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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Responsibilities of System Admin
word processing
Output Devices
2. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
absolute reference
Gigahertz
Image Processing Software
Vector Graphics
3. Vertical
Video Editing Software
column
Shareware
worksheet
4. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
Humans < Computers (3)
Unicode
Rules of Netiquette (6)
5. 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')
Operating System Advantages
Arpanet
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
6. The address of a Web site. (unique)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Memory
range
Template
7. 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
monospaced fonts
WAN
Interactive Multimedia
8. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Trojan Horse
Newsgroups
Simulation
9. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Cracking
ebook (Electronic Book)
Animation
Pattern recognition
10. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Simulation
ISP (Internet service provider)
Tutorial software
Fuzzy logic
11. Grouping of 8 bits
Speech recognition
Web crawlers
Byte
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
12. 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
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Bluetooth
range
13. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Compatibility
Wizard
Tutorial software
WAN
14. 1) Poor at planning strategies (less creativity than humans) and can't make decisions (after diagnosis - can't say how to treat patient); 2) powerless outside narrow (but deep) domain of knowledge
GB
automatic hyphenation
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
worksheet
15. 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.
Search engine
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Color Depth
MB
16. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters
ASCII
LAN
Knowledge engineer
Global positioning system
17. 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.
Humans > Computers (8)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Download
18. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Bug
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
ebook (Electronic Book)
'what if?' questions
19. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
Hypermedia
Model + / ?
monospaced fonts
Ergonomics
20. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Resolution
word processing
Image Processing Software
Spot Color
21. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar
range
function
Page-Layout Software
Networks: + / ?
22. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Firewall
footer
Software Piracy
23. Size and style of typeface
Bluetooth
font
LAN
Master Pages
24. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Defragmenting
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Machine learning
Speech recognition
25. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
font
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Hyperlink
Arpanet
26. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Responsibilities of System Admin
Backup
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
value
27. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
serif fonts
Full-Color
Pattern recognition
Knowledge engineer
28. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Hypertext
Parallel processing
Netiquette
29. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Convergence
URL (uniform resource locator)
Morph
Global positioning system
30. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
header
Knowledge engineer
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Presentation-Graphics Software
31. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Simulation
An example of presentation-graphics software
Natural language
Common-sense knowledge
32. ~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
Training software
word processing
Model + / ?
Software
33. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Hacker
Multimedia
34. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Input Devices
Global positioning system
Web crawlers
label
35. Intersection of row and column
Advantages of Robots (3)
Download
cell
monospaced fonts
36. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Packet-switching
Digital television
Bitmapped Graphics
Advantages of Robots (3)
37. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Defragmenting
Site License
KB
Wizard
38. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
URL (uniform resource locator)
Download
Memory
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
39. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Convergence
range
Logic Bomb
Login Name
40. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
GUI Advantages
Trojan Horse
Public Domain Software
Access-Control Software
41. 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)
replication
Digital television
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
spell check
42. 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.
Agent
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Feedback Loop
43. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Color Depth
TB
Global positioning system
Browser
44. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Command-Line Interface
cell
Spot Color
GUI
45. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Kerning
typeface
Browser
font
46. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Telecommuting
Digital Signal
UPS
RAM
47. 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
Login Name
Ethernet
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
48. 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.
Advantages of DTP
Bitmapped Graphics
Tutorial software
Access-Control Software
49. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Shareware
GB
Image Processing Software
ISP (Internet service provider)
50. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Camera-Ready
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Robot
Hacker
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