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IT Literacy
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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. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Cracking
relative reference
ISP (Internet service provider)
ebook (Electronic Book)
2. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Processor
Cracking
Bar Code Reader
OCR
3. 1) ability to create models with physical characteristics (weight and volume); 2) model can be rotated; 3) can evaluate structural performance by applying an imaginary force; 4) designs can be easily altered and edited
Information
absolute reference
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Backdoor
4. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Color Depth
Bar Code Reader
Browser
Ergonomics
5. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Public Domain Software
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Bar Code Reader
Advantages of Robots (3)
6. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Image Processing Software
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Help file
Hyperlink
7. Synonym finder
Video Editing Software
thesaurus
Byte
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
8. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Memory
automatic correction
Camera-Ready
Web crawlers
9. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Backup
Parallel processing
Natural language
Operating System
10. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Mailing list
Gigahertz
Password
Digital Video
11. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
formula
Video Editing Software
Painting Software
Site License
12. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Public Domain Software
Hyperlink
RAM
Packet-switching
13. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Online help
Domain
Template
User Interface
14. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
cell format
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Intranet
Access-Control Software
15. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
'what if?' questions
LAN
WWW (world wide web)
Operating System Advantages
16. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
thesaurus
Robot
Utility Program
footer
17. The ability of a software program to run on a specific computer system. Also the ability of a hardware device to function with a particular type of computer
Upload
Virus
Video teleconference
Compatibility
18. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
worksheet
'Read-me' file
word processing
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
19. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Packet-switching
Global positioning system
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Output Devices
20. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Morph
macro
Common-sense knowledge
21. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Inference engine
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Logic Bomb
22. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Unicode
function
Netiquette
Domains
23. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Operating System Advantages
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Processor
Pull technology
24. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Software
Drawing Software
column
Animation
25. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Factors of a good pw...
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Ethernet
Fuzzy logic
26. Rectangular block of selected cells
range
Wizard
Responsibilities of System Admin
Advantages of digital television (3)
27. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Hyperlink
Integrated Software
header
Defragmenting
28. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
column
Pixel
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
29. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
Analog Signal
Feedback Loop
Machine learning
Vector Graphics
30. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.
Kerning
font
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Convergence
31. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Robot
KB
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Bug
32. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
cell
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Upload
Multimedia
33. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Unicode
Digital Signal
GB
point size
34. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Netiquette
Download
serif fonts
Online help
35. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Global positioning system
template
Encryption
thesaurus
36. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
Byte
Analog Signal
automatic hyphenation
Browser
37. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
outliner
Factors that control image quality (2)
Hacker
Hyperlink
38. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Hacker
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Humans < Computers (3)
Worm
39. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Digital television
automatic correction
GUI
Template
40. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
worksheet
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Simulation
System Administrator
41. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Bitmapped Graphics
Input Devices
System Administrator
Knowledge engineer
42. An error in programming
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Bug
MB
Full-Color
43. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
label
IP address
spell check
WAN
44. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Analog Signal
Output Devices
Full-Color
range
45. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Utility Program
Newsgroups
worksheet
Hacker
46. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
UPS
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Inference engine
proportionally spaced fonts
47. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Parallel processing
Template
formula
Robot
48. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Output Devices
point size
Page-Layout Software
macro
49. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
word wrap
Tutorial software
formula
replication
50. 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)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Knowledge base
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Digital Signal