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Unit 3 - Web Research

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the top three types of plagiarism?

a)

Key word change, remix, and closed quotes

b)

Exact replica, in-text citation, and remix

c)

Remix, using your own words, and citation

d)

Exact replica, remix, and key word change

2.

If an author's name is not listed on a web site article, what is the best thing to do regarding the works cited page?

a)

Write "author unknown" in place of the author's name.

b)

Email the site and request the name of the author.

c)

Omit that article from your research list.

d)

Collect as much information as possible, and do not list an author.

3.

Which is correct in-text citation referencing a blog post titled "Building a Deck", with no author.

a)

(Building a Deck)

b)

(Building a Deck, N.A.)

c)

("Building a Deck")

d)

(No Author)

4.

Wikipedia is:

a)

An encyclopedia published by content experts.

b)

A user-edited encyclopedia

c)

A great source of accurate information for high school students

d)

A great source for citing resources

5.

Why is it important to evaluate your web site resources carefully when doing research?

a)

Anyone can and does publish on the web

b)

To make sure you don't violate your school's research policies

c)

Not all resources are available for free

d)

To keep you out of legal trouble

6.

Who can edit, delete, modify, or create Wikipedia articles?

a)

Project personnel

b)

Administrative staff

c)

Anyone

d)

Experts in their fields

7.

A teacher who makes copies of a newspaper article to give to her students is protected under:

a)

Fair market value

b)

Trademark exemption laws

c)

Fair use exemption

d)

Copyright law

8.

Can you use content licensed under Creative Commons in a research paper?

a)

Yes, as long as you ask for proper permission

b)

No, the content is still covered by copyright law

c)

No, the content can only be used by educators.

d)

Yes, as long as you follow the license terms.

9.

The non-profit organization that has several copyright licenses for creators to use is called:

a)

Common Core Center

b)

Creation Center of America

c)

Good Samaritan Licensing Center

d)

Creative Commons

10.

Which of the following alerts the reader that the author is using information from another source?

a)

In-text citation

b)

Source reference page

c)

Key word remix

d)

Article outline

11.

The act of using someone else's work as your own is called:

a)

Plagiarism

b)

Copyright

c)

Scholarship

d)

Citation

12.

Which of the following does a copyright protect?

a)

Court reports

b)

Intellectual property

c)

Legal decisions

d)

Acceptance speeches

13.

Where should the Works Cited page appear in a document?

a)

At the end of a document, on a separate page.

b)

At the beginning of the document, after the document title.

c)

At the end of the document, right after the last sentence.

d)

At the beginning of the document, before any other information.

14.

Which of the following is NOT a Creative Commons license?

a)

Attribution

b)

Share Alike

c)

No Derivative

d)

Commercial Use

15.

"Creative Commons-Attribution" is the free distribution of copyrighted work _______ the proper credit to the creator.

a)

with

b)

without

16.

The proper way to organize information on a works cited page is:

a)

In order of the reference

b)

Alphabetically

c)

Chronologically

d)

In column format

17.

Which of the following identifies the goods or services of a specific business, person, or organization?

a)

Fair use designation

b)

License

c)

Trademark

d)

Copyright

18.

The "E" in the D.E.A.L. acronym stands for:

a)

Enter

b)

Envision

c)

Efficient

d)

Evaluate

19.

What site might you visit if you want to specifically search for academical articles?

a)

liberty.com

b)

scholarsource.com

c)

google.edu

d)

scholar.google.com

20.

When quoting another person's work exactly as it was originally written, it is important to:

a)

Cite the source

b)

Give an accurate URL

c)

Change the content to your own words

d)

Create an outline of content information

21.

The Fair Use rule of copyright law explains _________.

a)

when free use of copyrighted materials is acceptable

b)

when free use of copyrighted materials is unacceptable

22.

A list of sources used for in-text citations that appears at the end of a document is called:

a)

Works Cited page

b)

Autobiography

c)

Editor's reference

d)

Content Review

23.

Material created after January 1, 1978 is usually copyright protected for how long?

a)

70 years from the date the copyright is initiated

b)

50 years from the date the copyright is initiated

c)

The length of the author's life plus 50 years

d)

The length of the author's life plus 70 years

24.

A good practice when using public domain is to:

a)

Ask for permission

b)

Credit the source

c)

Get a copy of the trademark

d)

Make donations when able

25.

Creative Commons license terms allow the creator to designate:

a)

A primary source of payment

b)

The usage fee

c)

Where the work can be published

d)

How the work can be used

26.

Which of the following is an example of a site search when typed into a search bar?

a)

cdc.gov influenza

b)

influenza on cdc.gov

c)

Site: cdc.gov influenza

d)

Site cdc.gov/influenza

27.

Which of the following is true about advertisements?

a)

They are usually outdated

b)

They are impossible to identivy

c)

They often contain bias

d)

They are always good sources of information

28.

