Using the Internet for research Lab - Mix - 25 points

Directions: Follow the directions for each question below. Type in your answer for each question on the space that is provided. When you are finished, print this page out and turn it in. If you don't think you will complete the entire Quest in one sitting, print out the form and use it to take notes, then complete the form once you have answered every question.
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  1. To mark a document or a specific place in a document for later retrieval is called a(n)... (1pt)
    A. index             B. organize              C. bookmark       D. none of the above

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  2. What does LILO mean? (1pt)
    A.  Last In Last Out      B. part of a song     C.   License in Last Option     D. none of the above

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  1. Anytime you are collecting data for research and then reusing it for some type of publication, even homework, you should always (1pt)

A.  just copy everything, nobody will check     B. cite your sources  C. change the wording  
D. all of the above

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  1. What does the word BLOG mean? (1pt)

A. A chunk of mud            B. when you get gum stuck on your shoe
C. Web Log                      D. a low tone coming from a musical instrument

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  1. A program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.(1pt)

A. search engine      B. super indexer     C.  web crawler    D. none of the above

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  1.  A great “electronic” resource for finding the meaning of words, synonyms for words, or more information about a word is: (1pt)

A. http://www.google.com      B. http://www.lookupwords.com
C. http://www.dictionary.com D. http://www.idontcare.com

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  1. The #1 search engine on the Internet today is: (1pt)
    A. http://www.google.com      B. http://www.lookupwords.com
    C. http://www.dictionary.com D. http://www.idontcare.com

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  1. An online newsgroup is called a(n):(1pt)

A. bulletin board  B. forum  C. search engine  D. web site
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  1. A search engine that crawls the Internet and caches websites so that Internet users can search their servers is called a: (1pt)

A. directory driven search engine
B. combination site
C. database driven search engine
D none of the above

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  1. Why is it possible that most of the information on the Internet is not valid? : (1pt)

A. it is easy to post information on the Internet, anyone can do it
B. because it is free and there are millions of websites on the Internet
C. the Internet is not owned by anyone, therefore it is not regulated
D all of the above

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For 5 points.  Put your Internet expertise to use and find out the answers to the following questions:

  1. Who decided to put the “@” in e-mail addresses?

  1. Why did they decide to use the “@” symbol?
  2. How was it first used?

  1. About how old is the “@” sign?

  1. Cite your sources using the proper MLA style.

Find 5 separate web sites that are helpful to a computer technician and are not mentioned in our lecture or posted on our website.  Please give the link and a brief description of each web site.
(10 points) YOUR SUGGESTIONS MAY BE ADDED TO OUR WEBSITE.

    URL 1:

    Description:

          

    URL 2:

    Description:

          

    URL 3:

    Description:

          

    URL 4:

    Description:

          

    URL 5:

    Description:

          

     

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