Practice Quiz
(Preparation for the First Test)

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1. The search terms and, or, and not are examples of:
proximity operators
search engines
nesting
Boolean operators
domain names



2. Which of the following is not an ending for the Internet?
.org
.gov
.url
.com
.html



3. A URL is:
a search engine
a WWW address
an e-mail address
a browser
an online catalog



4. What makes accessing the Internet difficult?
complex programming language
not all people who put information on the Internet think alike
services are individually owned and maintained
1 and 3 only
2 and 3 only



5. Which of the following are search engines?
Yahoo
Netscape
Lynx
Signature
all of the above



6. All entries in the Library of Congress subject headings are arranged:
hierarchical order
chronological order
numerical order
unordered
both 1 and 2



7. What does the abbreviation NT stand for in Library of Congress subject?
Narrower Topic
Newest Test
Northern Telegram
New Topic
none of the above



8. Who has been called the Father of the Internet?
Vannevar Bush
Debashis Aikat
Tim Berners-Lee
Vinton G. Cerf
Mother Board



9. Keywords are:
names
dates
central concepts or themes
all of the above
none of the above



10. Vannevar Bush proposed a hypertext-like system named:
Windows
HTML
Macintosh
Sunsite
Memex



11. YAHOO stands for:
You are hazy over oranges
You are a hazy officious oracle
Yet another harry orange oracle
Yet another hierarchical officious oracle
Yippee!



12. When searching the online catalog in Davis Library, which of the below is not available?
author
title
date
keyword
none of the above



13. Which of the following are search engines?
Yahoo
Netscape
Lynx
Signature
Library of Congress



14. Upon entering Pine, which of the following choices are you allowed to make from the main menu?
Compose menu
Address book
Search Pine
both 1 and 2
both 2 and 3



15. GUI reduces the need to remember the complicated syntax of command line interfaces such as MS-DOS and UNIX. What does GUI stand for?
Graphic User Interface
Graphical Used Interface
Graphical User Interface
Graphical User Interfacing
none of the above



16. Which of the following is true about ROM?
ROM chips store basic operating instructions for the computer
ROM stands for Random Over-drive Memory
You can change information stored on ROM
1 and 3
2 and 3



17. In the Library of Congress call number P96.T422 U634 1997 for the book, Old Media New Media, by Wilson Dizard, published by Longman, 1977, what does T422 stand for?
the location and year of publication
the general subject area
the last name of the author
the location in the library
the subcategory



18. Which of these is most likely to be at the end of Coca-Cola's Web address?
http://
.www
.org
.com
.edu



19. In the e-mail address "pdolan@email.unc.edu," which is the user ID?
pdolan
unc
email
isis
@



20. Modem stands for:
More Of Deb's Exciting Messages
MOdulator-DEModulator
MOnitor DEMonstrator
Medium Of Digital Electronic Messages
MODe of EMail



21. What type of domain name would someone in the U.S. Navy have at the end of his/her e-mail address?
.nav
.gov
.org
.wav
.mil



22. Yahoo, Alta Vista, and Lycos are all:
URL addresses
search engines
clients
servers
databases



23. All of the following are ways to access the GPO Access Database except:
Telnet to the UNC-CH library system
WWW
LEXIS-NEXIS
Within a UNC-CH library
WAIS



24. Which of the below are examples of computer hardware?
mouse
keyboard
computer chips
1 and 3 only
all of the above



25. What is a mother board?
surfboard
main circuit board in a computer
main sound card in a computer
discussion forum
emery board


Revised 04/25/98