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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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1. 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.
Pixel
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
point size
2. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Model
automatic hyphenation
Factors that control image quality (2)
function
3. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
WYSIWYG
Spot Color
Online help
Painting Software
4. A continuous wave
Login Name
WAN
Netiquette
Analog Signal
5. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
template
Parallel processing
Template
row
6. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
justification
replication
Software Piracy
grammar and style checker
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
Machine learning
Networks: + / ?
WWW (world wide web)
8. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Advantages of DTP
cell format
LAN
Hyperlink
9. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
ASCII
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Drawing Software
10. The address of a Web site. (unique)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Turning Test
Password
Rules of Netiquette (6)
11. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
OCR
Bitmapped Graphics
Software License
Hyperlink
12. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
GB
Hyperlink
LAN
GUI
13. 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.
Full-Color
Virus
range
Data
14. An error in programming
Bug
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Factors that control image quality (2)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
15. 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
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
URL (uniform resource locator)
formatting
Bug
16. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Morph
Unicode
17. 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.
Bandwidth
proportionally spaced fonts
WWW (world wide web)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
18. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Video teleconference
ebook (Electronic Book)
Resolution
19. Rectangular block of selected cells
relative reference
ASCII
range
row
20. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Machine learning
Source Document
Knowledge base
Hyperlink
21. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Protocol
ASCII
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
outliner
22. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
relative reference
Pull technology
Shareware
Machine learning
23. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
spell check
Multimedia
Domain
Search engine
24. 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
Hyperlink
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Bluetooth
25. Intersection of row and column
macro
Humans < Computers (3)
cell
Information
26. 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.
monospaced fonts
automatic correction
Source Document
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
27. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Fuzzy logic
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Factors that control image quality (2)
word wrap
28. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
thesaurus
Upload
Open-Source Software
outliner
29. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Biometrics
Humans > Computers (8)
Animation
Pull technology
30. Grouping of 8 bits
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Bug
Byte
31. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Pixel
grammar and style checker
Template
Operating System Advantages
32. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Integrated Software
Bluetooth
Template
Training software
33. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
monospaced fonts
point size
Unicode
Page-Layout Software
34. Size and style of typeface
Video teleconference
An example of presentation-graphics software
font
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
35. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Logic Bomb
Bit
Augmented Reality
label
36. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Speech recognition
Telecommuting
Netiquette
Factors that control image quality (2)
37. 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
IP address
Netiquette
Turning Test
Pixel
38. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Gigahertz
Teleconference
Trojan Horse
Arpanet
39. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Common-sense knowledge
Ethernet
Simulation
WWW (world wide web)
40. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
value
Operating System
Trojan Horse
Intranet
41. 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.
outliner
Software Piracy
Resolution
HTML (hypertext markup language)
42. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
WAN
Multimedia
formula
word wrap
43. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
User Interface
Image Processing Software
Memory
Disadvantages of ebooks
44. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
word processing
Analog Signal
Master Pages
Mailing list
45. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Interactive Multimedia
label
Site License
46. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
footer
Knowledge engineer
Wizard
ebook (Electronic Book)
47. 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
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Image Processing Software
Help file
48. A system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations - providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware
Operating System
Storage Devices
Convergence
template
49. 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)
label
word wrap
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Gigahertz
50. 1) Paper is easier on eyes. 2) Books can be read anywhere w/o the need of electricity/batteries. 3) Books are aesthetically more pleasing. 4) Books can be highlighted and written in.
Video teleconference
template
Compatibility
Disadvantages of ebooks