G5 - Searching the Web Quiz

What are the four golden rules to help you search the web?

• Choose the right key words, Choose the right search engine, Bookmark your favourite sites, Try again

• Underline the most important key words, Use child-friendly search engines, Bookmark your favourite sites, Try again

• Choose the right key words, Choose the right search engine, Bookmark your favourite sites, Use child-friendly search engines

• Underline the most important key words, Use child-friendly search engines, Bookmark your favourite sites, Try again

What is the advantage of using a child-friendly search engine?

• Easier to read and understand links

• Less likely to see unsuitable web pages

• Fewer adverts

• All of the above

What should you do if a search does not give you the information you need?

• Think of different key words

• Try a different search engine

• Check your bookmarked pages

• All of the above

What is the purpose of adding a web page to your bookmarks?

• To make it easy to find next time

• To start a search

• To provide useful information

• To update the web page

How does a search engine find web pages to answer your search questions?

• By searching the whole web

• By using spiders and web crawlers

• By comparing websites in its index

• By displaying a list of links

What does a search engine do with the information collected by the spider?

• Stores it in a special list called an index

• Compares it with the key words in your search

• Chooses the web pages to answer your question

• All of the above

How does a search engine sort the results of a search?

• By popularity of the page

• By how up to date the page is

• By trustworthiness of the website

• All of the above

What are meta tags?

• Key words that describe a web page

• Links to other web pages

• Information collected by the spider

• Indexes of search results

What should you consider when choosing web content?

• Who wrote the content

• How up to date the content is

• Relevance of the content

• All of the above

What is plagiarism?

• Using other people's work without permission

• Crediting the person who created the work

• Creating your own work

• Using small amounts of other people's work