Library of Congress Classification (LCC) MCQs 30 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/30 Subscribe 1. What does LCC stand for in Library Science? (A) Library Central Classification (B) Literature Classification Code (C) Library Catalog Classification (D) Library of Congress Classification 2. The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) was developed by: (A) Melvil Dewey (B) Library of Congress (C) S. R. Ranganathan (D) Henry E. Bliss 3. The Library of Congress Classification was primarily developed for: (A) The Library of Congress in the United States (B) School libraries (C) Public libraries (D) Children's libraries 4. Which country developed the Library of Congress Classification? (A) United Kingdom (B) United States (C) India (D) Canada 5. The Library of Congress Classification is mainly used in: (A) Public libraries only (B) Digital libraries only (C) School libraries only (D) Academic and research libraries 6. The notation used in LCC is primarily: (A) Arabic numerals only (B) Roman numerals only (C) Greek letters only (D) Letters combined with numbers 7. The Library of Congress Classification is considered a: (A) Faceted classification system (B) Alphabetical indexing system (C) Chronological classification system (D) Enumerative classification system 8. How many main classes are there in the Library of Congress Classification? (A) 10 (B) 21 (C) 15 (D) 26 9. Which main class in LCC is represented by the letter A? (A) Agriculture (B) Fine Arts (C) General Works (D) Medicine 10. Which LCC class is represented by the letter B? (A) Biology (B) Business (C) Bibliography (D) Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion 11. Which LCC class is represented by the letter D? (A) Drama (B) World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc. (C) Dictionaries (D) Design 12. Which LCC class is represented by the letter G? (A) Geology (B) Geography, Anthropology, and Recreation (C) Government (D) Genetics 13. Which LCC class is assigned to Science? (A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) T 14. Which LCC class is assigned to Medicine? (A) Q (B) R (C) S (D) T 15. Which LCC class represents Technology? (A) S (B) V (C) U (D) T 16. Which LCC class represents Agriculture? (A) R (B) U (C) T (D) S 17. Which LCC class represents Language and Literature? (A) N (B) Q (C) P (D) Z 18. Which LCC class is assigned to Fine Arts? (A) M (B) Q (C) P (D) N 19. Which LCC class is assigned to Music? (A) M (B) L (C) N (D) P 20. Which LCC class is assigned to Bibliography, Library Science, and Information Resources? (A) X (B) Y (C) W (D) Z 21. One advantage of LCC is that it: (A) Can accommodate large and specialized collections (B) Uses only numbers (C) Is limited to public libraries (D) Has only ten subject classes 22. Which of the following is NOT a main class in LCC? (A) Q – Science (B) R – Medicine (C) X – Commerce (D) Z – Bibliography and Library Science 23. The call number in LCC usually begins with: (A) A punctuation mark (B) Roman numerals (C) One or more letters representing the subject (D) The author's full name 24. LCC is best suited for: (A) Small home libraries (B) Large academic and research collections (C) Newspaper archives only (D) Children's libraries only 25. The Library of Congress Classification was first developed in the: (A) 18th century (B) Late 19th and early 20th centuries (C) Mid-20th century (D) 21st century 26. Which statement about LCC is correct? (A) It is based on ten main classes. (B) It uses only Arabic numerals. (C) It is based on PMEST. (D) It uses letters and numbers to classify subjects. 27. The primary purpose of LCC is to: (A) Maintain circulation records (B) Record library membership (C) Manage library finances (D) Organize library materials by subject for easy retrieval 28. Which type of notation makes LCC highly expandable? (A) Roman numerals only (B) Decimal notation only (C) Alphabetic and numeric notation (D) Chronological notation 29. Which of the following libraries is most likely to use LCC? (A) A village public library (B) A university library (C) A primary school library (D) A classroom library 30. Which statement best describes the Library of Congress Classification? (A) It is a faceted classification system based on PMEST. (B) It is used only for digital resources. (C) It is based entirely on the Dewey Decimal Classification. (D) It is an enumerative classification system developed by the Library of Congress for organizing large library collections.
