Question

The specificity refers to the ability to include incorrect hits.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me in a job interview.

My question is based upon Heuristic Database Searching topic in chapter Database Similarity Searching of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

The correct option is (b) False

For explanation I would say: In heuristic database searching methods, The second requirement criterion is 1 also called specificity, which refers to the ability to exclude incorrect hits. These incorrect hits are unrelated sequences mistakenly identified in database searching and are considered ‘false positives.’