Chapter 5
Which research practice will help ensure that highly reliable information is obtained?
all of the above
Identify a method used to find authoritative information
choose information from respected organizations
A search engine consists partly of a:
crawler and a query processor
If quotes surround the search phrase, "human powered flight," the search would find pages associated with the:
exact phrase human powered flight
A search using the logical operator OR requires:
one of the words to be found on the page
Which search technique will help avoid over constraining?
Begin with an inclusive search and add more words one at a time
Which of the following is an effective technique in using the hit list?
Skim top-level information and decide which links to explore further
One example of descriptive text is anchor text, which is:
highlighted link text, specified inside <a...> tags, describing the page to which it links
In a Web search, a match to a query is known as a(n):
hit
A weakness of Wikipedia is that:
the content is not validated by experts