Deck 1: Searching the Internet Effectively

Question 1

Some search tools allow searching the entire Web while others do not.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

If you want to know how a search engine is interpreting your search query you can usually view its Help pages.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The first step in translating a question into an effective search query is to identify the keywords in the topic.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Internet is an enormous network of networks that allows you to find information on the Web.

Question 5

Subject guides offer alphabetized topics that allow you to work your way down through hierarchically organized directories to find relevant links.

Question 6

Encyclopedias and reference sources are good places to look for background information.

Question 7

Keywords are usually the nouns, verbs, and important adjectives found in your topic.

Question 8

Phrase searching can only be accomplished by putting quotation marks " " around the block of words you want to appear together.

Question 9

Internet search tools can be divided into four major categories: search engines, metasearch engines, subject guides, and intelligent agents.

Question 10

Every search engine's spider finds the same Web pages, which is why all search engines are interchangeable.

Question 11

Almost all search engines index close to 100% of the Web.

Question 12

A spider is a computer program used by a search engine to index the contents of Web pages.

Question 13

Finding information on the Web seems more difficult than it really is.

Question 14

Search engine spiders are fairly up-to-date on their indexing of the Web and you can usually find pages created within the last week..

Question 15

You may need to use a metasearch engine if a single search engine is not delivering the number of results you need.

Question 16

When you are looking for two or more words to be in a sentence one right after the other, you will want to use phrase searching.

Question 17

The World Wide Web only contains Web pages written with the file extensions .htm or .html.

Question 18

Keywords describe the major concepts of your topic.

Question 19

Phrase searching is usually accomplished by putting parentheses ( ) around the block of words you want to appear together on the Web pages the search engine returns.

Question 20

Keywords usually are the articles, prepositions, and adverbs contained in your topic.

Question 21

Analyzing search results includes locating your keywords in the results.

Question 22

Where a result appears in the list of search results doesn't make much difference.

Question 23

A search query consists of the words, phrases, and symbols that the search tool interprets to find pages on your topic.

Question 24

Citation formats are style guides that standardize how citations are written.

Question 25

MBA and APB are two common citation formats.

Question 26

Before you being a search, you first need to focus on what information you want to find and where you might find it.

Question 27

Stop words are words that will stop your search if you use them.

Question 28

Synonyms are words that mean exactly the same thing.

Question 29

The domain of URLs returned on your results page can provide a clue to how helpful the sites might be for your topic.

Question 30

When defining your topic, ask yourself what you want to end up with when your finish your research.

Question 31

Citing a Web page allows others to find it.

Question 32

The first step you take when refining your search query is to reexamine your topic.

Question 33

If you know very little about your search topic, it should not affect your earliest Internet searches.

Question 34

You can assume that most things you find on the Internet aren't copyrighted.

Question 35

All search engines' basic search pages perform the same.

Question 36

If a URL is mnemonic, it contains your keyword.

Question 37

If you are a student or teacher, you can use copyrighted material without citing it because that is "Fair Use."

Question 38

A cached page is created by search engines for Web pages that no longer exist.

Question 39

Phrase searching is a way to refine your search.

Question 40

Specialized search tools allow you to find information that is "invisible" to traditional search engines or subject guides.

Question 41

The invisible area of the Web is usually called ______________ Web.

Question 42

"A", "an", and "the" are examples of ____________________, which are seldom used as keywords in a topic.

Question 43

The figure above demonstrates a Research Strategy.

Question 44

Creating an efficient research ____________________ can help yield relevant results quickly.

Question 45

If you get stuck in your research process call or visit your local ____________________. They are the information experts.

Question 46

Item 2 in the figure above points to the _______________.

Question 47

The first step in translating a question into an effective search query is to identify the ____________________ that best describe the topic.

Question 48

____________________ formats are style guides that standardize how citations are written.

Question 49

If one of your search terms appears in the URL it is probably a good site to check.

Question 50

In order to find two words in a sentence, one right after the other, you will want to use ____________________ searching.

Question 51

If you initially know very little about your research topic, you should locate some ____________________ information.

Question 52

The ____________________ is an enormous network of computer networks.

Question 53

Use _____________ to construct complex searches for more accuracy.

Question 54

Search engines use programs called ____________________ to index the Web.

Question 55

Item 1 in the figure above points to the ________________.

Question 56

The first step in an efficient research strategy is to ____________________ your research topic.

Question 57

Phrase searching can be accomplished, at many search engines, by putting ____________________ around the block of words you want to appear together on the Web page.

Question 58

____________________ are words that have similar meanings.

Question 59

The ____________________ is a vast collection of documents and other media linked together over the Internet.

Question 60

If your search returns hundreds of pages of results, you should probably look at half of them.

Question 61

The following are common words that are not normally searched ________.

A) and, but, or, in
B) a, an, the
C) this, that, these, those
D) All of the above

Question 62

Search engine _________ crawl the Web.

A) snakes
B) spiders
C) bugs
D) checkers

Question 63

Subject guides are typically prepared by ________.

A) the Internet
B) computers
C) hand
D) search engines

Question 64

_____________ are services to help you locate information on the Web.

A) Search bureaus
B) Internet search tools
C) Web chargers
D) Internet helpers

Question 65

Some .com sites rank higher in search results because they've paid for the service. While search engines are not required to disclose this information, some sites indicate this with the word, "_________".

A) Sponsored
B) Money
C) Helper
D) Search helper

Question 66

Citation formats are _____________ that standardize how citations are written.

A) Bibliographies
B) style guides
C) reports
D) Internet search engines

Question 67

URL names are often __________, indicating what the Web site is about to make it easy to remember.

A) mnemonic
B) cached
C) linked
D) smart

Question 68

MLA format for ____________________ names is surname first followed by a comma, then the personal name followed by a period.

Question 69

Why is spending a few minutes creating an Internet research strategy important?

Question 70

In MLA format, the Web page title should be ____________________ and followed by a period.

Question 71

___________ exemption to copyright law generally allows students and researchers to use small parts of published works for educational purposes; however, you must give credit.

A) Plagiarism
B) Fair Use
C) Copyright
D) Writing and Copying

Question 72

MLA is short for ____________________.

Question 73

To make sure two or more words stay in the correct order when constructing a search, it is beneficial to use ________.

A) subject groups
B) search groups
C) phrase searching
D) text grouping

Question 74

_________ are mathematical formulas used by search engines to rank Web sites according to the terms used in the search query.

A) Search functions
B) Keywords
C) Functions
D) Algorithms

Question 75

In MLA format the ____________________ should be enclosed in angle brackets .

Question 76

The ________ format for dates is DD Month Abbreviation YYYY followed by a period.

Question 77

MLA format has you put ____________________ around the title of a Web page.

Question 78

APA stands for American ____________________ Association.

Question 79

Whenever you use a portion of another person's work in your paper or project, you must ____________________ the source of the material you are using.

Question 80

If you don't credit an author, you are guilty of ____________________.