Praxis 5311 Library Media Specialist Questions with
Correct answers
E. mark materials with an ownership stamp - ✔✔Even when books and other material are
received "shelf ready," a library staff member must still
A. order printed cards
B. attach book cards and a pocket or bar codes
C. classify the materials and assign subject headings
D. provide descriptive cataloging
E. mark materials with an ownership stamp
B. outstanding writing of a children's book - ✔✔The Newbery Medal is given annually in
recognition of
A. a successful children's picture book
B. outstanding writing of a children's book
C. the year's best biographical work
D. the year's most popular children's book
E. the year's best book by a minority writer
D. degree to which educational objectives are achieved - ✔✔Regular and systematic evaluation
of the school library media program should focus primarily on the
A. number and types of resources in the collection
B. number and types of services offered
C. student circulation statistics
D. degree to which educational objectives are achieved
E. amount of cooperative instructional planning time
D. a simple, direct style and few distracting details - ✔✔One characteristic that makes folktales
"tellable tales" is
A. well-developed, intricate characterization
B. themes that consistently relate to the current values of society
C. a plot that includes many subplots
D. a simple, direct style and few distracting details
E. a setting that refers to a specific time and place
D. To ensure that library media skills and information skills are guided by the curriculum and are
relevant to each student's learning experiences - ✔✔Which of the following is the most critical
reason for changing a library program from a fixed, isolated skills approach to a flexible,
integrated information-processing approach?
,A. To increase the amount of time available to the library media specialist for management tasks
B. To dissociate library skills time from teacher preparation time
C. To allow the library media specialist time to work more closely with individual students and
teachers and with small groups of students
D. To ensure that library media skills and information skills are guided by the curriculum and are
relevant to each student's learning experiences
E. To increase access to materials for both students and staff
C. principal - ✔✔In a site-based school management program, the key individual for planning a
new library facility is the
A. architect
B. business administrator
C. principal
D. librarian
E. school superintendent
D. allowing for flexibility of use - ✔✔The most important consideration in constructing and
remodeling a school media center is
A. designing a seating plan
B. controlling the sound level in the center
C. providing for optimal lighting
D. allowing for flexibility of use
E. planning for a security system
A. Adopting a district material selection policy - ✔✔Which of the following activities is most
likely to require school board approval?
A. Adopting a district material selection policy
B. Ordering from a particular vendor
C. Weeding the collection
D. Reorganizing the collection
E. Creating a promotional multimedia display
D. Newly published books - ✔✔Ordinarily, for which of the following would the largest portion
of an elementary school library's book budget be spent?
A. Reference books
B. Replacements for worn-out books
C. Paperback books
D. Newly published books
E. Duplicates of books in great demand
E. Support for specific educational goals and objectives - ✔✔Of the following, which is the most
important consideration for the development of the budget for a library media center?
,A. Changes in technology
B. Changes in school population
C. Increased cost of materials
D. Replacement of obsolete equipment
E. Support for specific educational goals and objectives
C. students have maximum access to materials at school, at home, and in the media center -
✔✔The most important purpose of circulation policies for a school library media center is to
ensure that
A. materials are returned in good condition and in a timely manner
B. teachers are allowed first priority in using all materials
C. students have maximum access to materials at school, at home, and in the media center
D. materials are carefully guarded against loss
E. reasonable fines are charged for overdue materials
A. Maintaining current and in-depth knowledge of the research and best practices in all aspects
of the field
C. Collaborating with teachers, administrators, and others to identify learning needs
E. Exploring and presenting to staff new methods and ideas for integrating information
technology into instruction - ✔✔Which of the following are effective ways for a library media
specialist to provide instruction in information literacy for students and staff?
Select all that apply.
