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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. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
TB
grammar and style checker
Software License
Source Document
2. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Virus
Common-sense knowledge
Source Document
spell check
3. An error in programming
column
spell check
Software License
Bug
4. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Unicode
Shareware
Feedback Loop
Bluetooth
5. 1) Saves printing costs after initial software purchase. 2) Saves time traveling back to commercial printer b/c you can use a personal printer. 3) Reduces # of publication errors. 4) Allows more people to publish.
font
cell format
serif fonts
Advantages of DTP
6. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Fuzzy logic
Domains
Integrated Software
Shareware
7. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Color Depth
Booting
formatting
8. ~Advantages 1)Safety: easy to simulate without actual risk 2)Economy: Build/simulate/destroy without waste 3)Projection 4)Visualization 5)Replication: Redo/rerun/alter easily ~Disadvantages 1)Reliability 2)Depends on original info 3)Complete trust fa
Model + / ?
Information
Sensor
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
9. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
font
value
Server
Browser
10. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
IP address
Knowledge engineer
Biometrics
Template
11. The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. A message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination - where they are reunited.
Hacker
Color Depth
Software Piracy
Packet-switching
12. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Intranet
word processing
Feedback Loop
Parallel processing
13. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Backdoor
Model + / ?
Teleconference
proportionally spaced fonts
14. Synonym finder
Pattern recognition
Trojan Horse
Packet-switching
thesaurus
15. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
formula
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
KB
automatic hyphenation
16. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
GUI Advantages
WAN
Simulation
proportionally spaced fonts
17. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Hypertext
Logic Bomb
Virtual Reality (VR)
Memory
18. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
header
ebook (Electronic Book)
footer
Utility Program
19. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Utility Program
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Backdoor
ebook (Electronic Book)
20. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Turning Test
replication
GB
spell check
21. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
Agent
System Administrator
Fuzzy logic
Storage Devices
22. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.
Push technology
Defragmenting
ISP (Internet service provider)
Booting
23. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
Digital television
Software License
point size
Resolution
24. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
replication
Bit
Multimedia
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
25. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Backup
Public Domain Software
Common-sense knowledge
column
26. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
TB
row
Download
27. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Biometrics
Wizard
Convergence
word wrap
28. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Output Devices
Operating System
Domain
29. Software that only allows user access according to the user's needs. Some users can open only files that are related to their work. Some users are allowed read-only access to files; they can see but not change them.
Hypertext
Access-Control Software
Interactive Multimedia
relative reference
30. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Global positioning system
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
RAM
Domain
31. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Digital Signal
An example of presentation-graphics software
Peripheral
function
32. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Trojan Horse
Natural language
Virus
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
33. A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers - and to upload files they want to share from their computers to these archives.
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
FTP (file transfer protocol)
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
34. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Full-Color
cell format
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
absolute reference
35. Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. Worm programs travel independently over computer networks - seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Worm
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Open-Source Software
36. Rectangular block of selected cells
range
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Bit
Humans < Computers (3)
37. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
range
KB
Parallel processing
Factors that control image quality (2)
38. An interactive cross-reference system that allows textual information to be linked in nonsequential ways. A hypertext document contains links that lead quickly to other parts of the document or to related documents.
OMR
Hypertext
Hypermedia
Hyperlink
39. Software that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk - and uses each infected program or disk to copy itself. A form of software sabotage.
Humans < Computers (3)
serif fonts
Virus
Knowledge base
40. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Page-Layout Software
Sensor
Animation
Ethernet
41. 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.
Common-sense knowledge
Source Document
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Help file
42. '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
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Hyperlink
WYSIWYG
Utility Program Features
43. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
KB
relative reference
Hypermedia
cell
44. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
automatic correction
Digital Signal
Vector Graphics
typeface
45. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Ethernet
worksheet
function
Animation
46. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
replication
Virus
Trojan Horse
Firewall
47. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
template
Utility Program
automatic hyphenation
User Interface
48. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Pattern recognition
template
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
replication
49. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Software
Machine learning
label
Augmented Reality
50. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Web crawlers
Drawing Software
Backdoor
Intranet