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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
Web crawlers
Tutorial software
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Natural language
2. 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.
Augmented Reality
Pull technology
Open-Source Software
word processing
3. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
worksheet
Humans < Computers (3)
formatting
Newsgroups
4. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
Resolution
Help file
Hacker
IP address
5. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
GB
Fuzzy logic
Firewall
Online help
6. Built-in component of a word processor or a separate program that compares words in a documents with words in a disk-based dictionary - and flags words not found in the dictionary; may operate in batch mode - checking all the words at once - or inter
spell check
Commercial Software
worksheet
Storage Devices
7. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Common-sense knowledge
Protocol
Factors that control image quality (2)
Site License
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
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
ROM
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
formula
9. 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.
Video teleconference
GUI Advantages
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
FTP (file transfer protocol)
10. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Compatibility
Page-Layout Software
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Knowledge engineer
11. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')
Login Name
Fuzzy logic
Arpanet
Advantages of digital television (3)
12. 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.
Template
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Advantages of DTP
value
13. Software used mainly to produce print publications. Also - the process of using desktop-publishing software to produce publications (e.g. brochures - newsletters - forms - menus - event fliers - notices)
UPS
Ergonomics
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
point size
14. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Intranet
range
relative reference
Factors that control image quality (2)
15. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
Common-sense knowledge
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
typeface
Feedback Loop
16. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
TB
Protocol
Bluetooth
Memory
17. ~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
Networks: + / ?
Tutorial software
ebook (Electronic Book)
Push technology
18. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Arpanet
Bitmapped Graphics
URL (uniform resource locator)
Pull technology
19. Intersection of row and column
User Interface
Responsibilities of System Admin
cell
Agent
20. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Online help
Digital Signal
Command-Line Interface
Rules of Netiquette (6)
21. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values
Hypertext
Processor
Virtual Reality (VR)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
22. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
serif fonts
Software
Full-Color
Agent
23. 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)
Pattern recognition
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Login Name
label
24. 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
Mailing list
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Newsgroups
GUI
25. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
outliner
Presentation-Graphics Software
Web crawlers
Bug
26. 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
Hypertext
replication
Search engine
Humans > Computers (8)
27. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Search engine
Bandwidth
proportionally spaced fonts
28. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Mailing list
Responsibilities of System Admin
Parallel processing
29. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Logic Bomb
Template
30. 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
cell
Encryption
Input Devices
Page-Layout Software
31. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Backup
GB
Knowledge base
automatic hyphenation
32. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Digital Signal
Memory
Logic Bomb
Wizard
33. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
GB
Common-sense knowledge
System Administrator
Memory
34. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Natural language
Wizard
Netiquette
ROM
35. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Morph
Digital Video
Firewall
Open-Source Software
36. 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)
row
Multimedia
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Digital Signal
37. 1) Say what is meant and with care (when using the Internet/email - there is no tone of voice); 2) keep it short (otherwise people may not read it all and miss stuff); 3) don't assume you're anonymous; 4) learn the non-verbal language of the net; 5)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Firewall
word wrap
Rules of Netiquette (6)
38. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Processor
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Memory
Domain
39. 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
URL (uniform resource locator)
Global positioning system
HTML (hypertext markup language)
GUI Advantages
40. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
spell check
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Advantages of digital television (3)
Agent
41. 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
Image Processing Software
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Responsibilities of System Admin
Public Domain Software
42. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Ergonomics
macro
Teleconference
43. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
grammar and style checker
OCR
Video teleconference
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
44. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Global positioning system
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Biometrics
thesaurus
45. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
justification
MB
Byte
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
46. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
An example of presentation-graphics software
Interactive Multimedia
point size
Fuzzy logic
47. A stream of bits
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Tutorial software
Digital television
Digital Signal
48. Grouping of 8 bits
Animation
Gigahertz
Byte
Bitmapped Graphics
49. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Speech recognition
Factors of a good pw...
Information
WWW (world wide web)
50. 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
spell check
Worm
Password
Site License