Unit 1: Human Computer Interaction

A search engine depends on _______to find information on the web.

• resturants
• computers
• humans
• grocery stores

A directory, unlike a search engine, is organized by __________ who discover new sites and relevant information by exploring the web themselves.

• restaurants
• computers
• humans
• grocery stores

What is the key characteristic of Web 2.0

• better design
• better sound
• user generated and content
• sharing and openess

Which of the following is true about Blogs and Wikis?

• Blogs have comments, wikis don't
• Blogs center around one person, wikis center around many.
• Blog is an advanced form of a wiki
• Wiki is centered around one person, blogs are centered around many.

The definition of computer and computing has changed over time and will continue to change.

• True
• False

Wikipedia contains human-generated content; therefore, it is a reliable source for research.

• True
• False

Which of the following is the correct way to search for an exact phrase

• Exact: (new york city)
• (new york city)
• +new york city
• "new york city"

Which is the easiest way to get a list of definitions for a word, such as technology?

• technology
• Define: techology
• Definitions: technology
• What is technology

What is a search engine spider?

• A program that follows or "crawls" links through the internet, grabbing content from sites and adding it to search engine indexes
• Adware and Malware
• A programming error
• Something that infects your computer

This organizes websites by subject and is maintained by humans instead of software

• web crawlers
• search engines
• directories
• browsers