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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.  
 
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Question 1 1 pts
The legal authority and responsibilities of an institution are articulated in its:

	mandate statement
	mission statement
	policy statement
	vision statement
 
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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.
 
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Question 3 1 pts
The continuum model of archival management is most easily applied in which sort of archive?

	community
	hybrid
	collecting
	institutional
 
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Question 4 1 pts
The type of film that is highly flammable and can produce acidic fumes is:

	Acetate
	Nitrate
	Diazo
	Polyester
 
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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According to most archival standards, even if a place name has been superseded or a subject term is potentially offensive, the archivist selecting access points should use the term employed at the time the records were created.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
 
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Question 6 1 pts
The date and time stamp on a Twitter message are forms of:

	metadata
	digital objects
	chain of custody
	ephemera
 
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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
 
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Question 8 1 pts
A PH of 5 indicates that archival materials are:

	neutral
	increasingly acidic
	increasingly alkaline
 
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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
 
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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

 
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Question 11 1 pts
Which of the following is NOT a genre of descriptive tool?

	Finding aid
	Accession register
	Deed of gift
	Index
 
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Question 12 1 pts
The equivalent standard in archives to Resource Description and Access (RDA) in libraries is:

	ISAD(G)
	EAD
	EAC-CPF
	DACS
 
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Question 13 1 pts
The principle that archives from different creating agencies should not be intermingled is known as provenance.

	True
	False
 
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Question 14 1 pts
Ideally, anything defined as evidence should be all of the following EXCEPT:

	consistent
	static
	authentic
	unique
 
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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
 
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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
 
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Question 17 1 pts
An unpublished work created in 1916 is now in the public domain. 

	True
	False
 
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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
 
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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
 
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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.
 
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Question 21 1 pts
One creating agency + one body of archives in custody = one fonds.

	True
	False