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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Web crawlers
Access-Control Software
Vector Graphics
Download
2. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Data
Turning Test
template
Hypertext
3. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Telecommuting
OCR
An example of presentation-graphics software
Upload
4. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
Natural language
Feedback Loop
Command-Line Interface
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
5. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Firewall
Cracking
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Bandwidth
6. An error in programming
Bug
row
Hypertext
Biometrics
7. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
System Administrator
Public Domain Software
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Leading
8. A continuous wave
Analog Signal
footer
proportionally spaced fonts
'Read-me' file
9. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Processor
Utility Program
Data
value
10. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Robot
Download
Ergonomics
Rules of Thumb for DTP
11. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Expert system
LAN
TB
Image Processing Software
12. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Compatibility
User Interface
IP address
13. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
footer
Public Domain Software
Peripheral
Bandwidth
14. In desktop publishing - the articles - chapters - drawings - maps - charts - and photographs that are to appear in the publication. Usually produces with standard word processors and graphics programs.
Model
Integrated Software
Source Document
OCR
15. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Information
replication
Firewall
Compatibility
16. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Unicode
Networks: + / ?
Information
Software License
17. 1) creative; 2) parallel processing (multitasking); 3) image analysis; 4) common sense knowledge; 5) see relationships between concepts; 6) knowledge base is vast - not narrow; 7) translation of languages (idioms); 8) expression/interpretation of emo
Humans > Computers (8)
Networks: + / ?
Full-Color
column
18. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Disadvantages of ebooks
Digital Video
Login Name
Byte
19. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
IP address
outliner
Trojan Horse
Logic Bomb
20. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)
Software License
Web crawlers
Defragmenting
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
21. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
IP address
Search engine
Digital Video
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
22. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
macro
Spot Color
Inference engine
column
23. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Spot Color
Rules of Netiquette (6)
header
24. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Factors that control image quality (2)
worksheet
Newsgroups
cell format
25. 'what you see is what you get' (wizzy-wig); arrangement of words on the screen representing a close approximation to the arrangement of words on the printed page
label
Advantages of Robots (3)
WYSIWYG
Analog Signal
26. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Resolution
Vector Graphics
word wrap
27. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Output Devices
Morph
Domain
Firewall
28. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
monospaced fonts
'Read-me' file
Virus
29. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Responsibilities of System Admin
function
Multimedia
Intranet
30. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Color Depth
Defragmenting
Bar Code Reader
Digital Video
31. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Pull technology
worksheet
cell
range
32. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Intranet
Virtual Reality (VR)
Commercial Software
proportionally spaced fonts
33. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Advantages of DTP
Defragmenting
GUI
34. 1) flexible schedule; 2) save time commuting and save $; 3) better for the environment (less gas consumption); 4) better ergonomics (working conditions); 5) save office space/expenses.
Expert system
thesaurus
Convergence
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
35. Software used mainly to produce print publications. Also - the process of using desktop-publishing software to produce publications (e.g. brochures - newsletters - forms - menus - event fliers - notices)
Video teleconference
Defragmenting
Memory
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
36. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Site License
Search engine
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Knowledge base
37. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Morph
Global positioning system
ASCII
word processing
38. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
grammar and style checker
spell check
formula
Hypertext
39. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Access-Control Software
Convergence
Site License
'what if?' questions
40. Protocols developed as an experiment in internetworking - now the language of the Internet - allowing cross-network communication for almost every type of computer and network.
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Byte
Analog Signal
Input Devices
41. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
justification
LAN
Browser
42. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Image analysis
Interactive Multimedia
Operating System Advantages
Natural language
43. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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44. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Cookies
justification
Biometrics
Virus
45. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Hyperlink
Cracking
justification
Software License
46. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Upload
Data
47. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
label
header
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Gigahertz
48. Intersection of row and column
Integrated Software
ebook (Electronic Book)
Hyperlink
cell
49. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Multimedia
function
Browser
OCR
50. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Memory
Common-sense knowledge
Interactive Multimedia