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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. 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.
Netiquette
word wrap
Integrated Software
Rules of Thumb for DTP
2. ~Advantages 1)Safety: easy to simulate without actual risk 2)Economy: Build/simulate/destroy without waste 3)Projection 4)Visualization 5)Replication: Redo/rerun/alter easily ~Disadvantages 1)Reliability 2)Depends on original info 3)Complete trust fa
Model + / ?
Analog Signal
Factors of a good pw...
Bar Code Reader
3. '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
An example of presentation-graphics software
WYSIWYG
Template
Integrated Software
4. 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.
Natural language
Image analysis
Agent
Digital Signal
5. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
automatic hyphenation
Hyperlink
Hacker
Software
6. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Logic Bomb
Virtual Reality (VR)
Login Name
Responsibilities of System Admin
7. 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.
Animation
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Training software
Morph
8. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Advantages of digital television (3)
Output Devices
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Command-Line Interface
9. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
ebook (Electronic Book)
Training software
Common-sense knowledge
KB
10. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
point size
KB
serif fonts
11. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar
Peripheral
Knowledge base
Turning Test
Networks: + / ?
12. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Vector Graphics
worksheet
Upload
Digital Video
13. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Common-sense knowledge
outliner
URL (uniform resource locator)
Leading
14. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Protocol
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Machine learning
Help file
15. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
proportionally spaced fonts
Bitmapped Graphics
footer
IP address
16. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Cookies
Resolution
Disadvantages of ebooks
proportionally spaced fonts
17. 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.
Leading
Master Pages
Virus
Humans > Computers (8)
18. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
justification
Browser
cell
font
19. The spacing between lines of text.
Leading
An example of presentation-graphics software
Expert system
WAN
20. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
absolute reference
Virtual Reality (VR)
Video teleconference
Site License
21. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Logic Bomb
Input Devices
Pattern recognition
Telecommuting
22. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Inference engine
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Bluetooth
23. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Advantages of digital television (3)
Digital Signal
ISP (Internet service provider)
Digital television
24. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Site License
Simulation
macro
Operating System
25. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Operating System
Tutorial software
Parallel processing
Bandwidth
26. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
Newsgroups
ASCII
typeface
relative reference
27. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Cracking
Protocol
Turning Test
Image analysis
28. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Machine learning
Source Document
absolute reference
TB
29. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Utility Program
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Vector Graphics
30. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus
Training software
GUI
label
Augmented Reality
31. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Search engine
Telecommuting
Training software
Wizard
32. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
GUI
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Vector Graphics
PDF (Portable Document Format)
33. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Pull technology
Site License
Hyperlink
Tutorial software
34. 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.
Parallel processing
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Data
HTML (hypertext markup language)
35. 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
Digital Signal
monospaced fonts
Booting
ROM
36. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
monospaced fonts
Ethernet
point size
Morph
37. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Factors of a good pw...
Advantages of DTP
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Utility Program
38. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Augmented Reality
Ergonomics
Tutorial software
Image analysis
39. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
TB
justification
Booting
Expert system
40. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Utility Program
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Turning Test
Booting
41. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Worm
Download
Ethernet
42. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Page-Layout Software
Newsgroups
cell format
Bitmapped Graphics
43. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Shareware
Animation
PDF (Portable Document Format)
44. 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.
Software
Speech recognition
Advantages of DTP
Advantages of digital television (3)
45. 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
Gigahertz
Pattern recognition
Commercial Software
46. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
cell format
Operating System Advantages
Image Processing Software
47. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Public Domain Software
Hyperlink
ebook (Electronic Book)
Domain
48. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Packet-switching
Simulation
Help file
Natural language
49. 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
Pull technology
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Operating System
typeface
50. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Push technology
Full-Color
Interactive Multimedia
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)