Deck 2: Constructing Complex Searches

Question 1

"Any of the keywords" is another way of expressing the Boolean operator ____________________.

Answer 1

OR

Question 2

A search engine usually reads your search query from right to left.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

All major search engines use standard operators for advanced search.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The operator that the engine automatically uses is called the ____________________ operator.

Question 5

To search sites that link to a specific URL, use the ____________________ operator.

Question 6

Although a metasearch engine can do many parallel searches, it actually accesses less of the Web than single search engines.

Question 7

You can use quotation marks to control the order in which a query is processed by the search engine.

Question 8

A good time to include OR is when your initial search finds too many results.

Question 9

Boolean operators tell a search engine how to interpret your complex searches.

Question 10

The ____________________ sign functions like quotation marks around a phrase.

Question 11

Three common Boolean operators are AND, OR, and ____________________.

Question 12

The best time to use AND is when your initial search found too few results.

Question 13

Whenever you connect keywords in your search with AND, you are commanding the search engine to find either of the keywords on a Web page.

Question 14

The ____________________ sign is useful to prevent a search engine from ignoring a stop word.

Question 15

Use the NOT operator to limit your search.

Question 16

Sometimes the best way to approach a complex search query is to start by entering ____________________ in the text boxes on the advanced search pages that most search engines provide.

Question 17

Boolean operators can be typed in all capital letters or not, depending on the search.

Question 18

Each time you add the operator AND to your search, you are narrowing the search.

Question 19

Whenever you connect keywords in your search with OR, you are commanding the search engine to find both of the keywords together on a Web page.

Question 20

Each time you add OR to your search, you are expanding the search to include more Web pages.

Question 21

A(n) ____________________ is a program that a search engine uses to screen out Web pages.

Question 22

Use the Boolean operator ____ when trying to broaden a search.

A) AND NOT
B) IF
C) OR
D) AND

Question 23

If you use ____________________ in your search, the keyword that follows will not appear on any of the Web pages returned.

Question 24

The overlapping area of the sets in a Venn diagram are called the ____ of sets.

A) shade
B) intersection
C) crossroads
D) star

Question 25

The circles in Venn diagrams represent ____.

A) intersections of information
B) unions of information
C) sets of information
D) exclusions of information

Question 26

AND, OR, and NOT are examples of ____ operators.

A) Boolean
B) unary
C) data
D) set

Question 27

____ diagrams can help you decide which Boolean operators to use in a search strategy.

A) Venn
B) Truth table
C) UML
D) Web

Question 28

You can ____ the order in which the query is processed in a search by using parentheses.

A) identify
B) negate
C) reverse
D) control

Question 29

It is a good idea to ____ searches as you perform them, noting the Boolean operators used in your search statements, and the number of results returned.

A) map
B) diagram
C) log
D) relate

Question 30

George Boole (1815-1864), an Englishman, invented a form of ____ called Boolean algebra.

A) symbolic logic
B) artificial intelligence
C) diagram
D) pseudocode

Question 31

Use the Boolean operator ____ when trying to exclude a concept.

A) AND NOT
B) AND
C) OR
D) AND OR

Question 32

Search engines use ____ logic, a special mathematical syntax, to perform complex serches.

A) complex
B) difficult
C) new
D) Boolean

Question 33

____ is a variation of the AND NOT Boolean operator.

A) (+)
B) (+-)
C) (!)
D) (-)

Question 34

In Google, you must use the minus sign (-) for the Boolean operator ____________________.

Question 35

Use NOT ____.

A) when you want to exclude a keyword
B) when you find too many irrelevant results
C) when you want to limit search results
D) any of the above

Question 36

Use OR when ____.

A) you find too few results
B) you want to include more than one spelling of a keyword
C) you want to combine synonyms
D) any of the above

Question 37

NOT is sometimes used to indicate the Boolean operator ____________________.

Question 38

Words you exclude from search results using ____________________ might still appear in sponsored results; this is a good reminder that sponsored results are not the same as actual search results.

Question 39

Boolean logic uses a special mathematical syntax to perform ____.

A) simple searches
B) narrow searches
C) modified searches
D) complex searches

Question 40

Using ____________________ forces the order of operations in your search query.

Question 44

Metasearch engines search other search engines' indexes of Web content.

Question 47

Describe the use of the Boolean operator NOT, including how and why it is used in complex search queries and how its use changes search results. Also include a drawing of a Venn diagram illustrating a sample search using NOT.

Question 49

Describe the use of the Boolean operator AND, including how and why it is used in complex search queries and how its use changes search results. Also include a drawing of a Venn diagram illustrating a sample search using AND.

Question 50

When Venn diagrams overlap and the area of both circles represents search results, the results are the intersection of the sets.

Question 53

To restrict your search to Web pages stored on Web sites with dk as the top-level domain (the last part of the URL), you can restrict your search to the ____ exclusive to Denmark.

A) operator
B) domain
C) range
D) Venn diagram

Question 55

When Venn diagram circles overlap and the part of one circle that does not overlap the other one represents search results, one set was excluded from results.

Question 56

Describe the use of the Boolean operator OR, including how and why it is used in complex search queries and how its use changes search results. Also include a drawing of a Venn diagram illustrating a sample search using OR.

Question 57

When Venn diagram circles overlap and the overlapping area represents search results, the results are the union of the sets.

Question 58

A way to visualize how Boolean operators work is by using Boolean diagrams .

Question 60

The ____ Google search operator allows you to locate pages based on the keywords used to link to them from other pages.

A) allinanchor:
B) allintitle:
C) link:
D) site:

Question 62

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. What would you tell your mother to best help her maximize her use of metasearch engines?

Question 63

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. Record the information you would cover in a column about what the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT actually do when you use them.

Question 65

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. Record the information you want to cover when you write about Boolean operators in general, including what they are, what Boolean logic is, how to understand or illustrate the logic, etc.

Question 67

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. Record the information you would cover in a column about how advanced search pages use Boolean operators that the user isn't actually typing in.

Question 70

You are a reporter for your college newspaper and planning some advance columns for a weekly Internet column. You know it would be helpful for your readers to understand what's going on in advanced searches with Boolean logic. It seems too daunting to try to cover in one column, so you decide to start by making notes about what you want to cover in several columns. Record your thoughts about metasearch engines and the pros and cons of using them.