Information Retrieval and Telecommunications

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1. Which of the following is not an electronic resource? An encyclopedia on a CD-ROM.
The Internet.
An atlas on a CD-ROM.
A printed telephone book.
2. Which of the following electronic resources would you use if you were trying to find a book about cats? An encyclopedia.
A card catalog.
A thesaurus.
An atlas.
3. If you were looking for a map of the United States, which electronic resource would you use? An atlas.
A dictionary.
A card catalog.
A telephone book.
4. An electronic encyclopedia contains: Telephone numbers.
Advertisements for local merchants.
Articles about a variety of different subjects.
The latest local news.
5. A network of computers all over the world is called the: Atlas.
Almanac.
Encyclopedia.
Internet.
6. To find the book Hatchet, you would select the _________ box in the library computer search program and type in "Hatchet." Subject.
Title.
Author.
Keyword.
7. To find a book about George Washington, you would select the __________ box in the library computer search program and type in "Washington, George." Subject.
Title.
Author.
Keyword.
8. To find a book about cats, you would select the __________ box in the library computer search program and type in "cats." Subject.
Title.
Author.
Keyword.
9. To find all of the books written by Beverly Cleary, you would select the __________ box in the library computer search program and type in "Cleary, Beverly." Subject.
Title.
Author.
Keyword.
10. If you were searching for information about Martin Luther King, Jr., in which order would his name be entered? Martin Luther King, Jr.
Luther King, Jr., Martin
King, Jr.,Martin Luther
Jr., Martin Luther King
11. An e-mail address is made up of a user name and an address separated by what symbol? >
#
/
@
12. A quick way to respond to the person who sent you an e-mail message is to send: A carbon copy.
An attached file.
A reply.
A post card.
13. Typing an e-mail message to someone is similar to using a: Word processor.
Spreadsheet.
Database.
Paint program.
14. Before you can send an electronic message to another person you must have their: Web site.
Home page.
E-mail address.
URL.
15. Before you read an e-mail message you can find it in your: Inbox.
Outbox.
Sent folder.
Personal folder.
16. A tool that allows you to conduct a search on the Intenet is called a search: Catalog.
Engine.
Motor.
Book.
17. Which of the following is a software program that allows you to view web pages on the Internet? Word processor.
Database.
Browser.
Spreadsheet.
18. A URL (uniform resource locator) is a: Web page address.
Post office box.
Zip code.
Postal address.
19. To keep a permanent record of web sites that you have visited you can use: Post office boxes.
Bookmarks or favorites.
Locations.
Bold text.
20. To conduct a search on the Internet, which of the following would you use to find the topic of the search? Looker.
Handle.
Address.
Keyword.
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