GST104
Question: What is the first daily task of the circulation department?
Answer: Shelving of all books consulted by library users the previous day.
Question: The staff responsible for taking statistics of the books consulted by users is
Answer: Circulation staff
Question: The major source of funding of public libraries is
Answer: Public taxes
Question: The basic difference between a public library and other types of libraries is that the main aim of public library is to provide the information needs of
Answer: General public
Question: When a reader asks a specific question relating to the use of library materials in the reference sections, this type of query is known as
Answer: Quick reference question
Question: Research outcomes and results from original research work fall into _____ sources of information
Answer: Primary
Question: Below are the three major components of open educational resources EXCEPT
Answer: Teaching content
Question: Journals have the following types of access EXCEPT
Answer: Classified
Question: Below are open access journals in Humanities EXCEPT
Answer: Organic Syntheses
Question: Below are open access journals in Education EXCEPT
Answer: West African Journal of Education
Question: Below are open access journals in Economics EXCEPT
Answer: Logical Methods in Economics
Question: Below are examples of institutional repository EXCEPT
Answer: Open Engineering
Question: The main class for “science†in LC is
Answer: Q
Question: The main class for “religion†in Dewey decimal classification is
Answer: 200
Question: What is used to further divide subjects into more specific subject areas in Dewey classification?
Answer: Decimal point (.)
Question: What type of catalogue is very sensitive in spelling and may retrieve different information due to error.
Answer: Online catalogue
Question: What classification scheme has its language class merged with Literature class?
Answer: UDC
Question: The 35 main classes of Bliss classification scheme consist of __ numerical and ____ alphabetical classes.
Answer: 9, 26
Question: What classification scheme was purposely designed to help remove the short comings observed in class K-Law, in the library of congress classification scheme?
Answer: Moy’s
Question: The fact that copies of information on the net can be speedily delivered to users on demand has helped to remove
Answer: The challenge of geographical distance to information
Question: Digital libraries can help to solve the following problems EXCEPT
Answer: Information explosion
Question: Digital libraries interface design should be all of the following EXCEPT
Answer: Highly sophisticated
Question: How often should you keep to your study schedule?
Answer: Daily
Question: In order to improve your grades you are advised to do the following EXCEPT
Answer: Cram
Question: In order to study without interruption you have to equip your study area with the following materials EXCEPT
Answer: Musical equipment
Question: The process of reading questions at the beginning/ end of the chapters or after each subheading in SQ3R is known as
Answer: Questioning
Question: In order to connect reading to your everyday life you have to engage in the following EXCEPT
Answer: Read only when you feel like
Question: There are grievous penalties upon any infringement on the following EXCEPT
Answer: Fair use
Question: In what year was the world’s first copyright law (statute of Anne) enacted in England?
Answer: 1710
Question: What was the main purpose of the Berne convention in 1886?
Answer: to provide mutual recognition of copyright between nation states
Question: The acronym AMS in referencing style stands for
Answer: American Meteorological Society
Question: The acronym OSCOLA in referencing style stands for
Answer: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities
Question: Where is the reference list of every academic/ research work located?
Answer: At the end
Question: Where multiple sources are used by same author, citations are listed in order by
Answer: The date of publication.
Question: In referencing a book what punctuation mark is used after the place of publication?
Answer: Colon (:)
Question: The librarian at the ________________ section of the library is responsible for charging and discharging of library resources
Answer: circulation
Question: Only registered library users are allowed to borrow books and other library resources True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Potential library users are required to ________________ before being permitted to use the library
Answer: Register
Question: Before you are allowed to go home with a borrowed book from the library, it must be stamped with ________________ stamp
Answer: Date-due
Question: style="text-align:left">A fine is usually charged per day for overdue books True or False?
Answer: True
Question: In order to know what book to borrow, the user may check the various catalogues which could be manual or electronic True or False?
Answer: True
Question: The ________________ mark indicates the location of the book on the shelf.
Answer: Class
Question: A borrowed book can be renewed if such book is NOT on reserve True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Academic libraries are under a board to serve the public True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Public libraries provide basic services for a fee True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Public libraries support both individual and self-conducted education as well as formal education at all levels True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Quick reference questions are everyday questions that readers regularly ask reference librarians True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Quick reference questions are NOT easily answered by mere consultation of specific reference source, such as almanacs, biographies, yearbooks, dictionaries True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Search questions cannot be met by one single reference source in the library True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Research questions do NOT Require comprehensive reference sources True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Vertical files usually contain sources of miscellaneous information True or False?
Answer: True
Question: It is NOT necessary to keep records of user’s queries True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Current awareness service is a personalized library service True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Resource sharing and collaboration is one of the new trends in librarianship True or False?
Answer: True
Question: All libraries should be able to meet the information needs of all its users at all times True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Heavily used materials stand the risk of being stolen or ________________ if kept on open shelves
Answer: Mutilated
Question: Research and information needs of users of special libraries are fairly homogeneous True or False?
Answer: True
Question: Information is being generated and transmitted by individuals on daily basis True or false?
Answer: True
Question: Document titles and abstracts CANNOT Help you find good descriptors when searching through literature True or false?
Answer: False
Question: A database may be dedicated to a single subject or cover several subjects True or False?
Answer: True
Question: In a card catalogue, cards for new materials can be added quickly and cards for those items no longer in the collection can be easily removed True or False?
Answer: True
Question: The card catalogue is NOT easy to use True or False?
Answer: False
Question: The card catalogue are NOT alphabetical arrangement True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Miss-filing and miss-shelving may not necessarily cause problems in the library True or False?
Answer: False
Question: Expensive equipment is required for users to have access and use microform catalogue True or False?
Answer: True
Question: With an online catalogue, users can retrieve ________________ in a variety of ways.
Answer: Information
Question: Training is needed for the users to optimally use online catalogue True or False?
Answer: True
Question: The purpose of library classification is to provide a comprehensive view of the documents on a given subject True or False?
Answer: True
Question: The basic aim of librarianship is to bring the user in contact with a specific document or information True or False?
Answer: True
Question: ________________ is the main class for “Technologyâ€in Dewey decimal classification
Answer: 600