Deck 3: Searching the Web

Question 1

Regarding search engines, the term "search expression" means something different from the term "query."

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A metasearch engine combines the power of multiple search engines. Some metasearch tools also include directories.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A drawback to Web directories is that a Web page can generally only be indexed in one category.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Many search engines allow you to restrict your search by using search "sifters."

Question 5

The specific purpose of a meta tag is to inform Web robots about the content of a Web page.

Question 6

Web pages included in a Web directory are organized into categories before visitors use the directory.

Question 7

All search engines use the same rules to evaluate search expressions.

Question 8

Clustering is an effective tool when a word in a search expression has multiple meanings.

Question 9

To develop an opinion about the quality of a resource, you can evaluate four elements of any Web

Question 10

Dogpile was one of the first metasearch engines on the Web.

Question 11

It is possible for a legitimate not-for-profit company to be using a .com domain rather than .org.

Question 12

In Boolean algebra (named after British mathematician George Boole), all values are reduced to one of two values.

Question 13

The accompanying figure shows the introductory screen of a popular Web directory.

Question 14

Web bibliographies are usually less focused on specific subjects than Web directories.

Question 15

Hackers and other developers of malware tend to occupy a space of the Internet known as the "deep Web."

Question 16

A spider is a program that automatically searches the Web to find new Web sites.

Question 17

Most search engines recognize the Boolean operators AND, OR, and FOR.

Question 18

Search engines that include the wildcard function most often use "@" as the wildcard character.

Question 19

An exploratory question is an open-ended question that can be harder to phrase than a specific one.

Question 20

Precedence operators can clarify the grouping within a complex Boolean expression.

Question 21

Common words such as and, the, it, and by are called stop words. _________________________

Question 22

The procedure of converting a natural language question into a search expression is called parsing. _________________________

Question 23

Meta tag text does appear on a Web page when a Web browser loads it. _________________________

Question 24

A hyperlink to a Web page that no longer exists or has been moved to another URL is called a(n) ghost link. _________________________

Question 25

An HTML file that exists on a Web server computer is known as a(n) dynamic Web page. _________________________

Question 26

Some search engines group their search results into globs. _________________________

Question 27

A Web search engine is a Web site (or part of one) that finds other Web pages that match a word or phrase you enter. _________________________

Question 28

The first step in evaluating a Web research resource is to determine who authored the page. _________________________

Question 29

Wikipedia relies on contributions from anyone for its entries. _________________________

Question 30

A(n) ____ question is a question that you can phrase easily, and one for which you will recognize the answer when you find it.

A) exploratory
B) specific
C) static
D) dynamic

Question 31

You can find Web bibliographies on specific subjects by entering a search term along with the words "link site" into a search engine. _________________________

Question 32

The NEAR operator is an example of a common location operator. _________________________

Question 33

A metasearch engine does have its own database of Web information. _________________________

Question 34

A(n) drilled search starts with general questions that lead to other, less general questions. _________________________

Question 35

A search filter eliminates Web pages from search results. _________________________

Question 36

A good example of a specific question would be, "____".

A) Where should I go on vacation?
B) What is "green" living?
C) How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
D) Why are the Great Plains so flat?

Question 37

With an exploratory question, it is ____ to determine when you find a good answer.

A) difficult
B) easy
C) impossible
D) trivial

Question 38

A good example of an exploratory question would be, "____".

A) Who won the 2008 Tour de France?
B) What is the wavelength of ultraviolet light?
C) Why did the Roman Empire fall?
D) Who is buried in Grant's tomb?

Question 39

Boolean operators are also known as tertiary operators. _________________________

Question 40

If, while performing a search on a specific question, you find that you're heading in the wrong direction, the text describes this as encountering a(n) ____.

A) teachable moment
B) erratum
C) curveball
D) blind alley

Question 41

A ____ is a Web page that is indexed by a search engine and contains text matching a specific search expression.

A) ringer
B) blind alley
C) pulse
D) hit

Question 42

Sometimes a search engine will include stop words in its search if you include them as part of a phrase enclosed in ____.

A) asterisks
B) Boolean AND statements
C) quotes
D) parentheses

Question 43

All of the following are Web search tools EXCEPT ____.

A) search engines
B) Weblogs
C) directories
D) metasearch engines

Question 44

____ information is data that is somewhat related to your topic, but does not help answer your exploratory question.

A) Residual
B) Tangential
C) Specific
D) Useful

Question 45

Effective Web search strategies for a Specific Question

In the accompanying figure, Box 5. represents ____.

A) Revise and narrow the question
B) Formulate and state the question
C) Select an appropriate search tool
D) Run the search query and review the results

Question 46

Clicking a ____ takes you to a Web page that no longer exists or has been moved.

A) dead link
B) broken branch
C) Web foible
D) blind alley

Question 47

A(n) ____ is the right to have a link to your Web site appear on the search results page when a user enters a specific search term.

A) banner ad
B) spoofed page
C) paid placement
D) underlinkage

Question 48

Search engines that store a Web page's full content are called ____ engines.

A) comprehensive
B) full text indexing
C) deep Web
D) catch-all

Question 49

A search engine searches ____ to find a match for the query.

A) the Web
B) Open Directory
C) Web bibliographies
D) its own database

Question 50

All of the following are stop words EXCEPT ____.

