A search which allows you to enclose phrases in quotation marks or parentheses so that it yields only those sites on which all words or the phrase appear in that order and eliminates sites that contain the words at random is known as .

Boolean search

Explanation:

The type of search that is described in the question above is that of a Boolean search.

A Boolean search involves the combination of keywords with the use of elements of syntax, which includes AND, OR, NOT, (), or “” in generating search results that are relevant to only the keywords that you have input into the search engine.

Boolean search works effectively in search engines, for example in LinkedIn. Let’s say for example, you intend to search for managerial jobs on LinkedIn that is related to farm or agriculture, we can create specific search strings by using the keywords, Farm and Manager. I.e. we would type “Farm” AND “MANAGER” .

The statement that best describes the context of the excerpt is the one that says that the city has put a light-rail proposal on a ballot for citizens to vote on.

In fact, the excerpt belongs to a speech opposing the proposal of the light-rail, in which the owner of a car dealership details the negative aspects of the project, trying to convince voters to vote negatively on the proposal.