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IT Literacy
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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. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Server
formula
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Commercial Software
2. 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
Compatibility
Analog Signal
Ethernet
font
3. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
GB
function
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Inference engine
4. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
spell check
Operating System
point size
Advantages of digital television (3)
5. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
formatting
Image analysis
Robot
Factors of a good pw...
6. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Feedback Loop
Spot Color
Video Editing Software
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
7. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Video Editing Software
Wizard
Utility Program
Camera-Ready
8. 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 (3)
Gigahertz
Hyperlink
Parallel processing
9. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Intranet
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
serif fonts
10. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Master Pages
Utility Program Features
Domains
word wrap
11. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Resolution
Input Devices
LAN
GB
12. 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.
Booting
Networks: + / ?
URL (uniform resource locator)
Agent
13. A stream of bits
Digital Signal
Full-Color
GB
Software Piracy
14. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Commercial Software
Arpanet
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
15. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Animation
Virtual Reality (VR)
Teleconference
Wizard
16. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Tutorial software
Full-Color
17. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.
header
Open-Source Software
Memory
Push technology
18. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Video teleconference
Public Domain Software
word processing
KB
19. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
WWW (world wide web)
Peripheral
Factors of a good pw...
Virus
20. A continuous wave
Presentation-Graphics Software
Analog Signal
FTP (file transfer protocol)
thesaurus
21. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
RAM
Byte
Domains
Leading
22. Size and style of typeface
Ergonomics
value
Protocol
font
23. Horizontal
row
column
Operating System
Augmented Reality
24. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
Common-sense knowledge
Hacker
Wizard
WWW (world wide web)
25. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Peripheral
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
URL (uniform resource locator)
26. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Software
Input Devices
Online help
ASCII
27. Built-in component of a word processor or a separate program that compares words in a documents with words in a disk-based dictionary - and flags words not found in the dictionary; may operate in batch mode - checking all the words at once - or inter
automatic correction
Bluetooth
spell check
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
28. 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
ROM
Fuzzy logic
word wrap
Memory
29. Protects transmitted information by scrambling the transmissions; When a user encrypts a message by applying a secret numerical code (encryption key) - the message can be read only after it's been reconstructed with a matching key
automatic hyphenation
Encryption
label
Newsgroups
30. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Gigahertz
proportionally spaced fonts
word processing
macro
31. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
word wrap
Login Name
TB
spell check
32. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Bandwidth
Password
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Presentation-Graphics Software
33. 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.
Access-Control Software
outliner
Virtual Reality (VR)
GB
34. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
macro
URL (uniform resource locator)
Protocol
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
35. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Training software
Natural language
36. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Common-sense knowledge
relative reference
Web crawlers
Browser
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
Worm
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Web crawlers
Rules of Thumb for DTP
38. 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)
Integrated Software
User Interface
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
font
39. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Cracking
'what if?' questions
Software
Video Editing Software
40. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Kerning
Commercial Software
Bluetooth
Online help
41. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
Inference engine
Web crawlers
Bit
footer
42. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Software License
Information
formatting
Tutorial software
43. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Wizard
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Search engine
footer
44. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
IP address
Backup
KB
proportionally spaced fonts
45. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
An example of presentation-graphics software
Ergonomics
Bluetooth
Utility Program
46. Intersection of row and column
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
ebook (Electronic Book)
cell
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
47. 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.
Presentation-Graphics Software
Kerning
Commercial Software
Source Document
48. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Analog Signal
Software Piracy
MB
Virtual Reality (VR)
49. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Newsgroups
Trojan Horse
row
Painting Software
50. 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
Integrated Software
Master Pages
Animation
OMR