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IT Literacy
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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.
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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. ~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
Speech recognition
Online help
Morph
Networks: + / ?
2. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Responsibilities of System Admin
Simulation
HTML (hypertext markup language)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
3. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Login Name
typeface
serif fonts
Site License
4. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Public Domain Software
Virtual Reality (VR)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Netiquette
5. 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
header
Pull technology
Advantages of Robots (3)
WWW (world wide web)
6. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Natural language
Domain
value
Command-Line Interface
7. 1) creative; 2) parallel processing (multitasking); 3) image analysis; 4) common sense knowledge; 5) see relationships between concepts; 6) knowledge base is vast - not narrow; 7) translation of languages (idioms); 8) expression/interpretation of emo
replication
Humans > Computers (8)
Defragmenting
Pattern recognition
8. 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
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Advantages of DTP
Hypermedia
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
9. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Access-Control Software
Memory
Image analysis
Full-Color
10. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Shareware
serif fonts
automatic hyphenation
11. 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
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Shareware
point size
Newsgroups
12. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Processor
Software License
Help file
serif fonts
13. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
formula
Software Piracy
Intranet
Mailing list
14. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Telecommuting
ebook (Electronic Book)
Byte
Bit
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.
An example of presentation-graphics software
Software License
Hyperlink
Full-Color
16. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
thesaurus
Convergence
MB
Encryption
17. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Humans < Computers (3)
Upload
Arpanet
IP address
18. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Video Editing Software
System Administrator
Pixel
cell
19. Vertical
TB
column
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
ISP (Internet service provider)
20. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
User Interface
Operating System Advantages
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
GB
21. 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.
word wrap
Source Document
Cookies
Unicode
22. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
IP address
WYSIWYG
Utility Program
label
23. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Augmented Reality
ebook (Electronic Book)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
24. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
font
header
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Virtual Reality (VR)
25. ~Advantages 1)Safety: easy to simulate without actual risk 2)Economy: Build/simulate/destroy without waste 3)Projection 4)Visualization 5)Replication: Redo/rerun/alter easily ~Disadvantages 1)Reliability 2)Depends on original info 3)Complete trust fa
Natural language
Model + / ?
automatic hyphenation
Digital Video
26. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Telecommuting
formula
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Operating System Advantages
27. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
word processing
Model + / ?
Pattern recognition
worksheet
28. 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
Virtual Reality (VR)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Defragmenting
29. Rectangular block of selected cells
automatic correction
Open-Source Software
PDF (Portable Document Format)
range
30. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
MB
Login Name
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Virtual Reality (VR)
31. '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
WYSIWYG
Login Name
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
function
32. 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)
Utility Program Features
Hacker
Encryption
Pattern recognition
33. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
ISP (Internet service provider)
Virus
Disadvantages of ebooks
Backup
34. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Online help
Painting Software
Hypertext
Hacker
35. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Unicode
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Factors of a good pw...
'what if?' questions
36. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
replication
Wizard
Search engine
label
37. 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
OMR
Information
Defragmenting
Telecommuting
38. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Image Processing Software
Common-sense knowledge
Intranet
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
39. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Inference engine
ISP (Internet service provider)
KB
Input Devices
40. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
proportionally spaced fonts
Bitmapped Graphics
Memory
Hacker
41. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
monospaced fonts
Web crawlers
ebook (Electronic Book)
Input Devices
42. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Gigahertz
Bit
Camera-Ready
An example of presentation-graphics software
43. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Advantages of DTP
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Multimedia
44. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
IP address
Push technology
worksheet
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
45. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Camera-Ready
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Inference engine
Humans > Computers (8)
46. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Arpanet
macro
47. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
macro
Wizard
Backup
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
48. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
Leading
relative reference
Wizard
Master Pages
49. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Wizard
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Cookies
spell check
50. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
KB
Agent
label
Sensor