Quiz 2: Directories

These quizzes are your tools to determine whether you've learned the material – 
they aren't grades that go to the instructor.

True or false?
1. Directories are catalogued by spiders and robots.   True   False
2. Directories contain fewer resources than search engine databases.   True   False
3. Directories increase the probability of retrieving relevant results   True   False
4. Once in a directory, you can narrow your search by adding Boolean operators.   True   False
5. Directories are updated regularly.   True   False
6. Annotations are web page descriptions.   True   False
7. Directories are catalogued objectively.   True   False
8. All directories use the same hierarchical format.   True   False
9. Lynx is the most comprehensive directory on the world wide web.   True   False
10. Automatic searching for synonyms of your keywords is "concept searching."   True   False

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