You need to search for specific data that are located in a Microsoft Word document. You do not know the exact spelling of this data. Using the Index Search Options as displayed in the exhibit, which…

Question

Options

• Acheck the Fuzzy box; check the File Name Pattern box; type *.doc in the pattern container
• Bcheck the Stemming box; check the File Name Pattern box; type *.doc in the pattern container
• Ccheck the Synonym box; check the File Name Pattern box; type *.doc in the pattern container
• Dcheck the Stemming box; check the File Name Pattern box; type %.doc in the pattern container

• A
  69% (9)
• B
  23% (3)
• D
  8% (1)

Explanation

Option A is correct because "Fuzzy" search is specifically designed to find approximate matches when you don't know the exact spelling of a term - it broadens results to include similarly spelled words. Pairing it with the File Name Pattern *.doc correctly limits the search to Microsoft Word documents, where * is the standard wildcard character for file system patterns.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Stemming) finds variations of a word by its root (e.g., "run" → "running", "ran"), which addresses word forms - not spelling uncertainty.
• C (Synonym) expands results to include words with similar meanings, which is irrelevant when your problem is not knowing how a word is spelled.
• D (Stemming + %.doc) fails on two counts: Stemming is the wrong broadening option, and % is a SQL wildcard (used in database LIKE queries), not a file system wildcard - * is correct for file patterns.

Memory tip: Think F for Fuzzy = F for Fuzzily-spelled - when spelling is uncertain, Fuzzy is your friend. And remember that file patterns use * (like *.doc), not %, which belongs in SQL databases.

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