Google Advanced Search Quiz

14 Questions | By Bugsy12345 | Updated: Sep 20, 2022 | Attempts: 5537

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Google drives the age of information; we can not take a single step in today's world without Google. This informative quiz about Google advanced search offers you to know more about this popular search engine. The quiz contains trivia and facts that will increase your understanding of Google and help you use it more efficiently and effectively. If you like the quiz, do share it with your friends and family. All the best!

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1.

Which search query below is best for finding pages referencing John Doe?
- A.
  
  John doe
- B.
  
  +john +doe
- C.
  
  "john doe"
- D.
  
  -"john doe"
2.

Which search query below returns the most pages which include a color?
- A.
  
  Red green blue orange magenta
- B.
  
  "red green blue orange magenta"
- C.
  
  +red +green +blue +orange +magenta
- D.
  
  Red | green | blue | orange | magenta
3.

Which search query below returns the most pages which include pages describing horrible credit?
- A.
  
  "bad credit" | "poor credit"
- B.
  
  ~bad credit
- C.
  
  Bad | poor credit
- D.
  
  Poor credit
4.

What search below is best used for returning pdf files containing QuickSilver?
- A.
  
  Quick silver pdf
- B.
  
  Quick silver filetype:pdf
- C.
  
  "quick silver" type:pdf
- D.
  
  Quick silver.txt
5.

What query below is best for returning only matches from answers.yahoo.com?
- A.
  
  Job search site:answers.yahoo.com
- B.
  
  Job search +answers.yahoo.com
- C.
  
  Job search restrict:answers.yahoo.com
- D.
  
  Job find site: answers.yahoo.com
6.

The hyphen operator is used to eliminate undesired matches from your return results.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

Preceding a search term with a plus '+' sign stop Google from using synonyms for that term.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

The ampersand '&' symbol instructs google to return only pages with both preceding and following terms. e.g., Milk & cookies.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

A search using showtimes 33432 returns movies for the zipcode 33432.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

Search is case sensitive. So google treats New York Times and the new york times differently.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
11.

The following search "John * Doe" matches all middle names for John Doe.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

The following search, "4 lbs in kg" returns the number of kilograms in 4-pounds.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
13.

The Google search box returns the results of calculations such as 11 * 12
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

A search of time new york returns the current time in New York.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False