Mini‑Quiz: Operator Literacy (archive_org)

student_materials/mini_quiz_operator_literacy.md#

1. Which operator collects snapshots from the Internet Archive?#

A. METADATA_OPERATOR
B. WAYBACK_OPERATOR
C. PRESERVATION_OPERATOR
D. COLLECTION_OPERATOR

2. What does the LINEAGE_OPERATOR help you identify?#

A. The most reliable snapshot
B. The site’s structural evolution over time
C. The IA collection the site belongs to
D. The stability of the substrate

3. Which operator checks whether snapshots are stable (HTML, PDF, OCR, mixed)?#

A. PRESERVATION_OPERATOR
B. WAYBACK_OPERATOR
C. DRIFTBOUND_RETRIEVAL_OPERATOR
D. METADATA_OPERATOR

4. What is a “continuity kernel”?#

A. The first snapshot ever taken
B. The most recent version of the site
C. The structural elements that stay the same across snapshots
D. The list of related objects in the IA collection

5. Which operator produces the final answer about the most reliable version?#

A. COLLECTION_OPERATOR
B. LINEAGE_OPERATOR
C. DRIFTBOUND_RETRIEVAL_OPERATOR
D. METADATA_OPERATOR

Answer Key (for teachers)#

(Keep or remove depending on your classroom use.)

1 — B
2 — B
3 — A
4 — C
5 — C