General Google Search MCQs

1. What is the alternate for an OR search in Google ? eg. Term1 OR term2

2. The Google Search feature called "Instant Predictions" does what?

3. According to Google Search, a short video is between what time limits?

4. True or False: You can search for specific text through the "highlight and right-click" method (then choosing the Google Search option).

5. Will Google Scholar search limit date criteria when searching?

6. When searching for specific keywords contained within a web site address what is the appropriate Operator?

7. What is a sitemap?

8. How would you search for a page containing both hiking and Mt. Washington in the title?

9. How would you search for the word biking in a url?

10. If you are searching for "food facts," how could you extend the search to include synonyms for food, including (but not limited to) "nutrition?"

11. How would you search for dogs.about.com as saved by Google?

12. If Google Instant is enabled, what changes?

13. What symbol works as a "fill in a blank" for an unknown search term?

14. What happens if you click "I'm Feeling Lucky" instead of " Google Search"?

15. What query is the best way to search for PDF files including the exact phrase: high school

16. Is there such a thing as a Google URL shortener?

17. How can you limit your search to only U.S.-accredited higher educational institutions?

18. Which of the following would exclude .doc files from this search's results?

19. What is the symbol to find similar search terms?

20. What is the name of the filter that blocks/limits objectionable content?

21. What does it mean when a link in the results area is indented?

22. Which Safe Search mode does Google recommend when searching for images?

23. What happens when you leave the search bar blank and click the Google Search button?

24. What happens when you click "cached" under a link?

25. Searching for "cache:example.com"...

26. If you google "site:youtube.com bird watching", which will you find in your search results?

27. What does the symbol ~ do when you put it in front of a word in your search?

28. Formerly, if you wanted Google to include only a specific word, and not just similar words, you used a plus sign, like this: [ +purple ]. What does Google now use in place of this syntax?

29. What happens when you include double quotes around a phrase when searching?

30. If you precede a word with a hyphen in a search criteria, e.g. salsa -dance, what results will be found?

31. What is the shortcut to find the weather near a zip code? (example 90210)

32. What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?

33. You enter: "I have a dream" into the search box with the quotation marks. What results will be displayed?

34. Which of the following will retrieve pages containing the exact phrase "all cats are grey in the dark"?

35. Which of the following products is not a part of the Google suite?

36. True or False? You can only find images in Google by clicking on the 'Images' tab first.

37. Your child has a school project and needs you to find pictures of animals. Which set of actions will provide you with the most options to choose from?

38. How would you use Google to find all PDF files on the website example.com?

39. What symbol is used for a wildcard search?

40. Which of the following would exclude "Cowell" from a search on American Idol?

41. If you want to exclude a term, what symbol do you put in front of it?

42. If you leave the search engine box empty and click on the News tab on the Google search engine what will happen?

43. What Google product does not appear in the toolbar?

44. What kinds of directions are given in Google Maps?

45. How do you search for PDF results only?

46. How would you find Groups messages containing 'alternative music' in the subject?

47. You need to find information on the Canon MX340 printer. You only wish to view results from Canon.com websites. Which is the correct entry?

48. How would you search for the phrase "puppy food" in the site dogs.about.com?

49. How would you search for a PDF file related to the word calculus?

50. True or False: Advanced search does not allow you to decide how many results per page you want to see.

51. True or False: You can track your UPS, FedEx, or USPS packages by typing the tracking number directly into the search box.

52. What can you use as the multiplication symbol used in arithmetic queries in the Google search bar?

53. How do you search fluoride, while screening out results that include the term 'FDA' ?

54. How do you change your location when searching for a particular place near you?

55. True or False: Advanced search DOES NOT allow you to learn the reading level of your search results

56. How would you find the answer to the conversion of 10 mm to Meters?

57. Google can help you find a sale on a particular item by:

58. What information is entered into the search bar to track a package?

59. How would you find weather information for the zip code 02118 in Boston, MA?

60. What are the two buttons below the search bar on the Google home page?

61. Which of the following operators is used to exclude an item from results?

62. What is the correct syntax for searching the meaning of a specific term on Google?

63. True or False: The more words you add into the query, the more you limit the search results

64. The search results that show up for you on Google can be different than those that show up for someone else.

65. You are searching for sites that contain stored copies of a specific format of document (for example a .pdf), what is the appropriate Operator?

