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IT Literacy
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Subjects
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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. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Hyperlink
GUI Advantages
Backup
Advantages of Robots (3)
2. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Feedback Loop
Morph
Operating System Advantages
Hacker
3. Vertical
column
Data
Fuzzy logic
label
4. Optical Mark Reader; A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms
Agent
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
OMR
Encryption
5. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Common-sense knowledge
Robot
Shareware
Packet-switching
6. An error in programming
Bug
header
cell
Robot
7. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Augmented Reality
Model
Responsibilities of System Admin
Intranet
8. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Pull technology
Image Processing Software
macro
LAN
9. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
ebook (Electronic Book)
Leading
replication
worksheet
10. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Fuzzy logic
IP address
KB
Video teleconference
11. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
Full-Color
thesaurus
absolute reference
label
12. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
User Interface
Expert system
Ethernet
Video Editing Software
13. 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
Advantages of Robots (3)
Compatibility
automatic hyphenation
Convergence
14. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Mailing list
ebook (Electronic Book)
Digital television
Resolution
15. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
replication
Telecommuting
Advantages of digital television (3)
Expert system
16. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
column
Telecommuting
Machine learning
17. ~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
Networks: + / ?
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Commercial Software
Model + / ?
18. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
ASCII
Simulation
Login Name
Operating System Advantages
19. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Machine learning
typeface
Netiquette
thesaurus
20. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Model + / ?
Utility Program Features
value
Painting Software
21. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Booting
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
KB
Rules of Thumb for DTP
22. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
footer
Virus
Model + / ?
Kerning
23. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Image analysis
Arpanet
range
Agent
24. 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.
Defragmenting
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Image analysis
Virus
25. A pocket-sized computer used to organize appointments - tasks - notes - contacts - and other personal information; sometimes called hand-held computer or palmtop computer. Many PDAs include additional software and hardware for wireless communication.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Color Depth
Memory
User Interface
26. 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.
Hypermedia
Advantages of DTP
worksheet
macro
27. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Knowledge base
Full-Color
Natural language
28. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
Encryption
Ethernet
LAN
Template
29. Protocols developed as an experiment in internetworking - now the language of the Internet - allowing cross-network communication for almost every type of computer and network.
FTP (file transfer protocol)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
ebook (Electronic Book)
Data
30. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Firewall
Utility Program Features
word processing
Bitmapped Graphics
31. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
Global positioning system
Humans < Computers (3)
ebook (Electronic Book)
Storage Devices
32. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
serif fonts
Camera-Ready
Cookies
33. Microsoft Powerpoint
Painting Software
Search engine
An example of presentation-graphics software
function
34. 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
Mailing list
spell check
Global positioning system
Bluetooth
35. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Drawing Software
Augmented Reality
word processing
row
36. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Ethernet
Responsibilities of System Admin
function
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
37. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
spell check
Vector Graphics
Multimedia
Newsgroups
38. 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.
relative reference
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Virtual Reality (VR)
Operating System
39. 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
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Source Document
Access-Control Software
40. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
outliner
relative reference
Hypermedia
Telecommuting
41. A device that enables digital machines to monitor a physical quantity of the analog world (i.e. temperature - humidity - pressure) to provide data used in robotics. (Enables robots to modify actions based on feedback from outside world) (Ex: vision -
Augmented Reality
Sensor
Site License
Operating System
42. 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.
WWW (world wide web)
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Model + / ?
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
43. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
label
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Global positioning system
OCR
44. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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183
45. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Help file
URL (uniform resource locator)
Integrated Software
Shareware
46. 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.
Gigahertz
Template
Vector Graphics
Drawing Software
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)
macro
Operating System
Mailing list
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
48. 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.
Image Processing Software
Master Pages
Push technology
Humans < Computers (3)
49. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Digital television
ISP (Internet service provider)
Output Devices
formula
50. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
Model + / ?
Machine learning
Search engine
automatic hyphenation