Tobacco & Tobacco Manufacturer
The key terms of this chapter include Field Restriction, Natural Language Method, Tobacco, American Bar Association, Boolean Logic, Online Information, Internet, Aggravation, Cancer, Tobacco Manufacturer.
If you need to restrict the scope of your search, you can add a which of the following?
a. Boolean modifier
b. Field restriction – correct
c. Term and connector
d. None of these choices is correct.
Which search method allows you to type a description of an issue without the use of terms and connectors in order to retrieve the most relevant documents?
a. Natural language method – correct
b. Boolean search method
c. Terms and connectors method
d. Lexis finder method
Which of the following natural method search queries might you use if you were conducting a search for a case regarding tobacco manufacturers being liable for cancer caused by their products?
a. Is a tobacco manufacturer liable for cancer caused by the use of its products?
b. Tobacco manufacturer liable cancer products
c. Liability /p cancer /s tobacco
d. Is a tobacco manufacturer liable for cancer caused by the use of its products? and tobacco manufacturer liable cancer products – correct
In a natural language method search for cases related to tobacco manufacturers, “tobacco” is an example of a
a. Boolean search phrase.
b. connection.
c. key word.- correct
d. term.
Which of the following is the dominant seller of premier services for online legal research?
a. Westlaw – correct
b. Google Scholar
c. Lexis
d. Chrome
An efficient source for online access to the ethical opinions issued by the American Bar Association (ABA) and state bar associations is which of the following?
a. The ABA website – correct
b. The Ethics website
c. Each state bar association’s website
d. A collective state bar association website
The Westlaw database containing all federal court opinions is called which of the following?
a. All Federal Cases
b. Cases-Federal
c. ALLFEDS
d. FED-CS – correct
Searching a database in Westlaw or Lexis may be done through the use of which of the following?
a. The terms and connectors (Boolean) method of searching
b. The natural language or plain English method of searching
c. The terms and connectors (Boolean) method of searching and the natural language or plain English method of searching – correct
d. None of these choices is correct.
Terms and connectors are part of the ______ method of searching.
a. Boolean – correct
b. natural language
c. limited
d. relevant
The search term liability /p cancer /s tobacco would retrieve all cases
a. in which the term liability is in the same paragraph as the term cancer.- correct
b. in which the terms tobacco and cancer do not appear in the same sentence.
c. in which there was a proven relationship between tobacco and cancer.
d. against Big Tobacco.
The phrase & added date (after 12/31/2009) is called a
a. date restriction.
b. field restriction.- correct
c. limiting factor.
d. limiting phrase.
When using fee-based online legal research services, time may literally be which of the following?
a. Free
b. Money – correct
c. Limitless
d. Frustrating
Keeping track of your research by making a list of all the ___ you have reviewed will save you time and aggravation.
a. cases
b. statutes
c. articles
d. All of these choices are correct.- correct
____, as applied to Internet search engines, is a system in which connecting words (primarily and, or, and not) are used to establish a logical relationship among key words in order to make a search more precise.
a. Boolean logic – correct
b. A proximity operator
c. A key-word search
d. A concept search
Why is it important to carefully evaluate information gathered from the Internet?
a. Online information can be outdated.
b. The source might not be reputable.
c. Anyone can post information on the Internet, even if they do not know what they are talking about.
d. Online information can be outdated, and anyone can post information on the Internet, even if they do not know what they are talking about.
e. Online information can be outdated, the source might not be reputable, and anyone can post information on the Internet, even if they do not know what they are talking about.- correct