Exam Details

Subject Production and Emerging Technologies
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma in Book Publishing
Department School of Humanities (SOH)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

No. of Printed Pages: 2 IMBP-OOal
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
BOOK PUBLISHING
Term-End Examination


December, 2016
MBP-003 PRODUCTION AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: This question paper has five compulsory questions. All questions carry equal marks. Answer each question in 300 -350 words, unless otherwise instructed.

1. Write a note on the role of the Production department in a publishing house. 20

OR

Discuss the various areas involved in designing the text of a book.

2. Distinguish between the Direct Printing Process and the Indirect Printing Process. Discuss both the processes in brief. 20

OR

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of DTP with suitable examples.

3. What are the various binding options available today? Briefly discuss any four. 20

OR

What is the sequence of operations in a hard cover (case binding) book Discuss each stage briefly.

4. What is QuarkXPress used for Discuss the features of this software that make it so user-friendly. 20

OR

What are (Book) Design Programs? Discuss with reference to CorelDraw and Photoshop.

5. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 150 -200 words each: 10+10=20

Preparation of Dummy

Screen Printing

Importance of Costing

Side Stitch


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Editing and pre-press
  • Editing Books for Children
  • Editing Scientific, Technical and Medical Books
  • Editing Text Books
  • Introduction to Publishing and its legal aspects
  • Marketing , Promotion and Distribution of Books
  • Production and Emerging Technologies