3 Low stakes - Search Engines

1. Which is the best description of this image?

• A web browser
• A search engine
• Google
• The internet

2. In terms of the results of this search, what is the problem?

• The results are not relevant
• All of the results are old, and therefore inaccurate
• All the results are fake news
• There are far too many results

3. Some search engine results need to be refined. Which is the best definition of "refine"?

• Make the search more detailed - use more keywords
• Make the search less detailed - use less keywords
• Use a different search engine, therefore verifying your results
• Removing unwanted elements, leaving the bits you need

4. What will this search engine tool do?

• It will select only UK based website
• It will select websites from all over the world
• It will select websites that have been published in the last year
• It will delete the websites that are developed in the UK

5. What will this search engine tool do?

• It will search for "teenage sleeping hours"
• It will select up-to-date information from UK websites only
• It will select up-to-date results from websites published in the past month
• It will select up-to-date results from websites published in the past year

6. Compare the amount of results, to the search in question 2. What has happened?

• The results have been more detailed - They are UK based, and fairly recent
• The results have been refined - They are world-wide results
• The results have been refined - They are UK based, and fairly recent
• There are more results

7. As a result of refining a search such as this, how will it effect the results of it?

• They'll have bits taken out of them
• They'll be more up to date, and relevant to the population of the UK
• They'll have more websites to search - better information
• Google is a web browser, therefore results will be accurate

8. Some of the websites may contain biased information. If information is biased, what does that mean?

• two sided
• one sided
• Morally right or wrong
• Out of date and irrelevant

9. Look at these examples of top level domains. If a website had these, which one are you more likely to trust?

• .com
• .org
• .ac.uk
• .co.uk

10. Why are some sites not to be trusted?

• They might be trying to sell a product; may contain biased information
• All sites contain fake news
• Some sites may contain old information
• Some sites have too much text and not enough images