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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Google Is Born.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Page and Brin select the name "Google," based on the term, "googol," which refers to what?
(a) The number 1 followed by an infinite number of zeros.
(b) The number 1 followed by 1,000 zeros.
(c) The number 1 followed by 1,000,000 zeros.
(d) The number 1 followed by 100 zeros.

2. What does "DNS" stand for?
(a) Domain Name Server.
(b) Domain Name Search.
(c) Domain Name Status.
(d) Domain Name Services.

3. When Louis Monier released AltaVista.com to Internet users, what company was he associated with?
(a) Google.
(b) Computer Solutions, Inc.
(c) Digital Equipment Corp.
(d) Compaq.

4. In 1993, what university created Veronica, the second search engine?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) The University of Nevada.
(d) The University of Oklahoma.

5. How much time passes for Google to go from next to nothing to earning over $4 billion in revenue?
(a) Less than three years.
(b) Less than two years.
(c) Less than five years.
(d) Less than a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his original vision for a Database of Intentions, what does Battelle see the database being built with?

2. How is the intelligence coded to speed up and refine a search for Internet users?

3. What component of a search engine sends information requests out on the Internet and collects the information gathered from websites?

4. What does "URL" stand for?

5. What percentage of search results includes paid ads for Google and Yahoo?

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