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INS1501 EXAM PACK2024
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INS1501 Introduction to Information Science
PAST EXAM/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
May/June 2018 Exam
1. Which option requires the most complex cognitive process in the knowledge spectrum?
- Understanding Information.
2. What does information-as-knowledge represent?
- the message contained in a physical form
3. Which statement is true about information-as-thing?
- It is the data or documents used to transmit information
4. What is the deÞnition of information as a resource?
- information that is seen as something useful
5. What does information as a commodity mean?
- Information that is not consumed of used up
6. To establish eûective information and retrieval systems, information professionals and
practitioners need toÉ
- Know how users think, and search for and use information
7. What is a feature of operational knowledge?
- Knowing where and how to obtain the required information
8. What is a conventional meaning
- What is generally understood about a word
9. What is a subjective meaning
- associating a word with a speciÞc life experience
10. Neologisms refer toÉ
- a new word created to have a particular meaning
11. Communication isÉ
- the act of transferring knowledge, attitudes and skills
12. Which option represents communication?
- source - channel - recipient
13. What is the most important aspect of culture?
- Shared knowledge and values
14. False information, which is deliberately distributed, is also know asÉ
- disinformation
15. Which dimension relates to a change in someonesÕs view of the world?
- meaning dimension
16. What do we call a process whereby individuals or groups make a choice between
alternatives?
- decision-making
17. What does a social group use to represent an object, idea or process?
- symbol
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18. What is the main characteristic of a symbol?
- it is the property of a group and not of an individual
19. What is the deÞnition of the term ÔmeaningÕ?
- sense in which a message is understood or intended to be understood
20. What is considered the oldest discipline having to do with the control of information?
- Bibliography
21. Trends and events in information science seem to show that it focuses on.
- providing intellectual access to information records
22. Which topic, according to criteria of the institute of Information scientists, forms part of the
core area of information science?
- theory practice of acquiring, assessing, organising, storing, retrieving and disseminating
information
23. A core function of information practitioners includesÉ
- retrieval of information
24. What is a branch of study, instruction or learning called?
- Discipline
25. What is a key function of an information system?
- utilise and manage organisational information as a resource
October/November 2018 Exam
1. What is the most distinctive characteristics of information science as a discipline?
- the focus on information technology
2. Information science considers communication of mainly recorded information between
- human information generators and human users
3. Which topic according to the institute of information scientists, forms part of the core area of
information science?
- theory and practice of acquiring, assessing, organising, storing, retrieving and
disseminating information.
4. What does communication science and information science have in common?
- The communication phenomenon
5. Which discipline investigates the structure of all possible sign systems and their role in socio-
cultural behaviour?
- semiotics
6. Which discipline provides an understanding of the way people ask questions about the state if
the world?
- philosophy
7. What does the social science, as part of the universe of knowledge, study?
- the inßuence of human beings on other human beings, that is behaviour
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8. What is a conventional meaning?
- What is generally understood about a word
9. Which statement best describes the term ÔcommunicationÕ
- a dynamic, interactive, two-way process
10. Which option describes ÔperceptsÕ
- internal or external stimuli
11. Which statement best describes information-as-process?
- Information that is communicated or transferred
12. False information, which is deliberately distributed, is also known as
- disinformation
13. Which dimension relies to a chance in someones view of the world?
- meaning dimension
14. Which element of the information life cycle involves bookselling, lending, copying and leasing
- distribution
15. Which element of the information cycle involves locating, searching and referral?
- retrieval
16. What does a social group use to represent an object, idea or process?
- symbol
17. Which option describes textual literacy?
- the ability to perform adequately in a given situation
18. What is an Òinformation infrastructureÕ?
- physical facilities and institutions that facilitate manufacture, distribute of ßow and use of
information.
19. Which of the following is part of the data industry?
- abstracting and indexing services
20. Which statement best describes knowledge?
- it requires an organised and coherent framework
21. What is a general plan of action to achieve stated objectives or aims?
- a policy
22. Which statement best describes information-as-thing
- information is the data or documents used for transmission
23. Which type of information is the basis of scientiÞc knowledge?
- phenomenological information
24. Which statement about language is correct?
- meaning in language is socially agreed upon, and consists of sounds
25. What is a key function of an information system?
- to utilise and manage organisation information as a resource
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