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Chapter 6: Find What You Want--Fast!
True/False Quiz

1 .       To assure credibility of a source it is a good idea to check a second, and possible third site to make sure you're getting reliable information.  

 
 


2 .       If you spend a lot of search time focusing on one topic, you should always use a search directory.  

 
 


3 .       A specialized search engine indexes a wide collection of Web pages via keywords.  

 
 


4 .       A large subject tree is a great way to explore open-ended questions.  

 
 


5 .       When trying to come up with keywords, associative thinking is a powerful search strategy.  

 
 


6 .       A search directory is a large collection of resources or documents about a specific topic.  

 
 


7 .       It is good practice to only look at the first 5 hits returned on a search.  

 
 


8 .       The "filtering in" technique allows us to tune a desired category by including more desirable documents 

 
 


9 .       Not all search engines allow you to use the AND operator in a query.  

 
 


10 .       To locate information on the elderly you would use the AND Boolean operator and add words such as senior citizens, retired, etc. to your search query. 

 
 






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