INFLIBNET Centre Scientist B (Library Science) Exam 12 September 2021 Solved Questions with Explanations (31-40)

 

INFLIBNET Centre Scientist B (Library Science) Exam 12 September 2021 Solved Questions with Explanations (31-40)

31. Which of the following is NOT a synchronous virtual reference service?

(A) Chat
(B) E-mail
(C) Video conferencing
(D) Voice over IP

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Answer: (B) E-mail
Notes: In Synchronous Digital Reference service, transaction takes place in ‘Real-Time’ with an immediate response to the query i.e. the interaction between the user and reference librarian is live therefore it is also called Real-Time Digital Reference Service.

32. Which of the following is NOT the component of a search engine?

(A) Spider
(B) Index
(C) Search or the retrieval mechanism
(D) Natural language technique

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Answer: (D) Natural language technique

33. According to Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, the reference service aimed at freshman is called:

(A) Initiation
(B) General Help to General Reader
(C) Short Range Reference Service
(D) Long Range Reference Service

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Answer: (A) Initiation

34. Identify the service that is made available through web 3.0 technologies:

(A) Message Board
(B) FOAF
(C) Flikr
(D) Mashup

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Answer: (B) FOAF
Notes: FOAF (Friend of a friend) is a machine-readable ontology describing persons, their activities and their relations to other people and objects.

35. What does 'encrypting a file' mean?

(A) Scrambling the contents
(B) Set the read-only property
(C) Hiding the file
(D) Set a password

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Answer: (D) Set a password

36. Ex post facto study is a type of __.

(A) Diagnostic design
(B) Descriptive design
(C) Quasi-experimental design
(D) Historical design

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Answer: (C) Quasi-experimental design

37. Which of the following does not belong to the set of canons for the characteristics?

(A) Canon of Differentiation
(B) Canon of Ascertainability
(C) Canon of Relevance
(D) Canon of Currency

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Answer: (D) Canon of Currency
Notes: The four canons for characteristics deal with the process of division of knowledge. The four canons are: (i) Canon of Differentiation (ii) Canon of Ascertainability (ii) Canon of Relevance, and (iv) Canon of Permanence.

38. The main components of an RFID system include:

(A) Handheld Reader, RFID label printer, server, and External book return
(B) RFID tags, readers or sensors, Antenna, and server
(C) RFID label printer, sensors, antenna and server
(D) RFID tags, server, external book return, sensors

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Answer: (B) RFID tags, readers or sensors, Antenna, and server

39. The database EconLit is associated with __.

(A) Canadian Economic Association
(B) American Economic Association
(C) Indian Economic Association
(D) European Economic Association

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Answer: (B) American Economic Association
Notes: ‘EconLit’ is an academic literature abstracting database service published by the American Economic Association.

40. Who coined the term Information Superhighway?

(A) Paul Zurkowski
(B) Daniel Bell
(C) Nam June Paik
(D) J. Martin

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Answer: (C) Nam June Paik
Notes: Nam June Paik was a Korean artist and regarded as the father of video art and is credited with the first use of the term “electronic superhighway” in the 1974.