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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Resolution
Software Piracy
WWW (world wide web)
Mailing list
2. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
replication
formula
Software Piracy
Image Processing Software
3. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Camera-Ready
Data
ASCII
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
4. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Full-Color
Common-sense knowledge
Pixel
Input Devices
5. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Fuzzy logic
Peripheral
Server
6. 1) documents can be disorienting and leave the reader wondering; 2) documents don't always have the links readers want - leaving them frustrated because they can't easily get from here to there; 3) documents may contain 'lost' links - especially on t
Painting Software
Bitmapped Graphics
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
typeface
7. 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.
spell check
Template
Hyperlink
formatting
8. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Leading
Factors of a good pw...
URL (uniform resource locator)
TB
9. 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)
point size
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Model + / ?
Integrated Software
10. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Server
Pull technology
Digital television
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
11. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Feedback Loop
typeface
Hyperlink
Storage Devices
12. 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
formatting
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Ergonomics
spell check
13. 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.
Color Depth
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
relative reference
Augmented Reality
14. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Commercial Software
GUI
Template
15. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Bitmapped Graphics
Turning Test
label
Browser
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
Pull technology
Gigahertz
ISP (Internet service provider)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
17. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Image analysis
cell format
Bar Code Reader
18. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Worm
Software License
footer
Data
19. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software
point size
GUI Advantages
automatic hyphenation
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
20. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Compatibility
macro
Teleconference
outliner
21. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Training software
HTML (hypertext markup language)
User Interface
Information
22. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Gigahertz
Access-Control Software
Online help
Page-Layout Software
23. 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
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality (VR)
Robot
24. Vertical
replication
Natural language
column
Public Domain Software
25. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
automatic correction
Morph
Logic Bomb
FTP (file transfer protocol)
26. 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
ASCII
Help file
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Logic Bomb
27. 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
Password
Arpanet
Search engine
28. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
MB
ASCII
Agent
Cracking
29. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Hypertext
Domain
Output Devices
Resolution
30. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Public Domain Software
label
relative reference
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
31. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Open-Source Software
Robot
LAN
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
32. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
KB
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Advantages of Robots (3)
Knowledge base
33. Horizontal
grammar and style checker
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Public Domain Software
row
34. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Parallel processing
Global positioning system
justification
Arpanet
35. 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.
thesaurus
Advantages of DTP
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Integrated Software
36. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
cell format
function
Factors of a good pw...
typeface
37. The spacing between lines of text.
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Mailing list
Leading
Vector Graphics
38. 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)
Access-Control Software
Kerning
Ethernet
Pattern recognition
39. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar
Morph
'what if?' questions
Networks: + / ?
Packet-switching
40. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
worksheet
GB
Software License
Spot Color
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.
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Bit
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Input Devices
42. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Upload
Utility Program
Bitmapped Graphics
monospaced fonts
43. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Machine learning
Search engine
Digital Video
MB
44. ~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
Model + / ?
Fuzzy logic
Mailing list
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
45. 1) Plan before you publish! 2) Use appropriate fonts. 3) Don't go 'style-crazy.' 4) Look at the document through the reader's eyes. 5) Learn from the masters. 6) Know your limitations. 7) Remember your message/objective.
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
template
Open-Source Software
Rules of Thumb for DTP
46. A unique string of four numbers separated by periods that serves as a unique address for a computer on the Internet. The IP address of the host computer and the sending computer is included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet
Utility Program
IP address
Output Devices
Download
47. 1) Save labor costs (work all the time - no breaks/vacations); 2) improve quality and increase production (esp. in repetitive tasks); 3) ideal for dangerous/impossible jobs for humans
Source Document
GUI
Advantages of Robots (3)
Teleconference
48. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Knowledge engineer
Parallel processing
Common-sense knowledge
49. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
Inference engine
Morph
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Integrated Software
50. 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
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
formatting
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Utility Program Features