CIA Controlled Vocabularies and Thesauri 2

Question 1

The ISO 25964 standard was developed to address which area of information management?

Accepted Answer

Thesauri construction and their interoperability with other vocabulary types

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Metadata element sets for digital repositories

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Ontology design principles for the Semantic Web

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Classification system governance for national libraries

Question 2

Pre-coordination in a controlled vocabulary system refers to:

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Combining multiple concepts into compound terms before indexing occurs

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Planning vocabulary governance structures before development begins

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Reviewing proposed terms with stakeholders prior to publication

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Coordinating across different vocabularies before integration into one system

Question 3

In a faceted classification system, each facet represents:

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An independent characteristic or dimension of the subject domain

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A synonym cluster for a primary concept in the hierarchy

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A level within the subject hierarchy of preferred terms

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A user-defined tag applied dynamically at retrieval time

Question 4

Post-coordination in indexing with controlled vocabularies means:

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Combining individual index terms at the point of retrieval to express complex subjects

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Assigning compound subject headings to documents at cataloging time

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Reviewing and updating index terms systematically after system launch

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Merging multiple vocabularies together to improve overall domain coverage

Question 5

Which of the following best describes polyhierarchy in a controlled vocabulary?

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A term that has more than one valid broader term within the hierarchy

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A vocabulary that covers multiple unrelated subject domains simultaneously

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A classification system that contains more than five hierarchical levels

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Multiple separate vocabularies that are mapped to a single master term list

Question 6

In thesaurus management, 'concept drift' refers to:

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A term gradually shifting in meaning over time within a subject domain

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Errors introduced when migrating a vocabulary to a new software system

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The tendency of users to ignore preferred terms and apply free-text tags

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Unintended removal of valid terms during a vocabulary pruning exercise

Question 7

When mapping between two controlled vocabularies, an 'exact match' relationship indicates:

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Terms from different vocabularies that represent the same concept with equivalent scope

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Terms that share the same broader term in their respective hierarchies

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Terms where one vocabulary's concept is broader in scope than the other's

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Terms that have identical character strings but different intended meanings