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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
serif fonts
Bitmapped Graphics
LAN
Domains
2. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Site License
Bluetooth
Pull technology
Peripheral
3. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Help file
Hypertext
Animation
Camera-Ready
4. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Packet-switching
Image Processing Software
Convergence
Hypertext
5. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Image Processing Software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Digital Video
Master Pages
6. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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7. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Packet-switching
Video Editing Software
GUI
Processor
8. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Ergonomics
Virus
Common-sense knowledge
Digital Video
9. 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
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Pattern recognition
Augmented Reality
Analog Signal
10. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Image Processing Software
replication
Digital Signal
MB
11. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Storage Devices
Global positioning system
formatting
Command-Line Interface
12. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
GUI
typeface
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Search engine
13. 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.
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Defragmenting
Advantages of Robots (3)
Hyperlink
14. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
ROM
WWW (world wide web)
15. Read-Only Memory; Memory that include permanent information only. The computer can only read information from in; it can never write any new information on it
Image Processing Software
ISP (Internet service provider)
ROM
Peripheral
16. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
UPS
Utility Program Features
Robot
word wrap
17. Intersection of row and column
cell
Processor
Digital television
Digital Video
18. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
WWW (world wide web)
Peripheral
formatting
Browser
19. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
outliner
Wizard
Site License
Download
20. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
Software License
TB
System Administrator
font
21. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Backdoor
Morph
Responsibilities of System Admin
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
22. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
value
Hyperlink
ebook (Electronic Book)
Bar Code Reader
23. Synonym finder
Camera-Ready
function
MB
thesaurus
24. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Operating System Advantages
Storage Devices
ISP (Internet service provider)
automatic correction
25. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
Server
Hypermedia
grammar and style checker
Kerning
26. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
Leading
Hypermedia
point size
'what if?' questions
27. 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
Multimedia
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Image Processing Software
28. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Wizard
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Teleconference
Natural language
29. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Command-Line Interface
Digital Video
Ethernet
'Read-me' file
30. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Wizard
Protocol
justification
Booting
31. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Software License
ASCII
typeface
Simulation
32. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Storage Devices
Protocol
Bluetooth
33. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Responsibilities of System Admin
Software Piracy
Knowledge base
thesaurus
34. 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
LAN
Turning Test
Site License
spell check
35. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Processor
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Intranet
label
36. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
Digital Signal
Presentation-Graphics Software
Vector Graphics
37. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Expert system
Animation
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Ergonomics
38. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Factors of a good pw...
User Interface
Integrated Software
Feedback Loop
39. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
System Administrator
column
Shareware
40. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Input Devices
Tutorial software
Domains
KB
41. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Bluetooth
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Color Depth
Storage Devices
42. 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
Command-Line Interface
An example of presentation-graphics software
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
'Read-me' file
43. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Natural language
Global positioning system
Trojan Horse
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
44. 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
automatic hyphenation
function
word wrap
Hacker
45. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Trojan Horse
Sensor
ISP (Internet service provider)
Speech recognition
46. 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.
Access-Control Software
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Image Processing Software
47. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
'what if?' questions
Utility Program Features
Virus
monospaced fonts
48. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Defragmenting
Wizard
Download
Protocol
49. The address of a Web site. (unique)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Parallel processing
point size
justification
50. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
function
Input Devices
URL (uniform resource locator)
Morph