Deck 4: Finding Specialty Information

Question 1

An example of Web pages that are easily accessible to search engines are dynamically generated Web pages.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Because most companies and individuals freely give away personal and proprietary information, just about all free specialty tools have complete and up-to-date information.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An Intelligent Search Agent is also called a bit.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Some periodicals, like The Times or The New York Times, have online versions that contain different articles than the print version.

Question 5

The visible Web is the portion of the Web that is indexed by search engine spiders.

Question 6

Many "free" sites are not really free on the Web - you often pay by receiving e-mail and promotional materials from the site.

Question 7

Portals that are limited by subject are called vortals.

Question 8

"Yellow page" directories on the Web are only available for businesses in the United States.

Question 9

One of the purposes of popular periodicals is to report original research or experiments.

Question 10

Most of the "yellow page" directories on the Web build their databases from accurate and up-to-date information.

Question 11

Libraries and "virtual libraries" are good places to find specialty research tools.

Question 12

Some of the most current and authoritative information hidden in the invisible Web is stored in periodical databases.

Question 13

The term "Internet white pages" can refer to Web sites that help you find peoples' street addresses or e-mail address.

Question 14

Harvard Education Review is an example of a scholarly research periodical.

Question 15

The visible Web is many times larger than the invisible Web.

Question 16

Popular periodicals almost always have citations and a bibliography at the end of each article.

Question 17

By using an intelligent search agent you can eliminate the need to visit individual sites and manually enter queries.

Question 18

The most comprehensive online periodical databases are available through a paid subscription or through a local library.

Question 19

The visible Web is also known as the deep Web.

Question 20

The Internet provides various methods for interactive communication.

Question 21

Up-to-date, detailed information about individual people is hard to come by on the Web.

Question 22

Newsgroups are also known as listservs.

Question 23

Mailing lists are also known as Usenet.

Question 24

Usenet discussion sub-topics are known as threads.

Question 25

DQM is an example of an intelligent search agent.

Question 26

The University of Michigan Documents Center provides one of the most complete online guide to U.S. government information.

Question 27

The deep Web may be up to 50 times bigger than the visible Web.

Question 28

Newsgroups are virtual bulletin boards where messages on thousands of topics are posted daily.

Question 29

Intelligent search agents like only search the invisible Web.

Question 30

FirstGov is an example of a comprehensive U.S. government portal.

Question 31

Online databases can be impossible for search engine spiders to crawl since they usually require passwords or subscriptions.

Question 32

MagPortal.com and FindArticles allow you to search only one magazine database at at time.

Question 33

Intelligent search agents can query multiple sources simultaneously.

Question 34

Listservs are software that support mailing lists.

Question 35

There are periodicals that exist only on the Web.

Question 36

Virtual bulletin boards are also called forums or newsgroups.

Question 37

An intelligent search agent is like a smart metasearch engine in that it knows how to interpret your query to other search engines in a way they will understand it correctly.

Question 38

When using a directory online it is often best to enter less information, such as just a person's first initial rather than the whole first name.

Question 39

Netiquette is the word used to describe the protocol and common rules of courtesy used by people on the Internet.

Question 40

Subtopics of posted topics are also called threads.

Question 41

Yellowpages.ca allows you to search for businesses located in ____________________.

Question 42

A periodical with the purpose to entertain is a(n) ____________________ periodical.

Question 43

Online archives of magazines, newspapers and journals are called ____________________ databases.

Question 44

A type of Web page that is inaccessible to most search engines is the ____________________ generated Web page.

Question 45

Pages that are not formatted in ____________________, like PDF or DOC files are hard for spiders to index.

Question 46

Most Internet content now resides in online ____________________ unavailable to traditional search engines.

Question 47

The Web's hidden content is called the ____________________ or deep Web.

Question 48

The publisher of a(n)____________________ periodical is usually a university or professional organization.

Question 49

Approximately 95% of the invisible Web is available publicly.

Question 50

General interest periodicals are usually published by a(n) ____________________ publisher.

Question 51

Scholarly research periodicals always contain ____________________ so that you can check on the sources used by the author.

Question 52

Boolean searching is not available on intelligent search agents.

Question 53

____________________ pages are Web sites that allow you to search for people.

Question 54

High-powered yellow page directories, like Switchboard, integrate ____________________ directory listings with maps and travel planners.

Question 55

White pages usually allow you to search for a person's ____________________ address.

Question 56

The ____________________ Web is the portion of the Web that is indexed by search engine spiders.

Question 57

IncyWincy is an example of a free search bot.

Question 58

Intelligent search agents query Web databases, so you don't have to.

Question 59

The list address for a mailing list is the place to send your actual list correspondence.

Question 60

Intelligent search agents can automate information retrieval by simultaneously retrieving information stored in Web databases.

Question 61

__________________ are the large gateways to different segments of government information.

Question 62

Vertical portals are often referred to as _________.

A) portals
B) gateways
C) vortals
D) vorways

Question 63

If a member of a subscription e-mails you and impolitely tells you to use another address, this is called a ________.

A) firecracker
B) fusion
C) flame
D) flare-up

Question 64

Intelligent search agents are also known as ____________________.

Question 65

A(n) ___________ periodical is typically published by a commercial publisher, and targeted at knowledgeable readers with a possibly technical background.

A) scholarly
B) popular
C) entertainment
D) general interest

Question 66

Mailing lists are often called ________.

A) listservs
B) threads
C) guides
D) newsgroups

Question 67

The Internet Public Library is an example of a(n) ____________________ library.

Question 68

IncyWincy is an example of a(n) ______________________.

Question 69

A portal, limited by subject is referred to as a(n) ____________________.

Question 70

The invisible Web is also called the __________ Web.

A) low
B) hidden
C) deep
D) dark

Question 71

Approximately ________ percent of the invisible Web is available publicly.

A) 100
B) 10
C) 95
D) 25

Question 72

Intelligent search __________ automate search activities that traditional search services cannot perform.

A) agents
B) sections
C) companions
D) fusions

Question 73

The ____________________ address of a mailing list is also known as the administrative address.

Question 74

Electronic versions of thousands of periodical titles are available in ____________ such as ProQuest and InfoTrac.

A) periodical dishes
B) subscription databases
C) subscription postings
D) database logs

Question 75

As Usenet topics diverge, they are broken off into different ____________________ or sub-topics.

Question 76

Once you've found some good online reference sources, it's a good idea to include them in your browser's ____________________ file for easy access.

Question 77

Newsgroups are often referred to as ____________________ after the system that distributes them.

Question 78

The common rules of courtesy used by people on the Internet are called ____________________.

Question 79

____________________ are virtual bulletin boards.

Question 80

_____________ addresses are in the following format: [e-mail] .

A) Sign-up
B) Sign-off
C) subscription
D) lister