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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Search Before Google.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 a year.
(c) Less than five years.
(d) Less than two years.

3. How is the intelligence coded to speed up and refine a search for Internet users?
(a) By suggesting additional or alternative keywords.
(b) By correcting misspelled words entered in the search box.
(c) By only displaying websites with an exact match in content to the keywords.
(d) By eliminating duplicate website links.

4. Before changing to Yahoo in 1995, what was the original name given to the search engine in 1994 by creators, Jerry Yang and David Filo?
(a) Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web.
(b) Jerry and David's Excellent Search Engine.
(c) Yang and Filo's Web Crawler.
(d) YahooCrawler.com.

5. The estimated growth of the search engine industry is expected to reach $23 billion by what year?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2025.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2020.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the World Wide Web, who mainly used the Internet?

2. After a series of company takeovers, Yahoo eventually acquired AltaVista and used it as what feature for their website?

3. Sixty-five percent of all Internet searches are estimated for what purpose?

4. What was the main problem with the way early Internet users were accessing files?

5. Why is clickstream data so important to search engines?

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