Lesson 6 Databases & Web Search Engines

What is the term for a collection of information consisting ofone or more related fields about a specific entity, such as a person, product or event?

• Key

• Database

• Record

• Table

Which of the following enables an operating system to access database systems from various vendors?

• Database management system (DBMS)

• Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

• Sructured Query Language (SQL)

• Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)

Which of the following search engines uses your social network (Facebook & Twitter) to find more relevant information for your query?

• Bing

• Yahoo

• Google

• Excite

Which of the following are typically an example of primary resources?

• Textbooks & Referene Books

• Biographies & Histories

• Newspapers & Magazines

• Physical Objects & Relics

How is many-to-many relationship between 2 database tables established?

• By creating two separate databases related by two or more common fields

• By creating two one-to-many relationships with a junction table

• By creating two one-to-one relationships with a junction table

• By joining two related tables to a primary table

When specifying keywords to conduct an Internet search, which of the following parts of speech will be the most useful?

• Verbs

• Nouns

• Articles & Prepositions

• Modifiers

Why would you use quotation marks in a search string when conducting an Internet search?

• To narrow your search to yield webpages that contain only the keywords as they appear together in the specified order

• To broaden your search to yield webpages that contain any one or more of the keywords

• To narrow your search by eliminating webpages that contain the keywords in the specified order

• To broaden your search to yield webpages that contain all of the keywords contained within the quotation marks in any order

What is the term for a field containing a value that uniquely identifies each record in a database table?

• Common Key

• Primary Key

• Foreign Key

• Related Key

What is a reason for creating a relational database?

• to correct errors in the information

• to store, categorize & analyze a complex set of information

• to save space on your computer

• to isolate information in many different tables

What will Internet search results contain when you use the AND Boolean operatorin a two-keyword search string?

• Neither keyword

• One keyword or the other or both

• Both keywords only if you enclose them in quotation marks

• Both keywords