Exam 7: Finding and Evaluating Business Information

Which of the following terms best describes a report produced by a company or organization to educate readers about a complex business issue, product, or technology?

Which of the following would you select to conduct federated searches?

When you are using a search engine, the main body of the results page is most likely to begin with sites ________.

Instead of just investigating which new computers your company should buy, you decide to also explore other options like leasing equipment or upgrading your current machines. This means that you have narrowed down your research questions.

Learning how difficult it will be for users to learn a new software program by watching them perform tasks on it and noting any issues that need to be addressed, is an example of observational research.

When you download a file from the web, ________.

Which of the following statements is true of primary sources?

Why is using general search engines not as easy as it seems?

Which of the following results would the web search "* adopts flex-time schedule" yield ?

________ uses a predetermined list of questions to collect a structured set of information from a selected audience.

As you prepare to analyze the research question and topic, which of the following would be your best first move?

When you type into a basic search engine like Google, Bing, or Yahoo, the sites that appear at the top or on the side of the results page are usually ________.

Before doing in-depth research to explore your research questions, it is important to understand your general topic.

Tertiary data is collected by surveying, interviewing, or observing people.

Which of the following questions is recommended for evaluating the authorship of a source?

Which of the following is most likely to increase the number of results in a web search?

Interviews ________.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of looking at books in a school library?

Which of the following types of research is most likely to involve watching people perform activities relevant to your research?

At your company, a number of routine office tasks are loosely shared among entry-level employees, who perform these duties in addition to their specific job descriptions. This often results in tasks being done late, poorly, or not at all. You suggest to your boss that outsourcing this work might be a good idea. He is interested and asks you to research and recommend a service provider. -Articulate the research question presented to you by your boss, and discuss why you might need to broaden or narrow it.