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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Hyperlink
Advantages of digital television (3)
GB
Virtual Reality (VR)
2. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
worksheet
Interactive Multimedia
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
monospaced fonts
3. 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.
Image analysis
Source Document
'what if?' questions
Peripheral
4. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Arpanet
Image Processing Software
Input Devices
automatic hyphenation
5. 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
Responsibilities of System Admin
Push technology
Backdoor
template
6. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Virus
UPS
Digital Signal
Ethernet
7. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Video Editing Software
Upload
Utility Program
Simulation
8. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Server
Digital television
Storage Devices
URL (uniform resource locator)
9. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
'what if?' questions
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Resolution
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
10. 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.
Networks: + / ?
Kerning
Access-Control Software
Natural language
11. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Ergonomics
Bit
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Page-Layout Software
12. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Booting
Video teleconference
absolute reference
Server
13. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
header
ISP (Internet service provider)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Tutorial software
14. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Disadvantages of ebooks
Interactive Multimedia
Firewall
Hyperlink
15. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
Bandwidth
KB
point size
Intranet
16. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Backdoor
Commercial Software
Encryption
Responsibilities of System Admin
17. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
Video Editing Software
automatic correction
ISP (Internet service provider)
User Interface
18. 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
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Login Name
OMR
Information
19. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
automatic hyphenation
Command-Line Interface
column
Common-sense knowledge
20. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
User Interface
word wrap
Common-sense knowledge
Turning Test
21. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Login Name
macro
point size
22. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Trojan Horse
URL (uniform resource locator)
Model
Worm
23. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Compatibility
HTML (hypertext markup language)
word processing
Interactive Multimedia
24. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Software
Password
'what if?' questions
Domain
25. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Telecommuting
Ethernet
Wizard
Rules of Thumb for DTP
26. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
label
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Commercial Software
Bug
27. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Protocol
proportionally spaced fonts
Spot Color
Bitmapped Graphics
28. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
OMR
GUI
System Administrator
Memory
29. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
'what if?' questions
Sensor
TB
Netiquette
30. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
footer
column
KB
Domains
31. Rectangular block of selected cells
monospaced fonts
Machine learning
Advantages of digital television (3)
range
32. Intersection of row and column
Bandwidth
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Image analysis
cell
33. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Fuzzy logic
Command-Line Interface
Knowledge base
Interactive Multimedia
34. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Operating System Advantages
Wizard
Fuzzy logic
Pattern recognition
35. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
Image analysis
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Integrated Software
36. 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
Advantages of Robots (3)
UPS
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
37. Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. Worm programs travel independently over computer networks - seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage
Server
Worm
header
Biometrics
38. Grouping of 8 bits
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
WYSIWYG
Humans > Computers (8)
Byte
39. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
cell format
Cracking
Domains
Animation
40. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Global positioning system
Drawing Software
41. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Virus
Backup
IP address
point size
42. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Server
Password
OCR
Image analysis
43. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Open-Source Software
thesaurus
Command-Line Interface
Kerning
44. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
justification
Page-Layout Software
Utility Program
Bug
45. 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
proportionally spaced fonts
Help file
GUI Advantages
LAN
46. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Training software
point size
URL (uniform resource locator)
Site License
47. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
An example of presentation-graphics software
GUI
Site License
Data
48. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Model + / ?
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Pull technology
proportionally spaced fonts
49. Vertical
Sensor
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
column
User Interface
50. A continuous wave
'Read-me' file
Kerning
Analog Signal
Cookies