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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. Ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup called Usenet. You can check into and out of them whenever you want; all messages are posted on






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






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






4. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)






5. The spacing between lines of text.






6. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)






7. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily






8. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas






9. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.






10. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.






11. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.






12. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process






13. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)






14. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)






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






16. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices






17. The address of a Web site. (unique)






18. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.






19. Synonym finder






20. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor






21. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.






22. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files






23. 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)






24. 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.






25. Software that only allows user access according to the user's needs. Some users can open only files that are related to their work. Some users are allowed read-only access to files; they can see but not change them.






26. 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.






27. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems






28. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking






29. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject






34. '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






35. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied






36. The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. A message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination - where they are reunited.






37. 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)






38. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.






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






40. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.






41. 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






42. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns






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






44. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page






45. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network






46. Size and style of typeface






47. 1) color depth; 2) resolution






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






49. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number






50. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes