Unit D Question

Interpl      Multiple Choice

Identify      Select the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 1.   A ____ is a Web site that finds Web pages containing a word or phrase you specify.

a.

directory

b.

database

c.

search engine

d.

spider


 

Figure D-1

 ____    2.   In Figure D-1, the item marked 1 shows ____.

a.

an exploratory question.

b.

a specific question

c.

broadening scope

d.

increasing focus


 

____           3. Which of the following is a synonym for subject guide?

a.

Web bibliography

b.

Clearinghouse

c.

Virtual library

d.

All of the above


 

 4.   Which of the following statements is true?

a.

Subject guides produce the same number of hits as search engines.

b.

Subject guides produce fewer hits than search engines.

c.

Subject guides are not very useful if you want a broad overview of a complex topic.

d.

Subject guide databases are compiled by bots.

  5.   Which is not another term for a precedence operator?

a.

Inclusion operator

b.

Grouping operator

c.

Logical operator

d.

All of the above are synonymous with precedence operator.


 

 6.   ____ is not a basic Boolean operator.

a.

WITH

b.

OR

c.

NOT

d.

AND


 

 7.   A location operator is also known as a(n) ____ operator.

a.

inclusion

b.

grouping

c.

quotation

d.

proximity


 

 8.   The filter criteria in a search engine can include such Web attributes as ____.

a.

language

b.

date

c.

domain

d.

All of the above

 9.   The use of the Boolean operator in the search expression "exports ____ France" returns hits for pages that contain both words.

a.

AND

b.

OR

c.

NOT

d.

NEAR


 

 10.   The use of the Boolean and precedence operators in the search expression "exports ____ (France OR Japan)" will return hits for pages that contain the word export and either the word France or the word Japan.

a.

AND

b.

OR

c.

NOT

d.

NEAR


True/FTrue or False

____  1      11.   A Web robot deletes information in a search engine's database when a Web site no longer exists.

____  1       12.   A logical operator is often called a spider.

____  1       13.   Some search engine owners sell space on their search engine Web page and on the results pages to advertisers.

____  1     14.   Specific questions might require you to start with broad categories of information and gradually narrow the search until you find the answer to your question.

Figure D-1

____  115.   In Figure D-1, item 1 is an example of an exploratory question.

____  116.   Most search engines search for only the exact word or words that you typed in your search expression.

____  117.   A Web directory lists Web pages selected by bots.

____  118.   Most Web directories are part of Web sites that also include search engines.

____  119.   As you scroll through the results pages from a meta-search engine, you might see a wide variation in the number and quality of the results provided by each search engine or directory.

____  220.   A logical operator clarifies the grouping within a complex expression and is usually indicated by the parentheses symbols.

ComplComplete each sentence or statement.

 21.   A search engine searches its own ____________________ of Web content it has catalogued to find a match to the search expression you enter.

 22.   A(n) ____________________ question is a question that you can phrase easily and has only one answer.

 23.   A(n) ____________________ question starts with a general question that leads to other, less general questions, which results in multiple answers.

 24.   A meta-search engine accepts your ____________________ expression and transmits it to several search engines simultaneously.

  25.   To conduct an advanced search, most search engines provide users with a(n) ____________________ page.

 26.   A(n) ____________________ operator, also called an inclusion operator, clarifies the grouping within a complex expression and is usually indicated by the parentheses symbols.

 27.   The most common location operator offered in Web search engines is the ____________________ operator.

 28.   The search expression "exports ____________________ (France NOT Japan)" returns hits for pages that contain both the words exports and France but not if the page also contains the word Japan.

 29.   The search expression "exports ____________________ France" returns hits for pages that contain either word.

 30.   The search expression "exports ____________________ France NOT Japan" returns hits for pages that contain the word exports but not the words France or Japan.

Gary P. Schneider, Jessica Evans, and Katherine T. Pinard, The Internet—Illustrated Introductory, Fourth Edition, Course Technology, 2006.

Reference to course book reference  Retrieved November 1,2005 from World Wide Web:

        http://www.course.com/catalog/product.cfm?isbn=1-4188-3950-7.


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