Which Search Hero Are You?
15 Questions
| Attempts: 92
Answer these 15 true/false questions and see how well you know how to search the Web.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
The search box of a subject directory searches within the full text of actual Web sites it refers to in its index.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 2.
You can easily access the content of a database like Dialog by using a general search engine such as Google.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 3.
Some of the content on a Web site (e.g. archives) may be stored in a database and displayed only using a search box. This dynamic information is commonly called 'invisible' content.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 4.
Google’s results are ranked according to its PageRank algorithm which analyzes the popularity of Web pages through the number and quality of their inbound links.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 5.
When using a search engine, you search the Web directly, in real time.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 6.
Typing matrix movie in Google returns only pages that contain the exact expression ‘matrix movie’.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 7.
When you are not sure about the ending of a word you include in your query, or if you are interested in similar words that differ only by their endings, you can use the ? symbol as in electr? equipment.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 8.
It is possible to ask a search engine to limit its results to specific file formats (pdf, xls, doc, ...)
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 9.
RSS is a standard format used to publish frequently updated digital content.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 10.
Typing site:www.apple.com iphone yields results from any Web page dedicated to the iPhone, and that links back to the apple.com Web site.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 11.
In Firefox, Ctrl+clicking on a link opens it in a new tab.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 12.
Del.icio.us is a Web site dedicated to recipes.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 13.
Google’s ‘Cached’ link – found below each result – shows a snapshot of the content of the page as it was last seen and indexed by the crawler.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 14.
By default, a Web page without incoming links is not accessible to search engines.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 15.
The best place to search for blogs is Yahoo! News.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
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