Question 1

Combining Boolean operators and filters is made easy from Advanced search pages.

Accepted Answer

Advanced search pages typically provide options for selecting filters and combining boolean operators, making the process easier for users.

Question 2

The last two or three letters in a URL is the domain.

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The answer of The last two or three letters in...

Question 3

Using AND NOT is one way to focus your search.

Accepted Answer

Using AND NOT allows you to exclude certain terms from your search results and can help you narrow down your focus to more relevant information.

Question 4

Combining keywords with OR should retrieve more relevant results.

Accepted Answer

By using OR between keywords, the search engine retrieves results containing either of the keywords or both, which increases the chance of finding relevant results.

Question 5

Boolean operators can be typed in all capital letters or not, depending on the search.

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The answer of Boolean operators can be typed in all...

Question 6

Before you type your search query, you can choose filters to block out large areas of the Web from you search.

Accepted Answer

This is true. Before typing a search query, you can choose to apply filters to narrow down the search and exclude certain areas of the web from your results. Examples of filters include language, date, location, and file type.

Question 7

Venn diagrams do not represent the use of filters.

Accepted Answer

Venn diagrams can represent the concept of filtering by visually showing how different sets overlap or are excluded from one another, which is analogous to applying filters to categorize or separate data.

Question 8

To search for solar panels on Google's Advanced Search form, you would enter "-solar-panels".

Accepted Answer

To search for solar panels on Google's Advanced Search form, you would enter "solar panels" in the "Words" field. Adding hyphens (-) around a word tells Google to exclude that word from the search results.

Question 9

When you have trouble remembering how Boolean operators work, quickly sketching a Venn diagram representing your keywords can be very helpful.

Accepted Answer

Drawing a Venn diagram can visually show the overlap and relationship between the keywords used with Boolean operators (such as AND, OR, NOT). This can help in constructing an effective search query.

Question 10

Individual U.S. states and countries other than the U.S. use two letter domains.

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Yes, this is true. For example, California's official website is ca.gov and Germany's official website is de.

Question 11

John Venn and George Boole were English mathematicians who developed Venn diagrams and Boolean logic to be used for online searching.

Accepted Answer

Venn diagrams and Boolean logic were developed in the 19th century, long before the advent of online searching. They were not specifically created for online searching but have been adapted for use in search algorithms.

Question 12

Boolean operators are one syntax search engines understand.

Accepted Answer

Boolean operators such as "AND", "OR", and "NOT" are search syntax recognized by search engines to help refine and broaden search results.

Question 13

If you narrow your search it means you should have fewer results returned.

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Narrowing your search means specifying certain criteria or keywords that reduce the scope of the search and result in fewer, more targeted results.

Question 14

Three letter domains in the U.S. indicate the type of organization hosting the site, such as .org and .com.

Accepted Answer

Three letter domains in the U.S., also known as top-level domains (TLDs), indicate the type of organization hosting the site. For example, .org is typically used for non-profit organizations, while .com is used for commercial entities.

Question 15

You can perform a search with more Boolean operators from an Advanced search page than from the Basic search page.

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The answer of You can perform a search with more...

Question 16

Using AND in your search can force a search engine to look for stop words.

Accepted Answer

AND is a Boolean operator that forces a search engine to look for all of the terms in a search query. Stop words are common words that are often ignored by search engines, but AND can force the search engine to include them in the search results.

Question 17

Filters can only narrow a search.

Accepted Answer

Filters can be used to refine and narrow down a search by limiting the results to certain criteria, keywords or parameters. They cannot expand or broaden the search.

Question 18

Filters can focus a search.

Accepted Answer

Filters are used to narrow down or focus a search by specifying certain criteria or parameters, such as date range, content type, author, location, etc.

Question 19

In a URL the country code is always three letters, like .fra for France, or .gbr for Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

Country codes in URLs are typically two letters, such as .fr for France and .gb for Great Britain.

Question 20

A good way to remember what searches you have performed and where is to keep a search log during a project.

Accepted Answer

Keeping a search log can help you keep track of what searches you have performed and where, making it easier to reference and organize information for a project.

Quiz 2: Constructing Complex Searches