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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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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 method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
font
Disadvantages of ebooks
Upload
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
2. Read-Only Memory; Memory that include permanent information only. The computer can only read information from in; it can never write any new information on it
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
UPS
ROM
Storage Devices
3. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Cookies
Download
Operating System Advantages
replication
4. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Help file
Domain
Hacker
LAN
5. Ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup called Usenet. You can check into and out of them whenever you want; all messages are posted on
Integrated Software
replication
Newsgroups
relative reference
6. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Bit
Online help
Unicode
WYSIWYG
7. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Feedback Loop
function
Domains
Factors of a good pw...
8. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Newsgroups
Expert system
thesaurus
column
9. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o
Convergence
header
Presentation-Graphics Software
ASCII
10. 1) flexible schedule; 2) save time commuting and save $; 3) better for the environment (less gas consumption); 4) better ergonomics (working conditions); 5) save office space/expenses.
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Tutorial software
Input Devices
Shareware
11. Artificial intelligence techniques that make it possible for machine performance to improve based on feedback from past performance. (Used in games like chess/checkers; based on prior actions)
Agent
Common-sense knowledge
Machine learning
Kerning
12. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Responsibilities of System Admin
Teleconference
Image Processing Software
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
13. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Feedback Loop
RAM
Natural language
column
14. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Pixel
Utility Program
MB
row
15. Vertical
Worm
column
Turning Test
Biometrics
16. Part of the Internet - a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users worldwide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web site that allows users to explore them with simpler mouse clicks.
LAN
Interactive Multimedia
Spot Color
WWW (world wide web)
17. An interactive cross-reference system that allows textual information to be linked in nonsequential ways. A hypertext document contains links that lead quickly to other parts of the document or to related documents.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Hypertext
Gigahertz
HTML (hypertext markup language)
18. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)
Spot Color
Advantages of Robots (3)
Web crawlers
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
19. 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
Pixel
Networks: + / ?
Encryption
Drawing Software
20. 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
TB
function
Worm
Intranet
21. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Disadvantages of ebooks
Memory
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Arpanet
22. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Convergence
TB
ebook (Electronic Book)
23. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
'what if?' questions
An example of presentation-graphics software
relative reference
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
24. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
template
Hyperlink
Commercial Software
Video Editing Software
25. 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
Unicode
header
Morph
26. Grouping of 8 bits
Encryption
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
macro
Byte
27. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Shareware
ebook (Electronic Book)
Analog Signal
Encryption
28. 'what you see is what you get' (wizzy-wig); arrangement of words on the screen representing a close approximation to the arrangement of words on the printed page
Byte
Expert system
WYSIWYG
ebook (Electronic Book)
29. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
macro
UPS
Morph
template
30. 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
31. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Humans < Computers (3)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Expert system
Cracking
32. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
WYSIWYG
Painting Software
Bandwidth
Knowledge base
33. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Open-Source Software
column
Unicode
Defragmenting
34. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Interactive Multimedia
Template
Storage Devices
35. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Speech recognition
Machine learning
Multimedia
Turning Test
36. 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.
Kerning
OCR
Defragmenting
Push technology
37. 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
Humans < Computers (3)
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
An example of presentation-graphics software
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
38. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Browser
Morph
Digital television
Spot Color
39. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
worksheet
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Push technology
Commercial Software
40. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Painting Software
spell check
header
Search engine
41. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
KB
Advantages of Robots (3)
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
LAN
42. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Teleconference
Mailing list
GUI Advantages
Unicode
43. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
point size
formula
Factors of a good pw...
Cracking
44. 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
Humans > Computers (8)
Responsibilities of System Admin
GB
Fuzzy logic
45. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Humans < Computers (3)
serif fonts
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
46. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
OMR
Domain
URL (uniform resource locator)
Trojan Horse
47. An error in programming
Logic Bomb
Bug
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Mailing list
48. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
automatic correction
Feedback Loop
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Software Piracy
49. 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 Advantages
formatting
User Interface
Agent
50. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
Mailing list
Server
Telecommuting
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