A) data
B) and
C) the
D) by

Question 51

A ____, or spider, is a search engine program that automatically searches the Web to find new Web sites and update information about old Web sites.

A) runner
B) bot
C) crab
D) database

Question 52

When performing a basic search with Bing, you first type in your search expression and then click a button to begin the search; when performing a basic search with Google, you ____.

A) do the same thing
B) speak into a microphone to record your question
C) click the name of another Google user who is online so they can share the search
D) none of the above; Google only performs complex searches

Question 53

A search engine uses a ____ that you type in to find pages on the Web.

A) search expression
B) query
C) both a. and b.
D) neither a. nor b.

Question 54

One of a spider's most important tasks is to ____ information in a search engine database when a Web site no longer exists.

A) back up
B) archive
C) delete
D) flag

Question 55

Effective Web search strategies for a Specific Question

In the accompanying figure, Box 2. represents ____.

A) Revise and narrow the question
B) Formulate and state the question
C) Select an appropriate search tool
D) Run the search query and review the results

Question 56

A basic search page includes a ____ box for entering a search expression and a command button to begin the search.

A) text
B) question
C) scroll
D) hyperlink

Question 57

Using the same query at different search engines often gives different search results because ____.

A) each search engine may contain different Web pages in its database
B) each search engine may use different rules to evaluate search expressions
C) both a. and b.
D) none of the above; all search engines give the same results

Question 58

A(n) ____ is a paid placement that appears in a search engine's results page at or near the top of the results.

A) banner ad
B) Web bot
C) sponsored link
D) authorized link

Question 59

A(n) ____ tag is HTML code that a Web page creator places in the page header for the specific purpose of informing Web robots about the content of the page.

A) meta
B) info
C) head
D) spider

Question 60

Effective Web search strategies for a Specific Question

In the accompanying figure, Box 1. represents ____.

A) Revise and narrow the question
B) Formulate and state the question
C) Select an appropriate search tool
D) Run the search query and review the results

Question 61

A ____ is a tool that combines the power of multiple search engines.

A) metasearch engine
B) Web robot
C) wiki
D) Web bibliography

Question 62

If a typical search engine robot encounters a Web page with the text "Test Data: Do Not Use," its response would be to ____.

A) send a query to a human operator to evaluate the page manually
B) understand the message and skip the content
C) include the content, with a warning note to the user
D) simply include the content as is, since it would not recognize the text as a warning

Question 63

Web bibliographies are also sometimes known as ____.

A) resource lists
B) clearinghouses
C) expert lists
D) both a. and b.

Question 64

You can find Web bibliographies on specific subjects by entering a search term along with the words "____" into a search engine.

A) deep Web
B) wiki this
C) index please
D) subject guide

Question 65

The main weakness of a Web directory is that ____.

A) it can give irrelevant links since its lists are arranged in random fashion
B) a user must know which category is likely to yield the desired information
C) human error often leads to inaccurate categorization
D) a Web directory's search function can sometimes take three times as long as that of a standard search engine

Question 66

Although no major search engine has yet been able to make a truly successful natural language query interface, the mathematical software company ____ has a Web site that offers a natural language interface to a database of collected facts.

A) Yahoo!
B) AltaVista
C) Wolfram
D) Exalead

Question 67

Many of the major ____ sites regularly download and store the Open Directory Project's information in their databases.

A) Web directory
B) search engine
C) metasearch engine
D) all of the above

Question 68

In general, a Web page that has ____ inbound links is given a higher ranking than a page that has ____ inbound links.

A) insecure, secure
B) more, fewer
C) larger, smaller
D) fewer, more

Question 69

Many Web directories include links to subject-specific Web bibliographies within the ____ listings for those subjects.

A) hyperlink
B) category
C) inbound link
D) search result

Question 70

A ____ is a listing of hyperlinks to Web pages that is organized into hierarchical categories.

A) Web directory
B) spider
C) mesh network
D) search engine

Question 71

Converting ____ into a search expression is called parsing.

A) HTML code
B) natural language
C) machine language
D) random letters

Question 72

The Open Directory Project is different from most other Web directories because ____.

A) the editors volunteer their time to create the directory's entries
B) the directory is maintained exclusively by sophisticated computer software
C) it acts like a metasearch engine, collecting and organizing data from various other Web directories
D) none of the above

Question 73

Yahoo! was created in 1994 as a ____.

A) browser
B) Java applet
C) Web directory
D) search engine

Question 74

____ was the first search engine to use page ranking.

A) Google
B) Bing
C) Yahoo!
D) Ask

Question 75

____ is a way of grading Web pages by the number of other Web pages that link to them.

A) Page grading
B) Triage
C) Cataloging
D) Page ranking

Question 76

____ is one of the oldest metasearch engines appearing on the Web.

A) Bing
B) Firefox
C) Google
D) Dogpile

Question 77

Regarding search engines, the term "stemming" means ____.

A) cutting off search results at a certain number
B) expanding the search to other search engines
C) searching for variants of keywords
D) picking, based on an algorithm, the most likely search result and opening its page for the user

Question 78

Awesome Library is an example of a(n) ____.

A) Web bibliography
B) wiki
C) metasearch engine
D) undernet

Question 79

The Yahoo! Web directory includes ____ main categories.

A) 3
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32

Question 80

The combination of search engine and Web directory is sometimes called a(n) ____.

A) Web cluster
B) information chute
C) hybrid search engine directory
D) metasearch resource