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IT Literacy
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Subjects
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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. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
ISP (Internet service provider)
Convergence
Animation
2. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Fuzzy logic
Operating System Advantages
Hyperlink
3. Technology that creates the illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer; this environment contains both scenes and the controls to change those scenes.
Arpanet
Virtual Reality (VR)
Logic Bomb
label
4. ~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
font
range
Networks: + / ?
Operating System Advantages
5. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Domains
Utility Program
ISP (Internet service provider)
Hyperlink
6. 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
ASCII
Biometrics
Operating System Advantages
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
7. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Pattern recognition
template
Cookies
Speech recognition
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
Pull technology
Server
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
OMR
9. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Common-sense knowledge
Data
Factors of a good pw...
Bug
10. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Firewall
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Logic Bomb
Painting Software
11. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Pattern recognition
automatic correction
RAM
Cracking
12. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Model + / ?
Vector Graphics
WWW (world wide web)
Storage Devices
13. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Command-Line Interface
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
serif fonts
Booting
14. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Model
Public Domain Software
Expert system
ASCII
15. 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')
Arpanet
Fuzzy logic
ROM
Factors that control image quality (2)
16. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Drawing Software
Bitmapped Graphics
cell
Protocol
17. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Inference engine
Advantages of Robots (3)
Image analysis
Digital Signal
18. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Wizard
Integrated Software
Disadvantages of ebooks
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
19. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
ASCII
range
Camera-Ready
monospaced fonts
20. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Natural language
Model + / ?
header
Processor
21. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
Bar Code Reader
Pixel
footer
Agent
22. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Teleconference
Master Pages
Morph
Unicode
23. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Operating System
Ethernet
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
spell check
24. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Push technology
Defragmenting
Browser
Commercial Software
25. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Software
GB
Bluetooth
Utility Program
26. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Humans < Computers (3)
Domains
word wrap
OMR
27. 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
Expert system
value
Animation
Compatibility
28. 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
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
An example of presentation-graphics software
Information
29. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Firewall
Logic Bomb
Common-sense knowledge
replication
30. 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
Access-Control Software
spell check
Analog Signal
Telecommuting
31. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Teleconference
Video Editing Software
Worm
Password
32. 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)
Sensor
Multimedia
Template
33. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Domain
UPS
Resolution
Packet-switching
34. 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)
Packet-switching
RAM
Help file
Pattern recognition
35. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
replication
Knowledge engineer
GB
TB
36. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
'what if?' questions
Robot
serif fonts
Drawing Software
37. 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.
Image analysis
Page-Layout Software
Disadvantages of ebooks
Booting
38. 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)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
font
word wrap
39. '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
font
Domain
Pixel
WYSIWYG
40. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
Peripheral
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
User Interface
Animation
41. A continuous wave
Turning Test
word processing
WYSIWYG
Analog Signal
42. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Networks: + / ?
Booting
Machine learning
word processing
43. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Firewall
Processor
Tutorial software
ebook (Electronic Book)
44. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Output Devices
IP address
Help file
Defragmenting
45. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Responsibilities of System Admin
Video Editing Software
outliner
Image analysis
46. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
GB
Convergence
Digital Signal
relative reference
47. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
UPS
Search engine
Leading
font
48. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
Advantages of DTP
Operating System Advantages
KB
Cookies
49. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Software License
relative reference
formula
50. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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