Understanding Search Engines and Online Research

Which of the following statements about Google is true?

• Google makes money from advertisements

• Google can read and understand the content it provides

• Google searches the entire internet

• Google is the best search engine

What is a major criticism of Google's knowledge panels?

• They are not visually appealing

• They often leave out the source of information

• They provide too much context

• They are too detailed

Which of the following is NOT a way Google chooses search results?

• Programmable clues

• Random selection

• User's browsing history

• How many pages link to a page

This part of a results page is known as

• snippet
• knowledge graph

• summary
• meta data

An AI hallucination is...

• an error in computer coding of the AI

• a creative response by AI to a creative question

• a response generated which contains false or misleading information presented as fact

Which one was written by a REAL person (not AI)?

• Person 1

• Person 2

Answer explanation

Person 2 was written by a person. Person 1 was AI generated. In a 2023 study, linguistic experts "could only identify AI-created content correctly 38.9% of the time". Research published in the ScienceDirect journal Research Methods in Applied Linguistics.