Research Unit Test

Search engines are designed to _____ the number of web pages you need to browse to find information.

• increase

• determine

• reduce

• sort

What are the two most important keywords in the query, "What is the capital of Florida?"

• "What" and "capital"

• "capital" and "the"

• "Florida" and "the"

• "Capital" and "Florida"

Which strategy is most likely to improve a search engine query?

• write it as a complete sentence

• re-order the keywords

• use proper punctuation

• add more search terms

If you accidentally type "chicken noodle soap" into a search engine, which results are mostly likely?

• unusually scented bath products

• recipes for soup

• tips for how to clean livestock

• no results

What can you infer about a term that a search engine automatically completes?

• many people have used it recently

• it's the best way to phrase your query

• an advertiser paid for its placement

• the search engine has correctly guessed your query

Searching for "outer solar system," quotation marks included, will return results that:

• contain "outer," or "system"

• contain any two of "outer," and "system"

• contains the phrase, "outer solar system"

• contain photos, but not videos, of the outer solar system

In search queries, what do "+" and "-" have in common?

• they indicate relevant keywords

• they indicate irrelevant keywords

• they widen the score of the search

• they limit the number of hits

Which search term will return the MOST hits?

• Fred Rogers

• "Fred Rogers"

• "Fred Rogers"+television

• "Fred Rogers" -television

Which search term will return results about George W. Bush's term as governor, but not his terms as President?

• "George W. Bush" +Texas +President

• George W. Bush Texas not President

• "George W. Bush" +Texas -President

• George W. Bush -Texas -President

Web pages near the top of search results are generally the most:

• relevant to your search

• recently updated

• likely to have advertising

• likely to include primary sources