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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
grammar and style checker
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Operating System Advantages
OMR
2. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software
Trojan Horse
GUI Advantages
Firewall
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
3. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
macro
Firewall
HTML (hypertext markup language)
4. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
KB
Push technology
Painting Software
Operating System
5. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
range
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
function
6. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Digital Signal
Advantages of digital television (3)
Model + / ?
UPS
7. 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
Video Editing Software
Camera-Ready
Model + / ?
8. 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.
Gigahertz
Bandwidth
Push technology
Template
9. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
word processing
Compatibility
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
10. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
Bug
WAN
Parallel processing
monospaced fonts
11. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Interactive Multimedia
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Gigahertz
Image analysis
12. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Gigahertz
word wrap
Simulation
13. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Utility Program Features
Digital television
outliner
14. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
GUI Advantages
Common-sense knowledge
Virus
UPS
15. A stream of bits
Digital Signal
Machine learning
Input Devices
GB
16. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
MB
Interactive Multimedia
Bit
Backup
17. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Video Editing Software
Vector Graphics
replication
KB
18. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
word wrap
Domains
An example of presentation-graphics software
Operating System Advantages
19. ~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
Color Depth
URL (uniform resource locator)
Model + / ?
GB
20. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Pull technology
column
Color Depth
Spot Color
21. Anything that can be communicated
GUI
Information
replication
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
22. 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.
label
Virus
Digital Video
Pull technology
23. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Drawing Software
OCR
User Interface
header
24. Microsoft Powerpoint
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Utility Program Features
Presentation-Graphics Software
An example of presentation-graphics software
25. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
spell check
Page-Layout Software
Digital Video
Video teleconference
26. 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
Presentation-Graphics Software
WYSIWYG
Bandwidth
Bit
27. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
Rules of Netiquette (6)
word wrap
ROM
justification
28. 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.
Access-Control Software
Open-Source Software
Template
word wrap
29. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
proportionally spaced fonts
Arpanet
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
30. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
serif fonts
Analog Signal
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Trojan Horse
31. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Mailing list
Domain
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Logic Bomb
32. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Software License
Compatibility
Push technology
Peripheral
33. Horizontal
Byte
Command-Line Interface
row
Access-Control Software
34. 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
Machine learning
formatting
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Resolution
35. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
Domains
Ethernet
LAN
automatic hyphenation
36. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Vector Graphics
Camera-Ready
point size
Newsgroups
37. 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
absolute reference
Encryption
Camera-Ready
UPS
38. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Download
Robot
Animation
Model
39. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
LAN
point size
Storage Devices
Wizard
40. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Commercial Software
Bandwidth
Multimedia
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
41. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Software Piracy
Login Name
justification
Bit
42. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Robot
Pull technology
range
43. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
cell format
Booting
Site License
Firewall
44. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Expert system
Public Domain Software
Trojan Horse
Video teleconference
45. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Factors that control image quality (2)
Sensor
Utility Program
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
46. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Training software
Commercial Software
Networks: + / ?
Robot
47. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
Trojan Horse
Shareware
Hypertext
FTP (file transfer protocol)
48. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
word processing
column
HTML (hypertext markup language)
macro
49. 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)
Advantages of digital television (3)
word wrap
Source Document
Pattern recognition
50. Read-Only Memory; Memory that include permanent information only. The computer can only read information from in; it can never write any new information on it
Software License
ROM
Interactive Multimedia
label
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