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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Google Today, Google Tomorrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Louis Monier released AltaVista.com to Internet users, what company was he associated with?
(a) Computer Solutions, Inc.
(b) Google.
(c) Digital Equipment Corp.
(d) Compaq.

2. What is the core technology that supplied an algorithm for the order of websites?
(a) PageListing.
(b) PageSort.
(c) PageVolume.
(d) PageRank.

3. What event is discussed in Chapter 1 as having indicated a change in American culture?
(a) The invention of the computer.
(b) The terrorist attacks of 2001.
(c) The creation of a super highway of information, called the Internet.
(d) The start of the new millennium in January 2000.

4. What is especially fascinating about the story of how Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked together to create Google?
(a) Neither one of them had actually used a computer before they met and decided to create a search engine.
(b) They were both best friends before they were business partners, which is why they were successful.
(c) They did not like each other at first, but both become business partners out of their common interest in building something useful.
(d) Most of their friends and associates did not believe in their idea and tried to discourage them from pursuing it, but they did not listen.

5. The estimated growth of the search engine industry is expected to reach $23 billion by what year?
(a) 2025.
(b) 2020.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2010.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many searches does the rest of the world perform compared to U.S. Internet users?

2. How long does it take Google to go from zero to $3 billion?

3. What is the main idea behind the original concept of Google?

4. What is one way for a website to avoid being banned from Google's index?

5. During the months leading up to the stock opening, what does a former senior manager file a lawsuit against the company for?

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