Internet Searching - Database - 8
On the Tech Literacy Assessment you'll need to know the following things about databases and searching online. How to search using single and multiple keyword searches Searcing using varied search strategies Using and applying varied Boolean search strategies such as AND, BUT and NOT How to sort and filter and search simple databases Taking this quiz will help you prepare for this test.
- 1.Which one of the following is NOT an example of a valid domain as part of a URL?
- A.
.gov
- B.
.npr
- C.
.edu
- D.
.com
- 2.You can find what you're looking for quickly by
- A.
Using several different search engines.
- B.
Using reliable databases, such as the library databases at school
- C.
Using search words such as AND, BUT and NOT
- D.
All of the above
- 3.
What tells you that this site is not the best site to choose for your report on Water Conservation?- A.
The title of the website
- B.
The URL
- C.
The text included on the page
- D.
The colors on the page
- E.
All of the above
- F.
A, B and C only
- 4.Which of the choices below is the best indicator that a web site is reliable?
- A.
You found it on Google.
- B.
The author tells you the information is correct and true.
- C.
The author of the site provides contact information and their credentials.
- D.
There are links to other websites you know.
- 5.What does this URL tell you about the source of the web page? http://ratu.uscs.edu
- A.
The page was posted by an English teacher.
- B.
It is most likely part a school's web page.
- C.
It is a scholarly article from a teaching magazine.
- D.
It came from a library database.
- 6.Which of the following is an example of a Boolean search?
- A.
Shakespeare sonnets
- B.
Shakespeare and sonnets
- C.
Sonnets by Shakespeare
- 7.Which is a good example of doing an effective search on a research topic?
- A.
Do a random keyword search on Google, and then browse the results looking for the sites that interest you.
- B.
Visit some blogs and read the most current entries relating to your topic.
- C.
Formulate research questions, identify your keywords and search for those keywords on a search engine.
- D.
Read the Twitter hashtag for your topic.
- 8.Which is the best search strategy for finding Ernest Hemingway's place of birth?
- A.
Hemingway writer birthplace
- B.
Hemmingway and birthplace
- C.
Where was Hemingway born?
- D.
Www.hemingway.com
- 9.What is wrong with this URL? http;/www.smt
- A.
The URL has no extension, such as .com or .org.
- B.
Each web address should start with http://
- C.
There's nothing wrong with the URL.
- D.
Both A and B
- 10.If you want to return to a site you visited 30 minutes ago, what is the best way to get back to that site?
- A.
Do another search in Google.
- B.
Look at your history and find the link to the site in this list.
- C.
Just click on the back button until you get there.
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