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Information concept-Unit 2-v2
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1
What is the origin of the word "information"?
Latin "informare"
English "inform"
Greek "informare"
French "informer"
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What are the three levels of information preparation?
Basic, advanced, expert
Standard, professional, technical
First, second, third
Primary, secondary, tertiary
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Which of the following is NOT a type of information?
Psychological information
Scientific and technical information
Legal information
Economic information
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Which of the following is NOT an information source?
Fiction books
Grey literature
Databases
Catalogues
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What is primary information?
A summary of previously recorded information
Raw data from original documents like books and research papers
Information derived from secondary sources
Information that has been translated from another language
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Which of the following best describes a search engine?
A social media platform
A type of printed directory
A software that finds online resources
A system that categorizes books in a library
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What is the function of a learned society?
To conduct business transactions
To enable researchers to share and compare their studies
To sell books and magazines
To provide entertainment
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Which of these is an example of grey literature?
A government report not indexed in major databases
A news article from a major newspaper
A published book in a library
A peer-reviewed scientific journal
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Which of the following is an example of a bibliographic database?
Google Drive
WhatsApp
Scopus
Facebook
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What is the most powerful and widely used search engine today?
Bing
Google
Yahoo
Ask Jeeves
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Which statement about learned societies is true?
They are informal groups that discuss science
They primarily focus on social media discussions
They are organizations that bring researchers together to share findings
They only publish books and magazines
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What is the main purpose of information usage?
To store unnecessary data
To create confusion
To satisfy an information need
To delete outdated knowledge
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According to UNESCO, what is information?
A set of numbers and figures
A message sent between two people
A collection of random data
A piece of knowledge that can be represented, stored...
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Which source of information is NOT officially indexed?
Directories
Learned societies
Search engines
Grey literature
