Dit 111 Bud 006 Information Literacy Question Paper
Dit 111 Bud 006 Information Literacy
Course:Diploma In Business Management
Institution: Kca University question papers
Exam Year:2014
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2013/2014
STAGE I ORDINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE
CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT &
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DIT 111 BUD 006 INFORMATION LITERACY
DATE: APRIL 2014
TIME: 45 MINUTES
INSTRUCTION: Answer any THREE questions
QUESTION ONE: (10 MARKS)
(a) Define bibliography
(2 Marks)
(b) Using the APA referencing style, prepare the references for the items below:
1. The Drucker lectures: Essential lessons on management, society, and economy, By Peter F.
Drucker, 2010, (Published in New York by McGraw Hill)
2. Understanding the process of agriculture and land reforms in India, By Naresh S. Butt.
[Journal of social and economic policy] Vol. 4 No. 1 (June 2007) Pages 49- 58.
(8 Marks)
QUESTION TWO: (10 MARKS)
a) An Information task is any job that requires the use of information. In carrying out an
information task, one moves progressively through three main stages. Briefly discuss the
third (final) stage, clearly demonstrating all the steps involved at this stage.
(10 Marks)
QUESTION THREE: (10 MARKS)
(a) What is a periodical? Give two examples.
(b) Write short notes on the following:
(2 Marks)
i. Magazine.
ii. Subject dictionary
iii. OPAC
iv. Almanac
(8 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR: (10 MARKS)
Mathew was planning on how to start his final year project when he came across a project that
was done by his cousin studying at the neighboring University. He picked the project and
submitted it as new under his name.
i. Explain what type of plagiarism Mathew committed. (2 Marks)
ii. Educate Mathew on four ways to avoid plagiarism. (8 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE: (10 MARKS)
Using appropriate illustrations, describe how truncation and Boolean logic are used as search
strategies.
(10 Marks)
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