Assignment 2: Exam (25 points). An open-book exam in Canvas will cover key concepts in archival practice. You will have one week to complete the exam.
LI809 Exam Started: Jul 18 at 9:37am Quiz Instructions You will have a week to complete the exam. The access code is sum17809. Other instructions:
Questions derive from the Millar textbook (the source for most of the questions; anything in the book is fair game), the required and recommended readings, and the PPTs. They are based on best practices, professional recommendations, and definitions. Choose the best answer – that's the best according to Millar or other authority source; there's no wiggle room for differences of opinion here, alas. You will be able to see and change your answers up until the deadline for submission; do not submit your answers until they are your “final” version.
Flag this Question Question 1 1 pts The legal authority and responsibilities of an institution are articulated in its:
mandate statement mission statement policy statement vision statement
Flag this Question Question 2 1 pts A historian donates her papers to a repository in several boxes. One box consists of photocopies of articles and book chapters she used to write a book. Should this material be included in the historian's fonds?
Yes, because removal of the photocopies would violate the principle of original order. Yes, because the photocopies may provide evidence of her research process. No, because the photocopies are an artificial "collection" rather than an "archive." No, because the photocopies are not original documents.
Flag this Question Question 3 1 pts The continuum model of archival management is most easily applied in which sort of archive?
community hybrid collecting institutional
Flag this Question Question 4 1 pts The type of film that is highly flammable and can produce acidic fumes is:
Acetate Nitrate Diazo Polyester
Flag this Question Question 5 1 pts According to most archival standards, even if a place name has been superseded or a subject term is potentially offensive, the archivist selecting access points should use the term employed at the time the records were created.
True False
Flag this Question Question 6 1 pts The date and time stamp on a Twitter message are forms of:
metadata digital objects chain of custody ephemera
Flag this Question Question 7 1 pts The physical and intellectual characteristics that define how a piece of evidence was created and maintained is called its:
identity context content structure
Flag this Question Question 8 1 pts A PH of 5 indicates that archival materials are:
neutral increasingly acidic increasingly alkaline
Flag this Question Question 9 1 pts A post-custodial vision of archival care that delinks the creating agency from the records is known as a(n):
functional approach objective approach conceptual approach prescriptive approach
Flag this Question Question 10 5 pts Match the theory to its creator/main proponent: Schellenberg_Dutch Manual_Jenkinson_Yakel_Greene
The archivist is a records organizer
The archivist plays an active role in appraisal as “records selector”
The archivist is a passive recipient of records
Archivists should rethink the way they process collections
Archivists can foster user expertise by promoting a fuller conceptual understanding of archives
Flag this Question Question 11 1 pts Which of the following is NOT a genre of descriptive tool?
Finding aid Accession register Deed of gift Index
Flag this Question Question 12 1 pts The equivalent standard in archives to Resource Description and Access (RDA) in libraries is:
ISAD(G) EAD EAC-CPF DACS
Flag this Question Question 13 1 pts The principle that archives from different creating agencies should not be intermingled is known as provenance.
True False
Flag this Question Question 14 1 pts Ideally, anything defined as evidence should be all of the following EXCEPT:
consistent static authentic unique
Flag this Question Question 15 1 pts A donor decides to donate all of his personal papers to an archive. He presents the archive with six boxes in 2002. He gives the same archive five additional boxes in 2010. The second donation is:
An accrual, but not a new accession A new accession and an accrual
Flag this Question Question 16 1 pts A body of archival materials with different sources or provenances, deliberately brought together and organized to facilitate management or use, is known as an example of:
multiple and serial provenance an artificial collection an "archival orphan" societal provenance
Flag this Question Question 17 1 pts An unpublished work created in 1916 is now in the public domain.
True False
Flag this Question Question 18 1 pts The appraisal concept that looks at the value of the information in the records, the cost of retention, and the implications of the appraisal recommendation is known as:
the Total Archives concept the Black Box concept the Minnesota Method Macro-appraisal
Flag this Question Question 19 1 pts The word “archives” can be used to refer to the repository holding materials, the materials themselves, or the institution caring for the materials.
True False
Flag this Question Question 20 1 pts George donates his papers to an archive. The papers include letters he received from Lisa. In most jurisdictions, can Lisa restrict visitors to the archives from reading her letters?
Yes, because Lisa's right to privacy would be violated. No, because she transferred ownership to Charles when she sent him the letters. Yes, because Lisa owns the intellectual property rights to the letters. No, because this would be an unreasonable restriction on access.
Flag this Question Question 21 1 pts One creating agency + one body of archives in custody = one fonds.
True False