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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Size and style of typeface
font
Unicode
Telecommuting
Teleconference
2. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Augmented Reality
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Password
RAM
3. Vertical
column
Responsibilities of System Admin
Networks: + / ?
Camera-Ready
4. 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.
Ergonomics
Mailing list
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Hypertext
5. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
User Interface
Booting
Advantages of DTP
Commercial Software
6. 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
Video Editing Software
Networks: + / ?
Resolution
7. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Feedback Loop
point size
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
8. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
UPS
Page-Layout Software
'what if?' questions
function
9. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Telecommuting
Analog Signal
Backup
Site License
10. '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
Mailing list
Command-Line Interface
WYSIWYG
Advantages of DTP
11. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
word wrap
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
12. 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.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
'Read-me' file
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
13. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Morph
Image analysis
Backdoor
cell format
14. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
KB
Leading
Unicode
System Administrator
15. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Upload
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Gigahertz
16. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Vector Graphics
Software
Image Processing Software
Ethernet
17. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Factors that control image quality (2)
Color Depth
Bitmapped Graphics
Utility Program Features
18. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Inference engine
Knowledge engineer
Biometrics
Booting
19. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Hyperlink
Backup
Hypermedia
Morph
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.
Browser
Newsgroups
Hyperlink
PDF (Portable Document Format)
21. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Resolution
Painting Software
monospaced fonts
Commercial Software
22. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Memory
Hacker
Open-Source Software
23. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Model + / ?
cell
Cracking
Ethernet
24. 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.
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Disadvantages of ebooks
Augmented Reality
FTP (file transfer protocol)
25. 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
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Sensor
Intranet
26. 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
OCR
GUI
Wizard
Operating System
27. 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)
Machine learning
Hypertext
Utility Program
Factors of a good pw...
28. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Factors of a good pw...
serif fonts
WYSIWYG
Compatibility
29. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Public Domain Software
outliner
cell
Kerning
30. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Backdoor
footer
formatting
Convergence
31. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Shareware
Data
Simulation
Wizard
32. Rectangular block of selected cells
Ergonomics
Byte
Upload
range
33. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Turning Test
Download
formatting
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
34. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Vector Graphics
cell format
35. 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
Command-Line Interface
GUI Advantages
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
36. Microsoft Powerpoint
automatic hyphenation
An example of presentation-graphics software
TB
Newsgroups
37. ~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
Site License
Digital Video
Networks: + / ?
Responsibilities of System Admin
38. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
Telecommuting
Software Piracy
Advantages of DTP
39. 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
Bug
Source Document
IP address
thesaurus
40. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Digital Signal
Packet-switching
Master Pages
serif fonts
41. A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers - and to upload files they want to share from their computers to these archives.
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Protocol
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
thesaurus
42. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Bluetooth
Master Pages
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Biometrics
43. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
Augmented Reality
Hypermedia
User Interface
footer
44. 1) Paper is easier on eyes. 2) Books can be read anywhere w/o the need of electricity/batteries. 3) Books are aesthetically more pleasing. 4) Books can be highlighted and written in.
Input Devices
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Disadvantages of ebooks
Sensor
45. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Cookies
Digital television
Model
Parallel processing
46. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Telecommuting
ebook (Electronic Book)
Operating System Advantages
justification
47. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Advantages of DTP
Painting Software
Integrated Software
48. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
ebook (Electronic Book)
Model
relative reference
Natural language
49. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Access-Control Software
Knowledge engineer
Bar Code Reader
worksheet
50. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Color Depth
row
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
cell