Final Exam Review for Basic Information Literacy and Research | IT 150G, Study notes of Information Technology

Download Final Exam Review for Basic Information Literacy and Research | IT 150G and more Study notes Information Technology in PDF only on Docsity! IT 150G Final Exam Review Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. A documentary created in 2002 that uses news footage from the civil rights marches in the 1960s is a ____ source a. primary c. tertiary b. secondary d. plagiarized ____ 2. ____ are services to help you locate information on the Web. a. Search bureaus c. Web chargers b. Internet search tools d. Internet helpers ____ 3. Search engine ____ crawl the Web. a. snakes c. bugs b. spiders d. checkers ____ 4. Specialized or specialty search tools ____. a. find information that is “invisible” to traditional search engines b. are typically prepared by hand and are a good choice for a broad view of a topic c. compile results from traditional search engines d. are available to any Internet user free of charge ____ 5. The deep Web ____. a. does not contain the majority of information on the Web b. is not accessible by traditional search tools c. is accessible by specialty search tools d. does not contain much useful information ____ 6. When you need a broader view or when you know less about your topic, it’s a good idea to start your search with ____. a. a traditional search engine c. a subject guide b. a specialty search tool d. evaluative criteria ____ 7. Typical words that do not qualify as keywords are also known as ____. a. block words c. non-words b. full words d. stop words ____ 8. What should you do when creating a list of keywords to use in your search? a. Identify stop words. c. Identify related keywords. b. Identify synonyms. d. All of the above. ____ 9. To find keywords in the correct order, you need to use ____. a. subject groups c. phrase searching b. search groups d. text grouping ____ 10. URL names are often ____, indicating what the Web site is about to make it easy to remember. a. mnemonic c. linked b. cached d. smart ____ 11. Citation formats are ____ that standardize how citations are written. a. bibliographies c. reports b. style guides d. Internet search engines ____ 12. A ____ query uses Boolean operators to narrow, expand, or restrict a search. a. complex c. new b. difficult d. boolean ____ 13. The overlapping area of the sets in a Venn diagram are called the ____ of sets. a. shade c. crossroads b. intersection d. star ____ 14. The circles in Venn diagrams represent ____. a. intersections of information c. sets of information b. unions of information d. exclusions of information ____ 15. Boolean logic uses a special mathematical syntax to perform ____. a. simple searches c. modified searches b. narrow searches d. complex searches ____ 16. Keep a search ____ to track what searches you have already tried and which searches provided useful results. a. map c. diary b. diagram d. engine ____ 17. Use the Boolean operator ____ when trying to broaden a search. a. AND NOT c. OR b. IF d. AND ____ 18. Use the Boolean operator ____ when trying to exclude a concept. a. AND NOT c. OR b. AND d. AND OR ____ 19. ____ is a variation of the AND NOT Boolean operator. a. (+) c. (!) b. (+-) d. (-) ____ 20. The ____ Google search operator allows you to locate pages based on the keywords used to link to them from other pages. a. allinanchor: c. link: b. allintitle: d. site: ____ 21. Which Creative Commons license(s) shown in the above figure is associated with the U.S. Patent Office? ____ a. All b. None c. 1, 3, and 5 d. 1, 2, 4, and 5 ____ 22. Which Creative Commons license(s) shown in the above figure allows you to use a work in a professional or job-related use? ____ a. 4 b. 4 and 5 c. 1 and 5 d. 4, 5, and 6 ____ 23. Registering your work with the Copyright Office may give you access to which of the following? ____ a. Actual damages a. low c. deep b. hidden d. dark ____ 49. About ____ percent of the information on the Web is largely hidden from the view of traditional search engines. a. 73.8 c. 93.5 b. 89.1 d. 99.8 ____ 50. Directory searches often provide better results using ____. a. a first name c. just an initial b. a middle initial d. just a last initial ____ 51. Electronic versions of thousands of periodical titles are available in ____, such as ProQuest and Info Trac. a. periodical dishes c. subscription postings b. subscription databases d. database logs ____ 52. A(n) ____ periodical is typically published by a commercial publisher, and targeted at knowledgeable readers with a possibly technical background. a. scholarly c. entertainment b. popular