All the following are something you could use to narrow your search EXCEPT:

a)

contacts

b)

videos

c)

news

d)

images

29.
How would you search for a specific phrase?
a)
Use the OR operator between each word in the phrase
b)
Use the AND operator between each word in the phrase
c)
Use quotation marks around the phrase
30.
You want to find articles that compare mountain bikes and hybrid bikes. What would you use?
a)
Mountain NOT hybrid bikes
b)
Mountain AND hybrid bikes
c)
Mountain OR hybrid bikes
31.
What will happen to the number of returns if you use the NOT Boolean operator in a search? 
a)
The number will be larger.
b)
The number will be smaller
c)
The number will not change
32.
Which Boolean operation is indicated by the figure?
a)
A OR B
b)
A + B
c)
A not B
33.
Which Boolean operation is indicated by the figure
a)
A not B
b)
A OR B
c)
A + B
34.

Which Boolean operator will retrieve the MOST pages in a search?

a)

NOT

b)

OR

c)

AND

d)

NEAR

35.

What program searches its database for URLs that contain the most relevant information?

a)

Ad manager

b)

Keyword finder

c)

SEO

d)

Search Engine

36.

What would be the results of this search?

Italy NOT (Politics OR Sports)

a)

All information about Italy.

b)

Information about politics or sports in all countries other than Italy.

c)

Information about Italy, excluding politics and sports.

d)

Information about Italy and sports, but not politics.

37.

What is the Google equivalent for NOT?

a)

+

b)

~

c)

-

d)

=

38.

The program that search engines use to find information and create a database of URLs is called:

a)

Trackers

b)

Spiders

c)

Bugs

d)

Mice

39.

What does SEO stand for?

a)

Site Engine Organization

b)

Site Entry Optimization

c)

Search Enhanced Orientation

d)

Search Engine Optimization

40.

Algebraic concepts to include certain words and phrases and exclude others when searching databases are known as?

a)

Boolean URL paths

b)

Broadband width adjustments

c)

Boolean operators

d)

Broadband paths

41.

The world wide web was invented in which decade?

a)

1940's

b)

1960's

c)

1990's

d)

2000's

42.

What do the letters HTML stand for?

a)

Hide The Massive Lions

b)

Hyper Text Markup Language

c)

Happy Text Markup Language

d)

Happy Text Makeup Language

43.

What do the letters URL stand for?

a)

Universal Resource Locator

b)

Unbelievable Resource Locator

c)

Uniform Resource Locator

d)

Undergound Railway Line

44.

WWW stands for

a)

Whole wide web

b)

World wide web

c)

world web wide

d)

wide world web

45.

To see web pages on the World Wide Web you need special software called a _____________

a)

Web worm

b)

Web browser

c)

URL

d)

Web space

46.

Information such as audio or video files are broken down into smaller pieces to travel across a network. These pieces are called:

a)

Domains

b)

Packets

c)

SLD

d)

Payloads

47.

Ben is accessing his bank account using online banking. What protocol in the URL lets him know that the website is secure and encrypted?

a)

SHTTP

b)

FTP

c)

HTTP

d)

HTTPS

48.

What is the domain extension for the URL: http://www.mydomain.com/main/index.html?

a)

com

b)

index

c)

html

d)

main

49.

When you go to a website, your web browser requests a web page from:

a)

web server

b)

client

c)

mainframe

d)

Internet

50.

What is the domain for the URL: http://www.mydomain.com/main/index.html?

a)

http://

b)

www.mydomain.com

c)

main/index.html

51.

What is the term used for information being sent in a packet?

a)

multimedia

b)

packet contents

c)

data payload

d)

webpage HTML

52.

Moving from right to left, the label after the top-level domain is the:

a)

Second-level domain (SLD)

b)

Top-level domain (TLD)

c)

Subdomain (SD)

d)

First-level domain (FLD)

53.

The two main parts of a URL are called protocol and __________.

a)

address

b)

http

c)

domain name

d)

URL

54.

When your computer wants to find the IP address of the server storing the web page you're looking for, it queries the ________________.

a)

DNS

b)

web server

c)

router

d)

Top-level domain (TLD)

55.

A unique address for computers connected to a network is known as:

a)

URL

b)

domain name

c)

router system

d)

IP address

56.

Which of the following reads address information and forwards the packets to the appropriate place? (Similar to a post office)

a)

router

b)

client

c)

protocol packets

d)

subdomain

57.

A system of interlinked documents that are available on the Internet is:

a)

browser systems

b)

domain wide web

c)

world wide web

d)

document web

58.

Which of the following is used when transferring large files between computers?

a)

FTP

b)

Router

c)

Pathways

d)

HTTPS

59.

A vast global network that is made up of many smaller interconnected networks is known as:

a)

The Internet

b)

The WWW

c)

Web browser

d)

HTML

60.

In the example, what does "jobs" represents? Example: https://jobs.netflix.com

a)

domain

b)

top-level domain (TLD)

c)

sub-domain

d)

URL

61.

The extensions .edu is short for

a)

educational organization

b)

many US schools

c)

academic institution

d)

some schools outside the US

62.

The extension .mil is used for

a)

a military institution

b)

a network

c)

some schools outside the US

d)

many US school sites

63.

The extension .gov is used for

a)

a company

b)

commercial purposes

c)

any government agency

d)

many US school sites

64.

Which of the following is an example of using the Internet?

a)

watching videos online

b)

sending an e-mail

c)

researching information

d)

shopping online

65.

In the example, which part is the registered domain name? Example: https://www.bing.com

a)

www.

b)

bing

c)

.com