How To Search The Internet Effectively Using Search Engines-pre/Posttest

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This will test my students knowledge of how to use a search engine before beginning the instructional module and after the completion of the module.

Questions and Answers

1.

What is a search engine?
- A.
  
  A tool for searching the entire Internet.
- B.
  
  A tool to find information on your computer.
- C.
  
  A fast browser.
- D.
  
  A tool for searching a specific website.
Correct Answer
A. A tool for searching the entire Internet.

Explanation
A computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
Worldnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

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2.

Boolean term ________ searches for all the key terms included in your search string.

Correct Answer
and

Explanation
Connecting search terms with AND tells the search engine to retrieve web pages containing ALL the keywords.

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3.

When searching the Internet, you can exclude words from the search terms. How do you do this?
- A.
  
  You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") immediately behind the term you want to exclude
- B.
  
  You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") anywhere in the search string.
- C.
  
  You can exclude a word from your search by not typing it in the search string.
- D.
  
  You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") immediately in front of the term you want to exclude.
Correct Answer
D. You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") immediately in front of the term you want to exclude.

Explanation
You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign (“-“) immediately in front of the term you want to exclude. Make sure you include a space before the minus sign.
For example, the search : bass –music
Will return pages about bass that does not contain the word “music”.

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4.

Boolean term ________ searches for all the terms included in your search string.

Correct Answer
or

Explanation
Linking search terms with OR tells the correct way to retrieve web pages containing ANY and ALL keywords.

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5.

Which of these is the correct way to search for a phrase?
- A.
  
  How do I use a search engine?
- B.
  
  “How do I use a search engine?”
- C.
  
  How do I, “Use a search engine?"
- D.
  
  Search engines, "How do I use one?"
Correct Answer
B. “How do I use a search engine?”

Explanation
Surrounding a group of words with double quotes tells the search engine to only retrieve documents in which those words appear side-by-side. Phrase searching is a powerful search technique for significantly narrowing your search results, and it should be used as often as possible.

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6.

When searching the Internet, you can add words to the search terms. How do you do this?
- A.
  
  You can add a word from your search by putting a plus sign ("+") immediately in front of the term you want to include
- B.
  
  You can add a word from your search by capitalizing it in the search string.
- C.
  
  You can add a word from your search by putting a plus sign ("+") anywhere in the search string.
- D.
  
  You can add a word from your search by putting a plus sign ("+") immediately behind the term you want to include
Correct Answer
A. You can add a word from your search by putting a plus sign ("+") immediately in front of the term you want to include

Explanation
In many search engines, the plus and minus symbols can be used as alternatives to full Boolean AND and AND NOT. The plus sign (“+”) is the equivalent of AND, and the minus sign (“-“) is the equivalent of AND NOT. There is no space between the plus or minus sign and the keyword.

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7.

Within Google, you can search specific sites. These include education, countries, government etcetera. Which format would you use to search for finding government sites for silly laws?
- A.
  
  Silly laws .gov
- B.
  
  Silly government laws
- C.
  
  Silly laws site gov
- D.
  
  Silly laws site:gov
Correct Answer
D. Silly laws site:gov

Explanation
Go to this site, http://google.about.com/od/googlepowersearches/qt/sitesearchqt.htm to learn more.

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8.

When you search the internet, it is possible to get tens of thousands of results. You should think about refining your search after looking through _____ to _____ sites.

Correct Answer
20
50

Explanation
Of you have not found what you are looking for in the first 20 to 50 sites, give it up and go no further. Either reformulate your search or try another search tool. Creativity is often the key to reformulating or rephrasing a search. http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/searchtips.html

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9.

You have a research paper on George Washington. Create a search string to find an official biography from the US Government.

Correct Answer
“George Washington biography site:gov”

Explanation
“George Washington biography site:gov”

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10.

What is the boolean phrase for finding the current time in Atlanta?

Correct Answer
time atlanta

Explanation
time atlanta is the shortest boolean phrase to find the time in atlanta

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How To Search The Internet Effectively Using Search Engines-pre/Posttest

What is a search engine?

Boolean term ________ searches for all the key terms included in your search string.

When searching the Internet, you can exclude words from the search terms. How do you do this?

Boolean term ________ searches for all the terms included in your search string.

Which of these is the correct way to search for a phrase?

When searching the Internet, you can add words to the search terms. How do you do this?

Within Google, you can search specific sites. These include education, countries, government etcetera. Which format would you use to search for finding government sites for silly laws?

When you search the internet, it is possible to get tens of thousands of results. You should think about refining your search after looking through _____ to _____ sites.

You have a research paper on George Washington. Create a search string to find an official biography from the US Government.

What is the boolean phrase for finding the current time in Atlanta?

When you search the internet, it is possible to get tens of thousands of results. You should think about refining your search after looking through _ to _ sites.