[1]
TEXES 150 SCHOOL LIBRARIAN TEST TERMS 2025 NEWEST
UPDATE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
COPPA - -answer--Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
--Of 1998, enacted 2000, applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or
entities under U.S. jurisdiction from children under 13 years of age. It details what a website
operator must include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a
parent or guardian, and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and
safety online including restrictions on the marketing to those under 13.
What is the focus of Reader Response Theory? - -answer--How readers experience texts. It
emphasizes the reading experience itself, and values reading for enjoyment. It does not place
emphasis on the author's intentions or the usefulness of the text.
MARC Tag 010 - -answer--LCCN: Library of Congress Control Number
MARC Tag 020 - -answer--ISBN: International Standard Book Number
AACR2 - -answer--Anglo American Cataloging Rules 2nd Edition
--Descriptive cataloging rules. It won't contain information until you input info into MARC fields
described by the rules of AACR2
AASL - -answer--American Association of School Libraries
--Professional association for school librarians
ADA - -answer--Americans with Disabilities Act
, [2]
--Federal standards for access by the disabled.
--Professional association for librarians.
ALSC - -answer--Association for Library Service to children
--ALA subdivision giving the following awards: Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Pura Belpre
Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, Robert Sibert Medal.
CAI - -answer--Computer Assisted Instruction
--A program of instructional material presented by means of a computer or computer systems.
CIP - -answer--Cataloging in Publication
--A pre-publication cataloging program in which participating publishers complete a
standardized data sheet and submit it with the front matter or entire text of a new book (usually
still in galleys) to the Library of Congress for use in assigning an LCCN and preparing a
bibliographic record, which is sent back to the publisher within 10 days to be printed on the
verso of the title page.
DDC - -answer--Dewey Decimal Classification
--Classification of library materials for shelf access.
CIPA - -answer--Children's Internet Protection Act --1999 congressional act designed to protect
children from online pornography and contact with sexual predators.
AECT - -answer--Association for Educational Communications and Technology
--Professional association of educators and others whose activities are directed toward
improving instruction through technology.
, [3]
ALA - -answer--American Library Association
CPU - -answer--Central Processing Unit
--The hardware component of a computer that houses the circuitry for storing and processing
data according to instructions contained in the programs installed on it, including the operating
system, utilities to run peripheral devices, and application software. Generally speaking, the
more memory and disk storage a CPU has, the more processing it can handle within a given
amount of time, and the faster it can accomplish a task.
CREW - -answer--Continuous Review, Evaluation and Weeding
--Standard for weeding a collection.
GUI - -answer--Graphical User Interface
--A type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices using images.
IEP - -answer--Individual Education Plan --Acquisition of learning and information skills of special
needs students.
IASL - -answer--International Association of School Librarianship
--Professional association for school librarians across the world.
ISBN - -answer--International Standard Book Number
--A unique numeric commercial book identifier.
IFLA - -answer--International Federation of Library Associations
--Professional association for representatives of library associations.
, [4]
LAN - -answer--Local Area Network
--a group of computers, connected by cables, set up in a single location such as a school or
office which allows the sharing of resources
NBPTS - -answer--National Board for Professional Teaching Standards --Established in 1987 to
elevate national teaching standards to meet higher academic goals.
OCLC - -answer--Online Computer Library Center --A nonprofit, membership, computer library
service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the
world's information.
LCCN - -answer--Library of Congress Control Number
--A serially based system of numbering cataloging records in the Library of Congress.
MARC - -answer--MAchine Readable Cataloguing
--A standard for the storage and exchange of bibliographic records and related information in
machine-readable form.
NCLB - -answer--No Child Left Behind act
--2002 act for standards based education reform.
OPAC - -answer--Online Public Access Catalog Computerized catalog that can be used to search
for resources.
RAM - -answer--Random Access Memory --A group of high-speed memory chips that perform
most of the processing in a computer, allowing users to access bytes of data in any order, rather
than sequentially. At startup, the operating system and any application programs are routinely
loaded from the hard disk into RAM to allow processing to begin.
