Search Engines Quiz

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  • 1. 

    What are web search engines?

    • A.

      A tool designed to search for information on the world wide web

    • B.

      A tool designed for the web directory

    • C.

      A tool used to build things out of wood

    Correct Answer
    A. A tool designed to search for information on the world wide web
  • 2. 

    Which of the following is in the right order?(first tool that you use to the last tool that you use)

    • A.

      Searching, web crawling, indexing

    • B.

      Indexing, searching, spiders

    • C.

      Web crawling, searching,ants

    Correct Answer
    A. Searching, web crawling, indexing
  • 3. 

    How does web crawling work?

    • A.

      By using spiders to find information on the world wide web

    • B.

      When a user enters a query into a search engine

    • C.

      Ranking results to get the "best" response to your search

    Correct Answer
    A. By using spiders to find information on the world wide web
  • 4. 

    Which of the following search engines are the most popular?

    • A.

      Yahoo.com

    • B.

      Msn.com

    • C.

      Google.com

    Correct Answer
    C. Google.com
  • 5. 

    How do you choose which search engine to use?

    • A.

      You chose the one that earns the most money

    • B.

      It is your personal preference

    • C.

      The one you have to pay to use

    Correct Answer
    B. It is your personal preference
  • 6. 

    The invisible web indexes everything on the world wide web

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    B. False
  • 7. 

    Every word matters when optimizing your search, with some exceptions of "A" "FOR" and"THE"

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 8. 

    You should not keep your search query simple

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    B. False
  • 9. 

    "my head hurts" is a better search query than "headache"

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    B. False
  • 10. 

    Search engines are a tool to search for information on the world wide web

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 11. 

    Search engines use these to find information on the world wide web

    Correct Answer
    internet spiders
    spiders
  • 12. 

    This is when a user enters a query into a search engine (typically using key words)

    Correct Answer
    searching
  • 13. 

    This is the type of web page were people manually set up your query

    Correct Answer
    web directory
  • 14. 

    This is what search engines do to get money

    Correct Answer
    advertising
    advertise
  • 15. 

    This is when you use specific words and terms, in a simple way to find what you need on a search engine

    Correct Answer
    optimizing your search

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    Quiz Created by
    Ed1996
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