Mrmt 625:Digital Records And Archives Preservation Question Paper
Mrmt 625:Digital Records And Archives Preservation
Course:Master Of Information Science
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2013
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 2''ND ''TRIMESTER 2013 (EVENING) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : COMPUTING & INFORMATICS
DEPARTMENT : INFORMATION SCIENCE
UNIT CODE : MRMT 625
UNIT TITLE : DIGITAL RECORDS AND ARCHIVES
PRESERVATION
TIME : 3 HOURS
SECTION A: ''''''answer all the questions (40 Marks)
Question One
Describe FOUR digital records management software you would use to manage digital records.
(20 marks)
Compare and contrast open source software and proprietary software for digital records management
(20 marks)
SECTION B: ''''''answer three questions 60 marks
Question Two
Discuss the following digital records preservation strategies (20 marks)
Simulation
Migration
Backward compatibility
Eucapsulation
Bitstream preservation
Question Three
Describe how you would enforce security of digital records in a networked organization (20 Marks)
Question Four
Describe with justification the formats you would use in preserving the following records existing in digital form (20 Marks)
Scanned documents for short term presentation
Audio record
Born-digitals
Emails
Video files
Document for archival value
Question Five
Email management has become an important component of digital
records/archives preservation
Discuss factors you would consider in developing an email management policy
(10 Marks)
Describe how you would capture email records into a digital records management system
(10 Marks)
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