Open Access and Open Educational Resources (OER) MCQs 30 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/30 Subscribe 1. What is Open Access? (A) Private library services (B) Paid access to research articles only (C) Access to printed books only (D) Free and unrestricted access to scholarly information online 2. The main purpose of Open Access is to: (A) Increase barriers to information (B) Replace libraries (C) Reduce research communication (D) Provide free access to scholarly knowledge 3. Open Access mainly applies to: (A) Printed textbooks only (B) Library furniture (C) Research articles and academic resources (D) Office documents only 4. Which organization promotes Open Access worldwide? (A) Microsoft (B) WHO only (C) UNESCO (D) Google only 5. The Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) was launched in: (A) 2002 (B) 1990 (C) 2010 (D) 2020 6. Open Access removes barriers related to: (A) Library buildings (B) Cost and access restrictions (C) Book arrangement (D) Classification systems 7. Which of the following is an Open Access resource? (A) Printed encyclopedia (B) DOAJ (C) Card catalogue (D) Library register 8. DOAJ stands for: (A) Directory of Open Access Journals (B) Digital Online Access Journal (C) Database of Academic Journals (D) Directory of Official Articles and Journals 9. Open Access journals provide: (A) Restricted access only (B) Only printed copies (C) Free online access to research articles (D) No peer review 10. Which license is commonly used for Open Access materials? (A) Software License only (B) Windows License (C) Creative Commons License (D) Commercial License 11. Creative Commons licenses help authors to: (A) Delete research articles (B) Control how their work can be used and shared (C) Prevent all sharing (D) Print books 12. Institutional repositories are used to store: (A) Library furniture records (B) Research outputs of institutions (C) Financial documents only (D) Printed catalogues 13. Which software is commonly used for institutional repositories? (A) VLC (B) Photoshop (C) Excel (D) DSpace 14. The Green Open Access model refers to: (A) Self-archiving research papers in repositories (B) Publishing only printed books (C) Paid journal access (D) Library automation 15. The Gold Open Access model refers to: (A) Using library catalogues (B) Storing books physically (C) Publishing articles freely available online by journals (D) Restricting research access 16. What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? (A) Paid textbooks only (B) Freely accessible teaching and learning materials (C) Library buildings (D) Research databases only 17. OER includes: (A) Library furniture (B) Only printed books (C) Textbooks, videos, lectures, and course materials (D) Classification schedules 18. The main goal of OER is to: (A) Improve access to educational materials (B) Increase educational costs (C) Restrict learning resources (D) Replace teachers 19. OER supports: (A) Library construction (B) Book printing only (C) Teaching, learning, and knowledge sharing (D) Cataloguing only 20. Which organization is associated with promoting OER? (A) NASA only (B) UNESCO (C) OCLC only (D) Library of Congress only 21. OER materials are usually available under: (A) Secret licenses (B) Open licenses (C) No permissions (D) Commercial restrictions only 22. Which is an example of OER? (A) Open online course materials (B) Paid subscription textbook (C) Printed newspaper (D) Library membership card 23. One major benefit of OER is: (A) Reducing knowledge sharing (B) Increasing access barriers (C) Limiting learning (D) Reducing educational costs 24. Open Access benefits researchers by providing: (A) Less communication (B) Greater visibility of research work (C) Limited citations (D) No online access 25. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of Open Access? (A) Increased information barriers (B) Wider research availability (C) Knowledge sharing (D) Global access 26. OER encourages: (A) Closed access only (B) Restriction of learning materials (C) Elimination of education (D) Collaboration and reuse of educational content 27. Open Access repositories allow users to: (A) Access scholarly works freely online (B) Purchase only printed books (C) Avoid research materials (D) Use only physical libraries 28. Which technology supports Open Access resources? (A) Card catalogues only (B) Typewriters (C) Internet and digital repositories (D) Manual registers 29. Which statement about OER is correct? (A) OER consists only of printed books. (B) OER provides freely available educational materials that can be accessed and reused for learning purposes. (C) OER requires expensive subscriptions. (D) OER is a classification system. 30. Open Access and OER help in: (A) Reducing digital learning (B) Increasing information restrictions (C) Expanding access to knowledge and supporting education and research (D) Limiting resource sharing
