above

UNESCO’s information programme is known as

• NATIS
• GIP
• UAP
• UBC

Which of the following networks does not have its own tele-communication infrastructure

• NICNET
• ERNET
• INIS
• EURONET

OPAC stands for

• Online Public Access Catalogue
• Online Periodicals Access Centre
• Online Patents Access Centre
• None of the above

In a communication model, noise refers to

• loudness of signal
• lack of understanding between sender and receiver
• any disturbance which affects the transmission
• irrelevant information

Zero-growth libraries contradict the fifth law of library science. The statement is

• true, because no new books are added
• true, because the totla size of the bookstock is steady
• false, since the library may grow in other ways
• false, since there can be no zero-growth libraries

SENDOC is the national documentation centre for

• Science and Environment
• Sociology and Economics
• Sri Lanka
• Small Scale Enterprise

Extension services to the blind by a public library is justified by

• the fourth law of library science
• the fifth law of library science
• the first law of library science
• all the laws of library science

The table standard subdivision helps a classification scheme

• to ensure consistency
• to add mnemonic value
• both the above
• None of the above

Which of the following names are associated with Post-Coordinate indexing

• Taube, Mooers, Batten
• Taube, Austin, Coats
• Taube, Austin, Garfield
• Mooers, Taube, Garfield

A document description is not found in a

• Catalogue entry
• Citation
• Bibliographic entry
• Class number

The following is not an example of re-packaging of information

• Trend report
• Catalogue
• Summary
• Digest

In UDC the inter-relationship between the two subjects is denoted by

• Ampersand followed by Roman Smalls
• A Colon
• Double Colon
• Hyphen

GOC helps libraries in determining

• foreign exchange rates
• names of foreign agents and vendors
• books available in the market
• which books to buy

In a library which of the following positions are line positions
a. Junior library assistant
b. Subject Specialist
c. Deputy Librarian
d. Systems Librarians

• (a) and (b)
• (a) and (c)
• (a) and (d)
• (b) and (d)

An organizational structure is determined by
a. span of control
b. hierarchy
c. space and location

• (a) and (b)
• (b) and (c)
• (a) and (c)
• All the factors

According to AACR-II, the heading of the main entry for conference proceeding edited by an individual is prepared under

• name of editor
• place of conference
• title of the volume
• name of the conference

The Indian National Bibliography does not include

• Books published in India in English
• Official reports
• Books on India, published abroad
• Books published in recognised Indian languages

The subject headings “Money” and “Inflation” are both used in a retrieval system

• be linked by a “see also” reference
• be linked by a “see” reference
• be linked by both “see” and “see also” references
• not be linked

The resource sharing strategy of a library may not include

• joint acquisition
• shared use
• exchange of materials
• restricted access

Which of the following is not a national library?

• Library of Congress
• British Library
• Bibliotheque Nationale
• Smithsonian Institute

UNESCO’s Public Library Manifesto was last revised in

• 1990
• 1998
• 1997
• 1994

The ICCP did not lead to

• agreement on the need for uniformity and standards
• a defination of main entry
• a recognition of corporate authorship
• the development of MARC format

In KWIC index the keyword appears

• at the beginning of each entry
• at the centre of the line
• as the highlighted word
• at the end of the line

The relationship between the terms “Ship” and “Boats” is

• syntactic relationship
• semantic relationship
• both
• neither

Which of the following cannot be regarded as ‘multimedia’

• A tape-slide programme
• A CD-ROM with text and visuals
• Microfilm
• A web page

Invisible colleges are

• networks of people interested in the same subject
• help in communication
• neither (1) nor (2)
• both (1) and (2)