CDIA Quality Control 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which standard provides guidance on document image quality metrics including resolution, compression, and file format for archival imaging?
- ANSI/AIIM MS44 (Correct answer)
- ISO 9001
- IEEE 802.11
- NIST SP 800-53
Correct answer: ANSI/AIIM MS44
ANSI/AIIM MS44 establishes recommended practices for image quality, resolution, and file format specifications for document imaging applications.
Question 2: What is the primary purpose of a Quality Control Plan (QCP) in a document imaging project?
- To document inspection procedures, acceptance criteria, and corrective actions (Correct answer)
- To establish the scanning hardware specifications
- To define the network bandwidth requirements
- To outline the document destruction schedule
Correct answer: To document inspection procedures, acceptance criteria, and corrective actions
A QCP provides a formal framework specifying how quality will be measured, what standards must be met, and what actions to take when defects are found.
Question 3: Which image defect is described as areas of the document appearing washed out or overexposed during scanning?
- Blowout (Correct answer)
- Dropout
- Noise
- Banding
Correct answer: Blowout
Blowout occurs when scanner brightness is set too high, causing light-colored areas or thin lines to disappear in the captured image.
Question 4: In document imaging QC, what is the role of a 'golden master' or reference image?
- It serves as the benchmark against which scanned image quality is compared (Correct answer)
- It is the highest-resolution image in the archive
- It represents the most recent version of a document
- It is used as the default image when originals are unavailable
Correct answer: It serves as the benchmark against which scanned image quality is compared
A golden master is a known-good reference image used to calibrate scanners and verify that output quality meets specified standards.
Question 5: What does 'bit depth' affect in scanned document images?
- The number of tonal values available to represent the image (Correct answer)
- The physical size of the original document
- The scanning speed of the device
- The compression algorithm selected
Correct answer: The number of tonal values available to represent the image
Bit depth determines how many gray or color levels can be represented; higher bit depth captures more tonal detail but produces larger file sizes.
Question 6: During a QC audit of a document imaging project, which finding would most urgently require corrective action?
- 15% of pages have cropped margins cutting off document content (Correct answer)
- 2% of images have slight skew within acceptable tolerance
- 5% of pages have minor speckling in blank margins
- 3% of files use the correct but non-preferred compression level
Correct answer: 15% of pages have cropped margins cutting off document content
Cropped margins that cut off document content represent a loss of data integrity, which is a critical defect requiring immediate correction.
Question 7: Which process ensures that the physical count of documents before scanning matches the count of images produced after scanning?
- Document reconciliation (Correct answer)
- Batch normalization
- Image deduplication
- File format validation
Correct answer: Document reconciliation
Document reconciliation compares pre-scan document counts with post-scan image counts to detect missing or duplicated pages during the imaging process.
CDIA Quality Control 3
Which standard provides guidance on document image quality metrics including resolution, compression, and file format for archival imaging?