Web indexing - Quiz
  • 1. What is another term for web indexing?
A) Hyperlinking
B) Web scraping
C) Data mining
D) Internet indexing
  • 2. What type of index do individual websites often use?
A) Back-of-the-book index
B) Metadata-only index
C) Hierarchical index
D) Dynamic category index
  • 3. What do search engines primarily use for onsite searching?
A) Only URL paths
B) Alphabetical browse views
C) Keywords and metadata
D) User-generated tags
  • 4. Which types of websites are increasingly using web indexing?
A) Offline archives
B) Static hardware pages
C) Personal blogs
D) Periodical websites
  • 5. What is another common name for back-of-the-book-style web indexes?
A) Keyword catalogs
B) Taxonomy hierarchies
C) Metadata maps
D) Web site A-Z indexes
  • 6. What does the 'A-Z' in 'A-Z index' imply?
A) A chronological list
B) A numerical database
C) An alphabetical browse view
D) A multi-layered structure
  • 7. How does a taxonomy differ from an A-Z index?
A) It is exclusively for search engines
B) It ignores alphabetical order
C) It uses only metadata
D) It uses hierarchical categories
  • 8. What does metadata web indexing involve?
A) Manual categorization of pages
B) Creating an A-Z browse interface
C) Organizing site headers
D) Assigning keywords to meta-tag fields
  • 9. What is the primary purpose of metadata in web indexing?
A) Displaying images
B) Improving site speed
C) Encrypting web content
D) Retrieval of web pages or sites
  • 10. Is it common for an A-Z index to be used to index multiple sites?
A) Only for government websites
B) Yes, it is the primary method
C) No, it is unusual
D) Yes, it is standard practice
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