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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Sensor
Server
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Integrated Software
2. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Protocol
Backup
Software License
Simulation
3. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Factors of a good pw...
Encryption
Domain
Search engine
4. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files
Speech recognition
Factors that control image quality (2)
Wizard
word processing
5. 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
GUI
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Factors that control image quality (2)
Full-Color
6. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Model
Pull technology
column
Upload
7. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Knowledge engineer
Domains
GB
Booting
8. Professionally designed - empty documents that can be adapted to specific user needs. In spreadsheet software - worksheets that contain labels and formulas but no data values. The template produces instant answers when you fill in the blanks.
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Template
Browser
Video teleconference
9. 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
Hyperlink
Model + / ?
Pattern recognition
10. 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)
GUI
Hacker
LAN
11. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Fuzzy logic
Speech recognition
Factors that control image quality (2)
Drawing Software
12. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
Bandwidth
Integrated Software
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
An example of presentation-graphics software
13. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
worksheet
System Administrator
Image Processing Software
Input Devices
14. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
15. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Server
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Digital Video
Disadvantages of ebooks
16. 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 Expert Systems (4)
User Interface
worksheet
Input Devices
17. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
'what if?' questions
Biometrics
WYSIWYG
typeface
18. Identifying recurring patterns in input data with the goal of understand or categorizing that input. (Easy for humans) (Ex: fingerprint identification - handwriting recognition - speech recognition - optional character recognition)
Humans > Computers (8)
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Pattern recognition
19. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.
Color Depth
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Storage Devices
Login Name
20. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Web crawlers
label
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Hyperlink
21. ~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
Byte
Site License
Spot Color
Model + / ?
22. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Fuzzy logic
serif fonts
Bar Code Reader
cell
23. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Defragmenting
User Interface
Advantages of digital television (3)
24. An error in programming
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Digital Signal
label
Bug
25. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
word wrap
WYSIWYG
word processing
26. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
ebook (Electronic Book)
Cracking
Morph
range
27. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Machine learning
Full-Color
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
28. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
label
Spot Color
Worm
29. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Expert system
Convergence
Drawing Software
ebook (Electronic Book)
30. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
ebook (Electronic Book)
Upload
Image analysis
ROM
31. 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
Backdoor
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
proportionally spaced fonts
Worm
32. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Knowledge base
Domain
Image Processing Software
Responsibilities of System Admin
33. 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.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Humans < Computers (3)
Virtual Reality (VR)
Advantages of DTP
34. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Open-Source Software
Unicode
Search engine
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
35. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
header
Training software
Video Editing Software
Help file
36. 1) Poor at planning strategies (less creativity than humans) and can't make decisions (after diagnosis - can't say how to treat patient); 2) powerless outside narrow (but deep) domain of knowledge
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
absolute reference
Web crawlers
relative reference
37. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Color Depth
Hypertext
Multimedia
spell check
38. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Training software
Ethernet
Gigahertz
Bug
39. The spacing between lines of text.
Data
relative reference
Mailing list
Leading
40. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
ebook (Electronic Book)
ASCII
footer
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
41. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Memory
column
Master Pages
Hyperlink
42. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Factors that control image quality (2)
Encryption
template
Bug
43. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Factors that control image quality (2)
Video Editing Software
Expert system
Painting Software
44. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
WWW (world wide web)
Resolution
Painting Software
45. 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.
Morph
Digital Video
OCR
Augmented Reality
46. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
spell check
Unicode
47. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Tutorial software
Download
Rules of Thumb for DTP
monospaced fonts
48. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Trojan Horse
Processor
An example of presentation-graphics software
Full-Color
49. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Tutorial software
Wizard
Newsgroups
Analog Signal
50. 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.
Source Document
WAN
footer
automatic hyphenation