Ravil Veli


Adjunct Assistant Librarian / Instructor LIB 102  Plattsburgh State University of New York

 

Director of Library Services Herkimer County Community College
 

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Quiz 05 Oct 02, 2003

 

NAME:________________________________________________

 

1.  A thesaurus is used in library research to:

a.     locate the controlled Boolean operator to use in a search index

b.     locate the controlled thesis for a subject search

c.      locate the controlled vocabulary terms for a subject search

d.     locate the controlled primary sources for a subject search

e.     locate the controlled vocabulary terms for a free text search

 

 

2. I am searching for documents that discuss the topic of AIDS in Africa in an online periodical index. The Boolean operator I should use for my search statement is:

a.     ALSO

b.     OR

c.     NOT

d.     AND

e.     none of the above

 

 

3. A descriptor is a:

a.     subject record

b.     subject citation

c.     subject thesis

d.     subject delimiter

e.    subject heading

 

4. A controlled vocabulary limits the:

    1. terms an indexer can use to describe an information source
    2. time an indexer can use to describe an information source
    3. Boolean operators an indexer can use to describe an information source
    4. Balinese operators an indexer can use to describe an information source
    5. A and B

 

5. Using the Boolean operator NOT in a database search:

a.    exposes records 

b.    expands records

c.     excludes records

d.    exfoliates records

e.    extenuates records

 

6. In which of the following groups of search terms would the use of the Boolean operator OR be most appropriate?

a.     rain, reign, rein

b.     harbor, port

c.      sell, cell 

d.     tumor, cancer, carcinoma

e.    B and D

 

7. Which of the following are Boolean operators?

a.     AND, ALSO, OR

b.     ALSO, NOT, AND

c.      AND, OR, IF

d.     NOT, OR, AND

e.    All of the above

 

8. The label NT in thesauri commonly refers to:

  1. Nehru terms
  2. necrotic terms
  3. null terms
  4. narrower terms
  5. C and D

 

9. The label BT in thesauri commonly refers to:

    1. bibliographic trace
    2. base term
    3. broader term
    4. best truncation
    5. broader truncation

 

10. The label RT in thesauri commonly refers to:

    1. related term
    2. repeated term
    3. retrospective term
    4. response term