INFORMATION SCIENCE EXAM 1 WITH QUESTIONS AND
ANSWER
What Davis describes as information packages? - correct answer • can be prepackaged
by government agencies, and other organizations that produce formal products such as
books, archives, or databases
• These "packages" are also known as Information Systems that are created to achieve
some purpose
What is the purpose of Information Science? - correct answer to analyze, design, and
evaluate information systems in order to understand and improve on how they function
Data - correct answer facts that result from observations
Information - correct answer collections of facts provided with context
Knowledge - correct answer generated when people supply meaning to information
Wisdom - correct answer Results from shared insights and knowledge
3 definitions of knowledge - correct answer o Skill or expertise acquired in a particular
subject through learning
O That which is known
O Being aware or cognizant of a fact or state of affairs
Information-3 perspectives - correct answer o Objective - information is the pattern of
organization of matter and energy
O Subjective - information is a difference that makes a difference
O Socio-objective - information is a individual cognitive or subjective understanding that
is conditioned by society and culture
Shannon-Weaver model of communication - correct answer • Research focused on the
base of the pyramid (data): how to send, receive, and manipulate bits of data
• Information source transmits a message to the transmitter which then sends a signal
to the noise source which is received by the receiver which then sends that message to
the destination
Noise - correct answer all the factors which affect the communication process
Shannon-Weaver identified three aspects of information - correct answer o Technical
aspects, concerned with problems of transmission
O Semantic aspects, related to the meaning and truth of a message
O Influential aspects, concerned with how a message affects human behavior
, Current definition of "document" - correct answer any concrete or symbolic indication,
preserves or recorded, for reconstructing or proving a phenomenon, whether physical or
mental
According to the Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science, what is the
definition of information science? - correct answer The systematic study and analysis of
the sources, development, collection, organization, dissemination, evaluation, use, and
management of information in all its forms, including channels (formal and informal) and
technologies used in its communication
Paperless society - correct answer One in which paper communication (written
documents, mail, letters, etc.) Is replaced by electronic communication and storage
• Concept originated in 1978
Who invented the concept of the paperless society - correct answer Fredrick Wilfrid
Lancaster
What are employers looking for - correct answer • 2.G.L.C.
What does 2GLC stand for - correct answer 2 internships, gpa, leadership,
communication
3 recommendations from Dr. Randeree - correct answer • Go to the career fair tables
that you don't care about first
• Do research on the companies you plan on approaching at the career fair
• Don't put a personal objective on your resume
What are information behaviors? What does this area of knowledge cover? - correct
answer the term that best describes the process of how an individual encounters and
makes sense of their information environment
O It includes avoiding information, actively seeking information, and serendipitous
encounters with information
Explain Bates' four models of information behavior research - correct answer •
Awareness - passive and undirected. All of we know and learn comes to us through
passive undirected behavior, or simply being aware
• Monitoring - opposite of browsing. Monitoring is directed and passive. Maintaining a
back-of-the-mind alertness for things that interest us, and for answers to questions that
we have
• Browsing - undirected and active. No special information need or interest, but actively
expose ourselves to possibly novel information
• Searching - Active and directed. Active attempts to answer questions or develop
understanding around a particular question or topic area
Case's eight lessons of information behavior research - correct answer o Formal
sources and rationalized searches reflect only one side of human information behavior
ANSWER
What Davis describes as information packages? - correct answer • can be prepackaged
by government agencies, and other organizations that produce formal products such as
books, archives, or databases
• These "packages" are also known as Information Systems that are created to achieve
some purpose
What is the purpose of Information Science? - correct answer to analyze, design, and
evaluate information systems in order to understand and improve on how they function
Data - correct answer facts that result from observations
Information - correct answer collections of facts provided with context
Knowledge - correct answer generated when people supply meaning to information
Wisdom - correct answer Results from shared insights and knowledge
3 definitions of knowledge - correct answer o Skill or expertise acquired in a particular
subject through learning
O That which is known
O Being aware or cognizant of a fact or state of affairs
Information-3 perspectives - correct answer o Objective - information is the pattern of
organization of matter and energy
O Subjective - information is a difference that makes a difference
O Socio-objective - information is a individual cognitive or subjective understanding that
is conditioned by society and culture
Shannon-Weaver model of communication - correct answer • Research focused on the
base of the pyramid (data): how to send, receive, and manipulate bits of data
• Information source transmits a message to the transmitter which then sends a signal
to the noise source which is received by the receiver which then sends that message to
the destination
Noise - correct answer all the factors which affect the communication process
Shannon-Weaver identified three aspects of information - correct answer o Technical
aspects, concerned with problems of transmission
O Semantic aspects, related to the meaning and truth of a message
O Influential aspects, concerned with how a message affects human behavior
, Current definition of "document" - correct answer any concrete or symbolic indication,
preserves or recorded, for reconstructing or proving a phenomenon, whether physical or
mental
According to the Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science, what is the
definition of information science? - correct answer The systematic study and analysis of
the sources, development, collection, organization, dissemination, evaluation, use, and
management of information in all its forms, including channels (formal and informal) and
technologies used in its communication
Paperless society - correct answer One in which paper communication (written
documents, mail, letters, etc.) Is replaced by electronic communication and storage
• Concept originated in 1978
Who invented the concept of the paperless society - correct answer Fredrick Wilfrid
Lancaster
What are employers looking for - correct answer • 2.G.L.C.
What does 2GLC stand for - correct answer 2 internships, gpa, leadership,
communication
3 recommendations from Dr. Randeree - correct answer • Go to the career fair tables
that you don't care about first
• Do research on the companies you plan on approaching at the career fair
• Don't put a personal objective on your resume
What are information behaviors? What does this area of knowledge cover? - correct
answer the term that best describes the process of how an individual encounters and
makes sense of their information environment
O It includes avoiding information, actively seeking information, and serendipitous
encounters with information
Explain Bates' four models of information behavior research - correct answer •
Awareness - passive and undirected. All of we know and learn comes to us through
passive undirected behavior, or simply being aware
• Monitoring - opposite of browsing. Monitoring is directed and passive. Maintaining a
back-of-the-mind alertness for things that interest us, and for answers to questions that
we have
• Browsing - undirected and active. No special information need or interest, but actively
expose ourselves to possibly novel information
• Searching - Active and directed. Active attempts to answer questions or develop
understanding around a particular question or topic area
Case's eight lessons of information behavior research - correct answer o Formal
sources and rationalized searches reflect only one side of human information behavior
