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21) A boat manufacturer wishes to use secondary data to locate cities that may offer good market potential for its yachts. It needs cities with average incomes exceeding $75,000. However, the secondary information source that was found had an income category of $50,000 and over. This represents: A) differing class definitions. B) a mismatch of the units of measurement. C) outdated data. D) data having high credibility. E) incompatible reporting units. 22) Which of the following was NOT discussed as a method of evaluating secondary data? A) What was the purpose of the study? B) How available is the information to the public? C) Who collected the information? D) How consistent is the information with other information? E) How was the information obtained? 23) The following are all keys to a successful search except: A) be well informed about the search process B) do not expect information to fall into your lap C) be committed to finding information D) use the resources of a good, professional librarian E) limit yourself to a basic search to avoid information overload 24) When two or more secondary sources provide conflicting information, you should: A) select the one source that has been in business the longest. B) evaluate the information from each source and select the source that best suits your needs for reliable and valid information. C) probably abandon the project if there is conflicting information; you will never have objective results upon which to base your decision. D) contact the client and ask which source is desired. E) report the discrepancies immediately to each of the two sources. 25) The first step in locating secondary data sources is to: A) identify what you wish to know and what you already know about your topic. B) develop a list of key terms and names. C) begin with going through ProQuest. D) call the trade association that best represents your area of research. E) call key leaders in the industry that would most closely represent your subject. 26) Organizing all books, magazine articles, manuals, and journal articles by topic with key terms in an electronic database, permits those looking for information to find it using the relationship between terms. This online search strategy is called: A) Field searching B) Proximity operators C) Boolean logic D) Nesting E) Truncation 27) Which of the following best represents the hierarchy that exists in the organization of information databases from the top level down? A) databanks, databases, records, words, and fields B) databases, databanks, records, fields, words, and numbers C) records, databanks, databases, fields, and words or numbers D) fields, words or numbers, records, and databanks or databases E) databanks, databases, records, fields, and words or numbers 28) Which of the following best represents the operators of Boolean logic? A) AND, OR, and NOT B) ADJ and NEAR C) AND, SAME, and OR D) ADJ, NEAR, or SAME E) SAME, OR, and NOT 29) Which of the following best represents proximity operators? A) AND, OR, and NOT B) ADJ and NEAR C) AND, SAME, and OR D) ADJ, NEAR, or SAME E) SAME, OR, and NOT 30) Which of the following best illustrates the concept of “limiting” in searching databases for secondary information? A) asking for Gates NOT Bill B) asking for all cases where PRIME is adjacent to MINISTER C) asking for all records that have dates from 2005 to the present D) asking for all cases that have any ending to the root word STOCK E) asking for a search in the “author” field