66. True or False: "I Feel Lucky" sends you to a casino website?

67. You wish to change the number of results on a page to 50 when searching. How will you achieve this?

68. Which of the following is the proper way to optimize your blog on search engine?

69. How can you search mosques of India?

70. To search a word and its synonyms, include “~” before the word. For example, ~butter.

71. What does "Change background image" do?

72. What is a Google Custom Search Engine?

73. How can you calculate 12% of 100 using Google search?

74. Which search query will convert 40 Celcius to Fahrenheit?

75. How can you use google to find out exactly how much 10 USD is worth in GBP using current exchange rate?

76. How can you ask Google what time it is in your current location?

77. True or False: Google's main search invisibly combines search terms with the Boolean construct "AND"

78. True or False. Google can be used as a Calculator.

79. How would you search for quotes for the DOW stock?

80. Which of the following would search the EXACT phrase, 'the early bird gets the worm'?

81. The word 'google' is commonly used as ___________?

82. How would I find stock information about Apple?

83. A Google Video search searches only within YouTube.

84. True or False: The following two search terms will give the same results: "nikon 400" and "nikon $400"

85. How would you search for universities in Philadelphia

86. How do you search the definition of a word?

87. How can you divide 234 with 89 using the Google search bar?

88. Which searching option in Google would be best to search competitive price for a wedding gowns?

89. How would you find 3 raised to the power of 5?

90. Google gives priority to themed in-bound links.

91. True or False: To search for web pages that link to a URL, use the "link:" operator.

92. What SafeSearch filters does Google have?

93. For which browser does Google support voice search?

94. What happens when you click on the More tab at the top of the page?

95. If you go to Google News you will get...

96. If you google site:wikipedia.org bird, you are most likely to find:

97. Can you google yourself?

98. Keywords have what kind of impact on internet marketing?

99. True or False: Searching Sqrt (4) gives you the square root of 4.

100. What search term would return only Government websites?

101. What would you type in search bar when seeking a highly-rated event caterer in a metropolitan area?

102. True or False: On the occasions when you want to search for very specific words, you can use the Verbatim tool so that Google searches using the exact words you entered.

103. How can you add 6 and 7 using the Google search bar?

104. True or False: The query involves user intent.

105. True or False: Users are able to search for patents by clicking More under Search and choosing Patents, then continuing to type in search box for results.

106. How would you divide the following numbers: 298, 331?

107. What search will produce the temperatures for each day of next week in Johannesburg?

108. Do you need to log in to a Google account to use Google search?

109. Which of the following is not a search option tab at the top of Google search?

110. How would you search for the terms breast cancer with Safe Search on?

111. Is Google strict about copyright issues?

112. True or False: Users are able to customize the range of Google Search results by time.

113. Which of these searches returns the current time in a given location?

114. True or False: You can search for pages that were created in the last 24 hours by clicking on 'Past 24 hours' in the Search Tools menu.

115. True or False: You can turn off Google Instant.

116. What can you do with Google Maps?

117. True or False: Google cannot look up stock quotes.

118. What tab should you select when searching for pictures of new model homes?

119. Does Google allow advertising on the results screen?

120. How do you quickly search for the definition of abate?

121. How do you get travel directions from Google?

122. The query cache:url will display Google’s cached version of a web page, instead of the current version of the page.

123. How do you turn on Safe search?

124. Which search will return directory listings?

125. Google was originally designed to be...

126. True or false: You can speak the topic you want Google to search

127. True or False: Advanced search allows you to narrow your results by usage rights (whether you can reuse, share or modify).

128. True or False: Advanced search allows you to search pages in a particular language (for example, German)

129. You can turn off Google's AutoFill function if you don't want it to predict your search terms.

130. You can search for terms in the whole page, page title, or web address, or links to the page you're looking for.

131. How will you search to return only pages in which the anchor text on links to the pages contain the words “best,” “museums,” and “sydney.”

