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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. In desktop publishing - the articles - chapters - drawings - maps - charts - and photographs that are to appear in the publication. Usually produces with standard word processors and graphics programs.
Page-Layout Software
Web crawlers
User Interface
Source Document
2. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
Vector Graphics
replication
Feedback Loop
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
3. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Parallel processing
Painting Software
typeface
4. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Cracking
Color Depth
spell check
Input Devices
5. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
worksheet
Bit
Operating System
Backup
6. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Browser
Software Piracy
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Expert system
7. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Open-Source Software
Digital television
Bitmapped Graphics
Disadvantages of ebooks
8. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
Digital television
grammar and style checker
IP address
Bug
9. 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)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Video Editing Software
Kerning
10. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Software Piracy
Kerning
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Hypertext
11. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Color Depth
Web crawlers
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
12. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Animation
Browser
Natural language
automatic correction
13. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Software License
word processing
GUI Advantages
header
14. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Mailing list
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Bitmapped Graphics
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
15. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Login Name
URL (uniform resource locator)
ROM
16. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Processor
Output Devices
KB
'Read-me' file
17. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
automatic hyphenation
Server
replication
Bluetooth
18. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
Warning
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183
19. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Global positioning system
Drawing Software
Common-sense knowledge
Backdoor
20. Vertical
Resolution
An example of presentation-graphics software
column
Wizard
21. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Hacker
Newsgroups
Online help
word processing
22. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Login Name
Cracking
Pattern recognition
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
23. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
TB
Search engine
Master Pages
Backup
24. 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.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Input Devices
Interactive Multimedia
HTML (hypertext markup language)
25. A continuous wave
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Pattern recognition
Sensor
Analog Signal
26. 1) Plan before you publish! 2) Use appropriate fonts. 3) Don't go 'style-crazy.' 4) Look at the document through the reader's eyes. 5) Learn from the masters. 6) Know your limitations. 7) Remember your message/objective.
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Interactive Multimedia
Unicode
27. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Access-Control Software
Animation
ebook (Electronic Book)
Expert system
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)
GUI
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Machine learning
ebook (Electronic Book)
29. 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.
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Virus
Analog Signal
OMR
30. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Biometrics
Video teleconference
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
grammar and style checker
31. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Worm
Bitmapped Graphics
Animation
TB
32. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
GUI Advantages
Shareware
Multimedia
Compatibility
33. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Utility Program Features
Mailing list
RAM
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
34. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Robot
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Page-Layout Software
Template
35. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Painting Software
ISP (Internet service provider)
spell check
Online help
36. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
Command-Line Interface
Utility Program Features
typeface
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
37. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
ROM
Utility Program Features
Knowledge base
Web crawlers
38. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Booting
LAN
Image analysis
KB
39. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
User Interface
Animation
typeface
Hacker
40. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Common-sense knowledge
GB
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Speech recognition
41. 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
Booting
GUI Advantages
MB
IP address
42. 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
WAN
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Hyperlink
OMR
43. Horizontal
ebook (Electronic Book)
Video Editing Software
value
row
44. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Download
Sensor
ROM
Trojan Horse
45. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Command-Line Interface
Public Domain Software
Storage Devices
Image analysis
46. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software
Software Piracy
GUI Advantages
Domain
Software
47. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Peripheral
Responsibilities of System Admin
An example of presentation-graphics software
Compatibility
48. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
spell check
Packet-switching
Presentation-Graphics Software
Morph
49. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
outliner
Convergence
Gigahertz
Site License
50. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Peripheral
Spot Color
Vector Graphics
replication