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Search Engines

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the "Back Arrow" (circled in red) do?
a)
Takes you back to the last page you visited.
b)
Takes you back to the desktop.
c)
Takes you back in time.
d)
Takes you back to the classroom.
2.
What is circled in red?
a)
The computer's name.
b)
Search Bar.
c)
URL/Address
d)
Your teacher's address.
3.
What is circled in red?
a)
A tab
b)
The refresh button
c)
Address bar/URL
d)
Search bar
4.
What does URL stand for?
a)
Unite Ready Learn
b)
Under Real Locations
c)
Ugly Red Lab
d)
Uniform Resource Locator
5.
Pick out the "key words" in this sentence:
How many hot dogs do Americans eat a year?
a)
How, Many, Hot Dogs
b)
Hot dogs, Do, Eat, A
c)
Hot Dogs, Americans, Eat, Year
d)
How, Hot Dogs, Americans, Year
6.
What does the "Refresh Button" do?
a)
Takes you back to the beginning
b)
Keeps you from bad webpages.
c)
Reloads the page you are on if the page was not working right.
d)
Closes the internet.
7.
Why does this happen when I try to go to some web pages?
a)
This is a firewall.  It helps keep you safe.
b)
You need to pay before you go on this webpage.
c)
The webpage is broken.
d)
This is what the webpage looks like.
8.
How can I make my search better?
a)
Use fewer key words.
b)
Include "and" or "or" with my key words and use advanced search settings.
c)
Search again
d)
Who needs better results?!?!
9.
How does a search engine find websites?
a)
Looks through the entire web.
b)
Looks through that companies index of website.
c)
Looks up only safe, verified sites
d)
Accesses only site hosted by that company
10.
How do search engines find the websites that it indexes?
a)
You have to submit your website.
b)
By searching the web.
c)
The get a list from the government
d)
By using spiders to move from link to link finding pages.
11.
The more words in your search, the better your results will be.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Every word counts.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
To make sure a word IS NOT included, what operator do you use?
a)
+
b)
-
c)
"   "
d)
OR
14.
What is this?
a)
Ads
b)
Filters
c)
URL
d)
Snippet
15.
What are these?
a)
Ads
b)
Snippet
c)
Filters
d)
Title
16.
What is this?
a)
Search Bar
b)
Snippet
c)
Filter
d)
Ads
17.
What is this?
a)
Ads
b)
URL
c)
Snippet
d)
Title
18.
What is a search engine?
a)
System to use internet
b)
System designed to serach for information on the world wide web
c)
System to send and receive emails
d)
Sysmte for internet connectivity
19.
Give an example of a search engine
a)
Gmail
b)
Google
c)
Facebook
d)
Twitter
20.
What does www stand for
a)
world web wide
b)
world wide web
c)
wide world web
d)
web wide world
21.
What did people use to get information before google?
a)
Telephones
b)
Libraries
c)
magazines
d)
questions
22.
Choose another example of a search engine
a)
hotmail
b)
Yahoo
c)
scala
d)
python
23.
What is an email?
a)
A message and/or documents sent Over the internet
b)
Message for users
c)
mourse code
d)
document
24.
If you want to narrow down the results of an Internet search, what's your best course of action?
a)
Add more relevant words to your search.
b)
Remove the quotes from around the term you're searching for.
c)
Try using a more powerful search engine.
d)
Log off the Internet and go to the library.
25.
If you wanted to learn about George W. Bush's term as governor of Texas------but not his term as U.S. President--what would be the best phrase to search under?
a)
"George W. Bush" + Texas + President
b)
"George W. Bush" Texas Not President
c)
"George W. Bush" + Texas - President
d)
George W. Bush - Texas - President
26.
"Internet math" uses which two basic math operations?
a)
addition and multiplication
b)
addition and subtraction
c)
subtraction and division
d)
multiplication and division
27.
To find a specific keyword or phrase on the page your currently viewing, press ________ on your keyboard, then type the word you're looking for.
a)
Shift+F
b)
Shift+S
c)
Ctrl+F 
d)
Ctrl+S 
28.
Google is predictive.  That means....
a)
it tries to predict what you want as you're typing
b)
it tries to predict the logic you're using
c)
it tries to search for you
d)
it wants to please you
29.
The quickest way to search for a definition is...
a)
to: use Dictionary.com
b)
to: ask what a word means
c)
to: define word
d)
to: ask a neighbor
30.
Why is it important to take the time to evaluate a website?
a)
So that you're using the right site
b)
So that the site you're using provides accurate information
c)
So that your information is current
d)
All of the above