Dewey Decimal Quiz

Question 1

What do we find beneath the Dewey Decimal number on the call number?

Accepted Answer

The first three letters of the author's last name

Question 2

Where could I get a book to learn how to do magic tricks?

Accepted Answer

700

Question 3

Put these Dewey Decimal numbers in order: 850.331, 850.002, 850.1, 820.222

Accepted Answer

820.222, 850.002, 850.1, 850.331

Question 4

In what section would a book about football be?

Accepted Answer

700s

Question 5

You have to find out when dinosaurs lived. Where can you find a book on this?

Accepted Answer

567

Question 6

When looking for a book in the nonfiction section, what does the number represent?

Accepted Answer

Subject

Question 7

Put these fiction books in order:

Accepted Answer

AND, BAR, DAL, THO

Question 8

How many digits does a Dewey Decimal number have after the decimal point?

Accepted Answer

As many as it needs.

Question 9

How many digits does a Dewey Decimal number have in front of the decimal point?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 10

In the 400 class of the Dewey Decimal System you would find a book about

Accepted Answer

Russian

Question 11

Informational books in a library are arranged by what system?

Accepted Answer

Dewey Decimal System

Question 12

The Dewey Decimal System groups nonfiction books first by

Accepted Answer

Subject

Question 13

How many big groups or sections are in the Dewey Decimal System?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 14

The Dewey Decimal number is used in the library to ...

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 15

Why was the Dewey Decimal system created?

Accepted Answer

So all libraries could be organized the same way, So books could be organized by subject

Question 16

Who invented the Dewey Decimal system?

Accepted Answer

Melvil Dewey

Question 17

Put these Dewey Decimal numbers in order:

Accepted Answer

321.21DER, 321.22FEE, 321.22FER, 321.22FLA

Question 18

What section of the library would you find a book about a country, for example, France?

Accepted Answer

900s

Question 19

How are the fiction books organised in the library?

Accepted Answer

In alphabetical order of the author's surname

Question 20

What section of the library uses the Dewey Decimal System?

Accepted Answer

Nonfiction

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