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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. 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.






2. An undocumented way of gaining access to a program - online service - or entire computer system - written by a programmer who created the code; Can be a security hazard because it is vulnerable to hackers






3. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system






4. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information






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






6. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.






7. 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






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






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






10. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes






11. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.






12. 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






13. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.






14. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site






15. In desktop publishing - the articles - chapters - drawings - maps - charts - and photographs that are to appear in the publication. Usually produces with standard word processors and graphics programs.






16. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column






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






18. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.






19. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided






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






21. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network






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






23. 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






24. Language that people speak/write everyday.






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






26. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.






27. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title






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






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






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






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






32. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents






33. 1) color depth; 2) resolution






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






35. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'






36. 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.






37. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values






38. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive






39. Microsoft Powerpoint






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






41. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put






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






43. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)






44. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)






45. 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)






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






47. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])






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






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






50. 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)