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Practice Quiz 2
1. A search engine
a. builds its database (indexes) from information on the World Wide Web.
b. constructs a URL, based on your keyword or phrase, and searches the Web
c. is used to generate Boolean phrases
d. needs to be installed on your computer before it can be used on the Web
2. The results displayed by a search engine or tool
a. are arranged in alphabetical order
b. are arranged into subject categories
c. are arranged according to how relevant the material is to your search term(s)
d. are arranged according to date
3. When using the
Advanced Search
option in the
Alta Vista
search engine, what would be the
best
search strategy for finding references on the disorder, canine hip dysplasia?
a. canine near hip near dysplasia
b. canine and hip and dysplasia
c. "Canine Hip Dysplasia"
d. "canine hip dysplasia"
4. The search,
video and conferencing
, will find documents in which
a. both terms are present, but "video" must appear before "conferencing"
b. either term by itself or both can appear
c. both terms must be present and can be in any order
d. both terms must be present and be within the same sentence
5. The search,
internet or web
, will find documents in which
a. either term by itself or both may appear
b. either term can appear but both cannot be present
c. both terms are present but they can be in any order
d. only occurrences of the phrase "internet or web" appear
6. When using the
Advanced Search
option in the
Alta Vista
search engine,which of the following
best
describes the relationship between these two searches:
search 1 - "football stadium"
search 2 - football and stadium
a. they will produce identical results
b. search 2 will
likely
have a smaller result than search 1
c. search 1 will
likely
have a smaller result than search 2
d. cannot tell the relationship without performing the searches
7. When limiting a web search to the domain, .ORG, which of the following is
NOT
accurate?
a. it will ensure that you will retrieve accurate and unbiased information
b. it will restrict your search to websites run by non-profit organizations
c. it will filter out .COM sites
d. all these statements are true
e. all these statements are false
8. You should be cautious when downloading software from the Internet because:
a. it is possible to infect your computer with a virus
b. you may not be able to easily "uninstall" programs that you download
c. the software may be incompatible with your computer
d. all of the above
9. FTP sites can contain:
a. image files
b. software
c. text files
d. all of the above
10. Gophers are largely obsolete information tools now because:
a. Web browsers such as Netscape cannot access their information
b. Starting a new Gopher site is now banned on the Internet
c. The World Wide Web offers a more flexible way to present information
d. all of the above
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