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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. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
formula
Full-Color
Logic Bomb
Presentation-Graphics Software
2. 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.
Master Pages
cell format
Augmented Reality
Biometrics
3. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Bandwidth
Online help
Image Processing Software
Advantages of digital television (3)
4. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Video teleconference
Advantages of DTP
WYSIWYG
5. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Public Domain Software
Cookies
Commercial Software
template
6. 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
Advantages of Robots (3)
Advantages of digital television (3)
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
IP address
7. Vertical
Advantages of digital television (3)
Utility Program
column
automatic correction
8. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
LAN
Convergence
Digital television
9. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Hacker
Spot Color
HTML (hypertext markup language)
10. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Biometrics
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Global positioning system
11. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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12. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Wizard
Feedback Loop
Agent
template
13. 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.
Master Pages
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Peripheral
Networks: + / ?
14. The ability of a software program to run on a specific computer system. Also the ability of a hardware device to function with a particular type of computer
Bitmapped Graphics
Booting
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Compatibility
15. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
formatting
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Master Pages
Telecommuting
16. Anything that can be communicated
Online help
Data
Information
macro
17. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
automatic hyphenation
Web crawlers
word processing
User Interface
18. Software used mainly to produce print publications. Also - the process of using desktop-publishing software to produce publications (e.g. brochures - newsletters - forms - menus - event fliers - notices)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Common-sense knowledge
LAN
An example of presentation-graphics software
19. Intersection of row and column
UPS
cell
function
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
20. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Humans < Computers (3)
footer
Source Document
formatting
21. 1) documents can be disorienting and leave the reader wondering; 2) documents don't always have the links readers want - leaving them frustrated because they can't easily get from here to there; 3) documents may contain 'lost' links - especially on t
Login Name
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Search engine
22. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Humans > Computers (8)
grammar and style checker
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Hyperlink
23. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Image analysis
Fuzzy logic
WWW (world wide web)
Page-Layout Software
24. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Utility Program
Kerning
Public Domain Software
Ethernet
25. A device that enables digital machines to monitor a physical quantity of the analog world (i.e. temperature - humidity - pressure) to provide data used in robotics. (Enables robots to modify actions based on feedback from outside world) (Ex: vision -
Sensor
Biometrics
Push technology
Mailing list
26. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Tutorial software
Model
Interactive Multimedia
Utility Program Features
27. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values
Virus
cell format
Processor
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
28. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Input Devices
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Responsibilities of System Admin
Template
29. Size and style of typeface
outliner
font
Processor
Arpanet
30. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Presentation-Graphics Software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
serif fonts
font
31. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Operating System
Unicode
Login Name
Disadvantages of ebooks
32. 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.
Bitmapped Graphics
Commercial Software
Bit
Virus
33. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Site License
worksheet
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
automatic correction
34. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
label
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Software Piracy
Feedback Loop
35. 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
RAM
OMR
Integrated Software
Utility Program Features
36. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
ebook (Electronic Book)
Software
Operating System
Source Document
37. Language that people speak/write everyday.
System Administrator
Source Document
cell format
Natural language
38. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
Training software
word wrap
Video teleconference
Intranet
39. 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
Hyperlink
Model + / ?
Backdoor
Feedback Loop
40. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
Digital Signal
Server
Gigahertz
41. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Intranet
Factors of a good pw...
cell format
Web crawlers
42. 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.
cell format
Morph
outliner
Virtual Reality (VR)
43. 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
Operating System
formatting
Model
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
44. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Feedback Loop
Humans < Computers (3)
GUI
MB
45. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Gigahertz
template
Bitmapped Graphics
Presentation-Graphics Software
46. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
OCR
Networks: + / ?
Utility Program
Digital Video
47. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Upload
Morph
GUI
Bug
48. 1) Save labor costs (work all the time - no breaks/vacations); 2) improve quality and increase production (esp. in repetitive tasks); 3) ideal for dangerous/impossible jobs for humans
Advantages of Robots (3)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Encryption
Utility Program
49. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Sensor
Bar Code Reader
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Disadvantages of ebooks
50. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Memory
Turning Test
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Commercial Software