Prince George's Community College

301 Largo Road
Largo, Maryland 20774

 

To check your understanding of the material in this module, click on the correct answer for each exercise.

1. Web sites most likely to have factual and unbiased content are from which of the following categories?

a. Personal
b. Counterfeit
c. Informational
d. Advocacy

2. Which of the following is not a standard top-level Internet domain?

a. url
b. com
c. gov
d. edu

3. Which of the following is an Internet Subject Directory?

a. Google
b. Ixquick
c. Yahoo
d. AltaVista

4. All of the following should be done when conducting research with Internet search engines except:

a. become familiar with the "Help" feature
b. use more than one search engine
c. scrutinize and evaluate the lists of results
d. expect to find all needed information about your topic on the Internet

5. The type of software that is necessary for searching the World Wide Web and for interfacing with email, Telnet, and FTP is called a:

a. metasearch engine
b. browser
c. directory
d.search engine