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GSP 111 PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CHAPTER ONE

Topic: Introduction to the use of library

1. A collection of books, pamphlets, etc kept in a place for reading and

consultation, especially, such a collection arranged to facilitate
references as by classification and indexing is called.

Ans: Library.

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Ans: Book

4. Which of the following is traceable to the origin of library (a) Assyia

(b) America (c) China (d) Egypt

Ans: B.

5. The first purposefully conceived and constructed library building was

during the reign of

Ans: Ptolery II Philadephus

6. During the 15th Century – the invention of printing press was by who

Anw: Gutenberg

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7. When and where was collections of books in cases and books
chaining systematically abandoned?

Ans: In Spain by 1964.

8. The arrangement of book in a standing under spine projecting

outward started in

Ans: France

9. In what year was the university of Layden utilize a whole floor as a

library that was open to access?

Ans: In 1610

10. ………….. was credited as the first architech to design a library

that conforms to modern library.

Ans: Leopoldo della santa.

11. The first English library act was enacted in what year?

Ans: 1800

12. ……………… was the main catalyst of modern library movement.

Ans: Boston public library of 1852

13. Which of the following is not a basic function of the library: (a)
storage (b) organization (c) production (d) acquisition (e)
preservation.

Ans: C.

14. Which of the following is not a criteria for classification of

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(a)Acquisition (b) Collections (users (d) functions

Ans: A

15. Which of the types of library serve as a depository for

copyrighted publication in a country (a) private library (b) National
library (c) public library (d) Academic library

Ans: B

16. Which type of library is responsible for allocating ISBN and

ISSN

Ans: National library

17. The public library is headed by?

Ans: Director of State Library Board

18. The Eni Njoku memorial library belongs to what class of library?

Ans: Private Library

19. Which of the following is not found in children’s library: (a)

fiction(b) reaha (c) Periodicals (d) story book

Ans: C

20. The Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Library is classified as what type of

library: (a) School Library (b) Public library (c) Digital library (d)
Academic library

Ans: D

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21. The University of Nigeria Nsukka operates a decentralized
system of library. True/False

Ans: True.

22. The collection development is made up of …………. and …………

Ans: Acquisition and serial section

23. Which of the following is not part of a serial collection: (a)

newspaper ( b) magazines (c) Journals (d) textbook (e) annuals

Ans: D.

24. The technical section Division is made up of

Ans: Cataloguing section, bindery section, audio visual section and

reprographic section.

25. Which part of the library is referred to as the pointer to the

library holdings.

Ans: Cataloguing section

26. Which part of the library contains the following: Microforms, CD

-Rom, Digital camera, Scanners, etc.

Ans: Audio-visual section

27. Which part of the library is responsible for the repair,

refurbishing of library books

Ans: Bindery.

28. The Public Service Division comprise of

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 Ans: Circulation Section and Reference Section

29. Which section of the library is responsible for borrowing books

to bonifide users

Ans: Circulation section

30. Which part of the library answers users queries to help them
get at what information they need

Ans: Reference section.

31. Which part of the library could you find books written by Chinua
Achebe or books written about him.

Ans: Africana Section

32. Digital division is made up of

Ans: MTN university connect section, IT special project section and

system maintenance section

CHAPTER TWO

TOPIC: The Reader in the Library Environment

1. Which of the option below is not part of the five laws of librarianship

(a)Books are for use (b) every reader must read (c) Every book its
reader (d) The library is a growing organism (e) Save the time of
the user.

Ans: B

2. Which of the following attitude does not neglect the library etiquette?

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 (a)Reading several books (b) wearing indecent clothes (c) eating in
the library (d) folding books

Ans: A.

3. Which part of the library operates an open access system?

(a)Serial section (b) Reference section (c) Cataloguing section (d)

Circulation section

Ans: D

4. Which of the following is not true of the opening hours of UNN library?

(a)Mon: 8am-10pm (b) Mon: 7am-10pm (c) Sat: 8am-8pm (d) Sun:
2pm-6pm

5. Undergraduates are allowed to borrow a maximum number of book

for a maximum length of time

Ans: 4)four) books for a maximum of 4 weeks.

6. Copies of first degree project reports written by final year students

are deposited

Ans: Africana Section

7. Past examination questions paper of the university could be found at

what section of t he library?

Ans: Reference section

8. The charging system used in this university library is called _______

Ans: Newark charging system

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9. __________ defines a book as “a non-periodical printed publication of
at least 49 pages exclusive of cover pages”

Ans: UNESCO

10. The publisher, date of publication and place of publication

makes up what is called

Ans: Imprint

11. Which of the following is not found at the preliminary of a book.

(a)Preface (b) Glossary (c) Content (d) Foreward

Ans: B

12. The list of technical and unusual terms with definition is called

Ans: Glossary

13. A brief summary of the subject content of a book or periodical

article is called

Ans: Abstract

14. Which of the follo9iwng is not a non-book materials: (a) flash

drive (b) Projector (c) Periodical (d) CD-Rom.