TEXES 150 SCHOOL LIBRARIAN TEST TERMS 2025 NEWEST
UPDATE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
COPPA - -answer--Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
--Of 1998, enacted 2000, applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or
entities under U.S. jurisdiction from children under 13 years of age. It details what a website
operator must include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a
parent or guardian, and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and
safety online including restrictions on the marketing to those under 13.
What is the focus of Reader Response Theory? - -answer--How readers experience texts. It
emphasizes the reading experience itself, and values reading for enjoyment. It does not place
emphasis on the author's intentions or the usefulness of the text.
MARC Tag 010 - -answer--LCCN: Library of Congress Control Number
MARC Tag 020 - -answer--ISBN: International Standard Book Number
AACR2 - -answer--Anglo American Cataloging Rules 2nd Edition
--Descriptive cataloging rules. It won't contain information until you input info into MARC fields
described by the rules of AACR2
AASL - -answer--American Association of School Libraries
--Professional association for school librarians
ADA - -answer--Americans with Disabilities Act
, [2]
--Federal standards for access by the disabled.
--Professional association for librarians.
ALSC - -answer--Association for Library Service to children
--ALA subdivision giving the following awards: Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Pura Belpre
Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, Robert Sibert Medal.
CAI - -answer--Computer Assisted Instruction
--A program of instructional material presented by means of a computer or computer systems.
CIP - -answer--Cataloging in Publication
--A pre-publication cataloging program in which participating publishers complete a
standardized data sheet and submit it with the front matter or entire text of a new book (usually
still in galleys) to the Library of Congress for use in assigning an LCCN and preparing a
bibliographic record, which is sent back to the publisher within 10 days to be printed on the
verso of the title page.
DDC - -answer--Dewey Decimal Classification
--Classification of library materials for shelf access.
CIPA - -answer--Children's Internet Protection Act --1999 congressional act designed to protect
children from online pornography and contact with sexual predators.
AECT - -answer--Association for Educational Communications and Technology
--Professional association of educators and others whose activities are directed toward
improving instruction through technology.
, [3]
ALA - -answer--American Library Association
CPU - -answer--Central Processing Unit
--The hardware component of a computer that houses the circuitry for storing and processing
data according to instructions contained in the programs installed on it, including the operating
system, utilities to run peripheral devices, and application software. Generally speaking, the
more memory and disk storage a CPU has, the more processing it can handle within a given
amount of time, and the faster it can accomplish a task.
CREW - -answer--Continuous Review, Evaluation and Weeding
--Standard for weeding a collection.
GUI - -answer--Graphical User Interface
--A type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices using images.
IEP - -answer--Individual Education Plan --Acquisition of learning and information skills of special
needs students.
IASL - -answer--International Association of School Librarianship
--Professional association for school librarians across the world.
ISBN - -answer--International Standard Book Number
--A unique numeric commercial book identifier.
IFLA - -answer--International Federation of Library Associations
--Professional association for representatives of library associations.
, [4]
LAN - -answer--Local Area Network
--a group of computers, connected by cables, set up in a single location such as a school or
office which allows the sharing of resources
NBPTS - -answer--National Board for Professional Teaching Standards --Established in 1987 to
elevate national teaching standards to meet higher academic goals.
OCLC - -answer--Online Computer Library Center --A nonprofit, membership, computer library
service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the
world's information.
LCCN - -answer--Library of Congress Control Number
--A serially based system of numbering cataloging records in the Library of Congress.
MARC - -answer--MAchine Readable Cataloguing
--A standard for the storage and exchange of bibliographic records and related information in
machine-readable form.
NCLB - -answer--No Child Left Behind act
--2002 act for standards based education reform.
OPAC - -answer--Online Public Access Catalog Computerized catalog that can be used to search
for resources.
RAM - -answer--Random Access Memory --A group of high-speed memory chips that perform
most of the processing in a computer, allowing users to access bytes of data in any order, rather
than sequentially. At startup, the operating system and any application programs are routinely
loaded from the hard disk into RAM to allow processing to begin.
