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IT Literacy
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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. 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.
Feedback Loop
Global positioning system
Software License
Template
2. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
TB
ASCII
Simulation
3. 1) ability to create models with physical characteristics (weight and volume); 2) model can be rotated; 3) can evaluate structural performance by applying an imaginary force; 4) designs can be easily altered and edited
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Bandwidth
Advantages of DTP
Resolution
4. 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.
'what if?' questions
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Pixel
Template
5. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
relative reference
Trojan Horse
Expert system
Public Domain Software
6. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Pattern recognition
outliner
Analog Signal
Multimedia
7. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Image Processing Software
serif fonts
Cracking
8. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
Peripheral
An example of presentation-graphics software
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Drawing Software
9. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
Sensor
value
Public Domain Software
Telecommuting
10. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Worm
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Kerning
Natural language
11. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Morph
Download
Common-sense knowledge
WAN
12. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Rules of Thumb for DTP
GB
Knowledge base
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
13. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
automatic correction
Integrated Software
Virus
Hypermedia
14. Rectangular block of selected cells
range
thesaurus
Ergonomics
UPS
15. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
KB
Newsgroups
value
Arpanet
16. 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
Commercial Software
Hacker
Presentation-Graphics Software
ROM
17. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
relative reference
Pull technology
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Unicode
18. 1) documents can be disorienting and leave the reader wondering; 2) documents don't always have the links readers want - leaving them frustrated because they can't easily get from here to there; 3) documents may contain 'lost' links - especially on t
Trojan Horse
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Feedback Loop
Open-Source Software
19. 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.
Push technology
cell format
Biometrics
Memory
20. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Bitmapped Graphics
template
'what if?' questions
Video Editing Software
21. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Input Devices
outliner
Unicode
Site License
22. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Kerning
Domains
Utility Program
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
23. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Browser
Help file
Public Domain Software
Utility Program Features
24. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
User Interface
Page-Layout Software
Hyperlink
Teleconference
25. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
Integrated Software
cell format
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
'Read-me' file
26. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Spot Color
Storage Devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
IP address
27. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Bit
worksheet
Humans < Computers (3)
Augmented Reality
28. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Bluetooth
Animation
Image analysis
Presentation-Graphics Software
29. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
word processing
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Mailing list
Kerning
30. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Open-Source Software
Netiquette
User Interface
Analog Signal
31. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Login Name
Utility Program Features
Digital Signal
Virtual Reality (VR)
32. 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
Open-Source Software
cell format
Gigahertz
33. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Multimedia
Kerning
34. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
word processing
Hyperlink
Software License
Factors that control image quality (2)
35. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
macro
Input Devices
Utility Program
'what if?' questions
36. Horizontal
row
word wrap
serif fonts
Training software
37. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Ergonomics
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Biometrics
Operating System
38. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Backup
Camera-Ready
label
Memory
39. 1) Robot must not injure a human or - by inaction - allow a human to come to harm; 2) must obey orders given by humans (except where the order conflicts w/ first law); 3) must protect its own existence (w/o conflicting w/ first & second law)
Bitmapped Graphics
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
point size
40. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Augmented Reality
Factors of a good pw...
Leading
spell check
41. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
Storage Devices
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Newsgroups
42. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Template
Resolution
Bitmapped Graphics
function
43. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Wizard
word wrap
Parallel processing
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
44. 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.
Bluetooth
Hacker
Full-Color
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
45. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
TB
Intranet
Arpanet
46. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Expert system
Disadvantages of ebooks
point size
Image analysis
47. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Machine learning
Presentation-Graphics Software
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Master Pages
48. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Backup
Bluetooth
Expert system
Virus
49. 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)
Global positioning system
Protocol
Encryption
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
Operating System
Feedback Loop
cell format
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)