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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A continuous wave
Push technology
Browser
Analog Signal
Morph
2. 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.
Hypertext
ASCII
Bar Code Reader
Virus
3. 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
Advantages of Robots (3)
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Hypermedia
Input Devices
4. 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.
WWW (world wide web)
Inference engine
Networks: + / ?
Factors that control image quality (2)
5. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
typeface
Inference engine
Resolution
6. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
Peripheral
Template
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Compatibility
7. Size and style of typeface
Rules of Netiquette (6)
formula
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
font
8. 1) Plan before you publish! 2) Use appropriate fonts. 3) Don't go 'style-crazy.' 4) Look at the document through the reader's eyes. 5) Learn from the masters. 6) Know your limitations. 7) Remember your message/objective.
Image analysis
Bluetooth
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Rules of Thumb for DTP
9. 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
GUI Advantages
Parallel processing
Sensor
10. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Model + / ?
MB
Camera-Ready
11. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Presentation-Graphics Software
serif fonts
URL (uniform resource locator)
Speech recognition
12. 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.
Responsibilities of System Admin
typeface
Pixel
Humans > Computers (8)
13. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
macro
font
replication
Multimedia
14. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Knowledge engineer
Feedback Loop
Open-Source Software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
15. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
LAN
An example of presentation-graphics software
Bluetooth
16. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Agent
Networks: + / ?
template
Painting Software
17. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
proportionally spaced fonts
worksheet
Wizard
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
18. 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
Video Editing Software
Encryption
Telecommuting
spell check
19. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
automatic correction
Unicode
Camera-Ready
Public Domain Software
20. Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. Worm programs travel independently over computer networks - seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage
Worm
Multimedia
Video Editing Software
macro
21. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Software License
Vector Graphics
Access-Control Software
22. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
Virus
Virtual Reality (VR)
monospaced fonts
Vector Graphics
23. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
Storage Devices
Data
replication
value
24. Synonym finder
System Administrator
Bluetooth
thesaurus
cell
25. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Memory
Unicode
Feedback Loop
Fuzzy logic
26. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
absolute reference
Digital Signal
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
KB
27. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
replication
Open-Source Software
Image analysis
Domains
28. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
formula
Cookies
Encryption
WAN
29. 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
cell
Operating System
Digital Video
ASCII
30. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)
Web crawlers
label
URL (uniform resource locator)
Output Devices
31. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
proportionally spaced fonts
Netiquette
Storage Devices
ebook (Electronic Book)
32. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Utility Program Features
Gigahertz
Byte
word processing
33. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Pull technology
Firewall
MB
Humans < Computers (3)
34. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
Processor
automatic hyphenation
Shareware
Ergonomics
35. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Feedback Loop
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Animation
RAM
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.
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Packet-switching
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
RAM
37. 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.
Biometrics
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Augmented Reality
Wizard
38. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
System Administrator
Inference engine
GUI
User Interface
39. 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
value
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Factors that control image quality (2)
Camera-Ready
40. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Resolution
Server
Wizard
Open-Source Software
41. 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)
column
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
An example of presentation-graphics software
LAN
42. 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
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Presentation-Graphics Software
Operating System
Disadvantages of ebooks
43. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Multimedia
Firewall
Worm
ISP (Internet service provider)
44. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Master Pages
Mailing list
label
Hyperlink
45. Horizontal
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Memory
row
46. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Operating System
Booting
Resolution
WAN
47. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Video teleconference
serif fonts
Full-Color
48. Anything that can be communicated
Pattern recognition
absolute reference
Information
Arpanet
49. Artificial intelligence techniques that make it possible for machine performance to improve based on feedback from past performance. (Used in games like chess/checkers; based on prior actions)
GB
Operating System Advantages
Machine learning
Knowledge engineer
50. '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
Master Pages
GUI
Presentation-Graphics Software
WYSIWYG