Diagnostic Answers 015–028
DCM9-015 — C
Metadata makes unstructured content inventoryable/organizable. A: no admissibility guarantee. B: vocabularies remain needed. D: no relational conversion requirement.
Source: pp. 291–292. Confusion: Metadata vs Content.
DCM9-016 — D
Searchability, self-documentation, existing patterns, subjects and retrieval needs are explicit factors. A/B: irrelevant infrastructure/modeling factors. C: format alone is too narrow.
Source: pp. 291–292.
DCM9-017 — A
Product model = overall deliverable; component model = reusable elements. B/C: wrong dimensions. D: chapter explicitly distinguishes levels.
Source: p. 292.
DCM9-018 — B
Modular structured device-independent content enables reuse. A: screenshots inhibit reuse. C: Metadata supports reuse. D: separate channel copies create inconsistency.
Source: p. 292. Confusion: reusable/adaptive content.
DCM9-019 — C — Push
RSS/syndication is the classic push example. A: user-initiated. B: dynamic two-way. D: control level, not delivery.
Source: p. 292.
DCM9-020 — D — Pull
Simple request/retrieve behavior is Pull. A/C: pushed/syndicated. B: richer dynamic exchange, not the key clue.
Source: p. 292.
DCM9-021 — A — Information Architecture
Components are already structured; the failure is navigation/categories/search. B: component model is not the dominant problem. C/D: unrelated.
Source: pp. 303–304. Confusion: Content Model vs IA.
DCM9-022 — B
Controlled vocabulary = explicitly allowed governed terms for classification/tagging/retrieval. A: uncontrolled universe. C/D: unrelated.
Source: p. 293.
DCM9-023 — C
Managed values/definitions are Reference Data; using them to describe content is Metadata. A: storage form does not define role. B: does not replace definitions. D: no privilege requirement.
Source: p. 293. Confusion: Reference Data vs Metadata role.
DCM9-024 — D — Vocabulary View
A View is a subset with no new terms. A: micro adds specialist extensions. B: social tags. C: preferred-term governance.
Source: p. 294.
DCM9-025 — A — Micro-controlled vocabulary
The “subset + new specialized terms + enterprise alignment” clue is decisive. B: View does not add terms. C/D: wrong governance pattern.
Source: p. 294.
DCM9-026 — B
Synonym Ring treats equivalents as equals; Authority List chooses one preferred label and redirects variants. A/C/D: false distinctions.
Source: pp. 295–296.
DCM9-027 — C — Thesaurus
Thesaurus represents equivalent, hierarchical and associative/related relations. A/B: too narrow. D: Folksonomy.
Source: pp. 297–298. Confusion: Thesaurus vs Taxonomy.
DCM9-028 — D — Ontology
Classes, instances, attributes, relations and events are ontology clues. A/B/C: insufficient semantic richness.
Source: pp. 298–299. Confusion: Ontology vs Taxonomy/Thesaurus.