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The Final Exam for MIT 026a will be held in Thames Hall Gym on Thursday, December 12, 2002 beginning at 9:00am. The Final Exam will be multiple choice format. You are responsible for materials presented in the readings, website, lectures and labs and will include topics covered throughout the entire term.
Please bring UWO ID (student card), a pencil (perhaps two) and an eraser.

Exam Conflicts

Students NOT notified of conflicts by mail must make arrangements as stated below before November 23, 2002.

What constitutes an exam conflict?

Two Final Exams

Students scheduled to write two (2) FINAL EXAMS at the same time must see Rob Downes in the Resistrar's Office SLB Rm. 155 BEFORE November 23, 2002. Students will write both exams on the same day with a SUPERVISED break between exams. Students should bring a lunch and study material. They will not be able to leave the room as they are writing the same exam as the rest of the students in the class.

One Final Exam and One Midyear Test OR Two Midyear Tests

Students must make arrangements with the professor teaching either course who will make arrangements for you.

Three Final Exams within 24 Hours

Students must contact the Office of the Dean of their respective faculties. Three FINAL EXAMS in 24 hours means a student is scheduled to write an exam in three (3) consecutive exam periods such as:

 
9 am 2 pm 7 pm
2 pm 7pm 9 am (next day)
7 pm 9 am (next day) 2 pm (next day)

NOTE: This does not apply to the following combination:

Saturday 2 pm
Saturday 7 pm
Monday 9 am

 

The Mid Term Test for MIT 026a will be held in Talbot College on Monday October 21, 2002 from 5 - 7pm, ie during class time. See the table below to determine which room you will be in.

 
Test Room Student Last Name
348B Abreu to Carrocci
343 Carusetta to Dolson
342 Drahovzal to Huang
341 Hull to Lee
309 Leibel to Noble
304 O'Neal to Saleem
303 Sam to Strandberg
205 Strasberg to Zhou

Please bring UWO ID (student card), a pencil (perhaps two) and an eraser.

The test will cover material presented in the readings (which are on 2 hr Reserve at Weldon), lectures and labs during weeks 1-5 inclusive. There will be 2 types of multiple choice questions - those for which a single answer is correct (Single completions) and those for which a combination of answers may provide the most appropriate answer (Multiple completions).

 

Sample Test/Exam Questions

Single Completion

  1. In the library catalogue, a keyword search will

    A. match terms in the title of books, journals & videos
    B. match terms in the title of book chapters
    C. match terms in the title of journal articles
    D. A and B only
    E. A and B and C

    The answer is D
    It is not possible to search for the title or author of a journal article in the library catalogue
     

  2. In the citation below, 23.4 refers to the fourth article in volume 23

    Hock, R. "Web search engines'. Online 23.4 (2000): 17-25.

    A. True
    B. False

    The answer is B
    23.4 refers to the fourth issue in volume 23

     

  3.  The advantage(s) of Machine-Readable Cataloguing (MARC) include(s):

A. creating data elements which can be stored, manipulated and transmitted according to globally accepted standard
B. creating data elements which can be retrieved, shared and copied co-operatively between libraries
C. bibliographic details in a catalogue entry may be displayed in a standard manner
D. A and B only
E. A and B and C

Answer is E.
  1. You need to research the development of the railroad in Canada. Which of the following strategies will give you the most precise results in a fulltext database?

A. Canadian OR railroad OR development
B. Canadian AND railroad AND development
C. (Canadian railroad) AND develop*
D. (Canadian railroad) NEAR3 development
E. Canad* AND railroad NEAR3 development

Answer is D.

 

Multiple completion

Combine the answers as follows, with particular attention to answers 2, as discussed in class.

  1. Which of the following examples of Library of Congress subject headings contain(s) form subdivision?

    1. Nursing - Periodicals
    2. Telecommunication - Canada - History
    3. Information Science - Dictionaries
    4. Mass Media and Culture - North America

    The answer is B
    Periodicals and Dictionaries are form subdivisions, whereas Canada and North America are geographical subdivisions, and History is a topical subdivision
     

  2. Which of the following statements accurately describes the item below?

    Hock, R. "Web search engines'. Online 23.4 (2000): 17-25.

    1. This is a reference for a chapter in a book entitled Online
    2. This is a reference for an article in a journal entitled Online
    3. This item is available online
    4. This item appears to compare retrieval systems for the Internet

    The answer is C
    The item refers to a journal and the title suggests that the article compares retrieval systems
     

  1. According to Cronin’s discussion (in Walker’s 1992 book Information Environment) on the "Socio-economic impacts of information technology", which of the following aspects were considered relevant to the Information Society?

1. Amplification
2. Decentralization
3. Globalization
4. Transformation

All. Answer is E.

  1. In an information retrieval setting, which of the following statements might accurately define the letters DE?

1. DE is the name of the field which contains controlled vocabulary
2. DE indicates a top level domain name
3. DE indicates a designated index term
4. DE indicates that the document is written in English

1,2 & 3. Answer is A.

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