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1 Google Unit A: Getting Started with Google TRUE/FALSE 1. Most of the Google programs are Web-based. ANS: T REF: Google-1 2. You can access your Google Account from any computer, as long as it has an Internet connection. ANS: T REF: Google-1 3. A Google Account is not free; however, it is not very expensive either. ANS: F REF: Google-2 4. Google products are very intuitive. ANS: T REF: Google-2 5. You can use Google Search without having a Google Account. ANS: T REF: Google-2 6. You can use Google Docs without having a Google Account. ANS: F REF: Google-2 7. After the Google Toolbar is installed on your computer, you can enter search criteria from any browser page; the Google home page doesn t have to be open. ANS: T REF: Google-4 8. When searching for a specific phrase on the Internet, you place parentheses around the phrase in the Search text box. ANS: F REF: Google-4 9. Movers & Shakers in a category under Google News. ANS: F REF: Google If you find an image using Google Images, you do not have to worry about permission to use it for your own purposes. ANS: F REF: Google-6 COMPLETION 1. You can get real-time reports in over 30 major U.S. metropolitan areas using Google Maps for Mobile.

2 ANS: traffic REF: Google You can use the free Google service from your landline or cell phone to find local business information. ANS: GOOG GOOG GOOG-411 REF: Google Google allows you to download free productivity software, such as Skype. ANS: Pack REF: Google You can download directions and traffic information to your phone using Google Maps for. ANS: Mobile REF: Google-3 5. Google allows you to personalize your computer by adding Google gadgets to your desktop. ANS: Desktop REF: Google-10 MATCHING Match each term with the most accurate description below. a. Web History d. igoogle b. Google Alert e. Google Product Search c. Google Earth 1. Sends you updates about a particular news topic 2. Tracks the sites you have visited 3. Personalized home page 4. Shopping bot 5. Shows you views of stars and planets 1. ANS: B REF: Google-6 2. ANS: A REF: Google-6 3. ANS: D REF: Google ANS: E REF: Google ANS: C REF: Google-8

3 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The Google button is on the Toolbar. a. Address c. Internet Explorer b. Google d. Favorites ANS: B REF: Google-3 2. You can create a Google Account if you have. a. access to the Internet b. access to the Internet and a credit card c. access to Blogger d. the Google Toolbar already installed in your Web browser ANS: A REF: Google-2 3. The Google program is known as. a. Google Mail c. Google Chat b. Gmail d. Google Talk ANS: B REF: Google-2 4. The correct way to search for the phrase Good Things Come in Small Packages is to type in the Search text box. a. Good Things Come in Small Packages c. [Good Things Come in Small Packages] b. Good Things Come in Small Packages d. (Good Things Come in Small Packages) ANS: B REF: Google-4 5. The best way to search for information on hospitals in Seattle would be to type in the Search text box. a. Information about hospitals in Seattle c. hospitals Seattle b. hospitals OR Seattle d. hospitals:seattle ANS: C REF: Google-4 6. Colons (:) are used in the Search text box when searching for. a. Web sites c. opposites b. two or more items d. phrases ANS: A REF: Google-4 7. The I m Feeling Lucky button. a. helps you find exactly what you are looking for in Google Product Search b. finds you the lowest airfare in Google Maps for Mobile c. automatically take you to the top-listed choice on the search results list d. reads your daily horoscope on your igoogle home page ANS: C REF: Google-4 8. At the top of each Google page is the list of available menu options, and additional menu options can be found by clicking the link.

a. more c. Google Extras b. Get more d. Gadgets ANS: A REF: Google-6 9. You can track past Web searches using the feature. a. Track History c. Track Searches b. Web History d.

