Deck 113: Web Research

Question 1

Search engines produce results through the use of a proprietary algorithm that analyzes the contents of a Web page.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Wikipedia is an example of a Web site that is a blog maintained by one person.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Web sites such as Mahalo are often called "human search engines" because they provide precompiled search results from human experts.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Google Scholar is a search engine that includes theses and book excerpts in its search results.

Question 5

Yahoo! offers a text message search you can access through a cell phone.

Question 6

____ is the collective effort of users contributing to,editing,and commenting on collaborative sources of information.

A) Outsourcing
B) Insourcing
C) Crowdsourcing
D) Netsourcing

Question 7

When citing online sources of information,you'll need,at a minimum,an author's name and date of publication.

Question 8

A(n)____ is a collection of useful Web pages,organized in a hierarchical structure,maintained by human editors.

A) meta search engine
B) directory
C) blog
D) RSS feed

Question 9

The World Wide Web consists of billions of interconnected Web pages of information from a wide variety of sources.

Question 10

After you type search words on Google's home page,the results displayed are listed by date.

Question 11

The Web site Dogpile searches the Web using its patented algorithm,and it does not search via other search engines.

Question 12

The advent of Web ____ transformed the Web into a dynamic community where everyone is now able to share their knowledge,thoughts and opinions.

A) 1.0
B) 2.0
C) 2.5
D) 3.0

Question 13

Microsoft refers to Google's Web site as a "decision engine."

Question 14

Search engines provide filtering tools,which you can use to refine search results.

Question 15

Bing's search results screen provides a link to related searches in the left panel.

Question 16

A search engine provides search results based on your key term text entries.

Question 17

Web ____ like Google can help you locate specific information on the Internet.

A) search engines
B) video hosting services
C) providers
D) either A or C

Question 18

A search engine does not match words you typed to words found on Web pages.

Question 19

____ provides access to full-length journal articles,but you must pay a fee to read the material.

A) Google
B) Bing
C) LexisNexis
D) Mahalo

Question 20

When you begin research using Web resources,you must be able to differentiate between sources that are credible and current and those that are not.

Question 21

A search option that specifies unwanted words ____.

A) displays Web pages containing those specific words
B) doesn't display Web pages containing those specific words
C) displays Web pages containing the first unwanted word only
D) none of the above

Question 22

Popular search engines besides Google include ____.

A) Yahoo!
B) Bing
C) both A and B
D) none of the above

Question 23

When you want information about your college that is dated within the past month,you should set the search option date to ____.

A) past month
B) past 30 days
C) past four weeks
D) 1-30

Question 24

A(n)____ is useful when you need to get more specific results from your Web search.

A) query
B) modification
C) search engine
D) advanced search

Question 25

A(n)____ search engine allows you to run a search using several search engines at the same time.

A) Web
B) advanced
C) fetch
D) meta

Question 26

A(n)____ menu helps you navigate backward,to retrace your steps,on a Web site.

A) movement
B) breadcrumb
C) arrow
D) micro

Question 27

The largest human-edited directory on the Web is ____.

A) dmoz.org
B) google.com
C) bing.com
D) dogpile.com

Question 28

If you send a text message search question to the number 242 242,you will get a response ____.

A) from Google within the day
B) from the United States government when you are in a disaster zone
C) within minutes from ChaCha
D) from your cell phone provider with billing status

Question 29

Which search terms would provide the best search results when you want to find current information about Flickr dated November 1?

A) Flickr latest news around November
B) information about Flickr
C) Flickr news November 1
D) Flickr November 1

Question 30

To further filter search results to only display Web pages dated November 1 through November 7,you should make an entry in the ____ field(s).

A) Past week
B) Any time
C) Specific date range
D) none of the above