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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. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Digital Video
outliner
footer
2. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Open-Source Software
Multimedia
Vector Graphics
Factors that control image quality (2)
3. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
label
Memory
Command-Line Interface
Gigahertz
4. 1) Save labor costs (work all the time - no breaks/vacations); 2) improve quality and increase production (esp. in repetitive tasks); 3) ideal for dangerous/impossible jobs for humans
Advantages of Robots (3)
Newsgroups
Page-Layout Software
Pattern recognition
5. Function which enables users to change the appearance of a document by specifying the font - point size - and style of any character in the document - as well as the overall layout of text and graphical elements in the document
formatting
automatic hyphenation
proportionally spaced fonts
Vector Graphics
6. 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
Telecommuting
Humans > Computers (8)
word wrap
An example of presentation-graphics software
7. 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.
Networks: + / ?
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Logic Bomb
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
8. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
proportionally spaced fonts
ISP (Internet service provider)
Logic Bomb
Bluetooth
9. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus
automatic correction
Knowledge engineer
GUI
Download
10. The address of a Web site. (unique)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Presentation-Graphics Software
Parallel processing
PDF (Portable Document Format)
11. Protects transmitted information by scrambling the transmissions; When a user encrypts a message by applying a secret numerical code (encryption key) - the message can be read only after it's been reconstructed with a matching key
template
Encryption
Interactive Multimedia
Source Document
12. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Encryption
Fuzzy logic
Processor
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
13. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
value
Spot Color
Hyperlink
UPS
14. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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15. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Utility Program
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Software Piracy
PDF (Portable Document Format)
16. 1) documents can be disorienting and leave the reader wondering; 2) documents don't always have the links readers want - leaving them frustrated because they can't easily get from here to there; 3) documents may contain 'lost' links - especially on t
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
System Administrator
Output Devices
column
17. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
ROM
'what if?' questions
Utility Program Features
WYSIWYG
18. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Full-Color
Command-Line Interface
column
Video teleconference
19. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files
Speech recognition
font
LAN
Advantages of Robots (3)
20. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
Bluetooth
Factors that control image quality (2)
Biometrics
relative reference
21. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Download
Morph
template
Resolution
22. Professionally designed - empty documents that can be adapted to specific user needs. In spreadsheet software - worksheets that contain labels and formulas but no data values. The template produces instant answers when you fill in the blanks.
Template
word processing
Netiquette
Input Devices
23. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Trojan Horse
Ethernet
Bluetooth
Page-Layout Software
24. 1) Say what is meant and with care (when using the Internet/email - there is no tone of voice); 2) keep it short (otherwise people may not read it all and miss stuff); 3) don't assume you're anonymous; 4) learn the non-verbal language of the net; 5)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Ergonomics
Software
Rules of Netiquette (6)
25. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
formula
Interactive Multimedia
Command-Line Interface
Software
26. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Packet-switching
Operating System Advantages
Video Editing Software
Digital television
27. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
Robot
Bit
Backup
Feedback Loop
28. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Biometrics
monospaced fonts
Pull technology
macro
29. 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)
Mailing list
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Byte
30. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Cookies
Domains
Inference engine
Processor
31. 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
GB
Digital Signal
'Read-me' file
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
32. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Presentation-Graphics Software
Domain
Analog Signal
Software License
33. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Bandwidth
Utility Program Features
value
Simulation
34. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
User Interface
Parallel processing
'what if?' questions
header
35. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
spell check
Shareware
Image Processing Software
Turning Test
36. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
KB
Firewall
Bandwidth
Telecommuting
37. The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions - supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.
WAN
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Augmented Reality
Model + / ?
38. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
IP address
word processing
WWW (world wide web)
Commercial Software
39. An undocumented way of gaining access to a program - online service - or entire computer system - written by a programmer who created the code; Can be a security hazard because it is vulnerable to hackers
RAM
Arpanet
Peripheral
Backdoor
40. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Bar Code Reader
Online help
Intranet
Natural language
41. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Tutorial software
Painting Software
Camera-Ready
Defragmenting
42. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Netiquette
outliner
cell
Data
43. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Hacker
Agent
Cracking
Full-Color
44. 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.
Virus
Push technology
KB
Multimedia
45. A stream of bits
Server
System Administrator
Digital Signal
Ethernet
46. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Data
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Information
47. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Newsgroups
Ergonomics
Encryption
Kerning
48. 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.
Hacker
Hypertext
Output Devices
Natural language
49. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')
ROM
Arpanet
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
50. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Parallel processing
Full-Color
Help file
formula