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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 a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
cell
Utility Program Features
Feedback Loop
Telecommuting
2. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Bit
function
Defragmenting
replication
3. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Tutorial software
macro
User Interface
OMR
4. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Disadvantages of ebooks
ISP (Internet service provider)
Video Editing Software
5. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Login Name
proportionally spaced fonts
Convergence
Pattern recognition
6. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
ROM
Site License
Training software
Template
7. 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)
value
Access-Control Software
Model + / ?
8. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
replication
Operating System Advantages
Speech recognition
9. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Knowledge base
Factors of a good pw...
thesaurus
Web crawlers
10. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Virus
Wizard
Encryption
cell format
11. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
proportionally spaced fonts
macro
relative reference
Biometrics
12. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Intranet
Telecommuting
Fuzzy logic
Hyperlink
13. 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)
Training software
LAN
Virus
14. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Virtual Reality (VR)
font
Resolution
Domains
15. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Login Name
GB
Digital Signal
Responsibilities of System Admin
16. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
An example of presentation-graphics software
Video teleconference
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Kerning
17. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Humans < Computers (3)
Analog Signal
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Integrated Software
18. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Password
Digital Signal
Bitmapped Graphics
ISP (Internet service provider)
19. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Online help
Password
Pattern recognition
Speech recognition
20. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Advantages of Robots (3)
Protocol
Commercial Software
Data
21. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Shareware
Virus
Browser
Common-sense knowledge
22. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Newsgroups
Wizard
ebook (Electronic Book)
proportionally spaced fonts
23. The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions - supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.
Augmented Reality
cell format
Unicode
Animation
24. 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)
WYSIWYG
Bit
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
25. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Newsgroups
Ergonomics
Trojan Horse
Fuzzy logic
26. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Factors that control image quality (2)
Cracking
Expert system
relative reference
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
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
formatting
Painting Software
word processing
28. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Augmented Reality
cell format
Processor
column
29. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Bitmapped Graphics
Data
Parallel processing
Bandwidth
30. 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)
Global positioning system
absolute reference
range
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
31. Technology that creates the illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer; this environment contains both scenes and the controls to change those scenes.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Convergence
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
KB
32. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Drawing Software
RAM
OMR
Domains
33. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Parallel processing
Storage Devices
Expert system
Upload
34. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
monospaced fonts
Compatibility
Hypermedia
35. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
footer
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Agent
Model
36. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Open-Source Software
Color Depth
Image Processing Software
automatic correction
37. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Password
Unicode
Mailing list
Utility Program
38. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Bluetooth
Common-sense knowledge
Ethernet
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
39. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
absolute reference
Shareware
Utility Program
Augmented Reality
40. 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.
Software Piracy
Agent
Spot Color
Pattern recognition
41. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Machine learning
Digital Video
Hypermedia
Output Devices
42. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Ethernet
Page-Layout Software
label
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
43. 1) creative; 2) parallel processing (multitasking); 3) image analysis; 4) common sense knowledge; 5) see relationships between concepts; 6) knowledge base is vast - not narrow; 7) translation of languages (idioms); 8) expression/interpretation of emo
Kerning
justification
Inference engine
Humans > Computers (8)
44. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Video Editing Software
User Interface
Protocol
Digital Signal
45. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Video teleconference
Kerning
proportionally spaced fonts
46. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
justification
formula
Pull technology
Compatibility
47. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Multimedia
Morph
System Administrator
Bitmapped Graphics
48. 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
OMR
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Networks: + / ?
ISP (Internet service provider)
49. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Wizard
Digital Video
Drawing Software
Convergence
50. Rectangular block of selected cells
range
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Digital Signal
font