Digital curation MCQs

1. : What is digital curation?
(A) The management and preservation of digital data over time
(B) Editing online articles
(C) Designing digital art
(D) Uploading files to the internet

2. : The main goal of digital curation is to:
(A) Ensure long-term accessibility and usability of digital assets
(B) Increase website traffic
(C) Archive printed materials
(D) Create databases only

3. : The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is based in:
(A) United Kingdom
(B) United States
(C) Canada
(D) Australia

4. : Which of the following best describes the digital curation lifecycle?
(A) A model for managing data from creation to reuse
(B) A publishing schedule
(C) A cataloging system
(D) A computer maintenance plan

5. : Data management planning (DMP) involves:
(A) Creating strategies for managing data during and after research
(B) Selling data
(C) Uploading files to social media
(D) Destroying obsolete data

6. : The first stage in the digital curation lifecycle is:
(A) Conceptualize
(B) Access
(C) Store
(D) Dispose

7. : Preservation planning in digital curation ensures:
(A) Data remains accessible despite technological changes
(B) Immediate data deletion
(C) Manual record keeping
(D) Software updates only

8. : The OAIS reference model stands for:
(A) Open Archival Information System
(B) Online Access Information Service
(C) Organized Archival Indexing System
(D) Open Automated Internet Service

9. : The OAIS model provides:
(A) A framework for long-term digital preservation
(B) A software program
(C) A data encryption tool
(D) A backup schedule

10. : Metadata in digital curation is used to:
(A) Describe, manage, and preserve digital resources
(B) Replace the original data
(C) Delete duplicate files
(D) Store passwords

11. : Which of the following is a metadata standard relevant to digital curation?
(A) Dublin Core
(B) MARC 21
(C) AACR2
(D) LCSH

12. : Bit-level preservation focuses on:
(A) Maintaining the integrity of digital files’ binary data
(B) Describing metadata
(C) Reformatting printed materials
(D) Organizing file names

13. : Digital preservation differs from curation in that it:
(A) Focuses mainly on maintaining access to data
(B) Includes social media management
(C) Refers only to digitization
(D) Concerns printed archives

14. : Active curation refers to:
(A) Continuous management and updating of digital data
(B) Data deletion after use
(C) Offline storage only
(D) Creating print backups

15. : Data reuse is encouraged through:
(A) Proper documentation and metadata creation
(B) Restricting access
(C) Erasing identifiers
(D) Locking files permanently

16. : Fixity checking ensures:
(A) Data integrity by verifying that files have not changed
(B) File deletion
(C) Data encryption
(D) Manual backups

17. : Digital repositories serve to:
(A) Store, preserve, and provide access to digital materials
(B) Print old manuscripts
(C) Manage financial data only
(D) Archive physical documents

18. : An example of a trusted digital repository is:
(A) CLOCKSS
(B) Facebook
(C) Dropbox
(D) Wikipedia

19. : Migration in digital preservation means:
(A) Moving data to new formats or systems to maintain accessibility
(B) Deleting old data
(C) Backing up printed copies
(D) Compressing files permanently

20. : Emulation as a preservation strategy involves:
(A) Recreating the original software or environment to access old data
(B) Copying files
(C) Converting to PDF format
(D) Printing documents

21. : The CURATE model is used to:
(A) Support data curation workflows
(B) Manage book lending
(C) Train library staff
(D) Track user logins

22. : Interoperability in digital curation refers to:
(A) The ability of systems and metadata to work across platforms
(B) The process of deleting duplicates
(C) Hardware maintenance
(D) Password sharing

23. : Data curation policies are designed to:
(A) Define how data will be managed, shared, and preserved
(B) Restrict data access permanently
(C) Delete old records
(D) Handle user passwords

24. : A data steward is responsible for:
(A) Overseeing and maintaining research data quality and access
(B) Cleaning computer hardware
(C) Managing library circulation
(D) Collecting user fees

25. : Long-term digital preservation must address:
(A) Technological obsolescence
(B) User interface design
(C) Staff training
(D) Internet speed

26. : Data citation supports:
(A) Reuse and verification of datasets in scholarly communication
(B) File deletion
(C) Software upgrades
(D) Image editing

27. : Trusted digital repository certification ensures:
(A) Repository meets standards for reliability and sustainability
(B) Repository is large in size
(C) Repository is user-friendly
(D) Repository is government-owned

28. : LOCKSS stands for:
(A) Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
(B) Local Office Copy Storage System
(C) Library Online Catalog Sharing System
(D) Linked Open Content Storage System

29. : The main challenge of digital curation is:
(A) Rapid technological change and data format obsolescence
(B) Overstaffing
(C) Printing costs
(D) Lack of physical space

30. : The ultimate aim of digital curation is to:
(A) Ensure digital resources remain accessible, authentic, and usable over time
(B) Replace libraries
(C) Increase data size
(D) Reduce digital storage