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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. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Bluetooth
Animation
Resolution
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
2. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Newsgroups
Digital television
worksheet
3. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Operating System Advantages
Color Depth
Netiquette
Fuzzy logic
4. 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.
Cracking
Access-Control Software
Domain
Hypermedia
5. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Master Pages
footer
Protocol
Factors of a good pw...
6. 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.
cell
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Advantages of DTP
Disadvantages of ebooks
7. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Browser
serif fonts
User Interface
Expert system
8. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Public Domain Software
Output Devices
Ethernet
Arpanet
9. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Page-Layout Software
Leading
word processing
Rules of Netiquette (6)
10. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Command-Line Interface
serif fonts
Hypertext
Cracking
11. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
cell
automatic correction
Multimedia
value
12. The spacing between lines of text.
Sensor
Camera-Ready
Leading
Defragmenting
13. 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
Backdoor
GUI
cell
System Administrator
14. A unique string of four numbers separated by periods that serves as a unique address for a computer on the Internet. The IP address of the host computer and the sending computer is included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet
Processor
value
IP address
function
15. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
replication
User Interface
automatic hyphenation
Feedback Loop
16. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Morph
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
template
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
17. Optical Mark Reader; A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms
Turning Test
UPS
OMR
Analog Signal
18. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Backup
Wizard
Processor
19. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
serif fonts
FTP (file transfer protocol)
point size
'Read-me' file
20. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
value
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Information
Peripheral
21. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Telecommuting
Responsibilities of System Admin
Password
22. 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
Advantages of DTP
spell check
Newsgroups
Processor
23. 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
Model
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Booting
Robot
24. 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)
Video teleconference
Pattern recognition
header
25. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
relative reference
value
User Interface
Simulation
26. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
ISP (Internet service provider)
Teleconference
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
range
27. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Operating System
Help file
Color Depth
template
28. Artificial intelligence techniques that make it possible for machine performance to improve based on feedback from past performance. (Used in games like chess/checkers; based on prior actions)
OCR
Machine learning
Protocol
cell format
29. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Biometrics
Interactive Multimedia
formula
Backup
30. The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. A message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination - where they are reunited.
Kerning
GUI Advantages
Bluetooth
Packet-switching
31. 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.
User Interface
relative reference
Virus
Common-sense knowledge
32. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
formula
Humans < Computers (3)
Biometrics
Bar Code Reader
33. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
Ethernet
automatic hyphenation
Pixel
Utility Program
34. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o
Input Devices
typeface
Unicode
Presentation-Graphics Software
35. A stream of bits
Byte
Digital Signal
Model + / ?
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
36. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Booting
Trojan Horse
formula
37. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Digital Video
worksheet
Animation
Humans < Computers (3)
38. 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)
Master Pages
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Virtual Reality (VR)
Spot Color
39. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
LAN
Intranet
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Virus
40. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Humans > Computers (8)
Upload
Common-sense knowledge
URL (uniform resource locator)
41. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
Storage Devices
value
Output Devices
Hyperlink
42. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Tutorial software
Domains
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Video Editing Software
43. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
monospaced fonts
Feedback Loop
Backup
Encryption
44. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Booting
Processor
value
45. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
Template
Advantages of DTP
Storage Devices
Painting Software
46. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Speech recognition
RAM
Kerning
Advantages of digital television (3)
47. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
absolute reference
Drawing Software
Animation
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
48. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Augmented Reality
Site License
Fuzzy logic
Information
49. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Compatibility
absolute reference
Bitmapped Graphics
Simulation
50. Part of the Internet - a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users worldwide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web site that allows users to explore them with simpler mouse clicks.
Hypermedia
formatting
Rules of Thumb for DTP
WWW (world wide web)