CDIA Indexing & Metadata Management

Question 1

In document imaging, what is the primary purpose of indexing?

Accepted Answer

To enable fast and accurate document retrieval

Answer

Indexing creates searchable attributes or tags associated with a document so users can quickly locate and retrieve it.

Question 2

Which type of indexing assigns predefined category values from a fixed list to a document field?

Accepted Answer

Controlled vocabulary indexing

Answer

Controlled vocabulary indexing uses a predetermined set of acceptable values for index fields, ensuring consistency across the document repository.

Question 3

What is full-text indexing in a document management system?

Accepted Answer

Indexing every word within the document content for search

Answer

Full-text indexing captures and indexes every word in a document's content, enabling keyword searches across the entire body of stored documents.

Question 4

What is the role of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) in document indexing?

Accepted Answer

It converts scanned image text into machine-readable characters for indexing

Answer

OCR converts raster text images into machine-readable text, enabling full-text search and automated metadata extraction from scanned documents.

Question 5

Which metadata standard, developed by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, provides 15 core elements for describing digital resources?

Accepted Answer

Dublin Core

Answer

Dublin Core is a widely adopted metadata standard offering 15 simple, interoperable elements (e.g., title, creator, date) for describing digital resources.

(CDIA) Certified Document Imaging Architect Practice Test

(CDIA) Certified Document Imaging Architect Practice Test

CDIA Indexing & Metadata Management