LOT-X-R Module 2- Search Engines & Advanced Searches

Which of the following search engines is focused on privacy?

a) Bing

b) Google

c) DuckDuckGo

d) Yandex

e) All of the above

If there was a Russian element to your investigation, which of the following search engines should you consider using;

a) Google only

b) Google & Bing

c) Google & Yandex

d) Google & Baidu

e) Google & VK

Which of these is an encrypted search engine?

a) Google

b) DuckDuckGo

c) Bing

d) OneSearch

e) none of the above

In a Google search, what does the * symbol do in the search query?

a) Provides notice that other people have searched with the same query

b) Provides results with a relevant web site or domain name

c) Removes search terms that are regarded as irrelevant by Google

d) Auto applies extra characters and words from a Google knowledge base.

e) None of the above

Many search engines provide a result filter that refines the time that information was published. For the OSINT practitioner, which time filter is usually the most useful?

a) Last 24 hours

b) Last week

c) Last month

d) Last year

e) Custom time range

With a search resource, how might you restrict a query to search only twitter.com?

a) Use the Boolean search parameter +twitter.com

b) Use the advanced search operand site:twitter.com

c) Use the advanced search operand link:twitter.com

d) Use the Boolean search parameter AND twitter.com

e) None of the above

When searching Google with site:facebook.com "crash for cash" West Midlands, how are the search results accessible?

a) this is an invalid search. No useful results will display

b) just click on the search results, the pages on Facebook will open

c) if I am logged-in to Facebook, the result links will open

d) the result links will open only the Facebook user also has a Google account.

e) None of the above

Before a search is processed, it is best to:

a) retain all browser cookies

b) delete browser cookies for only the previous 24 hours

c) delete browser cookies for the previous 7 days

d) delete all browser cookies

e) none of the above

With a search engine such as Google, to search for an individual, by the name of John Discombe, who lives in Galway, which is the most appropriate search query?

a) john discombe AND galway

b) “john discombe” -galway

c) “john discombe” galway

d) “john discombe galway”

e) “john discombe” +galway

LOT-X-R Module 2- Search Engines & Advanced Searches

Module 2 Test

Which of the following search engines is focused on privacy?

If there was a Russian element to your investigation, which of the following search engines should you consider using;

Which of these is an encrypted search engine?

In a Google search, what does the * symbol do in the search query?

Many search engines provide a result filter that refines the time that information was published. For the OSINT practitioner, which time filter is usually the most useful?

With a search resource, how might you restrict a query to search only twitter.com?

When searching Google with site:facebook.com "crash for cash" West Midlands, how are the search results accessible?

Before a search is processed, it is best to:

With a search engine such as Google, to search for an individual, by the name of John Discombe, who lives in Galway, which is the most appropriate search query?