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1How is duck duck go different from google or yahoo?
- AGoogle and yahoo are faster
- BGoogle and yahoo only presents sponsored links
- CGoogle and yahoo track you searches with the purpose of giving you what you want to see.
- DGoogle and Yahoo do not track your searches.
2Why are you missing things when you search on Google?
- AGoogle is not a good search engine
- BGoogle is giving you what it thinks you want based on your history
- CSomeone has hacked your computer
- DGoogle doesn't like certain websites
3What is meant by the last phrase in this statement?
"The search tools that help us find needles in the digital haystack have become the lenses through which we view the digital landscape. Businesses and governments use them to distort our picture of reality."- AWe believe what we want to belive
- BThe truth always comes out
- CWhat businesses and governments let you see online helps you to reach a conclusion on what is true
- DThe truth will set you free
4What would be a strategy we could use to get more information and perhaps get information business and governments don't want us to have?
- AWe could always get our information from google
- BWe should limit our clicks to the first results in google
- CWe should consider other resources of information other than search engines
- DWe should allow cookies when we go to websites
5What did you need to find something on the internet before there were search engines?
- Akey words
- Bthe internet has always had search engines
- Cyou just need google
- DThe web address (the url)
6As the web went commercial what appeared to help people find things?
- AGoogle
- Bsearch engines
- Cdirectories (like Yellow Pages)
- Dcraigslist
7What is the difference between a "yellow pages" and our favorite search engine "Google"?
- AGoogle has a directory of sites for you to choose from
- BGoogle presents its websites in alphabetic order
- CA directory will allow you to choose from websites it has, and it is in alphabetic order
- DA directory finds websites based on key words you enter
8How have we given power to our search engine?
- AIt controls what we like
- BIt controls what happens to us
- CIt controls the information we recieve
- DIt controls our finances
9What is the valuable information our search engine is collecting from us?
- AOur search and traffic history
- Bwhat degrees we have
- Chow many dates we go on
- Dwhen we wake up
10How are our searches and traffic history being used against us?
- ASearch engines use it to determine the advertisement you see
- Bsearch engines send the information to the police
- Csearch engines save the information
- Dthe government uses it to check our taxes
11What is a sponsored link?
- Aan advertisement
- Ba regular link
- Ca video
- Dan image
12What are the ordinary links that Google searches present?
- ALinks that are not advertisements
- BLinks from advertizers
- Ccommercials
- Dsales
13What is “Zyprexa.”?
- AA religion
- BA form of martial arts
- CA drug
- DCandy
14What was the secret "Eli Lilly and Company" were hiding concerning their great drug "Zyprexa"?
- AIt was manufactured in china
- Bside effects such as causing diabetes
- CIt was really just tylenol
- Dthere was no secret
15What are the three things Jen (another name for google or yahoo) is always doing?
- Aselling to advertizers
- Bproviding you with links
- CGather information, make copies, build indexes
- Ddreaming
16What kind of pages does Jen visit daily?
- Aencyclopedias
- Bother search engines
- Cnews
- Dlibraries
17Why will Jen decide to visit some sites yearly?
- AIt does not like them
- BIt has not paid its jen subscription
- CIt is a seasonal site
- DIt has noticed that it rarely changes
18Why might Jen not see some pages on the web ever?
- AThe pages was up for a short time for a specific purpose
- Bit is in a foreign language
- Cit has obscene content
- DJen does not work very well
19What is meant by Jen "Keep Copies" of websites?
- ACopies are printed and sent to Jen's office
- BJen makes its own version of the site to compete with it
- CJen downloads a copy of every web page her spider visits
20Finish this statement "But caching web pages makes it possible for Jen to have a page that
- Ais hidden
- Bwas never on the interent
- Cis no longer on the internet
- Dshould not be on the internet
21What is meant by "Bits do not die easily"
- ABits are not alive so they cannot die
- Bbits are digital and only need electricity
- Cbits of information online can be easily copied to other websites that will keep the information alive even when the original website is gone
- Dbits can come back even after they are killed
22Describes an index as far as Jen is concerned.
- AA list of terms followed by the places they occur.
- BA list of sites
- Ccategories of sites
- Dan encyclopedia
23What other information is Jen saving about the text on the web page?
- Athe size of the font
- Bthe color of the font
- Cthe style of the font
- Dall of the above
24Would Jen provide different results for allergy treatment, if the user types it with quotes such as “allergy treatment"?
- AJen will treat both examples as the same
- BJen will find more results for “allergy treatment", because she will be looking for the exact term
- CJen will find less results for “allergy treatment", because she will be looking for the exact term
- DThe results for “allergy treatment" will be incorrect
25What does relevance mean for search engines?
- Aresults that match the intent of the query (search)
- Blinks to important sites, like those ending in .gov
- Cresults that match the intent of advertisers
- Dresults that match the intent of the government
26What is recall for a search engine?
- AThis is where all relevant documents have been found
- BThis is where all relevant documents have been indexed
- CThis is where all relevant documents have been presented
- DThis is where all relevant documents have been copied
27 Why is total recall unimportant?
- Aresults would take too long
- BMost users will never look at 1000's of websites
- Csome sites are not relevant
28What is not included in the relevance calculation?
- Athe number of times the key words appear in the document
- Bwhether the key word appear in large text
- Cwhether the key words appear in the url
- Dwhether the site is foreign or not
29What was one of Google's innovation?
- APage rank
- Breleavance
- Crecall
- Dtotal recall
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