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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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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. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
word processing
value
Model
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
2. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.
Agent
ISP (Internet service provider)
Input Devices
Site License
3. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Utility Program Features
Image analysis
Ethernet
header
4. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
relative reference
Web crawlers
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
UPS
5. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
MB
Download
6. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Camera-Ready
Newsgroups
Spot Color
Humans > Computers (8)
7. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Byte
Painting Software
RAM
relative reference
8. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Server
proportionally spaced fonts
Knowledge engineer
9. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Global positioning system
ISP (Internet service provider)
Wizard
Video Editing Software
10. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Bluetooth
WWW (world wide web)
Pull technology
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
11. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Video teleconference
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Commercial Software
Worm
12. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
WAN
Trojan Horse
Networks: + / ?
Hacker
13. 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.
Image analysis
Template
Pull technology
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
14. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Gigahertz
Data
Byte
Software Piracy
15. Rectangular block of selected cells
formatting
Packet-switching
range
Data
16. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
ROM
Utility Program
Bug
Advantages of Robots (3)
17. 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
Digital television
Command-Line Interface
Newsgroups
cell
18. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Domain
row
Bit
OMR
19. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Knowledge base
Virtual Reality (VR)
Simulation
URL (uniform resource locator)
20. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
Animation
Bandwidth
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Hypermedia
21. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Open-Source Software
Peripheral
thesaurus
Model + / ?
22. 1) Robot must not injure a human or - by inaction - allow a human to come to harm; 2) must obey orders given by humans (except where the order conflicts w/ first law); 3) must protect its own existence (w/o conflicting w/ first & second law)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Operating System
Newsgroups
23. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Turning Test
Image analysis
Search engine
Encryption
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.
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Teleconference
Augmented Reality
Digital Video
25. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Morph
Agent
Packet-switching
LAN
26. 'what you see is what you get' (wizzy-wig); arrangement of words on the screen representing a close approximation to the arrangement of words on the printed page
Interactive Multimedia
WYSIWYG
Software License
Telecommuting
27. Function which enables users to change the appearance of a document by specifying the font - point size - and style of any character in the document - as well as the overall layout of text and graphical elements in the document
Bit
Shareware
formatting
ebook (Electronic Book)
28. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Camera-Ready
Server
Push technology
Full-Color
29. 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.
Tutorial software
Video teleconference
Open-Source Software
Advantages of DTP
30. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
label
Information
Machine learning
31. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Fuzzy logic
row
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
'what if?' questions
32. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Page-Layout Software
cell
template
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
33. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Fuzzy logic
Agent
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Booting
34. A pocket-sized computer used to organize appointments - tasks - notes - contacts - and other personal information; sometimes called hand-held computer or palmtop computer. Many PDAs include additional software and hardware for wireless communication.
Software License
Pull technology
Image analysis
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
35. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
outliner
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
justification
Digital Signal
36. 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 DTP
proportionally spaced fonts
Convergence
Knowledge base
37. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
RAM
Bar Code Reader
Software
GB
38. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Agent
Augmented Reality
Online help
Trojan Horse
39. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Leading
template
Painting Software
automatic correction
40. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
ROM
Download
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Input Devices
41. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Cookies
Animation
Web crawlers
Telecommuting
42. 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
Server
Hyperlink
Help file
Backdoor
43. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Hyperlink
relative reference
formula
Online help
44. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Spot Color
Mailing list
ebook (Electronic Book)
point size
45. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Hypertext
'Read-me' file
Commercial Software
Unicode
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.
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Hacker
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Access-Control Software
47. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Cookies
Color Depth
Master Pages
Login Name
48. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Trojan Horse
Pull technology
Software License
Unicode
49. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
point size
absolute reference
ASCII
Netiquette
50. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Processor
Source Document
Camera-Ready
TB