Ans: C

15. ________ is the technique that enables the blind or visually-

impaired people to read and write

Ans: Braile.

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TOPIC: Arrangement of Library Materials

1. __________ provides for the location of a book on the shelf.

Ans: Call number

2. The type of catalogue used in university of Nigeria Nsukka is the

_________

Ans: Card Catalogue.

3. __________ describes the physical description of the book such as

number of pages (pagination) size, volume, illustration.

Ans: Collation

4. The serial number as stamped or written on the book by the library is

called

Ans: Accession number

5. The letter by letter filling system is also called ____________

Ans: “nothing before something.

6. University of Nigeria Nsukka operate what type of filling system

Ans: “Word by word”

7. The scheme of classification used by university of Nigeria library is

________

Ans: Library of congress classification scheme (L.C_

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8. Which of the following is not a constituent of call numbers: (a) class
number (b) date (c) Author’s number (d) location number (e) sign

Ans: A

9. The classification scheme SF represents which department

Ans: Animal Science

10. The classification scheme PA, PN, PR, PS represent which

department \

Ans: English

11. “Q” represent which faculty

Ans: Science

12. QD, QH, QP, RZ represents which department

Ans: Biochemistry

13. The scheme of classification ‘L’ represents

Ans: Education

14. ‘H’ represent which faculty

Ans: Social Sciences

15. Which of the following scheme of classification represents

Economics

(a)RD (b) QD (c) HB=HY (d) K

Ans: C

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 16. ‘K’ represents faculty of Law. True/False

Ans: True

17. ‘RD’ represents a medical course scheme of classification.

True/False

Ans: True

CHAPTER FOUR

Topic: Reference sources

1. Which of the following is not a type of reference source? (a)

Bibliography (b) Encyclopedias (c) Biography (d) Dictionary (e) fact
sources.

Ans: A

2. Which of the following is a general encyclopedia: (a) Encyclopedia of

philosophy (b) encyclopedia of Americana (c) Encyclopedia of
biochemistry (d) Encyclopedia of philosophy

Ans: B

3. Which of the following is a specialized dictionary? (a) Thesarius

dictionary of America (b) Oxford dictionary (c) Chambers English
dictionary )d) Webster’s new international dictionary.

Ans: A

4. Which of the following is not a directories? (a) World of learning (b)

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 Nigeria yellow pagers (c) year book (d) Nigerian National telephone
directory.

Ans: C

5. One of the folloing is not a fact sources (a) Almanac (b) year book (c)
Handbook (d) Thesis.

Ans: D

6. ……………… provide information on individuals about their birthdate,

education, career and achievements.

Ans: Biography

7. Which of the following provides information about the physical and

conditions of different places? (a) Gazetteers (b) Atlas (c) Map (d)
Travel Guide

Ans: B

8. All except one is not a geographical source (a) Indexes (b) map (c)
Atlas (d) Gazetteers

Ans: A

9. ………………. Is a reference source containing author’s surname, title,

page of publication, date of publication, etc

Ans: Bibliography

10. A form of bibliography whereby contribution to bibliography are

summarized is called ………………

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11. All are periodical except one (a) Journals (b) Newspaper (c)
Magazines (d) annuals (e) None of the above

Ans: E

CHAPTER FIVE (5)

Topic sources of information

1. All are primary sources of information except (a) Journal (b) lecture
notes (c) monographs (d) Patents (e) none of the above

Ans: E

2. All are secondary sources except (a) Standard (b) indexes (c)
abstract (d) textbooks (e) treatises.

Ans: A

3. Which of the following is a tertiary sources of information (a)

encyclopedia (b) Books (c) directories (d) library catalogue

Ans: C

4. Which of the following is not an electronic source of information? (a)

Journals (b) search engines (c) Websites (d) Subject gateways (e)
Archives

Ans: E

5. A researcher must start with what source of information

Ans: Secondary and tertiary sources

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 CHAPTER SIX

Topic: Modern technologies in libraries

1. WAN – means wide area network

2. Those facts used in describing or discussing an item or a set of

items is called

Ans: Data

3. The technology where signal are converted from analogue to digital

or vice-versa is

Ans: Modems

4. Electronic mail is also known as

Ans: Computer-based message system (CBMS)

5. The digital, representation of a character by eight bits is called a

…………..

Ans: Byte

6. Which of the following is not a Boolean logic or Boolean operator (a)

AS (b) AMD (c) OR (d) NOT.

