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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. 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
Networks: + / ?
Natural language
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Bar Code Reader
2. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Vector Graphics
Operating System Advantages
Factors that control image quality (2)
font
3. 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.
Augmented Reality
Speech recognition
automatic hyphenation
HTML (hypertext markup language)
4. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Public Domain Software
absolute reference
Operating System Advantages
Hypertext
5. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
Advantages of DTP
replication
template
6. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Analog Signal
word processing
Biometrics
label
7. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Protocol
Virtual Reality (VR)
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
8. Microsoft Powerpoint
Defragmenting
An example of presentation-graphics software
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Peripheral
9. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Hypermedia
worksheet
Model + / ?
System Administrator
10. 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.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Online help
serif fonts
typeface
11. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Animation
Server
label
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
12. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
macro
Unicode
Vector Graphics
automatic correction
13. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Hyperlink
Advantages of Robots (3)
GUI Advantages
Camera-Ready
14. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Byte
Knowledge base
Digital Video
Rules of Netiquette (6)
15. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
worksheet
Expert system
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
footer
16. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
UPS
Protocol
Data
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
17. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Input Devices
Parallel processing
header
footer
18. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
cell
Commercial Software
Inference engine
Parallel processing
19. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
System Administrator
ASCII
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Master Pages
20. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Training software
Booting
Defragmenting
Firewall
21. 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)
An example of presentation-graphics software
Gigahertz
Teleconference
Pattern recognition
22. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
User Interface
row
Fuzzy logic
word processing
23. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Resolution
template
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Online help
24. 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)
Model
Augmented Reality
Biometrics
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
25. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
point size
Software
Disadvantages of ebooks
Domains
26. 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
macro
automatic correction
Data
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
27. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Camera-Ready
Analog Signal
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Data
28. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
replication
Factors of a good pw...
Information
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
29. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Command-Line Interface
ebook (Electronic Book)
Download
Tutorial software
30. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Hyperlink
Upload
Pull technology
automatic correction
31. 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.
Agent
Advantages of DTP
Humans < Computers (3)
Machine learning
32. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
worksheet
font
Page-Layout Software
Vector Graphics
33. The address of a Web site. (unique)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Master Pages
Morph
Cookies
34. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Domains
Packet-switching
replication
Commercial Software
35. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Search engine
WAN
Gigahertz
36. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Advantages of Robots (3)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Bitmapped Graphics
37. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
automatic correction
Browser
URL (uniform resource locator)
Interactive Multimedia
38. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Software
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
relative reference
Parallel processing
39. 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
WYSIWYG
automatic correction
Virtual Reality (VR)
40. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Storage Devices
function
Logic Bomb
Browser
41. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
Knowledge base
PDF (Portable Document Format)
macro
Knowledge engineer
42. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Unicode
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Bar Code Reader
Humans < Computers (3)
43. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Cookies
Domain
Page-Layout Software
44. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Open-Source Software
Rules of Netiquette (6)
IP address
Public Domain Software
45. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
justification
Digital Video
Software
46. Optical Character Recognition; Locating and identifying printed characters embedded in an image - allowing the text to be stored as an editable document. Can be performed by wand readers - pen scanners - and OCR software
footer
OCR
proportionally spaced fonts
Networks: + / ?
47. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Intranet
row
Knowledge base
Packet-switching
48. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Interactive Multimedia
GUI
FTP (file transfer protocol)
word processing
49. 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')
Storage Devices
'what if?' questions
Arpanet
Bit
50. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Model + / ?
Morph
Factors that control image quality (2)
GUI Advantages