Multiple Choice Questions on Information Services-2

1.Possible Reference Source for meaning of Words/Phrases
Language dictionaries
Bibliographies
Indexes
Abstracts

2.Possible Reference Source for Literature references
Who's who
Biographical dictionaries
Statesman yearbook
Bibliographies

3.Possible Reference Source for know the persons
1.Who’s who
2.Biographical dictionaries
3.Language dictionaries
4.Thesauri
1 only
3 only
1 & 2
3 & 4

4.Possible reference sources for find the places
1.Geographical dictionaries
2.Gazetteers
3.Statesman’s Yearbook
4.Encyclopaedias.
1 only
4 only
1 & 2
3 & 4

5.Possible reference sources to know background information on a subject
1.Statesman’s Yearbook
2.Encyclopaedias
3.Indexes
4.Abstract
1 only
2 only
1 & 3
2 & 4

6.Long range reference service may take
several minutes
several hours
several days
All the above

7.Which is not a anticipatory service in Reference Section
Ready Reference service
Newspaper cliping service
Indexing service
Abstracting service

8.The process of dialogue between the user and a member of the reference staff is termed as
Communication with staff
Communication with user
Reference Interview
None of the above

9.Who termed personal assistant to user as 'humanism in practice'
Ranganathan
Dewey
Foskett
Katz

10.Which is not a function of reference section
Reference desk
long rang reference service
User education programmes
None of the above