132. Google

133. Which of the following is a search tool?

134. How would you search for local weather for zip code 19104?

135. True or false: You can add an alert for discussions.

136. True/False: You can specify what file type(s) you want to appear in your search results.

137. True or False: If you have Google Instant enabled, results may appear as you type.

138. How would you find information about the website wikipedia.org?

139. How can you find the time in London in a Google Search?

140. You can turn SafeSearch on or off for Google Images.

141. True/False: Google is considered the most dominant search engine in the world.

142. How would you find the definition for the word enigma?

143. True or False? Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

144. True or False: You can use Google to convert between many different units of measurement.

145. Can Google translate web pages into a different language?

146. Which character can you use as a wildcard in Google Searches?

147. True or False: You can click on a filtering option to customize the search results page you are looking at.

148. True or False: Google is a search engine.

149. Which of the following queries returns the flight status of Southwest Airlines flight #11?

150. You are able to use your location to search for a specific topic

151. True or False: Google is international?

152. Your Google searches are usually improved to minimize your time spent searching and retrieve relevant information.

153. Will Google search in another language other that English?

154. True or False: You can use Google to translate.

155. True or False: You can adjust your Google search settings.

156. Can you shop using the Google search engine?

157. How can you search property sellers of USA?

158. Google is the most used search engine. True or False?

159. How much does it cost to create a Google account?

160. Which of the following would be called stop words?

161. What happen when you type 6 + 6 in the search box

162. Which of the following is not offered as a default date range modifier?

163. How would you search yoga in all .ca (Canadian) websites?

164. To search for "Zune" on Microsoft's official website, what search terms would you use?

165. What symbol(s) would you use to omit a keyword from your search results?

166. What symbol do you use to include synonyms of the search word in the results?

167. What is the shortcut to find definitions of the word google?

168. The operator related: lists pages that are:

169. Is a google account free?

170. What can you use to filter the search results by a specific website?

171. Which of the following will retrieve only .pdf documents with the word "addiction" in the title?

172. What symbol can be substituted for "OR" in a Google search?

173. Which of these searches shows an effective use of multiple operators?

174. "Google Search" uses ______, a patented algorithm to prioritize relevant search results.

175. The "intitle:" search option is used to search _____.

176. What is the term for capitalized words that join or separate key words and phrases, such as "AND," "OR" and "NOT"?

177. How would you search for an exact quote if you only remembered the start, e.g. "a penny saved is a penny earned"?

178. In Google News, putting "allintitle:" before your search will return results which...

179. When searching for an image, how do you filter by a primary color?

180. How do you perform a search which includes at least one of these terms: fish, water, boating.

181. How would you search for the decimal equivalent of 4/5?

182. Will Google process the rel="canonical" tag between two domains?

183. How would you use Google to search for yoga in only the text of a page?

184. An asterisk (*) is an operator that represents what?

185. To search for results related to freedom fighters or insurgents, enter:

186. How to perfectly search a document from 1-jan-1950 to 31-Dec-1950 ?

187. What is the suggested shortcut to search for a Ford truck within the range of $25000 to $50000?

188. How can you include a range of numbers in your search, for example if you wanted to search for jeans sizes 8 to 12?

189. Does Google search look at words like "of", "a" and "the"?

190. Google's patented PageRank algorithm utilizes The Intentional Surfer Model. What is The Random Surfer Model a model of?

191. There are 7 symbols that Google recognizes to have special meaning. Which of the following symbols is NOT on that list?

192. If your Google search uses confusing or nonsensical search phrases (eg banana wingbat England), what will occur?

193. How do you hide personal search results?

194. What is the best way to search for photos of people only in the Images section? (By filtering out inanimate objects).

195. If you search for the term “iq test” in the Word Tracker keyword suggestion tool, will it return the number of independent searches for the term “iq”?

196. True or False: Google Answers is retired and no longer accepts questions.

197. How would you search for a page that includes the following terms: dog, cat?

198. According to Google, how does their crawler interpret the rel="nofollow" tag?

199. Which of these will show a schedule of flights from Atlanta to Boston?

200. Which of the following correct searches is the simplest way to find both 2004 and 2005 results?

201. Google search does not index some common words (such as "or", "and", "when", and "in") within the webpage. What are these common words called?

202. What is the difference between strict and moderate filtering?

203. Which of the following methods can help you get around the Google Sandbox?

204. What is the name of the search engine technology due to which a query for the word 'actor' will also show search results for related words such as actress, acting or act?

205. What search term would NOT create a graph of the function (x squared)?

206. True or False: Correct punctuation increases the accuracy of your search.

207. How would you search for web pages that contain the phrases "Rolling Stones" and "Pink Floyd" separated by no more than 4 words?

208. Which of the following actions could get you banned by Google?

209. Which of the following will retrieve search results from government and educational sites on the topic of homelessness?

210. Which operator can be used to search for keywords appearing in hyperlinked text?

211. For which occasion was the first Doodle created?

212. Google Social Search was introduced in what year?

213. What's the maximum number of search results Google will display?

214. What parameter in a Google query would override language of the interface to German?

215. True or false: If there are no ads relevant to your search, Google will show none.

216. True or False: You can limit your search results to websites with less than 5 pages.

217. Google's main search invisibly combines search terms with the Boolean construct "OR"

218. A simple search on the keyword "restaurants" will return results ordered by which of the following?