WorksheetsStaying safe online 7: Searching the Web
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which of the following is often used for finding a web page containing certain information?
web browser
search term
search engine
steam engine
When a user searches using a search engine, what does the search engine actually search?
the search engine's database
the whole of the World Wide Web
page ranking
spiders or crawlers
A search engine's database includes the first sentence on the page and the date the page was posted. Which two of the following will it also include?
telephone number
business address for written correspondence
web address/URL
heading/headline for the page
A 'crawler' is a program in a search engine that looks through the text and follows the links on a page and sends details back to the search engine? What other name is used for this?
caterpillar
spider
worm
creepy crawly
A friend has just published a new website about motocross in the Borders. When you search for motocross Borders, your friend's site doesn't appear in the list of search results. Which three of the following might be reasons for this?
the site isn't in the search engine's database
the site isn't very good
the crawler has never visited the site
the site isn't linked to by another/many sites
Which of the following are three logical operators?
PLUS, EITHER, NOT
AND, EITHER, MINUS
AND, OR, NOT
PLUS, OR, NOT
