Maharashtra SET (MH-SET) 2020 Solved Library & Information Science Questions with Explanations (51-60)

Maharashtra SET (MH-SET) 2020 Solved Library & Information Science Questions with Explanations (51-60)

51. Metadata is a __.

(A) Search engine
(B) Website
(C) Index
(D) Data

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Answer: (C) Index
Notes: Another term for metadata is index data – just like labels on folders and files. Metadata is index data that is generally used to provide information about the data.

52. The OCLC research project FAST is a/an __.

(A) Enumerative scheme of classification
(B) Information retrieval model
(C) Cataloguing guidelines for e-resources
(D) Enumerative and faceted scheme for subject headings

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Answer: (D) Enumerative and faceted scheme for subject headings
Notes: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) is a general use controlled vocabulary based on the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).

53. The kind of mnemonics are:

(a) Scheduled mnemonics
(b) Special mnemonics
(c) Seminal mnemonics
(d) Systematic mnemonics

(A) a, b, and c are correct
(B) b, c and d are correct
(C) a, c, and d are correct
(D) a, b and b are correct

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Answer: (C)
Notes: Various of kinds of mnemonics are identified by Ranganathan: (a) Alphabetical mnemonics (b) Scheduled mnemonics (c) Systematic mnemonics and (d) Seminal mnemonics

54. EAD is a metadata standard which has the following characteristics. Identify the correct statements:

(a) Standard for encoding archival finding aids
(b) Uses XML in archival and manuscript repositories
(c) Implements recommendations of International Council of Archives
(d) The Schemes is maintained by DDI Alliance

(A) a, b, and c are correct
(B) b, c and d are correct
(C) a, c, and d are correct
(D) a, b and b are correct

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Answer: (A)
Notes: Encoded Archival Description (EAD) is a standard for encoding descriptive information regarding archival records.The first version of EAD was released in 1998.

55.Match the following:

(a) Train of characteristics - (i) A basic class with one or more isolate idea
(b) Facet - (ii) Component of facet
(c) Isolate - (iii) Totality of divisions produced by a chain of characteristics
(d) Unitary class - (iv) A set of characteristics having categorized relationship

(A) (a) -(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
(B) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
(C) (a) -(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
(D) (a) -(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i)

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Answer: (A)

56. Arrange the following ISBDs as per their year of publication:

(a) ISBD (M)
(b) ISBD (S)
(c) ISBD (CM)
(d) ISBD (CF)

(A) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
(B) (c), (a), (b) and (d)
(C) (d), (b), (c) and (c)
(D) (a), (c), (c) and (d)

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Answer: (A)

57. As per ISO-2709 the sequence of elements in bibliographic record structure is __.

(a) Directory
(b) Data fields
(c) Record Label
(d) Record separator

(A) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
(B) (b), (a), (c) and (d)
(C) (d), (c), (b) and (a)
(D) (c), (a), (b) and (d)

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Answer: (D)

58. Match the following:

(a) Richardson - (i) Principles of book classification
(b) Hulme - (ii) Canons of Classification
(c) Sayers - (iii) Prolegomena to Library Classification
(d) Ranganathan (iv) Classification: Theoretical and Practical

(A) (a) -(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
(B) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
(C) (a) -(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
(D) (a) -(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

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Answer: (D)
Notes: Classification, Theoretical and Practical (E. C. Richardson, 1901); Canons of Classification (W.C. B. Sayers, 1915);Prolegomena to Library Classification (S. R. Ranganathan, 1937); Principles of Book Classification (E. Wyndham Hulme, 1950).

59. Assertion (A): "Canon of helpful sequence' states that the sequence of the classes in an array of classes and of the ranked isolates in an array of ranked isolates, should be helpful to the purpose of those for whom it is intended. Reason (R): Different schemes for classification be designed to suit each individual user.

(A) (A) is true but (R) is false
(B) (R) is true but (A) is false
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false

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Answer: (A)

60. Assertion (A): POPSI is an indexing system. Reason (R): It is used for the preparation of index to CC.

(A) (A) is true but (R) is false
(B) (A) is false but (R) is true
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false

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Answer: (A)