Information retrieval systems have much in common with

A. Filing systems
B. Transaction systems
C. Database systems
D. Management systems
ANSWER: C

Boolean retrieval model does not provide provision for

A. Ranked search
B. Proximity search
C. Phrase search
D. Both proximity and ranked search
ANSWER: D

A large repository of documents in IR is called as

A. Corpus
B. Database
C. Dictionary
D. Collection
ANSWER: A

Variable size postings lists is used when

A. More seek time is desired and the corpus is dynamic
B. Less seek time is desired and the corpus is dynamic
C. Less seek time is desired and the corpus is static
D. More seek time is desired and the corpus is dynamic
ANSWER: D

Postings list should be sorted by

A. Document Frequency
B. DocID
C. TermID
D. Term frequency
ANSWER: B

The goal of IR is to
A. find documents relevant to an information need
B. find documents relevant to an information need from a given document set
C. find documents relevant to an information need from a large document set
D. find documents relevant to an information need from a small document set
ANSWER:

Best implementation approach for dynamic indexing is

A. Periodic re indexing
B. Using Invalidation bit vector for deleted docs
C. None
D. Using logarithmic merge
ANSWER: D

Structured data allows for

A. Does not depend on data complexity
B. Less complex queries
C. No relationship
D. More complex queries
ANSWER: D

Term document incidence matrix is

A. Sparse
B. Depends upon the data
C. Dense
D. Cannot predict
ANSWER: A

Unstructured data tends to refer to information on the web and is processed using
A. Both
B. Database systems
C. IR systems
D. None
ANSWER:

Document frequency of a term is the

A. Number of documents that contain the term
B. None of the above
C. Number of times the term appears in the document
D. Number of times the term appears in the collection
ANSWER: A

Boolean queries often result in

A. Too many or too few results
B. None of the above
C. Too few results
D. Too many results
ANSWER: A

Ranked retrieval models take as input

A. None of the above
B. Boolean queries
C. Logical queries
D. Free text queries
ANSWER: D

What is contiguity hypothesis in vector space classification

A. Documents from different classes dont overlap
B. Documents in the same class form a contiguous region of space
C. All of the above.
D. Intra cluster similarity is higher than inter-cluster similarity
ANSWER: D

Information is
a. Data
b. Processed Data
c. Manipulated input
d. Computer output
ANSWER: B

Data by itself is not useful unless

a. It is massive
b. It is processed to obtain information
c. It is collected from diverse sources
d. It is properly stated
ANSWER: B

For taking decisions data must be

A. Very accurate
B. Massive
C. Processed correctly
D. Collected from diverse sources
ANSWER: C

Strategic information is needed for

A. Day to day operations
B. Meet government requirements
C. Long range planning
D. Short range planning
ANSWER: C

Strategic information is required by

A. Middle managers
B. Line managers
C. Top managers
D. All workers
ANSWER: C

Tactical information is needed for

A. Day to day operations
B. Meet government requirements
C. Long range planning
D. Short range planning
ANSWER: D

Operational information is needed for

A. Day to day operations
B. Meet government requirements
C. Long range planning
D. Short range planning
ANSWER: A

Operational information is required by

A. Middle managers
B. Line managers
C. Top managers
D. All workers
ANSWER: B

Statutory information is needed for

A. Day to day operations
B. Meet government requirements
C. Long range planning
D. Short range planning
ANSWER: B

24.Organizations have hierarchical structures because

A. it is convenient to do so
B. it is done by every organization
C. specific responsibilities can be assigned for each level
D. it provides opportunities for promotions
ANSWER: C

Querying of unstructured textual data is referred to as

A. Information access
B. Information updation
C. Information manipulation
D. Information retrieval
ANSWER: D

Patterns that can be discovered from a given database can be of

A. One type only
B. No specific type
C. More than one type
D. Multiple type always
ANSWER: C

Analysis tools precompute summaries of very large amounts of data in order to give
A. Queries response
B. Data access
C. Authorization
D. Consistency
ANSWER: A

The Search tool CANNOT be used on which major Access object

A. Forms
B. Queries
C. Reports
D. Tables
ANSWER: C

The ______ is a wild card that represents one or more characters

A. question mark
B. asterisk
C. exclamation mark
D. dollar sign
ANSWER: B

Which is not an option for Filter on a text field

A. Begins With
B. Between
C. Contains
D. End With
ANSWER: B

The Search tool is best used when searching for which kind of data.
A. simple
B. multiple
C. unique
D. formatted
ANSWER: A

What is the keyboard shortcut to move to the last records in a table

A. Tab
B. Shift PLUS Tab
C. Ctrl PLUS Home
D. Ctrl PLUS End
ANSWER: D

Which major database object stores all data

A. Field
B. Query
C. Record
D. Table
ANSWER: D

Which of the following CANNOT be done to data using a Form

A. Store
B. Sort
C. Edit
D. Print
ANSWER: A

Search engines use a of n __________ to automatically index sites

A. crawler
B. query
C. enterprise
D. sitebuilder
ANSWER: A

__________ is used to build intuitive queries

A. SQL
B. Xbase
C. QBE
D. XML
ANSWER: C

It is an association established between common

A. Line
B. Relationship
C. Primary key
D. Records
ANSWER: B
Both conditions display on the same row in the design grid when ___ operator is in use
A. Or
B. In
C. And
D. Like
ANSWER: C

A search value can be an exact value or it can be

A. Logical operator
B. Relationship
C. Wild card character
D. Comparison operation
ANSWER: C

Which of the following statement is true

A. Reports can be used to retrieve data from tables and calculate
B. Queries can be printed in well formatted manner and presented as the information
C. Queries can include calculated fields that do not exist in table
D. Reports and forms are similar but forms are use to print but reports to display on screen only
ANSWER: C