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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Battelle speculates that eventually anything of value may have identification tags to track them, including which of the following?
(a) Children, pets, and senior citizens.
(b) Pets and senior citizens.
(c) Children and senior citizens.
(d) Children and pets.

2. Where did Monier end up working after AltaVista was sold and reworked?
(a) Google.
(b) EBay.
(c) AOL.
(d) Yahoo.

3. According to the 2004 research paper, how often do 85 percent of U.S. users perform Internet searches?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once every two weeks.
(d) More than twice a week.

4. Which one of the following does not represent one of the pieces of information that the database should be analyzing to sell to clients?
(a) The products and services that Internet users are buying.
(b) The products and services that Internet users are avoiding.
(c) The products and services that Internet users are planning to buy.
(d) The products and services that Internet users are offering.

5. What is Google criticized for by the financial press?
(a) The amount of time it took for the company to go public.
(b) The range of its stock prices.
(c) The lawsuits filed against the company.
(d) The number of employees the company has.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which existing sites do Page and Brin compare their new search engine in order to appreciate its value?

2. What is the precursor to Google called when Page and Brin create it at Stanford University?

3. Why was the WebCrawler so unique?

4. Where is the semantic Web idea mainly used?

5. When is the first version of Google officially released?

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