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Course Code: CIT 841 Course Unit: 2
Course Title: ADVANCED INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
Time Allowed: 2 ½ Hours
Instruction: Answer Any Four Questions
1a. Distinguish between primary and secondary information. 4 marks
b. Explain what is meant by information life cycle. 5 marks
c. Briefly explain oorganisational bibliographical information. 8 ½ marks
2a Outline the general requirements for converting text, images and objects to digital form. 5 ½ marks
b. State three main advantages and three disadvantages of digital information. 6 marks
c. List four ways by which a digital library differs from traditional one 6 marks
3a. Explain what is meant by Post-Publishing representation. 4 marks
b.. What is the most appealing advantage of post-publication representation? 3 marks
c. State three disadvantages of Post-Publishing representation. 4 ½ marks
d. Explain two roles of metadata as information repositories. 6 marks
4a. Describe, in detail, what is meant by a user profile. 8 ½ marks
b. Explain three different ways to specify user profile. 9 marks
5a. Explain query formulation concept. 6 ½ marks
b. State three factors affecting query formulation. 5 marks
c. List four typical query expansion techniques. 6 marks
6a. Explain the Boolean Model of information retrieval. 6 marks
b. Outline four advantages of Boolean Model of information retrieval. 8 marks
c. Why do users find it difficult to construct effective Boolean queries? 3 ½ marks
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You can now use you matric number to login as your username and password in a lowercase.
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