Let's Test Your Search Engines Skills With This Quiz
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- 1.Search Engine definition:
- A.
A software program or script available through the Internet that searches various types of documents for keywords
- B.
A special website available through the Internet that searches various types of documents for keywords
- C.
A spider or crawler available through the Internet that searches various types of documents for keywords
- D.
A, B and C are wright!!
- 2.The first search engine ever developed was _________________ which was used to search for FTP files
- A.
Veronica
- B.
Jughead
- C.
Reggie
- D.
Archie
- 3.The first text-based search engine was:
- A.
Veronica
- B.
Jughead
- C.
Reggie
- D.
Archie
- 4.What is a search engine spider?
- A.
Adware and malware downloaded to your computer.
- B.
A program that follows, or "crawls", links throughout the Internet, grabbing content from sites and adding it to search engine indexes.
- C.
A programming error.
- D.
Something that infects your computer.
- 5.Why are search engines important?
- A.
They sort through information; kind of like a library card catalog.
- B.
Makes it easier to find information rather than linking to it yourself.
- C.
You can narrow your search down to the exact information you need with a search engine.
- D.
All of the above.
- 6.Which of the following is the correct way to search for an exact phrase?
- A.
+new york city
- B.
"new york city"
- C.
(new york city)
- D.
Exact:(new york city)
- 7.Which of the following will produce the best results?
- A.
New york city
- B.
NEW YORK CITY
- C.
New York City
- D.
It doesn't matter, only special query keywords are case sensitive.
- 8.What is the easiest way to get a list of definitions for a word, such as the word quiz?
- A.
Quiz
- B.
Define:quiz
- C.
Definition:quiz
- D.
What is quiz
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