d. general interest ____ 53. Vertical portals are often referred to as ____. a. portals c. vortals b. gateways d. databases ____ 54. Large gateways, called ____, create access to different segments of government information. a. vortals c. access points b. portals d. browsers ____ 55. Online reference sources include ____. a. dictionaries c. directories b. encyclopedias d. all of the above ____ 56. Some ____ are general or personal, and some are a must-read for a specific audience, such as a professional cultural group. a. blogs c. Q&A sites b. tagging sites d. collaborative harvesters ____ 57. Social search works well for finding ____ material that requires informed opinions. a. objective c. substantiated b. subjective d. scholarly ____ 58. ____ targeting analyzes frequently used words in your blog to match ads to blog content. a. Visibility c. Twitter b. Placement d. Contextual ____ 59. What is NOT a benefit of joining a professional network? ____ a. Connecting with potential employers c. Doing background checks b. Collaborating on research d. Finding potential employees ____ 60. Which of the following is the least likely to come back to haunt you if you post it on your wall on Facebook? ____ a. A link to a blog about a social or political issue you feel strongly about. c. Photographs from a wild party you attended over the weekend. b. Information about vacation plans, including dates and the duration of your trip. d. Landscape and wildlife photographs from the safari you recently went on. Matching Match the following search results page display items to the correct term below. ____ 61. Web site title ____ 62. Web page title ____ 63. Internet address ____ 64. Date viewed ____ 65. Author Match each term with the most accurate description below. a. World Wide Web g. keywords b. search engines h. Internet c. subject guides i. metasearch engines d. Internet search tools j. citation formats e. spiders k. specialty search tools f. search query l. algorithms ____ 66. services that locate information on the Web ____ 67. words that describe the major concepts of your search topic ____ 68. a repository of information stored on computers all over the world ____ 69. tells the search tool specifically what information is needed ____ 70. locates Web pages that contain keywords you enter in a search form ____ 71. offer a single search form to query multiple search engines simultaneously ____ 72. a vast global network of interconnected smaller networks ____ 73. style guides that standardize how citations are written ____ 74. locates Web pages that are hidden from traditional search engines ____ 75. mathematical formulas used by search engines Match the Boolean sets to their descriptions below. ____ 76. Exclusion of the dogs set ____ 77. Exclusion of the cats set ____ 78. Set of pages on the Web containing the word dogs ____ 79. Intersection of the two sets ____ 80. Set of pages on the Web containing the word cats Match each term with the most accurate description below. a. filters g. domain b. complex searches h. metasearch engines c. Venn diagrams i. syntax d. Boolean operators j. AND operator e. default operator k. parentheses f. Boolean logic ____ 81. mathematical syntax used by search engines ____ 82. define relationships between keywords ____ 83. Boolean operator automatically assumed by a search engine ____ 84. narrow a search by screening out some Web content ____ 85. use Boolean operators ____ 86. visually represent searches using Boolean operators ____ 87. simultaneously search multiple search engines ____ 88. one way to narrow a search ____ 89. a way to force the order of operation in a Boolean search ____ 90. a special set of rules Match the word with its correct description. a. white paper g. webinar b. e-persona h. reputation management firm c. mentor i. e-portfolio d. corporate blogger j. visibility e. cyber bullying k. deep Web f. headline l. Webmaster ____ 91. an employee who writes an online log about products and services offered by a company ____ 92. a personal home page with links to an individual’s online information ____ 93. harassing an individual online ____ 94. an online seminar ____ 95. your online presence ____ 96. a level of the Web that includes databases and public records that traditional search engines don’t search ____ 97. a measure of how easy or difficult it is to find you online; for example, on Facebook ____ 98. informational report about a topic of interest to members of a professional organization ____ 99. the main descriptor of a member on a professional networking site like LinkedIn ____ 100. professional who guides someone along a career path