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Which one of the following statements is true? |
| | A) | The British Library receives a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland and the collection currently includes more than 150m items in over 400 languages |
| | B) | The British Library receives a copy of every publication produced in the UK and the collection currently includes more than 15m items in over 400 languages |
| | C) | The British Library receives a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland and the collection currently includes more than 15m items in over 200 languages |
| | D) | None of the above |
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Meta-search engines enable users to: |
| | A) | Search one search engine at a time |
| | B) | Identify several search engines |
| | C) | Simultaneously search several individual search engines |
| | D) | None of the above |
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Which one of the following statements is true? |
| | A) | Search engine search the entire World Wide Web |
| | B) | Search engines find links in pages outside of their databases |
| | C) | Search engine databases are selected and built by computer robot programmes called spiders |
| | D) | None of the above |
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Google's search engine is distinguished from its competitors by: |
| | A) | Its ranking algorithm, which is based on how many pages link to each page, along with factors like proximity of search keywords or phrases in documents, built around PageRankTM |
| | B) | Its ranking algorithm, which is based on grades given to each page, along with factors like proximity of search keywords or phrases in documents, built around its FAST Search software technology |
| | C) | Its ranking algorithm, which is based on grades given to each page, along with factors like proximity of search keywords or phrases in documents |
| | D) | None of the above |
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Which of the following is an advantage of subject directories? |
| | A) | Subject directories are extremely useful for identifying specific websites |
| | B) | Subject directories are extremely useful Portals |
| | C) | Subject directories are extremely useful for purchasing goods online |
| | D) | None of the above |
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Which of the following is a unique feature of Wisenut? |
| | A) | 'Look-and-See' that enables the user to get a preview of a web page without leaving Wisenut's result page |
| | B) | 'Sneek-a-Peek' that enables the user to get a preview of a web page without leaving Wisenut's result page |
| | C) | 'Surf-and-Turf' that enables the user to get a preview of a web page without leaving Wisenut's result page |
| | D) | None of the above |
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Best practice web-searching includes: |
| | A) | Surfing the web |
| | B) | Determine whether there are synonyms, related terms, or other variations of the keywords |
| | C) | Believing everything that you find when web searching |
| | D) | None of the above |
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According to Price-Guide, a UK shopping bot which of the following features distinguish it from competitors? |
| | A) | Price-Guide maintain the largest database of comparative prices of computer components and consumer electronics in the UK |
| | B) | Price-Guide rely solely on search strings to identify products |
| | C) | Price-Guide rely on 'robots' to download information fom vendor's web sites |
| | D) | None of the above |
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According to (Bergman, 2001) which of the following statements best explains the size of the Invisible Web? |
| | A) | The Invisible Web is more than 50 times larger than what traditional search engines can index |
| | B) | The Invisible Web is more than 500 times larger than what traditional search engines can index |
| | C) | The Invisible Web is more than 5000 times larger than what traditional search engines can index |
| | D) | None of the above |
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According to a study between the period 13 and 20 March 2000, by BrightPlanet the Invisible Web contains: |
| | A) | 500 terabytes of information compared to 190 terabytes of information in the surface web |
| | B) | 750 terabytes of information compared to 190 terabytes of information in the surface web |
| | C) | 7500 terabytes of information compared to 19 terabytes of information in the surface web |
| | D) | None of the above |
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Criticisms of the Internet include: |
| | A) | It is not indexed in any standard vocabulary |
| | B) | The plethora of information available to students |
| | C) | The cost to access information |
| | D) | None of the above |
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When performing a literature review on the Internet, it is not desirable to: |
| | A) | Assume all material is up-to-date |
| | B) | Establish the purpose of the information |
| | C) | Check the author or institution of information retrieved and gathered during web searching |
| | D) | None of the above |
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