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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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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. '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
'Read-me' file
Digital television
Software License
WYSIWYG
2. Protocols developed as an experiment in internetworking - now the language of the Internet - allowing cross-network communication for almost every type of computer and network.
WYSIWYG
Tutorial software
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
template
3. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
User Interface
formula
Kerning
replication
4. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Operating System Advantages
Teleconference
function
5. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Humans > Computers (8)
Convergence
Output Devices
Digital Video
6. ~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
label
Animation
Model + / ?
WYSIWYG
7. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
GUI Advantages
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Utility Program Features
Model + / ?
8. 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
OMR
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Kerning
Bitmapped Graphics
9. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
label
Command-Line Interface
ASCII
Model
10. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
Hyperlink
Processor
Source Document
LAN
11. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Disadvantages of ebooks
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Telecommuting
typeface
12. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
word processing
Integrated Software
'what if?' questions
Hypertext
13. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Compatibility
Utility Program
Robot
Tutorial software
14. 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 -
Utility Program Features
Compatibility
cell
Sensor
15. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Color Depth
Inference engine
Logic Bomb
Wizard
16. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
ISP (Internet service provider)
Advantages of digital television (3)
Unicode
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
17. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
Drawing Software
footer
Bluetooth
Output Devices
18. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Pixel
Fuzzy logic
Factors of a good pw...
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
19. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Ergonomics
footer
Morph
Backup
20. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters
Bandwidth
word wrap
ASCII
Networks: + / ?
21. 1) ability to create models with physical characteristics (weight and volume); 2) model can be rotated; 3) can evaluate structural performance by applying an imaginary force; 4) designs can be easily altered and edited
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Presentation-Graphics Software
range
Processor
22. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Gigahertz
Advantages of Robots (3)
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Commercial Software
23. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Tutorial software
Defragmenting
Disadvantages of ebooks
24. The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. A message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination - where they are reunited.
Vector Graphics
Animation
Packet-switching
formatting
25. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Unicode
Networks: + / ?
Tutorial software
serif fonts
26. 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
MB
justification
Input Devices
27. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Compatibility
TB
Page-Layout Software
point size
28. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Server
TB
Hyperlink
Domains
29. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Output Devices
word wrap
Bar Code Reader
Peripheral
30. 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
Advantages of digital television (3)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Humans > Computers (8)
Utility Program
31. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Protocol
UPS
Model + / ?
Parallel processing
32. 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
Server
Compatibility
Image Processing Software
An example of presentation-graphics software
33. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Bitmapped Graphics
Cookies
Virtual Reality (VR)
outliner
34. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
range
Bluetooth
Model + / ?
Firewall
35. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Software License
Web crawlers
Animation
Telecommuting
36. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Telecommuting
GB
Simulation
Byte
37. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
function
OCR
Digital television
WYSIWYG
38. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Image Processing Software
Mailing list
function
Animation
39. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Knowledge engineer
OMR
Analog Signal
Firewall
40. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Spot Color
Turning Test
Push technology
41. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Master Pages
Server
font
justification
42. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Trojan Horse
Packet-switching
Model
43. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
Knowledge engineer
point size
Digital Signal
HTML (hypertext markup language)
44. An error in programming
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Source Document
Unicode
Bug
45. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
thesaurus
Domains
Arpanet
Storage Devices
46. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')
ROM
Arpanet
'Read-me' file
Domain
47. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
MB
Parallel processing
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
48. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Video teleconference
Wizard
Web crawlers
Leading
49. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Operating System
Training software
RAM
Turning Test
50. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Video teleconference
serif fonts
WWW (world wide web)
Software