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Spears: Developing Critical Reading Skills
Developing Critical Reading Skills, 6/e
Deanne Spears, City College of San Francisco
Exercises

Online Quiz



1

What is a search engine?
2

Give three examples of commonly used search engines.
3

Which of the following best defines a meta search engine?
A)It is a higher-powered, vaster version of a regular search engine.
B)It searches several search engines and presents findings from each of them.
C)It was the original search engine developed by Internet pioneers.
D)It is an experimental kind of search engine that is not yet available to the general public.
4

When typing in a group of words in the search box of a search engine, which is the most efficient way to narrow the results? For example, if you want to find information on Tiger Woods, which of these is the best way to type his name?
A)Tiger Woods (boldface)
B)Tiger Woods (regular typeface)
C)“Tiger Woods” (put the phrase in quotation marks)
D)Tiger Woods (italics)
5

What is the correct address for the online version of The New York Times?
A)www.newyorktimes.com
B)www.nytimesnewspaper.com
C)www.nytimes.com
D)www.nyt.com
6

According to the text, which of these is the primary problem with websites for the critical reader?
A)He or she will spend more time surfing the Web than reading magazines or books.
B)Searching for information on the Web takes longer than finding the same information in traditional print forms.
C)Reading information on the Web for long stretches of time is bad for one’s eyes.
D)Web sites do not necessarily have editorial scrutiny and may not be accurate or fair.








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