Lesson 5 - Searching the Web Quiz

What is a search engine?

• A program that stores web pages for offline viewing.

• A website that allows you to search for information on the web.

• A browser used to create web pages.

• A type of online store.

Which of the following is NOT a common web browser?

• Chrome

• Edge

• Firefox

• Google

What is the role of a web spider/crawler?

• To send search results to users.

• To visit web pages and store keywords from them.

• To create new web pages.

• To display search results on your screen.

When performing a keyword search, which type of words should you avoid?

• Important keywords like “computer” or “homework”.

• Common words like “the”, “of”, “it”, “a”.

• Specific file types like “PDF” or “MP3”.

• Exact phrases in quotation marks.

What is the purpose of advanced search options?

• To increase the speed of the search.

• To refine and make your search results more specific.

• To limit search results to a specific browser.

• To search for specific images only.

How can you exclude certain words from your search results?

• Use the '+' symbol.

• Use the '-' symbol.

• Put the words inside quotation marks.

• Use the 'inurl:' operator.

What does putting words inside quotation marks (' ') do in a search engine?

• Excludes those words from the search results.

• Finds exact matches of that phrase.

• Searches for those words as part of the URL.

• Limits results to only PDFs.

How can you search for only PDF files using a search engine?

• Use the 'filetype:pdf' operator.

• Use 'inurl:pdf'.

• Use 'pdf' inside quotation marks.

• Use the 'exclude' filter.

When searching for images, what advanced features can you use to refine your search?

• Only search by image size.

• Filter images by size, color, file type, or license.

• Search for images from specific websites.

• Filter images by the exact time they were uploaded.

How can you bookmark a web page?

• Press CTRL-B to bookmark a page.

• Click on the star icon or press CTRL-D.

• Click the 'History' button.

• Type the website address into your bookmarks folder.