Question 1

What is Boolean search?

Accepted Answer

A way of searching that allows you to combine keywords with operators such as AND, OR, and NOT.

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A type of search that only works on websites written in Java.

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A search engine that only works on Apple products.

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A search engine that only gives you yes or no answers.

Question 2

What does the operator 'AND' do in a Boolean search?

Accepted Answer

It requires that both of the keywords must be present in the search results.

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It excludes results that include one of the keywords.

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It requires that only one of the keywords must be present in the search results.

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It includes results that include only one of the keywords.

Question 3

What does the operator 'OR' do in a Boolean search?

Accepted Answer

It includes results that include either of the keywords.

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It includes results that only include one of the keywords.

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It includes results that include both of the keywords.

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It excludes results that include both of the keywords.

Question 4

If I wanted to search for an exact phrase what do I use?

Accepted Answer

<P>"quotes"</P>

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(parentheses)

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*asterisks*

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<P>[brackets]</P>

Question 5

If I was grouping terms together how would I do so?

Accepted Answer

(using parentheses)

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"using quotes"

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{using these squiggles}

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[using brackets]

Question 6

If I was searching for a software engineer who needed Azure with any of the following: java, c#, .NET, python. What is an example of a Boolean search you could do?

Accepted Answer

"Software Engineer" AND Azure AND (java OR "c#" OR ".NET" OR python)

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Software Engineer AND Azure AND java AND c# AND .NET AND python

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"Software Engineer AND (Azure OR java OR "c#" OR .NET OR python)

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Software AND Engineer AND Azure OR java or "c# OR .NET" OR python

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