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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. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
Speech recognition
Knowledge base
Virtual Reality (VR)
2. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Download
Wizard
proportionally spaced fonts
Knowledge engineer
3. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Animation
Image analysis
Interactive Multimedia
Hyperlink
4. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Netiquette
Responsibilities of System Admin
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Hacker
5. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Training software
Responsibilities of System Admin
Convergence
Browser
6. 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.
Operating System Advantages
replication
Template
Networks: + / ?
7. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
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8. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
RAM
Upload
Feedback Loop
Template
9. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Upload
Virus
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Hyperlink
10. 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.
justification
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
11. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
ROM
Painting Software
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Peripheral
12. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Shareware
Common-sense knowledge
Online help
proportionally spaced fonts
13. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
OCR
Advantages of digital television (3)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Backup
14. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
justification
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Software License
header
15. 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.
outliner
System Administrator
Augmented Reality
Cracking
16. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
User Interface
Video teleconference
Natural language
Parallel processing
17. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values
Download
Processor
Animation
Agent
18. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Expert system
Site License
word wrap
UPS
19. Size and style of typeface
font
Search engine
RAM
Password
20. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
value
Resolution
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
ebook (Electronic Book)
21. 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.
proportionally spaced fonts
Advantages of DTP
Agent
Commercial Software
22. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
cell
Training software
Spot Color
System Administrator
23. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Responsibilities of System Admin
GB
Hypermedia
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
24. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Pull technology
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
label
25. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
serif fonts
Domains
Digital television
Firewall
26. Built-in component of a word processor or a separate program that compares words in a documents with words in a disk-based dictionary - and flags words not found in the dictionary; may operate in batch mode - checking all the words at once - or inter
Video Editing Software
spell check
IP address
Data
27. 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
Encryption
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Spot Color
Login Name
28. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
ROM
cell format
ASCII
Disadvantages of ebooks
29. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
Login Name
Software
Kerning
30. A continuous wave
monospaced fonts
Analog Signal
column
Utility Program
31. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Hacker
Interactive Multimedia
32. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
Turning Test
Pixel
Common-sense knowledge
WAN
33. Ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup called Usenet. You can check into and out of them whenever you want; all messages are posted on
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
User Interface
OMR
Newsgroups
34. Language that people speak/write everyday.
IP address
Domains
Image analysis
Natural language
35. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Turning Test
automatic hyphenation
Networks: + / ?
Ethernet
36. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Help file
macro
Commercial Software
37. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Digital television
Software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
38. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Morph
Software Piracy
Encryption
Image analysis
39. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Master Pages
OMR
Shareware
point size
40. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
Hyperlink
absolute reference
formula
Drawing Software
41. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Server
automatic hyphenation
function
42. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Factors of a good pw...
Teleconference
Augmented Reality
ROM
43. 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)
Output Devices
Rules of Netiquette (6)
GUI
Inference engine
44. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Browser
Utility Program Features
Inference engine
Pull technology
45. Optical Character Recognition; Locating and identifying printed characters embedded in an image - allowing the text to be stored as an editable document. Can be performed by wand readers - pen scanners - and OCR software
Ethernet
Hypertext
Memory
OCR
46. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
typeface
Factors of a good pw...
Defragmenting
47. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
UPS
Spot Color
Networks: + / ?
LAN
48. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
automatic correction
proportionally spaced fonts
header
range
49. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Humans > Computers (8)
cell
Protocol
Software Piracy
50. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Speech recognition
Fuzzy logic
column
Artificial Intelligence (AI)