A. Maintaining current and in-depth knowledge of the research and best practices in all aspects
of the field
B. Attending workshops, courses, and other programs on best practices in library management
C. Collaborating with teachers, administrators, and others to identify learning needs
D. Developing and providing a manual with effective staff development models
E. Exploring and presenting to staff new methods and ideas for integrating information
technology into instruction
B. Assisting a teacher in selecting a videotape to meet a specific objective - ✔✔For which of the
following activities does the library media specialist serve as an instructional partner?
A. Assisting a teacher in the scheduling of a videotape
B. Assisting a teacher in selecting a videotape to meet a specific objective
C. Preparing a purchase order for several videotapes that meet specific objectives
D. Entering a videotape record into the database of an automated circulation system
E. Showing a student how to use the videotape player to view a tape on a specific objective
B. ISBN
, C. Subject headings
D. Dewey decimal classification
E. Edition - ✔✔Question:
Using CIP, a technical services professional can access which of the following bibliographic data
about a resource?
Select all that apply.
A. Pagination
B. ISBN
C. Subject headings
D. Dewey decimal classification
E. Edition
A. Graphic organizer - ✔✔Which of the following is a visual representation of knowledge and is
used to illustrate relationships between ideas?
A. Graphic organizer
B. Outline
C. Note cards
D. Rubric
E. Checklist
D. Rubric - ✔✔Which of the following is a method of assessment that uses a scaled set of
criteria that describes successful performance, clearly defines a range of acceptable and
unacceptable performances, and is particularly useful to library media specialists when assessing
information skills?
A. Journaling
B. Checklist
C. Conferencing
D. Rubric
E. Portfolio
C. planning collaboratively with teachers to develop instructional units that will encourage small
groups to use the facility - ✔✔The library media specialist can usually best encourage small-
group use of a school media center by
A. organizing the school to use team teaching that emphasizes small‑group work
B. arranging with teachers for small groups to use the media center during certain hours when
full classes will be excluded from the center
C. planning collaboratively with teachers to develop instructional units that will encourage small
groups to use the facility
D. asking teachers to have their small groups return to the classroom after being helped to select
material, in order to make room for other groups
Correct answers
E. mark materials with an ownership stamp - ✔✔Even when books and other material are
received "shelf ready," a library staff member must still
A. order printed cards
B. attach book cards and a pocket or bar codes
C. classify the materials and assign subject headings
D. provide descriptive cataloging
E. mark materials with an ownership stamp
B. outstanding writing of a children's book - ✔✔The Newbery Medal is given annually in
recognition of
A. a successful children's picture book
B. outstanding writing of a children's book
C. the year's best biographical work
D. the year's most popular children's book
E. the year's best book by a minority writer
D. degree to which educational objectives are achieved - ✔✔Regular and systematic evaluation
of the school library media program should focus primarily on the
A. number and types of resources in the collection
B. number and types of services offered
C. student circulation statistics
D. degree to which educational objectives are achieved
E. amount of cooperative instructional planning time
D. a simple, direct style and few distracting details - ✔✔One characteristic that makes folktales
"tellable tales" is
A. well-developed, intricate characterization
B. themes that consistently relate to the current values of society
C. a plot that includes many subplots
D. a simple, direct style and few distracting details
E. a setting that refers to a specific time and place
D. To ensure that library media skills and information skills are guided by the curriculum and are
relevant to each student's learning experiences - ✔✔Which of the following is the most critical
reason for changing a library program from a fixed, isolated skills approach to a flexible,
integrated information-processing approach?
,A. To increase the amount of time available to the library media specialist for management tasks
B. To dissociate library skills time from teacher preparation time
C. To allow the library media specialist time to work more closely with individual students and
teachers and with small groups of students
D. To ensure that library media skills and information skills are guided by the curriculum and are
relevant to each student's learning experiences
E. To increase access to materials for both students and staff
C. principal - ✔✔In a site-based school management program, the key individual for planning a
new library facility is the
A. architect
B. business administrator
C. principal
D. librarian
E. school superintendent
D. allowing for flexibility of use - ✔✔The most important consideration in constructing and
remodeling a school media center is
A. designing a seating plan
B. controlling the sound level in the center
C. providing for optimal lighting
D. allowing for flexibility of use
E. planning for a security system
A. Adopting a district material selection policy - ✔✔Which of the following activities is most
likely to require school board approval?
