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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 29mins
True or false: Search engines are designed to reduce the number of web pages you need to browse to find information.
True
False
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 key words
Use proper punctuation
Add more search terms
If you accidentally type "chicken noodle soap" into a search engine, which results are most likely?
Unusually scented bath products
Recipes for soup
Tips for how to clean livestock
No results
What does it mean when a search engine automatically completes a term for you?
Many people have used it recently
It's the best way to phrase your query
An advertisement 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", "solar", or "system"
Contain any two of "outer", "solar", and "system"
Contain 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 scope 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 the search results are generally the most:
Relevant to your search
Recently updated
Likely to have advertising
Likely to include primary sources
True or False: The more words in your search the better the results will be.
True
False
What is this?
URL
Ads
Filters
Snippet
What is this called?
Filter
Ads
Search bar
Snippet
When you type in a search question, what is the official name of it?
Search
Question
Scan
Query
What is Google?
A secondary source
A search engine
An operating system
A word processing software