Ans: A

7. Which library is referred to as a ‘library without walls’.

Ans: Virtual library.

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Topic: Online resources and webreserach

1. Those resources that can be accessed via the intranet or internet is

called ………………

Ans: e-resources

2. All except one is not a type of e-resources (a) e-book (b) e-journal (c)
directories (d) directories (e) newspaper (f) non of the above

Ans: D

3. An organized collection of data or information that is stored in

records in electronic format is called

Ans: Database

4. Which of the following is a data base for chemistry? (a) medline (b)
TEEAL (c) SSRN (d) pubchem

Ans: D

5. The most common tool used to locate information on the web is

called ………….

Ans: search engine.

6. Which of the following is a search engine (a) Alta visita (b) Google (c)
Yahoo (d) Excite (e) all of the above

7. URL emans uniform resource locator

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Topic: How to cite sources consulted in the research process

1. Which of the folloing is a referencing style common to social

sciences and education (a) MLA (b) AMA (c) APA (d) CSE

Ans: C

2. APA means American Psychological Association

3. ‘et al’ means for the others

4. ‘Omekwe and Okafor (2009).’ Is what type of referencing (a) MLA (b)
APA (c) Harvard citation style (d) Turabian citation style

Ans: B

5. Vol. 58, No 2, pp. 468-493. What is been referenced above (a)

Abstract (b) textbook (c) Journal (d) Thesis

Ans: C

6. What type of reference style is used by arts and humanities

particularly in English, literary and cultural stuties.

Ans: MLA

7. Theory and practice. New York: Spectrum, 1995. What type of

referencing is used above

Ans: MLA

8. What type of referencing style is used by medicine and related

discipline

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CHAPTER NINE

Topic: Term paper and study skills

1. Which section of the library should a student begin his/her search (a)
Circulation (b) reference (c) Serial (d) None of the above

Ans: B

2. If a researcher is looking for a journal which section of the library

should he go to

Ans: Serial Section

3. Which part of the library is a depository of the United Nation?

Ans: Special collections Division

4. OPAC – means Online Public Access Catalogue

5. Which is a study skills? (a) S3RQ (b) RSQS (c) SQ3R (d) SRQ3

Ans: C

6. SQ3R the ‘S’ in that study skill above stands for

Ans: Survey

CHAPTER TEN

Topic: Law Libraries

1. We have two basic sources of law

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 Ans: Primary and secondary sources

2. Those sources of law that were enacted by authoritative bodies

empowered to do so by the constitution is called

Primary sources

3. ……………… enactment passed by regional/state legislative i.e. state

house of assembly

Ans: Law

4. The subsidiary legislation passed by the National Assembly is called

……….

Ans: Statutory instrument

5. The law promulgated by the federal military government is called

Ans: Decree

6. Which of the following is a primary source in a law library (a) Year

book (b) Edicts (c) Atlases (d) map

Ans: B

7. A formal written enactment of a legislative body whether federal,

state or local government is called.

Ans: Statutes

8. An agreement or contact made between two or more independent

nations for their mutual benefit is called ……………

Ans: Treaties.

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 9. …………. Book is aim to provide specimen of wills, conveyances,
Tenancy Agreement and other forms of legal documents which legal
practitioners are required to draw up for their clients

Ans: Precedent

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Topic: Copyright and intellectual property

1. The legal right a country grants an author of an original work

exclusive right to its use and distribution, usually for a limited time is
called …………….

Ans: Copyright

2. The creations of the mind, such as inventions literary and artistic

works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce

Ans: Intellectual property

3. An exclusive right granted for an invention which allows the inventor

to exclude anyone else from commercially explointting his invention
for a limited period, generally 20 years

Ans: Parent right

4. The sign capable for distinguishing the goods or services of one

enterprise from those of other enterprise

Ans: Trademark

5. Which of the following is eligible for copyright? (a) literary work (b)
musical work (c) Broadcast (d) All of the above

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6. Which of the following are not permitted by the authors of their work

Reproduction (b) performance (c) Adeptation (d) All of the above (e)
non of the above.

Ans: E

7. Which of the following is an exception of copyright protection? (a)

Fair dealing (b) Works of arts (c) News broadcast (d) All of the above

Ans: D

8. When anybody who without the license or authorization og the owner

of the copyright does an act which is controlled by copyright is called

Ans: Infringement.

9. WIPO – means ‘World Intellectual Property Organization

10. The first multilateral treaty for the protection of literary and
artistic works is commonly referred to

Ans: Berne Convention

11. Which of the following is not an agency that protects copyright

(a)TRIPS (b) UNESCO (c) WIPO (d) RIPO

Ans: B

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