A student completing research for a project enters the following search terms:


Drugs AND prescription AND cost


Which of the following best describes the likely results of this search?

ASources that reference all three items.
BSources that reference either of the three items.
CSources that reference drugs and either prescription or cost.
DSources that reference the first two terms but not the third.

Verified Answer :

the answer is Sources that reference drugs and either prescription or cost

Answer: A. Sources that reference all three items

Explanation: The search operator AND joins two search terms making them both obligatory. We would need operators OR to make some of the items optional and operator NOT to exclude any item from the results.