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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. Part of the Internet - a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users worldwide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web site that allows users to explore them with simpler mouse clicks.






2. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents






3. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)






4. Function which enables users to change the appearance of a document by specifying the font - point size - and style of any character in the document - as well as the overall layout of text and graphical elements in the document






5. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net






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






7. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.






8. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)






9. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas






10. 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 -






11. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed






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






13. 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






14. 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)






15. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)






16. 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






17. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.






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






19. An interactive cross-reference system that allows textual information to be linked in nonsequential ways. A hypertext document contains links that lead quickly to other parts of the document or to related documents.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. 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)






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






26. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.






27. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.






28. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others






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






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. Microsoft Powerpoint






32. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)






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






34. The ability of a software program to run on a specific computer system. Also the ability of a hardware device to function with a particular type of computer






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






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






37. 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.






38. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.






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






40. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1






41. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.






42. 1) Paper is easier on eyes. 2) Books can be read anywhere w/o the need of electricity/batteries. 3) Books are aesthetically more pleasing. 4) Books can be highlighted and written in.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources






49. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.






50. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.