Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Bill has amassed a large amount of files and folders on his computer. He's learning how best to search for what he needs.Lastly, Bill is trying to find a photo of his old friend Monica that he took when they visited North Beach some years back. He's tagged all of his photos with meaningful words, so he should be able to find it. Which of the following searches will be the most effective?
A)tag:North*Beach
B)tag:North Beach
C)tag:North Beach.
D)tag:(North OR Beach)

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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
​Bill has amassed a large amount of files and folders on his computer. He's learning how best to search for what he needs.Lastly, Bill is trying to find a photo of his old friend Monica that he took when they visited North Beach some years back. He's tagged all of his photos with meaningful words, so he should be able to find it. Which of the following searches will be the most effective?
A)tag:North*Beach
B)tag:North Beach
C)tag:North Beach.
D)tag:(North OR Beach)

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Option A includes an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character, which means it may not return accurate results. Option B does not include any punctuation mark to indicate the end of the string. Option D uses OR Boolean operator, which may return additional photos or files that are not relevant.

Option C, on the other hand, includes a period (.) to signify the end of the search term. This will improve the accuracy of the search by indicating to the system that the search term is complete.