MTEL Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Category - Digital Lit and CS

A person wants to search a large database for books that contain the following words in the title: "History", "America", "Government". Which of the following searches will return the fewest results?
  1. "History" OR "America" OR "Government"
  2. ("History" AND "America") OR "Government"
  3. ("History" OR "America") AND "Government"
  4. "History" AND "America" AND "Government"
Explanation
Correct Response: D. Since all three words must appear in a title, this search will return the fewest results compared with just one or two of the words appearing. A is incorrect because only one of the three search terms must be in the title, so many more results will be found.  B is incorrect because either the first two words must both appear or the third word must appear, but not all three, so more results will appear. C is incorrect because the third word and either the first or second words must appear, but not all three, so more results will appear.
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