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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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1. 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
ROM
Shareware
Access-Control Software
Backdoor
2. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Interactive Multimedia
Image analysis
Software Piracy
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
3. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Upload
Inference engine
Trojan Horse
Bitmapped Graphics
4. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
typeface
Wizard
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
5. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Shareware
Humans > Computers (8)
Defragmenting
'Read-me' file
6. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Password
label
value
Hypermedia
7. 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
Video teleconference
ASCII
Intranet
Telecommuting
8. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
cell format
replication
'Read-me' file
header
9. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
macro
Operating System
Resolution
10. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Bar Code Reader
Backup
Arpanet
Ethernet
11. ~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
URL (uniform resource locator)
Cookies
Cracking
Networks: + / ?
12. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
LAN
absolute reference
TB
Global positioning system
13. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
value
Tutorial software
Bug
function
14. 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
Input Devices
Open-Source Software
Morph
Compatibility
15. 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
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Encryption
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Logic Bomb
16. A picture element (dot) on a computer screen or printout. Groups of pixels compose the images on the monitor and the output of a printout.
absolute reference
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
OCR
Pixel
17. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
typeface
Turning Test
Fuzzy logic
formula
18. 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.
Cookies
Virtual Reality (VR)
Intranet
Teleconference
19. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Input Devices
Disadvantages of ebooks
Training software
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
20. 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
IP address
Netiquette
Analog Signal
Global positioning system
21. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Storage Devices
Multimedia
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
22. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Gigahertz
An example of presentation-graphics software
Public Domain Software
Knowledge engineer
23. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Operating System Advantages
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Expert system
Virus
24. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
automatic correction
KB
25. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Full-Color
replication
Utility Program Features
Processor
26. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
Search engine
Disadvantages of ebooks
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Bit
27. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Template
function
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Defragmenting
28. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Packet-switching
Drawing Software
Training software
formula
29. 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.
macro
Software License
GB
Advantages of DTP
30. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Page-Layout Software
Backup
Global positioning system
31. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Tutorial software
font
Fuzzy logic
worksheet
32. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Online help
Booting
Protocol
Inference engine
33. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
monospaced fonts
Spot Color
Password
Factors of a good pw...
34. Grouping of 8 bits
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Byte
Inference engine
WWW (world wide web)
35. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
36. 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
Information
Humans > Computers (8)
Mailing list
Packet-switching
37. Synonym finder
Password
thesaurus
Agent
Tutorial software
38. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Model + / ?
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Logic Bomb
absolute reference
39. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
ebook (Electronic Book)
Video teleconference
Image analysis
MB
40. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Arpanet
Knowledge base
Kerning
Processor
41. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
GUI Advantages
Search engine
point size
Leading
42. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Utility Program
WYSIWYG
Gigahertz
43. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
word wrap
Bluetooth
Commercial Software
Drawing Software
44. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
Input Devices
Push technology
relative reference
GB
45. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Humans < Computers (3)
Spot Color
46. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.
automatic hyphenation
Master Pages
OMR
HTML (hypertext markup language)
47. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
Bit
Compatibility
Video teleconference
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
48. '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
WYSIWYG
Software
MB
Video Editing Software
49. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Storage Devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
RAM
Fuzzy logic
50. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Morph
Hacker
Cracking
Virus