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INF103 Computer Literacy

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1

Boole’s theories of logic set the foundation for what aspect of computing today?

  Searching

  Hardware

  Software

  Information

 

Question 2

When a video becomes so popular online that people begin tweeting, blogging, and emailing their friends about it, it is called:

  infectious .

  viral.

  hits.

  gossip.

 

 

Question 3

Which of the following is the tool used to automatically search new information on the internet and organize it for future searches?

  Browser

  Web Crawler

  Index Server

  PageRank

 

 

Question 4

Vannevar Bush imagined a desktop computing machine that would allow people to access data stored in various information centers throughout the world. This device was called a:

  PC.

  Laptop.

  Mainframe.

  Memex.

 

 

Question 5

The BEST description of a proprietary database is one that:

  is accessible to students.

  contains relevant information.

  is restricted to a select group.

  is  free to the public.

 

 

Question 6

While doing online research you enter this keyword search with a truncation character: man* Which of the following would not be a possible response to your search?

  Manny

  Mantle

  Men

  Mansion

 

 

Question 7

If you wanted to look up an article from the Chicago Tribune the best place to start would be:

  NewsBank.

  ProQuest.

  JSTOR.

  EBSCOHost.

 

 

Question 8

Google’s main model for generating profit is:

  AdWords.

  Applications.

  Indexing.

  Searches.

 

 

Question 9

Google uses what strategy for matching web pages to your searching requests?

  AdWord

  Bookmarks

  PageRank

  Past history

 

 

Question 10

Which company was the maker of the number one software suite in the world in the 1990s?

  Sun Microsystems

  Google

  Micropro

  Microsoft