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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • 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. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process






2. 1) flexible schedule; 2) save time commuting and save $; 3) better for the environment (less gas consumption); 4) better ergonomics (working conditions); 5) save office space/expenses.






3. 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






4. Software that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk - and uses each infected program or disk to copy itself. A form of software sabotage.






5. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.






6. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.






7. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;






8. Rectangular block of selected cells






9. Language that people speak/write everyday.






10. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.






11. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.






12. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)






13. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).






14. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)






15. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters






16. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.






17. Horizontal






18. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.






19. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer






20. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information






21. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.






22. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software






23. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.






24. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system






25. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.






26. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection






27. Grouping of 8 bits






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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)






31. 1) color depth; 2) resolution






32. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.






33. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network






34. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed






35. 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.






36. 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






37. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)






38. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes






39. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions






40. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine






41. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.






42. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines






43. 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






44. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.






45. 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






46. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o






47. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.






48. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).






49. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.






50. A system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations - providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware