Prince George's Community College

301 Largo Road
Largo, Maryland 20774

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Module 2 Quiz

 

To check your understanding of the materials in the is moduel, click on the correct answer for each exercise.

1. The Boolean operator used to exclude a term from search results is:

AND
OR
NOT

2. The symbols used to search for a phrase in exact word order are:

( )
" "
c. + -
d. * ?

3. Information contained in online subscription databases is always found on the World Wide Web.

True
False

4. A Boolean search strategy that would produce results containing any, not necessarily all, of the terms: roads, streets, highways, is written:

roads OR streets OR highways
roads AND streets AND highways
(roads OR streets) AND highways

5. An effective search strategy utilizes:

long sentences
correct capitalization
key words and concepts