4 a. more c. Google Extras b. Get more d. Gadgets ANS: A REF: Google-6 9. You can track past Web searches using the feature. a. Track History c. Track Searches b. Web History d. Google Tracker ANS: B REF: Google If you want to stay informed about a possible hurricane headed your way, you can sign up for Google. a. Weather c. Chat Rooms b. Alerts d. Earth Watch ANS: B REF: Google The check boxes shown in the figure above are for personalizing your home page. a. Google Account c. Gadgets b. igoogle d. Internet Explorer ANS: B REF: Google-11 Case Question Jane is a meteorologist at a local television station. She has been invited to visit the second grade class at a local grammar school to talk about the weather. Jane wants to do a great presentation but cannot bring any equipment from the station. A friend tells her that she can use Google on her personal laptop to give the kids a lot of information about weather. 12. In preparing for her weather talk, Jane first creates her Google Account. She then clicks the link to search for pictures of tornados. a. Picasa c. Videos b. Images d. News ANS: B REF: Google-6 TOP: Critical Thinking 13. Jane has found a picture that she really likes. She downloads it and then checks the associated with the image before she uses it. a. print resolution c. color mode b. copyright information d. size ANS: B REF: Google-6 TOP: Critical Thinking

5 14. Jane searches the Web for articles about tornadoes. When she finds one that she wants to keep, she adds it to her Google Account using the feature. a. Favorites c. Search Keeper b. Notebook d. Bookmark ANS: D REF: Google-10 TOP: Critical Thinking 15. To show the students the current weather in their town on her desktop, Jane creates a Google weather. a. icon c. gadget b. image d. video ANS: C REF: Google-11 TOP: Critical Thinking 16. Now that Jane has gathered lots of information in the form of Web pages, images, and videos, she decides to put them all into one Google for organization. a. Account c. Blog b. Notebook d. User Forum ANS: B REF: Google So that Jane can share her notebook for other meteorologists who may visit schools in the future, she makes her notebook. a. public c. flexible b. private d. into a pdf ANS: A REF: Google-11 TOP: Critical Thinking 18. To find multiple definitions for the word bisque using Google search, you would type in the search text box, then click Enter. a. search: bisque c. find: bisque b. define: bisque d. google: bisque ANS: B REF: Google The program that allows you to collect and save text clippings, images, and links from Web pages all from within a browser window is called Google. a. Portfolio c. InfoPak b. Notebook d. Info Manager ANS: B REF: Google Google Product Search is a shopping. a. center online c. bot b. Web site d. forum ANS: C REF: Google Using Google Maps, you can the starting and ending points to update your route. a. change c. delete b. drag d. lock ANS: B REF: Google A(n) is a data source that can be periodically updated and then automatically accessed by others.

6 a. blog c. feed b. video d. bot ANS: C REF: Google If you have questions about any Google products you can point to. a. c. b. d. ANS: C REF: Google Google SketchUp is used for. a. drawing b. cartooning c. building 3-D models d. checking copyright information on downloaded images ANS: C REF: Google-8 MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE 1. The Google Bookmarks feature is located on the Google Toolbar and ties your browser Wish List to your Google Account. ANS: F, favorites REF: Google Currency Converter and Temperature Converter are two examples of Google gadgets. ANS: T REF: Google The Street View, Traffic, Map, Satellite, and Terrain buttons can be toggled on or off in Google Earth. ANS: F, Maps REF: Google-8 4. With Google Earth, you can utilize aerial and satellite imagery of the Earth from your desktop, as well as explore the stars, constellations, planets, and galaxies. ANS: T REF: Google-8 5. Google Alerts are delivered using your address. ANS: T REF: Google-6 ESSAY 1. How does Google make it possible for you to access information you have gathered from the Internet without your own computer? Give specific examples.

7 ANS: Google makes it possible for you to access information you have gathered from the Internet without your own computer using a Google Account. Once you have created a Google Account, you have access to items stored in your account from any computer. All you need to do is to be able to log on to your account using a computer with an Internet connection. For example, you can bookmark all of your favorite Web sites. Bookmarks are linked to your Google Account. If you log on to your Google Account from another computer, your bookmarks will be there. You can create a Google Notebook of all of your video clips, Web pages and images. Once you make the notebook public, it can be shared. On another computer, log on to your Google Account and you will have access to your notebook and all of its contents. Finally, you can access your Gmail account from any computer with an Internet access, allowing you to receive and send messages while you are away from your home computer. REF: Google-2 Google-10 Google-12 TOP: Critical Thinking

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