A. Adopting a district material selection policy
B. Ordering from a particular vendor
C. Weeding the collection
D. Reorganizing the collection
E. Creating a promotional multimedia display
D. Newly published books - ✔✔Ordinarily, for which of the following would the largest portion
of an elementary school library's book budget be spent?
A. Reference books
B. Replacements for worn-out books
C. Paperback books
D. Newly published books
E. Duplicates of books in great demand
E. Support for specific educational goals and objectives - ✔✔Of the following, which is the most
important consideration for the development of the budget for a library media center?
,A. Changes in technology
B. Changes in school population
C. Increased cost of materials
D. Replacement of obsolete equipment
E. Support for specific educational goals and objectives
C. students have maximum access to materials at school, at home, and in the media center -
✔✔The most important purpose of circulation policies for a school library media center is to
ensure that
A. materials are returned in good condition and in a timely manner
B. teachers are allowed first priority in using all materials
C. students have maximum access to materials at school, at home, and in the media center
D. materials are carefully guarded against loss
E. reasonable fines are charged for overdue materials
A. Maintaining current and in-depth knowledge of the research and best practices in all aspects
of the field
C. Collaborating with teachers, administrators, and others to identify learning needs
E. Exploring and presenting to staff new methods and ideas for integrating information
technology into instruction - ✔✔Which of the following are effective ways for a library media
specialist to provide instruction in information literacy for students and staff?
Select all that apply.
A. Maintaining current and in-depth knowledge of the research and best practices in all aspects
of the field
B. Attending workshops, courses, and other programs on best practices in library management
C. Collaborating with teachers, administrators, and others to identify learning needs
D. Developing and providing a manual with effective staff development models
E. Exploring and presenting to staff new methods and ideas for integrating information
technology into instruction
B. Assisting a teacher in selecting a videotape to meet a specific objective - ✔✔For which of the
following activities does the library media specialist serve as an instructional partner?
A. Assisting a teacher in the scheduling of a videotape
B. Assisting a teacher in selecting a videotape to meet a specific objective
C. Preparing a purchase order for several videotapes that meet specific objectives
D. Entering a videotape record into the database of an automated circulation system
E. Showing a student how to use the videotape player to view a tape on a specific objective
B. ISBN
, C. Subject headings
D. Dewey decimal classification
E. Edition - ✔✔Question:
Using CIP, a technical services professional can access which of the following bibliographic data
about a resource?
Select all that apply.
A. Pagination
B. ISBN
C. Subject headings
D. Dewey decimal classification
E. Edition
A. Graphic organizer - ✔✔Which of the following is a visual representation of knowledge and is
used to illustrate relationships between ideas?
A. Graphic organizer
B. Outline
C. Note cards
D. Rubric
E. Checklist
D. Rubric - ✔✔Which of the following is a method of assessment that uses a scaled set of
criteria that describes successful performance, clearly defines a range of acceptable and
unacceptable performances, and is particularly useful to library media specialists when assessing
information skills?
A. Journaling
B. Checklist
C. Conferencing
D. Rubric
E. Portfolio
C. planning collaboratively with teachers to develop instructional units that will encourage small
groups to use the facility - ✔✔The library media specialist can usually best encourage small-
group use of a school media center by
A. organizing the school to use team teaching that emphasizes small‑group work
B. arranging with teachers for small groups to use the media center during certain hours when
full classes will be excluded from the center
C. planning collaboratively with teachers to develop instructional units that will encourage small
groups to use the facility
D. asking teachers to have their small groups return to the classroom after being helped to select
material, in order to make room for other groups
