Deck 2: Constructing Complex Searches

Question 1

Although a metasearch engine can do many parallel searches, it actually accesses less of the Web than single search engines.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The best time to use AND is when your initial search found too few results.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The ____________________ sign is useful to prevent a search engine from ignoring a stop word.

Answer 3

plus

Question 4

Whenever you connect keywords in your search with AND, you are commanding the search engine to find either of the keywords on a Web page.

Question 5

The operator that the engine automatically uses is called the ____________________ operator.

Question 6

Each time you add OR to your search, you are expanding the search to include more Web pages.

Question 7

To search sites that link to a specific domain in Bing, use the ____________________ operator.

Question 8

All major search engines use standard operators for advanced search.

Question 9

"Any of the keywords" is another way of expressing the Boolean operator ____________________.

Question 10

Each time you add the operator AND to your search, you are narrowing the search.

Question 11

A search engine usually reads your search query from right to left.

Question 12

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

Question 13

Sometimes the best way to approach a complex search query is to start by entering ____________________ in the text boxes on the advanced search pages that most search engines provide.

Question 14

You can use quotation marks to control the order in which a query is processed by the search engine.

Question 15

Boolean operators tell a search engine how to interpret your complex searches.

Question 16

Three common Boolean operators are AND, OR, and ____________________.

Question 17

A good time to include OR is when your initial search finds too many results.

Question 18

The ____________________ sign functions like quotation marks around a phrase.

Question 19

Whenever you connect keywords in your search with OR, you are commanding the search engine to find both of the keywords together on a Web page.

Question 20

Use the NOT operator to limit your search.

Question 21

The overlapping area of the sets in a Venn diagram are called the ____ of sets.

A) shade
B) intersection
C) crossroads
D) star

Question 22

NOT is sometimes used to indicate the Boolean operator ____________________.

Question 23

In Google, you must use the minus sign (-) for the Boolean operator ____________________.

Question 24

Boolean logic uses a special mathematical syntax to perform ____.

A) simple searches
B) narrow searches
C) modified searches
D) complex searches

Question 25

It is a good idea to ____ searches as you perform them, noting the Boolean operators used in your search statements, and the number of results returned.

A) map
B) diagram
C) log
D) relate

Question 26

George Boole (1815-1864), an Englishman, invented a form of ____ called Boolean algebra.

A) symbolic logic
B) artificial intelligence
C) diagram
D) pseudocode

Question 27

AND, OR, and NOT are examples of ____ operators.

A) Boolean
B) unary
C) data
D) set

Question 28

____ is a variation of the AND NOT Boolean operator.

A) (+)
B) (+-)
C) (!)
D) (-)

Question 29

Use the Boolean operator ____ when trying to exclude a concept.

A) AND NOT
B) AND
C) OR
D) AND OR

Question 30

Use NOT ____.

A) when you want to exclude a keyword
B) when you find too many irrelevant results
C) when you want to limit search results
D) any of the above

Question 31

A ____ query uses Boolean operators to narrow, expand, or restrict a search.

A) complex
B) difficult
C) new
D) boolean

Question 32

Use the Boolean operator ____ when trying to broaden a search.

A) AND NOT
B) IF
C) OR
D) AND

Question 33

____ diagrams can help you decide which Boolean operators to use in a search strategy.

A) Venn
B) Truth table
C) UML
D) Web

Question 34

A(n) ____________________ is a program that a search engine uses to screen out Web pages.

Question 35

If you use ____________________ in your search, the keyword that follows will not appear on any of the Web pages returned.

Question 36

Use OR when ____.

A) you find too few results
B) you want to include more than one spelling of a keyword
C) you want to combine synonyms
D) any of the above

Question 37

You can ____ the order in which the query is processed in a search by using parentheses.

A) identify
B) negate
C) reverse
D) control

Question 38

Words you exclude from search results using ____________________ might still appear in sponsored results; this is a good reminder that sponsored results are not the same as actual search results.

Question 39

Using ____________________ forces the order of operations in your search query.

Question 40

The circles in Venn diagrams represent ____.

A) intersections of information
B) unions of information
C) sets of information
D) exclusions of information

Question 42

A way to visualize how Boolean operators work is by using Boolean diagrams .

Question 46

Metasearch engines search other search engines' indexes of Web content.

Question 47

Describe the use of the Boolean operator AND, including how and why it is used in complex search queries and how its use changes search results. Also include a drawing of a Venn diagram illustrating a sample search using AND.

Question 48

Describe the use of the Boolean operator NOT, including how and why it is used in complex search queries and how its use changes search results. Also include a drawing of a Venn diagram illustrating a sample search using NOT.

Question 50

Describe the use of the Boolean operator OR, including how and why it is used in complex search queries and how its use changes search results. Also include a drawing of a Venn diagram illustrating a sample search using OR.

Question 52

The ____ Google search operator allows you to locate pages based on the keywords used to link to them from other pages.

A) allinanchor:
B) allintitle:
C) link:
D) site:

Question 53

To restrict your search to Web pages stored on Web sites with dk as the top-level domain (the last part of the URL), you can restrict your search to the ____ exclusive to Denmark.

A) operator
B) domain
C) range
D) Venn diagram

Question 54

When Venn diagram circles overlap and the part of one circle that does not overlap the other one represents search results, one set was excluded from results.

Question 55

When Venn diagrams overlap and the area of both circles represents search results, the results are the intersection of the sets.

Question 56

When Venn diagram circles overlap and the overlapping area represents search results, the results are the union of the sets.

Question 62

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. Record the information you would cover in a column about how advanced search pages use Boolean operators that the user isn't actually typing in.

Question 66

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. What would you tell your mother to best help her maximize her use of metasearch engines?

Question 67

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. Record the information you want to cover when you write about Boolean operators in general, including what they are, what Boolean logic is, how to understand or illustrate the logic, etc.

Question 68

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. Record the information you would cover in a column about what the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT actually do when you use them.

Question 69

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. Record your thoughts about metasearch engines and the pros and cons of using them.