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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. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
Wizard
Command-Line Interface
relative reference
Integrated Software
2. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
User Interface
worksheet
Backdoor
Integrated Software
3. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Backdoor
Natural language
Knowledge base
Full-Color
4. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Multimedia
formula
Gigahertz
Wizard
5. 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.
Domain
Hypertext
Rules of Netiquette (6)
point size
6. 1) ability to create models with physical characteristics (weight and volume); 2) model can be rotated; 3) can evaluate structural performance by applying an imaginary force; 4) designs can be easily altered and edited
Bug
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Input Devices
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
7. 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.
User Interface
Rules of Netiquette (6)
WWW (world wide web)
Online help
8. '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
Color Depth
WYSIWYG
Backup
worksheet
9. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
absolute reference
Telecommuting
Wizard
KB
10. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
row
Natural language
Server
Hypertext
11. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus
GUI
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
WAN
Global positioning system
12. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Mailing list
Booting
Trojan Horse
Full-Color
13. 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.
Server
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Newsgroups
Color Depth
14. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
word wrap
Bluetooth
monospaced fonts
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
15. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Knowledge base
worksheet
Responsibilities of System Admin
Feedback Loop
16. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Command-Line Interface
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
typeface
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
17. Rectangular block of selected cells
automatic hyphenation
Bit
range
Domain
18. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Image Processing Software
Networks: + / ?
Firewall
Encryption
19. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Factors of a good pw...
Wizard
Robot
Upload
20. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Camera-Ready
Bitmapped Graphics
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Operating System Advantages
21. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Vector Graphics
Parallel processing
Domains
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
22. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.
Agent
Advantages of digital television (3)
Software License
Expert system
23. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Leading
cell format
Digital television
Arpanet
24. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
spell check
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Multimedia
Wizard
25. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Software
User Interface
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
26. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Bitmapped Graphics
Camera-Ready
Help file
Parallel processing
27. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Camera-Ready
Common-sense knowledge
Knowledge base
Ergonomics
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.
Bit
Knowledge engineer
ebook (Electronic Book)
Access-Control Software
29. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Gigahertz
URL (uniform resource locator)
Hypertext
Unicode
30. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
Factors of a good pw...
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
ROM
Digital Video
31. 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)
GUI
Upload
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Pattern recognition
32. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Output Devices
Domains
Intranet
Software
33. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Bitmapped Graphics
Hyperlink
Firewall
Bit
34. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Software Piracy
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
User Interface
Peripheral
35. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
Pixel
Bug
PDF (Portable Document Format)
36. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Open-Source Software
Cookies
justification
thesaurus
37. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
Netiquette
point size
template
Parallel processing
38. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Virus
Netiquette
39. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
Factors of a good pw...
Leading
Mailing list
grammar and style checker
40. 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
Humans > Computers (8)
Download
typeface
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
41. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Virtual Reality (VR)
monospaced fonts
Simulation
Teleconference
42. Grouping of 8 bits
Robot
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Simulation
Byte
43. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Bandwidth
Convergence
Trojan Horse
Command-Line Interface
44. Intersection of row and column
cell
Server
value
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
45. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
point size
Fuzzy logic
Gigahertz
Responsibilities of System Admin
46. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Hypertext
Password
Factors that control image quality (2)
Ethernet
47. 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.
GUI
Packet-switching
Interactive Multimedia
thesaurus
48. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
49. 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
Parallel processing
Packet-switching
ROM
Server
50. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Morph
Intranet
Pull technology
Utility Program Features