Which of the Following Is a Defining Characteristic of a Metasearch

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of a metasearch tool?

• A) It restricts people from viewing a combined results page.
• B) It allows people to run a search simultaneously with several individual search engines.
• C) It can be used for primary research but not for secondary research.
• D) It makes extensive use of electronic personal agents.
• E) It restricts a researcher from using several individual search engines simultaneously.

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Definitions:

Residual Phase

A stage in certain mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia, characterized by a reduction in severity of symptoms or their partial remission after an acute phase.

Marginally Function

Operating at the lowest level of acceptable performance or capacity.

Type I Schizophrenia

A subtype of schizophrenia characterized by positive symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and disordered thoughts.

Significantly More Common

An expression used to indicate that an occurrence or characteristic is observed to a much greater extent compared to another.