In Category Hierarchies, Basic-Level Categories

question 219

Multiple Choice

In category hierarchies, basic-level categories:

• A)are highly descriptive but contain the least useful information
• B)are the category levels that children first learn to use
• C)are not very useful and contain only a few features
• D)provide a balance between the superordinate and intermediate levels

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Definitions:

Information Gaps

Situations where there is a lack of necessary information or knowledge, leading to uncertainty or decision-making challenges.

Metasearch Engines

Search tools that format search requests for multiple search engines simultaneously.

Web Directories

Online lists of websites selected by human editors.

Conventional Search Engines

Traditional web-based tools that index and retrieve information from the internet based on user queries, such as Google or Bing.