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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, 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. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.






2. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)






3. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.






4. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])






5. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space






6. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed






7. Synonym finder






8. 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






9. 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.






10. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.






11. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system






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.






13. 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






14. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.






15. Language that people speak/write everyday.






16. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.






17. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system






18. 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.






19. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)






20. The spacing between lines of text.






21. The address of a Web site. (unique)






22. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.






23. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)






24. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.






25. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page






26. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns






27. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting






28. Intersection of row and column






29. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).






30. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.






31. 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






32. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.






33. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site






34. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process






38. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other






39. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.






40. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.






41. Horizontal






42. Vertical






43. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'






44. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB






45. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret






46. 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






47. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values






48. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive






49. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.






50. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation

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