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CGS 1555: Spring Term 2005
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Tutorial Four

Chapter 4 Quiz Masters:

Marcelle Bessman (mbessma@ju.edu ) [Text Input]

John Taylor (jtaylor@hccfl.edu) [Consultant]


Multiple Choice [One Answer Only]

Question 1

Which of the following is a step in the Web-searching process?

a) Formulate and state the question
b) Select the appropriate tool to use in your search
c) Evaluate the search results
d) All of the above


Question 2

A Web _______ is a special kind of Web page that finds other Web pages that match a word or phrase you enter into it.

a) search engine
b) directory
c) URL
d) All of the above


Question 3

The word or phrase you enter in a search engine is called a(n)

a) query
b) bot
c) result
d) Both A and B


Question 4

Most search engines report the number of _______ they find.

a) queries
b) spiders
c) hits
d) key pages


Question 5

Each search engine uses a ______ to build its database.

a) spider
b) Web robot
c) bot
d) All of the above


Question 6

One of a Web robot's more important tasks is to delete information in the search engine ________ when a Web site no longer exists.

a) spider
b) database
c) spreadsheet
d) archive


Question 7

Search engine robots collect information from a Web page's

a) query
b) graphics
c) keywords
d) All of the above


Question 8

Many search engine operators include information about their ________ on their Web sites.

a) robots
b) databases
c) search engines
d) All of the above


Question 9

The description and keyword tags in a Web page are ______ tags.

a) HEADER
b) META
c) BODY
d) QUERY


Question 10

Which of the following words in a search expression would be ignored by a search engine?

a) and
b) the
c) it
d) All of the above


Question 11

______ use a compaletely different approach from search engines to build useful indexes of information on the Web.

a) internet indexes
b) Web directories
c) Web hierarchies
d) Meta-search engines


Question 12

Each search engine on the Web has different strengths and weaknesses because each search engine

a) stires a different amount of Web page text in its database
b) has different storage resources
c) interprets search expressions somewhat differently
d) All of the above


Question 13

A ______ accepts your search expression and transmits it to several search engines.

a) meta-search engine
b) Web page indexer
c) Web bibliography
d) query engine


Question 14

_______ is a comprehensive meta-search engine.

a) Magellan
b) Dogpile
c) GoTo.com
d) Excite


Question 15

_______ is a name used to identify a Web bibliography.

a) Resource list
b) Guide
c) Virtual library
d) All of the above


Question 16

Boolean operators are also called ______ operators.

a) true-and-false
b) logical
c) precedence
d) hierarchical


Question 17

At the very lowest level of analysis, all computing is a manipulation of a single computer circuit's _______ state(s).

a) Web-based
b) forward and backward
c) on and off
d) none of the above


Question 18

_______ is a basic Boolean operator.

a) AND
b) OR
c) NOT
d) All of the above


Question 19

In Boolean algebra, all values are reduced to one of ____ values.

a) two
b) three
c) four
d) ten


Question 20

The search expression "exports ______ Germany AND Japan" returns hits for pages that contain all three words.

a) AND
b) OR
c) NOT
d) NEAR


Question 21

The search expression "exports _____ Germany OR Japan" returns hits for pages that contain any of the three words.

a) AND
b) OR
c) NOT
d) NEAR


Question 22

A search engine may use the ______ to indicate "must include" in a search expression.

a) plus sign
b) exclamation point
c) ampersand
d) number sign


Question 23

A precedence operator is also known as a(n) ______ operator.

a) inclusion
b) grouping
c) quotation
d) Both A and B


Question 24

Some search engines use ______ to indicate search terms that must be matched exactly as they appear within those marks of punctuation.

a) question marks
b) single quotation marks
c) double quotation marks
d) apostrophes


Question 25

Some search engines recognize variants of the Boolean operators, such as the ______ operator.

a) must exclude
b) could include
c) NEAR
d) Both A and B


Question 26

A location operator is also known as a(n) ______ operator.

a) inclusion
b) grouping
c) quotation
d) proximity


Question 27

The filter criteria in a search engine can include such Web attributes as

a) language
b) date
c) domain
d) All of the above


Question 28

The search expression "export*" would return pages containing the term ______ in many search engines.

a) exports
b) exporter
c) exporting
d) All of the above


Question 29

Many search engines recognize the ____ as a wildcard character.

a) *
b) &&
c) %
d) $


Question 30

To use the ______ operator effectively, you must read the search engine's help file carefully.

a) AND
b) OR
c) NOT
d) NEAR



True/False Questions

Question 31

The content of the Web is indexed in a standardized way.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.


Question 32

A search engine examines every Web page to find a match for a given query.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.


Question 33

The Web changes constantly and information is updated continuously, so you may find different search results, depending on when you perform your search.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.


Question 34

All search engines store the same information about the pages that exist on the Web at any given time.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 35

Many search robots do not search all the Web pages at a particular site.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.


Question 36

META tags exist solely for the use of search engine robots.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.


Question 37

The difference between a search engiane and a Web directory is that people select the Web pages to include in a web directory.

b) The statement above is TRUE.
a) The statement above is FALSE.


Question 38

Using a meta-search engine lets you search several engines at the same time.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.


Question 39

Some search engines use "AND NOT" to indicate the Boolean NOT operator.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.


Question 40

Search engine syntax varies from one search engine to another.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.


Fill-in-the-Blank


Fill in the Blank with the word(s) that best fits the definition:

Hint: use vocabulary from the checkboxes below.
Do NOT use abbreviations if it states x# of words!
Use abbreviations when it states x# of letters.

Question 41. A(n) question is one that you can phrase easily and one for which you will recognize the answers when you find them.

Question 42. A(n)question is an open-ended one that can be difficult to phrase; it is also difficult to determine when you find a good answer.

Question 43. ) The (three words)is a collection of interconnected HTML documents that you use a browser to navigate among.

Question 44. A Web (two words) is a special kind of Web page that finds other Web pages that match a word or phrase you enter into it.

Question 45. Each search engine uses a(n) , also called a Web robot or a bot, to build its database.

Question 46. A(n) is a Web page that is indexed in the search engine's database and that contains text that matches your search expression.

Question 47. A(n) tag is HTML code that Web page creator places in the page header for the specific purpose of informing Web robots about the content of the page.

Question 48. A(n) (two words) is a listing of hyperlinks to Web pages that is organized into hierarchical categories.

Question 49. operators specify the logical relationship between the elements they join, just as the mathematical plus sign arithmetic operator specifies the mathematical relationship between the elements it joins.

Question 50. A(n) character allows you to omit part of the search term or terms.



Essay

List the five qualities of search engines that distinguish them from each other and that make a meta-search engine worthwhile.


I have

Please add a comment below


The 'Muddy Water' Issues that I need help on are as follows:





I need class review on the following vocabulary words from this chapter:

specific question exploratory question search engine result pages hit

spider Web robot bot World Wide Web (or WWW) full text indexing

query Web directory hybrid serach engine directory quick refernce catagories meta-search engine


Boolean operators location operators precedence operator search filter wildcard


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