Shelving Test
This tests a student's knowledge about re-shelving books. It includes questions about shelving fiction, non-fiction, biographies, reference and picture books.
- 1.Which spine label description goes with a picture book?
- A.
One alphabet letter on a red sticker
- B.
E F STE
- C.
E 598.23 FAR
- D.
E BIO CUR
- 2.EREF320.11MATThis looks like the spine label for which item?
- A.
A fiction book
- B.
A biography
- C.
A picture book
- D.
A reference book
- 3.E BIOTURThis looks like the spine label for what type of book?
- A.
A fiction book
- B.
A biography
- C.
A picture book
- D.
A reference book
- 4.Hay out island queen farmWhich word comes first alphabetically?
- A.
Hay
- B.
Island
- C.
Farm
- D.
Queen
- 5.Which one shows the words in the correct alphabetical order?
- A.
Plank, press, panic, punch, perch
- B.
Panic, plank, perch, press, punch
- C.
Panic, perch, plank, press, punch
- D.
Perch, panic, plank, press, punch
- 6.Which one shows these words in the correct alphabetical order?
- A.
Debt, deadly, defeat, decide, demand
- B.
Deadly, debt, decide, defeat, demand
- C.
Decide, debt, deadly, defeat, demand
- D.
Decide, demand, deadly, defeat, debt
- 7.Which dewey decimal number comes first?311.116311.07311.126311.0942
- A.
311.07
- B.
311.126
- C.
311.116
- D.
311.0942
- 8.Which dewey decimal number comes first?311311.011311.28311.018
- A.
311.011
- B.
311.28
- C.
311.018
- D.
311
- 9.When I am shelving books I should always look at the books on either side of the one I just put on the shelf to check and see if it looks right?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.If I see a book that badly needs repair I will:
- A.
Show it to the librarian
- B.
Put the book away
- 11.The first thing I should do when I have been given some books that need to be put away is...
- A.
Put them in alphabetical order
- B.
Sort them into piles by what section of the library they belong in
- C.
Ask the librarian if she has read them all
- D.
Check to see if any of them are Wimpy kid books
- 12.What section does this book go in?E 599.82DIR
- A.
Fiction
- B.
Non-fiction
- C.
Picture books
- D.
Reference
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